This Week's Plans

Sunday:
o Grocery shop for Thanksgiving
o Cooking:
o Make sausage balls (HIDE)
o Make Dill Snack Mix (HIDE)
o Make Pumpkin Pies (HIDE)
o Chocolate Chess Pies (HIDE)
o Pecan Pies (HIDE)
o Pumpkin Squares (HIDE)
o Thaw turkey in the refrigerator
o Straighten bathroom
o Straighten laundry room
o Work on deep cleaning Living Room
o Straighten as I go in the kitchen
o Laundry
o Daily Chores
o Weekly Chores
o Monthly Chores

Monday:
o Pick up the few items I forgot
o Cooking:
o Bake bread (HIDE)
o Bake rolls (HIDE)
o Make Cranberry Sauce
o Finish thawing turkey in the refrigerator
o Straighten Bathroom (if needed)
o Straighten laundry room (if needed)
o Finish deep cleaning living room
o Deep clean master bedroom
o Straighten as I go in the kitchen
o Laundry
o Daily chores
o Weekly chores
o Monthly chores
o November chores


Tuesday:
o Cooking:
o Cookies
o Anything I haven’t had time for so far
o Brine turkey
o Straighten Bathroom (if needed)
o Straighten laundry room (if needed)
o Straighten Living Room
o Straighten Master bedroom (if needed)
o Deep Clean Kitchen
o Deep Clean Kids’ Bedroom (and PRAY they keep it that way at least until Friday  ).
o Deep Clean Entrance
o Decorate Entrance
o Laundry
o Daily chores
o Weekly chores
o Monthly chores
o November chores
o Get thanksgiving china out and washed

Wednesday:
o Cooking:
o Finish brining turkey
o Make 2 gallons sweet tea
o Make 1 gallon unsweet tea
o Make 1 gallon ice water
o Make 1 gallon lemonade
o Straighten bathroom (if needed)
o Straighten laundry room (if needed)
o Straighten living room
o Straighten master bedroom (if needed)
o Straighten kitchen
o Straighten kids’ bedroom
o Straighten entrance (if needed)
o Deep clean desk
o Laundry
o Daily chores
o Weekly chores
o Monthly chores
o November chores
o Set up tables
o Decorate
o Set out centerpieces

Thursday (Just our family and my mom at our house):
o Have Scott pick up a newspaper
o Cooking:
o Cook turkey
o Make gravy
o Make macaroni & cheese
o Make corn
o Make green beans
o Make turnip greens
o Make sweet potato casserole
o Straighten bathroom (if needed)
o Straighten laundry room (if needed)
o Straighten living room
o Straighten master bedroom (if needed)
o Straighten kitchen….do as much as I can while cooking
o Straighten kids’ bedroom
o Straighten entrance (if needed)
o Daily chores
o Burn tarts
o Enjoy the holiday
o Clean up after lunch
o Take down tables
o Take down fall decorations and put away for another year 
o Put tree up, and let sit for 24 hours
o Set up gift wrapping station

Friday (Thanksgiving at dh’s parents’ house):
o Black Friday up by 3am, out the door by 4am Christmas shopping…..FINISH EVERYONE’s shopping, plus any decorations, etc. Need to be home by 2pm.
o Already completed:
 Scott
 Mom
 MIL
o Grocery store…pick up items to make apple pies, chocolate chess pies & snickers pie
o HIDE (S) gifts
o Cooking:
o Bake apple pies
o Bake chocolate chess pies
o Make snickers pies
o Bake bread
o Shape tree
o Light tree
o Decorate tree
o SLOWLY start decorating the house
o Dinner at in-laws
o Make gift tags
o Start wrapping Christmas gifts, put under tree

Saturday:
o Straighten all rooms
o Cooking:
o Thanksgiving casserole
o Bake Christmas cookies
o Make Christmas candies
o Make teachers’ gifts
o Cool & package cookies, candies & teacher gifts
o Work on decorating the house
o Finish wrapping presents, put under the tree

Sunday:
o Put up Christmas lights
o Decorate the yard