Saturday 2 November

Done:

• breakfast (well, okay, leftover cheezecake), coffee
• put on a load of laundry (clothes)
• gave Eric a F&V shopping list; unpacked F&V shopping
• did portfolio layouts recording Dan's recent obsession with music theory channels
• researched for some interesting books on geography topics to get Hugh for Christmas. Ideas:
• Cooking with the Oldest Foods on Earth: Australian Native Foods Recipes and Sources
• What the World Eats
• What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
• did dirty laundry round-up
• put in laundry #2 (clothes)
• put away last of the plastics which the kids boycott; induced E to do the washing up
• went through fridge and removed old food
• made lunch (last of the leftover curries from Monday, served on quinoa)
• updated Weekly Dashboard (in progress); finished Brick House entry and monthly notes for October
• changed towels (not bathmat)
• showered, dressed to shoes, cleaned teeth, moisturised face
• hung out three loads of laundry; put in a load of laundry (towels)
• started new weekly Brick House entry; started November Monthly Notes file; started daily Tummy Beast entry
• went through the first few sections of the Game of Life maths workbook with Dan; then discussed scheduling regular sit-down lessons with Eric during the week that work with their other commitments (1pm for half an hour on days when everyone is home, starting Monday)
• transplanted five calendula seedlings to the inside fenceline of the potato patch
• tied up the loose netting on the netting house
• ate a food
• finished updating Weekly Dashboard; finished editing, printing and filing October monthly notes 
• went wizarding with Dan
• 10 minutes handwriting practice with Hugh
• put chickpea Massaman curry in the slowcooker, tidied up after myself
• made a cup of tea and a hashbrown toastie
• watered the plants, opened #5 and emptied compost bucket into it, cleared kitchen table, put remaining squishy bananas into the freezer, discussed dinner ideas with E
• sewed second line of black ribbon onto Eric's blue tunic
• had dinner
• took Massaman curry out of crockpot and put it in the fridge so it didn't turn into sludge overnight