This Never Happens…

Every morning, or sometimes the night before, I make a list of what I need to do for the day. In part, this is so I can actually remember what I need to do. Mostly it’s so David can see a list of items checked off and realize I actually do something other than watch “How Clean is Your House” and read cool blogs.

There are certain things on my list every single (damn) day:

1. Make bed
2. Feed menagerie
3. Scoop litter
4. Laundry

…and so on, and so forth. And then there are the other household tasks that are done less than every day:

1. Wash sheets and remake bed
2. Scrub and refill litterbox
3. Water houseplants
4. Clean toilets

Pretty exciting, huh? Worst of all are the things I tend to procrastinate about:

1. Write something for church bulletin about poinsettia sale
2. Call local florist regarding poinsettia availability
3. Renew e-card membership

My list today also included:

1. Sweep front porch (the trees have suddenly started dropping their leaves and piles of them have ended up on my front porch)
2. Clean storm door
3. Take down Halloween window clings from front door and replace with Thanksgiving clings

…and several other items. All told, I had 17 items on my to do list today. I virtually never complete my lists and nearly always have at least a few items to carry over to the next day. Today, however, something rare and beautiful happened. The last item to complete on my list was:

1. Write blog entry

So now my list is complete. This isn’t likely to happen again so I’m going to bask in the sense of accomplishment.