One Glorious Week

I have decided to take next week off of work. I'll go visit my mother one of those days (and I'm predicting an amusing blog post to follow—Hint: it will involve an adult spelling bee team called The Literate Lutherans) but the rest of the week I will be home. It will be my week to tackle a growing to-do list around the house that includes cleaning, quilting, exercising, and relaxing. I want to make the most of this week off, so I've come up with a list of projects that I want to work on.

Floors
I don't remember the last time I really cleaned the all wood floors of my home. I vacuum them fairly regularly, but it's been some time since they were truly scrubbed clean. Growing up Mom cleaned the hard floors of our house on hands and knees with Murphy's Oil Soap diluted in hot water in a bucket, hands begloved in bright yellow rubber and scrub brush moving steadily and quickly across the floor. I have one of those Wet Jet Swiffers and a couple sponge-type mops, but deep down I don't feel like they quite do the job that a scrub brush on hands and knees does. Regardless, these floors need a wash. Furniture and rugs will be moved and the floors will be cleaned thoroughly. While I'm at it, I may do the baseboards.

Windows
I know it's only February, but I have to get these storm windows down so I can hear the birds outside! Also, when the sun shines through on warmer days, the windows get all fogged up and I can't really see out the windows (not that late winter is anything special to look at, but still). So the storms are coming down and the windows will be washed, just on the inside for now. I'll get to the outside once it warms up a bit more.

Quilt
It's not all going to be grunt work during my time off. I'll spend many hours (hopefully) working on my quilt in the gloriously bright sunroom while I listen to something . . . perhaps I'll buy a new audio book. While I'm not setting a specific goal as far as how many rows I get done, I am hoping to get past the halfway point. I'm nearly done with the fourth of eleven rows right now. If I could get two more rows done, so that I only had five left, that would be nice. It would be great if I could get even more than that done. I really would like to redo the bedroom before the weather gets too hot, and getting the quilt done is the first step.

Relaxing
I have scads of books I want to read, an embroidery project and a crochet project to work on, and I'm thinking about getting some sort of British historical movies or a miniseries done by the BBC that I could watch while working on crafty things. And darn it, I'm going to brew a pot of tea each day and make some scones and relax. Maybe I'll browse some antique stores too.

So those are my big plans. Lots of alone time, some time with family, some time to work, and some time to veg. I. Can't. Wait.