Weekly Intentions: Week 38

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 morning
• Move 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 garden
• Write newsletter
• Send newsletter
• Write in One Line a Day journal
• Read High Holidays info booklet + plan for Friday Rosh Hoshanah
• Edit Fall e-book
• Watch 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 Anthology
• Submit 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 Journal
• Research ording t-shirts for Girl Scout troop
• Research natural dye recipes for marigolds
• Prep Girl Scout activities for meeting this week
• Post Girl Scout flyers for S’mores and More event happening next week
• Create folder for S’mores and More event + Sign-up sheet for singers
• Reach out to Girl Scout representative with numbers of attendees for S’mores and More event on Monday
• Prep birthday gift for Great Grandma
• Meditate 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 laundry
• Clean the turkey sanctuary
• Harvest our broiler hens
• Let out the hens for daily foraging
• Visit the goats and bring them treats
• Tidy the house
• Sweep and mop the house using my new favorite mop with the pet sweeping pad.
• Fill 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 appointment
• Catch up on email
• Get good sleep
• Stay healthy!

Posts to Inspire

Turmeric & Ginger Sugar Scrub Recipe

Check Out The Autumn Edition of the Botanical Anthology

How to Make Glycerine Soap Bars with Dried Marigolds