A Frog A Week Equals A Special Treat 2022

leftatthetrafficlights

Right, time to post my Autumn/Winter list - some of these things are carried forward from the last lists but that's because it didn't occur to me that I'd be better off having two seasonal lists - the reality is that there are certain jobs that are really weather dependent so it makes sense to make the lists seasonal! 

Frogs - things that will take a weekend/few days to complete;

Froglets - things that will take a full day/most of a day to complete; 

Tadpoles - things that will take an hour / couple of hours to complete 

Frogspawn - quick win things that can be done in less than an hour

Anyway, enough waffling - my September-February/Autumn- Winter list is as follows:

FROGS 
Remove old boiler
Install new boiler
Weed front garden beds
Weed and re-plant large bed under oak tree
Sort cracked plaster in bedrooms 
Sort boards for under windowsills 
Lower fireplace
Empty and clean greenhouse


FROGLETS 
Build shelves in old boiler cupboard
Clean grout in hallway 
Sort understair cupboard
Clear spent veg beds and plant green manure
Weed and replant under damson tree


TADPOLES 
Empty, clean and reorganise food cupboards
Clean bathroom radiator 
Descale shower head
Sort wine
Make elderberry cordial

SPAWN 
Cut back shrubs in front and back gardens 
Sort freezers
Do food inventory 
Bottle damson gin
Clear out clothes drawers
Plant up winter salads
 

I will add to the lists as I go along - I'm hoping to make a start on them next week when my grandbaby goes back to school 😁

London_1

leftatthetrafficlight Golly I feel worn out just reading your to-do list

I have decluttered a good deal of the useless items in my cultery drawers,kept the butter curler though as I found if I use it to do a small dish of curls then the block butter is a good deal cheaper than the ready to spread stuff and some curls in a small dish usuallu soften without too mucch trouble fairly quickly to ready to spread butter The rest of the odds and ends were washed,bagged and dropped off at the CS along with a bag of books from my upstairs bookcse as I'm now using two shelves of that to store the overflow of tinned and stashed stuff for the coming winter 

I think I'm metamorphosing into a  squirrel this winter  

My eldest DD said she will come down and sort out my bulging wardrobe for me as I have far too many clothes, and a lot are unworn. She said she will post them on vinted and I said what ever she gets she can keep towards her holiday.

I've also found someone who will take my stash of washed ,clean lidded jamjars (why on earth do i keep them ?) the lady said she will use them for her marmalade making and has promised me a jar when cooked I had about 20 in the cupboard So at least they will be found useful.
It's slow going at times decluttering, but its got to be done ,and with the onset of autumn/winter it will give me something to do when I can't get out in bad weather.

JackieO xx

leftatthetrafficlights

Update time: 

Frogs - things that will take a weekend/few days to complete;

Froglets - things that will take a full day/most of a day to complete; 

Tadpoles - things that will take an hour / couple of hours to complete 

Frogspawn - quick win things that can be done in less than an hour

Anyway, enough waffling - my September-February/Autumn- Winter list is as follows:

FROGS 
Remove old boiler
Install new boiler
Weed front garden beds
Weed and re-plant large bed under oak tree
Sort cracked plaster in bedrooms 
Sort boards for under windowsills 
Lower fireplace
Empty and clean greenhouse


FROGLETS 
Build shelves in old boiler cupboard
Clean grout in hallway 
Sort understair cupboard
Clear spent veg beds and plant green manure
Weed and replant under damson tree


TADPOLES 
Empty, clean and reorganise food cupboards
Clean bathroom radiator 
Descale shower head
Sort wine
Make elderberry cordial

SPAWN 
Cut back shrubs in front and back gardens 
Sort freezers
Do food inventory 
Bottle damson gin
Clear out clothes drawers
Plant up winter salads

Not a great deal completed but some major jobs and September has been a very difficult month....I'm looking forward to the autumn equinox tomorrow and the opportunity to press the restart button 😉

leftatthetrafficlights

Update time: 

Frogs - things that will take a weekend/few days to complete;

Froglets - things that will take a full day/most of a day to complete; 

Tadpoles - things that will take an hour / couple of hours to complete 

Frogspawn - quick win things that can be done in less than an hour


FROGS 
Remove old boiler
Install new boiler
Weed front garden beds
Weed and re-plant large bed under oak tree
Sort cracked plaster in bedrooms 
Sort boards for under windowsills 
Lower fireplace
Empty and clean greenhouse


FROGLETS 
Build shelves in old boiler cupboard
Clean grout in hallway 
Sort understair cupboard
Clear spent veg beds and plant green manure
Weed and replant under damson tree


TADPOLES 
Empty, clean and reorganise food cupboards
Clean bathroom radiator 
Descale shower head
Sort wine
Make elderberry cordial (missed the opportunity!🤦‍♀️)

SPAWN 
Cut back shrubs in front and back gardens 
Sort freezers
Do food inventory 
Bottle damson gin
Clear out clothes drawers
Plant up winter salads

Not doing too badly, I've started on a few of the outstanding jobs but they are still works in progress so can't come off the lists yet! 😉 

I've got a busy week ahead which means it all has to go on hold until November but I'm intending to complete all the garden stuff by the middle of November. 

Nathalia

Those aren't frogs, @leftatthetrafficlights - they are whole ponds!  I think you have achieved loads.  I'm going to pinch your seasonal idea and scribbl a list today.

We have in-laws coming in three weeks, which will give us a bit of a nudge.