Summer projects

With 3 days of classes left, its about time I start considering my plans for the summer.  I have 2 months off before classes resume, and I would like to complete a few things in the interim.  I'm trying really hard not give myself deadlines and ultimatums as to what I "have" to do.  Rather, this summer, I will create a list of prioritized projects that I can work on in order.  I have not prioritized the list yet, cause I would like to do a bit more reflection and get my wife's input for the projects around the house, so here is the list of projects in no particular order.

For home:

• Paint our bedroom
• Decorate our bedroom
• Stain the deck
• Build a bench for the deck
• Build a head board for our bed
• Build a planter
• Build a shoe organizer
• Build closet organizer for the boy's room
• Clean and re-organize the garage
• Take out the bush on the side of the house
• Organize and conduct a garage sale
• Plant bushes along side of deck
• Plant red maple in front yard
• Organize exercise room in basement
• Update master bathroom

For work

• Finish hierarchy of knowledge article
• Create proposal for hybrid web development class (half online/half in-class) 
• Edit curriculum for Intro to IS class and Systems Analysis and Design class
• Brainstorm research project for measuring conceptual understanding in classes
• Hammer out details for my ethics research project  
• Brainstorm productivity enhancing practices to test in the fall

For self and family

• Create detailed financial plan
• Update blog
• Create wife's birthday present (its a secret, so don't ask)
• Finish re-reading Atlas Shrugged
• Finish reading Harry Potter books
• Develop system for paying bills and handling paperwork
• Fix/Update all computers/printers/etc in our house
• Develop a workout schedule 

I know that there is little chance I'll complete all of these projects this summer.  That's why I taking the GTD approach of focusing on prioritized projects.   My goal is to give myself time blocks to work on particular areas (house work/ research/ teaching/ personal development/ playing with kids/ etc) and strive to complete as much as I can during those blocks.  This approach has generally worked well for me in the past, although I have not been keeping up with this approach recently.