the list

oh, october.
how can it be october already??
it seems as though i just sketched up the invitation for the girls' birthday party. um, yes...on september 1st. where, oh where, did the month of september go?
so many things to do and plan and make, hence the list.

1. print, gocco, sew, mail/hand-deliver the invitations done
2. choose fabrics and cut out dresses for the girls' birthday party done
3. finish sewing up the linen (i know, but we live in south louisiana) dresses that i cut out for the girls so that i can be sure that they fit (hmmm, maybe that should have been #2?) just got those done
4. sew birthday dresses (that's 3 dresses) and hand-embroider each girls' "girl" (again, 3) onto dresses in progress
5. decide on the cake...to bake or not to bake, but can i really order what i want?? undecided, but i am thinking a carrot cake
6. the party goods...tablecloths, buntings, teeny bunting for the cake, party favors, food, etc.
7. get that super-secret big, huge thing back into focus details soon, i hope
8. stitch together some felt-y cuteness for an up-coming book i have ideas...now i need time
9. finish planting the winter vegetables and flowers partially done last evening with everyone's help which makes it even better!
10. list some gocco-ed fabric squares in the etsy shop
11. finish those halloween-y projects that i started too late last year
12. decide on cupcakes or cookies for eme's party at school on friday
13. remember to balance that dang checkbook
14. check in with amanda (see #7)
15. get to the bottom of the pile of laundry, cook for my family, pick up the piles of "in-progress" projects (we won't comment on how long said projects have been in-progress, ahem), sort and file eme + lily's school papers, take out the halloween stuff so that the kiddos stop saying that we will miss halloween and "how come we are the only ones who don't have our halloween stuff up, momma??!", organize all of the new fabric that has been coming into the house (and find somewhere to put it!), catch up on uploading photos to flickr, get into a routine with the blog (and exercising. ha.), frog and re-knit that cute little vest for cate so that she can wear it for more than one year (and in doing so, totally rewrite a knitting pattern and cross my fingers that it will come out okay. have i mentioned that knitting is so *not* intuitive for me. what am i even thinking?? this is ridiculous. and have i really had the better part of a 2l of diet coke today?! it's not even noon yet. )

i think that i can almost see you snickering at the computer screen.
really, it's understandable. outright guffawing is totally acceptable, too.
actually, i am doing it right now.

well, i'd better get back to working on ticking things off of that list and picking up em so that she is not "lucky last" again today!

oh, and sarah... i could almost be annoyed with you that you are making christmas goodies already. almost. i can't though because you are just too darn nice!

so, what's on your list? is it ridiculous or sublime?