Happy Monday, friends!
I’m coming to you after a long weekend full of introspection, reflection, and prayers of gratitude. Autumn always feels like a clean slate, a new beginning, with the change of the weather to chillier days and the school rhythm well underway. Taking a few days to pause was a nourishing experience and one I always recommend when these shifts in the weather and light happen.
Here on Little Hilltop Farm, it’s a season of harvesting veg, flowers, and poultry. I never thought I would become someone who raises their own meat or produce, but over the weekend, we enjoyed a homegrown roast chicken, pumpkin sauce made with our sugar pie pumpkins, and homemade pear and delicious instant pot apple butter, all raised with love and care on our farm. It is a very humbling and empowering experience!
The week ahead is once again full of ambitions, deadlines, and tending to the people, animals, and things that fill all of the hours. I’ve crafted my list of new intentions below, and I’ve included the list from last week-so you can see what got done…and what still remains.
Intentions this week
- Nature journal each day
- Mediate every morning
- yoga- 3x a week
- Walk at least 1 mile 5x
- Prep supplies for Songs & S’mores event
- Send Newsletter
- Work in the yard: Move the rocks to the side of the driveway
- Write and edit post about infused herbal oils
- Prepare to relaunch Roots and Bones Vintage: organize inventory, freshen shop, create new marketing material for monthly drops
- Market research best platforms for online e-courses
- Recipe test
- Photograph recipes
- Botanical Anthology Winter issue article- content search
- Pick up dog food
- Take the dogs to their wellness checks
- Grocery shop
- Wrap birthday gift for friend
- Plan winter content
- Finish editing e-book
- Send e-book to editor
- Prep Girl Scout meeting
- Do my nails (I love this eco nail polish and the pedicure system from Olive & June. Use my link to get 20% off any of their manicure or pedicure systems)
- Fill out weekly menu board
- Menu plan for the month of October
- Order broiler chicks
- Research summer camp (if you’re thinking about sending your child to sleep away camp next summer, reach in the fall and pay tuition in the early winter to get the early bird specials that could save you anywhere from 10-30 % off your tuition fees).
- Write in One Line a Day journal (I’m using this one)
- Catch up on email
- Get good sleep
- Stay healthy!
Intentions from last week
- Nature journal each day
Read a piece of poetry in the morningMove my body every day for at least 30. minutes- Work in the yard: Move the rocks to the side of the driveway
Clip marigolds in the gardenWrite newsletter- Send newsletter
- Write in One Line a Day journal
Read High Holidays info booklet + plan for Friday Rosh HoshanahEdit Fall e-bookWatch how much time I spend on my phone- Write and edit post about infused herbal oils
- Prepare to relaunch Roots and Bones Vintage: organize inventory, freshen shop, create new marketing material for monthly drops
Prep Botanical Anthology marketing: Launch September 12th, 2023!Select interview for the winter edition of Botanical AnthologySubmit winter article ideas for Botanical Anthology (you can submit your article pitches through the link, too!).- Catch up on pinning on my Pinterest Account
Write pros and poetry in my Jottings JournalResearch ording t-shirts for Girl Scout troop- Research natural dye recipes for marigolds
Prep Girl Scout activities for meeting this weekPost Girl Scout flyers for S’mores and More event happening next weekCreate folder for S’mores and More event + Sign-up sheet for singersReach out to Girl Scout representative with numbers of attendees for S’mores and More event on MondayPrep birthday gift for Great GrandmaMeditate every morning using Insight Timer: A free app with thousands of free meditations, live workshops, yoga videos, mindfulness courses, and more (when you click the link and create a free member account, I get referral credit at no additional cost to you. I hope you too find as much peace and joy using the app as I have).- Make taking pictures of everyday life a daily practice
Catch up on laundryClean the turkey sanctuaryHarvest our broiler hens- Let out the hens for daily foraging
Visit the goats and bring them treatsTidy the houseSweep and mop the house using my new favorite mop with the pet sweeping pad.- F
ill out weekly menu board - Do my nails (I love this eco nail polish and the pedicure system from Olive & June. Use my link to get 20% off any of their manicure or pedicure systems)
- Get blood work done
Make vet appointments- Buy more of my favorite hand quilting thread
- Plan quilt for new baby nephew, Sully!
Make dental appointmentCatch up on emailGet good sleepStay healthy!
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