Hi Helia, Harriet & Harmony.
Harmony, I didn't mean to scare you! No, not 35....I think that would do me in! I have 16 projects. I called them "projects" for the want of a better term. This is what happens when I let things slide. I'm embarrassed to admit that these are mostly just ordinary deep focus chores and I thought by separating them and putting each on its own 3 x 5 card and giving it a special name would make more of an impression on me. I have tentatively numbered them in the order I want to do them, but that could change. My 3 x 5 card looks like this:
1. Bookcase
Start_______ Finish________
--go thru books one at a time
--discard unwanted books (recycle to library)
--dust shelves
--reorganize books kept on shelves
This way I can put an actual date of start and finish as well as check off each item. And I could record the amount of time each item took. This should not take more than an hour, if that. Other cards will take longer, such as the double cupboard in our hallway. It has two shelves for each section. This holds our linens as well as odd items and some craft items. I will probably do the top section on one day and the bottom on another day. Other things I want to do are the medicine cabinets and sink cabinets in both bathrooms. Each bathroom is a separate card and the description lines are --clean medicine cabinet and --clean sink cabinet. My closet and dresser need emptied and clothes gone through. Oh, I also made a card for my dgs11s quilt I need to finish, so it is done by the time he comes in Dec. I kept the instruction lines simple on the cards.
One thing I have finished is redoing my household book. I took everything out and discarded forms I didn't want, discarded outdated copies of insurance policies, etc. I updated that kind of info and printed some new forms from CEO's website -- and actually filled them out. Now the book corresponds with my 3 x 5 card system.
The other thing was that someone here had mentioned a medical booklet, so I put one together with all of dh's medical stuff. Since he has 6 drs. he sees he gets lots of papers from medicare plus the secondary ins., plus stuff for the Rx. That's a lot of papers. Now it's all in one book each with its own section with the newest in front. So easy to look something up if needed. Plus there is a section for each dr. for any letters or printed test results their office gives us. Each of these "projects" took a few days each.
Most all of these things are hidden chores, but stuff that eventually needs done or it overruns and becomes unmanageable....at least for me. Oh boy, now that this is in print in public I will be held accountable! That's motivation!!!
Didn't mean for this to become a book.
Thank you OKay.... Yes!! I just counted it out on the calendar and if I do one project card per week I should be finished two weeks before Christmas, just in time to take care of holiday decorations, etc. and be ready for dson's family.
sh-h it will be our secret. H. likes half plums with the black berries 
less seeds! This was a success in the big crock pot. But I still need a bit more liquid in it more like pan cake batter maybe in the fall when I will use the oven more. A peach one would be great.
I am motivated to never let that happen again!
