"How Do You Do?" From my To Do List to You

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Greetings and salutations. How do you do?

I’m EH1812’s To Do List! How nice to meet you!

This is what EH1812 has to do today at work:

1. Work. EH1812 has let work pile up on her desk because she is very, very bored at her job. However, she is very, very excited to have it confirmed that in a few months she shall be given her very own office. A small office, sure, but a room of her own, and the first office she’s ever had to herself. The first office she’ll ever have to decorate. There will be wall hangings. And, if the swap meet at the Rose Bowl is kind to her, lots of old office knickknacks (rolodexes from the 50’s, etc.) to decorate her desk and filing cabinets. EH1812 gets so excited about planning for this upcoming milestone in her life as secretarial career gal, that she begins to daydream, and daydreaming leads to slacking, and slacking leads to looking up pictures of

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on the Internet, rather than doing her actual work, which is, as previously mentioned, literally piling up around her as her co-workers look on in confusion. “Audra, do you have a purchase order for….”

[Audra hastily closes Slacker computer screen] Yes, yes, I have it but I haven’t typed it yet, I’ve been so busy [not being busy at all].

Ah, but my own office! I’ll be so much BETTER in my own office!

Heh.

This is what EH1812 has to do today after work:

1. Reorganize and clean her bedroom. This is what EH1812 had to do on her to do list last weekend, the week before, the weekend before that, the weeks and weekends that proceeded that, all the way back prior to Christmas. EH1812 needs someone to remind her what a vacuum cleaner looks like it’s been so long since she’s used one.

2. Clean out laptop computer and ready it for a professional cleaning, since it’s never been swiped, is years old, freezes all the time, and takes 20 minutes to load.

3. Hang up laundry. Laundry is done but is now strewn all over cat-haired carpet as if not done.

4. Clean living room and do dishes. Much like vacuum cleaner, someone may need to explain to EH1812 what a broom looks like.

5. Install newly built bookshelf in bedroom and organize books that are currently all over living room and bedroom floors.

This is what EH1812 MUST NOT DO after work today:

1. Go online.

2. Read books instead of organize them.

3. Daydream about the real possibility of renting one of the garages in her building to transform into an art studio for ONLY $50.00 a month, instead of actually making artwork in the little mini-studio that’s set up in her living room already.

4. Sit in a chair and listen to music instead of listening to music while cleaning her apartment.

5. Decide that NOW is when she most needs to finish that short story she started months ago, as this is still procrastinating even if it’s also being productive. House really MUST get clean tonight. Cats are beginning to get restless, wondering if they’ve been moved into a Filth Pit rather than the lovely 2-bedroom they were promised.

6. Will not go to video store to rent a movie to watch “after cleaning” when knows perfectly well she will come home and immediately watch the movie, deciding that house cleaning can be put off for another day, week, month, what the hell, this year is already shot to hell anyway.

This is what EH1812 MUST NOT DO for the rest of the day at work:

1. Spend anymore time here. Doing this. And not doing her work. Recommencing work in 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3….do not hit refresh. Do not recheck messages. Do not sign on again for the rest of the afternoon..2….I mean it….1……SIGN OFF!

What are your To Do Lists.

Not that I'll be checking your answers until tomorrow.

Really.

I mean it.

[BarTopDancer]

Hehehee. Wonderful post EH1812! Really. And CONGRATULATIONS on your very first office!!!

This is what BTD has to do at work today:
Review data to make sure it's clean before it's released
Make sure there is sufficient information for said data to be retrieved
Figure out why we don't have a report for our SMS project (just found out about that)

This is what BTD has been doing at work today:
Dreaming about moving and the logistics of having a roommate
Thinking about all the stuff I have to do at home
Reading the LoT
Looking at photos of pretty Silverados
Thinking about how I am going to study before my quiz tonight

This is what BTD has to do at home: (everything was on the list last weekend too)
Move her desk so the new couch fits better
Clean her bathroom
Clean her kitchen
Clean her... Oh hell. Clean her entire apartment
Figure out why I can't register for my online math class that started today
Catch up on reading for my Oceanography class
Clean her fridge

This is what BTD will be doing tonight:
Go to school
Go home
Play on LoT
Sleep

This is what BTD should not be doing after work until said list is done
Go online. Period.
Post on Lot. Period.
Watch TV without doing something productive.

[UvaGirl]

I'm not even going to start on work, it's too, too depressing.

Carlie's general To Do list...

Tidy up large piles of magazine that have accumulated under my side of the bed. Handy for late night reading, not so handy for vacuuming.

Download and fill out British Working Visa application form.

Track down family birth certificates to go with said form.

Work out what to do with household appliances/furniture/general belongings/2 cats if said application form is accepted and I need to move in haste to London.

Meh. It's all too much work....

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Ah, 50% caught up. Will do the remaining 50% in the morning. Things are looking up. Check list is being checked off.

Now, I trek home to CLEAN. Yes, I will clean.

[wendybeth]

Dear EH1812's To Do List,

I'd very much like to dump this slacker I've been hanging around with and move in with you. Wendy is constantly ignoring me, putting me off, and otherwise procrastinating my life away. We have so much to do, and does she listen? Today, when I reminded her of the fact that there are new life forms growing in the fridge and bathtubs with rings that rival Saturn's, do you think she listened? Nooooo, it's all "I'm going to Disneyland in July, blah blah blah...." Really, you'd think she'd won the damn Superbowl. Granted, she did do a perm on her MIL, but she was supposed to do that last week. There are so many things that need looked after- the house needs painting, car washed, carpets cleaned, checkbook balanced, taxes prepped, etc.

You seem to be a take charge, no nonsense sort of list. Will you adopt me, please?

Sincerely,
Wendy's Should Be Doing List.

[€uroMeinke]

This is €'s To Do list - dust covered coffee stained. it reads more as a plea of good intentions. Therein lie the projects long promised to be complete, the dishes that were already done by his loving spouse, the plans long canceled by other circumstances.

This list is an alternate reality, of what could have been €'s life. It shows the promise €'s life had before it was thoughtlessly squandered before the internet.

The list is €'s epitaph of failure - his tasks never completed.

[Baileykat]

This is Baileykat's To Do List...

We've since joined PA (Procrastinator's Annonymous). To Do List's are a thing of the past...now we use a Maybe It'll Get Done If I Friggin Feel Like It List. It's working well for me.

Here's what the MIGDIIFFLI List said today:

Asssuming kids are at school, get self dressed in something besides PJ's (done by 2:00)

Touch up house (vaccum, dust, mop kitchen floor) Finally done at 2:45pm

Get hubbys bday present before picking up kids at 3:00pm - Didn't do

Things that did get done:

Hung out on LoT...alot!

Took a nap with the cat

Watched Turner Classic Movies.

Watched my soaps.

Realized it was 2:00pm...Crap! Where did the day go?
Light speed shower, get dressed, run vacuum while at the same time dusting furniture, race to pick up kids, race to Mall, get present, race to take Kat to cheer practice, race to grocery store for rest of supper, race home, make special dinner for hubby's bday, make chocolate dipped strawberries instead of cake, do dishes, bathe children, put children to bed, put hubby to bed, surf LoT!

[dsnylndmom]

My TO DO List~~~Get Well :(

Which means, the longer it takes to finish this list the longer the next To Do list will be. :rolleyes:

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I only use To Do lists when it really comes down to it. In other words:

"These things have been needing attention for 2 months now, so you either do them or commit suicide, because you're such a fvck up."

At this moment, however, I'm shockingly caught up. But that's only because there was a possibility of us having people over for the weekend and I did the WHOLE DAMN PLACE in the course of a week. I swear, this place was nearly spotless. I'm still riding that victory and things aren't bad. Yet.

My phantom, normal, everyday to do list of the moment includes buying new tan shoelaces. Working on getting the songs on my iPod labeled correctly. Repotting a tree I got for free at the library. Odds and ends. Organize my files. You know, ex-file clerks never have organized files. Hmm, now that I think of it, they were far more organized when I was a file clerk. Hmm.

[Kevy Baby]

Kevin's to do list:

Live

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Kevin's to do list:

LiveWell, at least he doesn't feel like a failure at the end of the day. :p

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Progress Report:

Work = Incomplete, not even started; F+ (the plus is for EXCEPTIONAL failure to complete tasks)

Effort = D. I at least put together a To Do List.

Maybe I should stick a list that is more like Chris' or Kevin's.

[Claire]

Oh good Lord.

I have this auction creeping up my butt like an errant thong....

Here's my auction to-do list:

~Re-contact all the businesses I first contacted in November and beg them for donations.
~Update my procurement committee on the progress.....haven't done it since last Tuesday.
~Total approximate dollar value of auction items thus far and email it to auction chairs.
~Write overly cheery email to the 45 families in the preschool letting them know that I now considering them on par with my creeping thong since they haven't been turning in all their donation forms. Several of them feel like ingrown hairs, promising much but delivering nada, but I'm going to keep that little nugget of truism to myself.
~Re-re-contact 60 more businesses that I've been hassling and hustling since October.
~Fax a bajillion copies of a form and a letter to the re-contacts and re-re-contacts since the managers/owners of these establishments keep dumping my forms and letters.....but keep stringing me along. I'm the thong in their cracks and I just won't go away.
~Dodge the phone calls of an obsessive-compulsive "I have no life, therefore you must not either, what do you mean you have three kids, work two days a week and you're sick, and you like to leave your house to see other human adults and have a social life and the preschool is not your life, how can the preschool NOT be your life, it's my life and I feel very fulfilled and blessed to be a part of it, it's a co-op and if you don't feel like you can be cooperative then maybe it's not a good fit for you, and I don't need any sleep since I'm not human, I'm actually a robot with zero social skills because hey how can anyone expect me to have social skills when this damn preschool is my fvcking life?" preschool president.
~Put together existing auction items into sizeable packages and "sell" them to the parents as they come and pick up their kids, drop their kids off, or any time they accidentally make eye contact with me, as per the instructions of the obsessive compulsive robot preschool president.
~Kill myself.
~Smile.
~Get drunk at the auction (April 2) and hit on the robot's husband, knowing that I have the full support of my husband who might accidentallyonpurpose run over the robot preschool president in the dark parking lot after the auction.


I might not get to all of the above......but I'm going to try my damnedest, because I'm cooperative and the preschool is my life.

[wendybeth]

Claire,

I 'snorked' my drink at "errant thong", and it was downhill from there....

LOL!!!
Even sick, you are hilarious! I bow to you, Suburban Goddess. Good luck with the auction and stuff.*

*I learned to hide from the auction idiots before Tori was out of Kindergarten, but they always nabbed me for a gift basket of haircare **** afterwards. Now I tell them to F/O, since we homeschool and all that....

[Claire]

Claire,

I 'snorked' my drink at "errant thong", and it was downhill from there....

LOL!!!
Even sick, you are hilarious! I bow to you, Suburban Goddess. Good luck with the auction and stuff.*

*I learned to hide from the auction idiots before Tori was out of Kindergarten, but they always nabbed me for a gift basket of haircare **** afterwards. Now I tell them to F/O, since we homeschool and all that....

My new title shall read "Auction Idiot" in my mind. :coffee:

[Ponine]

Ponine's To Do List:
Work: Work on, calculate and write up over payments that I have yet to do since I started.
Clean up the crud around and under my desk left over by the person before me. (I got this job the last working day of September)
Find the top of my desk.
Calculate out the two folks goiung on maternity leave.

Remember to stop at the store and get something to bring to the potluck tomorrow. *I think I signed up for drinks
Check with organizier as to what I signed up to bring to the potluck.

Figure out plans for weekend, esp Saturday. Find Childcare.

Clean my room. The tub resurfacers are arriving Monday. No bathroom for three days.

Get off my lazy arse and work on my art journal

Things NOT to do:
Surf the web.
Watch the new movies I just bought.
Sit and play Toontown or Neopets all night.
Finish my book.

Things I should also do:
Go to sleep before 1am.

[wendybeth]

My new title shall read "Auction Idiot" in my mind. :coffee:


No, you misunderstand, dear. The Auction Idiot is :
"Dodge the phone calls of an obsessive-compulsive "I have no life, therefore you must not either, what do you mean you have three kids, work two days a week and you're sick, and you like to leave your house to see other human adults and have a social life and the preschool is not your life, how can the preschool NOT be your life, it's my life and I feel very fulfilled and blessed to be a part of it, it's a co-op and if you don't feel like you can be cooperative then maybe it's not a good fit for you, and I don't need any sleep since I'm not human, I'm actually a robot with zero social skills because hey how can anyone expect me to have social skills when this damn preschool is my fvcking life?" preschool president."

Her. We have one , too- she lives down the hill from us. She used to corner me every year, but now she acts as if I don't exist, and I see her almost daily. Must have something to do with the fact that I told her I'd rather send my donation to a school that actually needs the funds.:rolleyes:

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Very bad start to the day:

Good dreams. Slept in. More good dreams. Oh, ****, I still have to shower. 30 minutes to get ready. Can do make-up on bus. HATE doing make-up on bus. HATE seeing other women do make-up on bus. HATE seeing transformation from Morning Monster face to Presentable Work face. Hate that some women seem to need this transformation more than others. Hate wearing make-up, period. Also, no time to do hair. No gel in hair. I have Mom hair today.

The good? I seem to have lost weight and, for my Amazonian frame, appear to now have a dainty waist. Or, could be flattering skirt. No, waist definitely more dainty. Though, would prefer smaller pores and clear skin to even Selma Hayek's freakishly narrorw waist.

Got to bus stop on time. Only bus was late. Which means I would be late.

Manged to get to work on time thanks to super special third bus that delivered me right to work's front doorstep.

Hair still looks like Mom hair. My own mother doesn't have Mom hair. She has Rod Stewart/Mandy Moore combo cool person hair.

Now remembering that I am wearing the bottoms to my swim suit since, because of waking up late, I could not find clean underwear.

Could not find clean underwear because clean laundry is even more strewn across bedroom floor, and not attempt to clean my room or apartment was made last night as I was too busy talking about music, books, and www.ebaumsworld.com with Rena online last night.

Wasn't even supposed to be online last night.

Or online here and now.

Ah, work. The piles are much smaller but they are still piles. Not even a cup of coffee in me but I think it's time to turn this day into a productive one.

Heh.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Now remembering that I am wearing the bottoms to my swim suit since, because of waking up late, I could not find clean underwear.LMFAO. I've never done that! You win, babe. ;)

[Ponine]

Could not find clean underwear because clean laundry is even more strewn across bedroom floor, and no attempt to clean my room or apartment was made last night as I was too busy talking about music, books, and www.ebaumsworld.com with Rena online last night.

Wasn't even supposed to be online last night.
Well at least now I know why Rena ditched me online last night while I was slacking on cleaning the house by web surfing and watching Law and Order.

She ditched me for the amazon!

On the upside, I do have coffee, and have gotten other peoples work done. Just not my own.

[Not Afraid]

Now remembering that I am wearing the bottoms to my swim suit since, because of waking up late, I could not find clean underwear.



I sure hope they are bright and that your pants are white. :p

That sent me into a coughing fit (which is not an unusual feat).


I need to remember to ask Ponine about Tub Resurfacing.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

To do today:
Drug store
Repot plant
Make coffee (it's that kind of day)
Finish "On the road" (today, damnit)

Yeah, I aim low. :p

[blueerica]

Oh, EH1812's To Do List --

Well, I meant to write something witty, or at least minimally humorous, but I just don't think that's happening.

If my To Do List were to talk to me, which I don't think she would -- we haven't been on speaking terms since that incident in November 2002 -- I think she'd tell me to go F myself, because I haven't paid her any attention. I made no attempts to reconcile, though I did o'pine the hours away fretting about what my To Do List might be doing, or who my To Do List might be hanging out with. I even checked up on my To Do List's LJ... Here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/bestodolist/), you can see it for yourself.

I don't know. Perhaps there's a chance to make things work... Hopefully they won't be empty words any longer...

-erica

[Baileykat]

Ha ha ha! I laughed out loud, loudly! EH wearing her swimsuit bottoms...freakin almost killed me!

Today's To Do List....See yesterday's To Do List!

Except I did get ready earlier today and went and played Lunch Lady at the kid's school...

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Oh, EH1812's To Do List --

Well, I meant to write something witty, or at least minimally humorous, but I just don't think that's happening.

If my To Do List were to talk to me, which I don't think she would -- we haven't been on speaking terms since that incident in November 2002 -- I think she'd tell me to go F myself, because I haven't paid her any attention. I made no attempts to reconcile, though I did o'pine the hours away fretting about what my To Do List might be doing, or who my To Do List might be hanging out with. I even checked up on my To Do List's LJ... Here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/bestodolist/), you can see it for yourself.

I don't know. Perhaps there's a chance to make things work... Hopefully they won't be empty words any longer...

-erica

Our To Do Lists could totally make-out and party together. LMFAO at this entire thing, you witty, witty lass.

[blueerica]

Yes, they'd totally hit it off... It could be a dangerous affair. They would run away and never visit us anymore!!

:D

Maybe that's not a bad thing.

[BarTopDancer]

Dear fellow to-do lists,

BTD continues to neglect me. I think someone should alert the ToDoList Protective Services department. She leaves me on her desk, alone cold and in the dark. She shoves me out of the way, and always puts everything else before me. I am alone, scared, battered and bruised. I keep hoping that one day she will pick me up and love me again but alas, I fear that day shall never come. Help me please.

Sincerely,

BTDs to-do list

[lindyhop]

On my work to do list:
Write five more annual performance reviews (seven already done)
Entertain KPMG auditor who pops into my cube on the hour, try not to tell him anything that will engage his auditor sensors

On my personal to do list:
Do every exercise the physical therapist has told me to do at home (yeah, that'll happen)
Write letter to oldest, dearest friend in response to her, uh, Christmas letter (it's February already?)
Clean and organize everything (I'm sorry, this one just makes me laugh)

What I am doing:
Sitting in bed with the laptop, drinking a glass of wine

:cheers:

[Baileykat]

Dear fellow to-do lists,

BTD continues to neglect me. I think someone should alert the ToDoList Protective Services department. She leaves me on her desk, alone cold and in the dark. She shoves me out of the way, and always puts everything else before me. I am alone, scared, battered and bruised. I keep hoping that one day she will pick me up and love me again but alas, I fear that day shall never come. Help me please.

Sincerely,

BTDs to-do list


Don't worry BTD...you can hang with me...My To Do List took out a Restraining Order after reading all the not nice things I said about it in my above post...and I spilt hot coffee on him yesterday morning...I can't go within 30 feet of him and must register my name as a To Do List Offender for the rest of my life.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Getting work done, at work, not at home. House looks worse for the wear, or worse than that.

Upside, I found clean panties.

Downside, I'm wearing mom hand-me-downs from the 80's and have gotten MORE compliments on this outfit than I have on any other in a good long while, and I SWEAR I look like someone's frumpy school marm today. That's just...it's wrong. It's hurtful. It totally f**king sucks.

My frump mom look is apparently more attractive than my hip, fresh unique look. Heh.

F**king fashion woes.

[Claire]

~Dodge the phone calls of an obsessive-compulsive "I have no life, therefore you must not either, what do you mean you have three kids, work two days a week and you're sick, and you like to leave your house to see other human adults and have a social life and the preschool is not your life, how can the preschool NOT be your life, it's my life and I feel very fulfilled and blessed to be a part of it, it's a co-op and if you don't feel like you can be cooperative then maybe it's not a good fit for you, and I don't need any sleep since I'm not human, I'm actually a robot with zero social skills because hey how can anyone expect me to have social skills when this damn preschool is my fvcking life?" preschool president.


:blush: She brought me a huge bouquet of flowers today. :blush: I'm eating crow...a little. But just because she does one nice thing (one extremely over-the-top nice thing) doesn't excuse how she's been treating people. I'm just the one who spoke up. :rolleyes:

Made oooooodles of calls today. Progress is happening.

[tracilicious]

Realistic to-do list (in other words, things I might actually get done because I am a lazy slob):

Up my posting on the LoT. I'm shamefully low.

Sign up for a session at www.dreamdinners.com (http://www.dreamdinners.com). I'm thrilled for this! I can make a month's worth of scrummy dinners in two hours! Woo-hoo! No more eating cheese on bread because I'm too lazy to cook!

Play Mario Party. I'm trying really hard to collect enough coins to unlock a secret map.

Clean the carpets. This has to get done because they look yucky and the ultrasound people are coming to my house (It's an ultrasound service primarily for people having homebirths.)

What I should be doing:

Cleaning the carpets.

Sorting laundry.

Cleaning the whole house.

Harrassing Michael to do his list.

Playing Mario Party ( I really wan that map!)

Vowing never to make another to do list.

[lindyhop]

Tips on how to get through your to do list from an astonished procrastinator:

Start with projects and deadlines that will fill up every day for the next two months.

Get call from physical therapist that you've got six more weeks of physical therapy approved. Subtract six hours a week from available work time.

Panic.

Then actually get things done. It's amazing what I'll do to avoid working on Saturdays. :D


(I keep a written to do list because I can't remember anything. Once in a while I do something that I would have written down but didn't. So I write it down just for the satisfaction of checking it off. :blush: )

[BarTopDancer]

Dear fellow to-do lists,

BTD paid attention to me this weekend! I know I shouldn't get used to the attention, or get my hopes up that she will continue with this but for this weekend I felt loved again. She folded laundry and washed/dried more, got ahead in school, prepared some meals to be frozen, balanced her checkbook, finished her taxes, changed her sheets and got some errands done. I think she's off to fold some more laundry or something now.

Signed,
A loved but cautious to-do list.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Living room and kitchen mostly clean (floors need to be done).

There's been progress. More socializing, book buying and having fun than progress, but still...some progress.

[wendybeth]

Wendy here.

My list has gone missing. I suspect it may be at the bottom of my purse, which, ironically, was #4 on the list of things to clean out.

I may just have to come up with a new one, because there is no way I'm going in after it! In the meanwhile, I'm gonna just hang out and not do a damn thing.

[MickeyD]

Oh crap. My to do list. It's incredibly long this week. Everything on it is both urgent and important. Honestly, I'm not sure there are enough waking hours for me to do everything I need to do this week. Crap. Curse my procrastinating ways!

[Claire]

Traci's list reminded me of my auction to-do list because Dream Dinners has donated two things to our auction. A $100 certificate and a half-off party for 12. So twelve people can get together, make their dinners together, they provide goodies and drinks, and we get it all for half-off! I'm loving that! We already have a few of us who are going to go in together to buy the dinner-making party.

I'm getting nada done today. But that's all right by me. ;)

[Flubber]

Once in a while I do something that I would have written down but didn't. So I write it down just for the satisfaction of checking it off. :blush:

Brilliant!!!! This, my fellow swanksters, is the key to successful To Do lists.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Brilliant!!!! This, my fellow swanksters, is the key to successful To Do lists.Can't agree more, my man. :)

Ok, so for today, between jobs:

hand wash clothes
put away clean dishes
tidy newspapers
perhaps buy food

Lunch first, of course.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I took a "sick" day yesterday.

And now my apartment is sparkling, beautifully, wonderfully clean. My closests? Neat. My room? Spick and span and adorable. My bed? Made, pillows and all. And I'm getting well organized at work.

My head feels cleaner.

My heart lighter.

Strangely, my libido feels dampened, but that probably has to do with feeling like a housewife yesterday, and not enjoying the role very much. But the sense of accomplishment I felt after all was done...priceless. I even did my laundry. And took clothes to the dry cleaners, clothes that have been sitting in my closet for over a year because I was too lazy to walk them to the dry cleaners. A suit I forgot I had. A nice suit.

Ah, I'm going to dress to impress next week.

All that's on my to do list this weekend is HAVE FUN!

Awesome.

[Ponine]

My to do list is SO proud of you.
May you break hearts next week in your newly dry cleaned clothes!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Awesome is right! You rock, babe. :cool:

Hmm, housework lowers libido....now that you mention it...although I think that it may just be a tiredness thing.

[Baileykat]

I took a "sick" day yesterday.

And now my apartment is sparkling, beautifully, wonderfully clean. My closests? Neat. My room? **** and span and adorable. My bed? Made, pillows and all. And I'm getting well organized at work.

My head feels cleaner.

My heart lighter.

Strangely, my libido feels dampened, but that probably has to do with feeling like a housewife yesterday, and not enjoying the role very much. But the sense of accomplishment I felt after all was done...priceless. I even did my laundry. And took clothes to the dry cleaners, clothes that have been sitting in my closet for over a year because I was too lazy to walk them to the dry cleaners. A suit I forgot I had. A nice suit.

Ah, I'm going to dress to impress next week.

All that's on my to do list this weekend is HAVE FUN!

Awesome.

Show off! :p ;)

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Show off! :p ;)

Maybe. But just remember that I had to weasel my way out of a work day to get this stuff done.

My triumph came in on the heels of dishonesty.

Productive dishonesty.

The funny? I got all the way to my last bus stop before deciding to take the day off. I called in from a pay phone to say I got ill in transit.

[Baileykat]

Maybe. But just remember that I had to weasel my way out of a work day to get this stuff done.

My triumph came in on the heels of dishonesty.

Productive dishonesty.

The funny? I got all the way to my last bus stop before deciding to take the day off. I called in from a pay phone to say I got ill in transit.


Oh you are GOOD! I bow down! You are the queen! :D :snap:


When I used to work..at the job I totally hated...for the Queen of Witches...having kids was nice..."OH..Kat's not feeling well today."


Of course, this used to piss me off to no end when my employees would call in sick because of their kids...Of course I let them off...but I was always wondering....... :eek:

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I actually have the day off tomorrow. Lincoln's birthday. Perhaps I'll get my sh!t together.

But I sure as hell ain't writing a list - that ALWAYS jinxes me. :mad: I didn't get any of the stuff on my list done yesterday.

[BarTopDancer]

Today is the day my to-do list gets done!

[Baileykat]

Today is the day my to-do list gets done!


Can we quote you on that? :) ;)

I actually accomplished one of my To Do's....CLEANING BAILEY'S ROOM!

I try really hard to make my kids clean their own rooms...but their idea of clean and my idea of clean are apparently two different things!

I'm personally shocked at the number of candy, chip, gum wrappers one can stuff under the bed. :rolleyes: And did you know an un-eaten Chicken McNugget from McDonald's can live under your bed without turning green for at least three weeks! :eek:

And I've been wrong all this time thinking dirty clothes went in the dirty clothes hamper :rolleyes: ....apparently they live in the toy box, under the mattress, behind the TV, on the top bunk, anywhere BUT the hamper.

BUT..it's clean now and no longer smells "funky"...what is that smell anyway???


Those of you who have little boys know what I'm talking about!

[BarTopDancer]

I cleaned my fridge, have laundry in the dryer and I did a bunch of homework (with more to do... on a break). Next up is the stove. The oven was supposed to get done today but I can't find the SOS non stinky oven cleaner pads.

[BarTopDancer]

My list will be done tomorrow! YAY!!!!

Today I:
cleaned my fridge
cleaned the kitchen counters
cleaned my stove
did laundry
put away said laundry
mopped the kitchen, dining room and bathroom floors (after sweeping of course)
dusted living room
took out the trash
most of my homework
filed papers (god after being a file clerk I hate filing!)
changed my sheets
moved my bike (yes, that was on my to-do list)

Only a few things left to do. YAY!

[€uroMeinke]

I had Coffee
I made Breakfest
I helped the plumber off the roof
I picked up Dinner

Tomorrow, I will go to Disneyland

[BarTopDancer]

Damn I'm on a roll. I scrubbed my bathroom tonight.

Tomorrow I tackle my bedroom and the rest of my homework in the morning and then a trip to my parents house and I think dinner with a friend.

[mhrc4]

heres MHRC4s to do list (straight cut and paste out of my todo.txt thats sitting on my desktop)

Things to Do
---------------------------------------

House
- Costco Membership
- AAA Membership
- Clean floorboards
- Get Vaccuum Fixed (At Repair shop now 2/5/05)
- Get taxes done
- File paperwork in closet
- 7 support brackets for attic shelving
- Clean floor in bedroom
- Try to run CAT 5 up wall w/phone line in bedroom
- Find rug for livingroom
- Call handyman re: mouldings/speakers/cat5
- Purchase new shower fixtures
- Call Saddleback plumbing for shower fixtures/sink
- Paint bedroom bottom
- Replace 1 tile in bathroom
- Replace drywall in closet/bathroom
- Find easier way to clean/mop balcony


Personal
- 2 pairs of pants to tailor
- Clean out and return toolbox
- Arrange pictures for Paris album (In Process)
- Fill in Wine Journal from party

Truck
- Smog - Test only center
- Brake and Lights cert. - DMV/AAA certified mechanic
- paperwork for Registration
- Install Shocks

[Cadaverous Pallor]

mhrc4, I do not envy your workload! :eek:
- Find easier way to clean/mop balcony
If you come up with this, let me know - cleaning the balcony is impossible. :(

[BarTopDancer]

If you come up with this, let me know - cleaning the balcony is impossible. :(

I found a push broom works best if you have the room to manuver it.

[€uroMeinke]

We moved to a place wthout one

[Ponine]

mhrc4, I do not envy your workload! :eek:
If you come up with this, let me know - cleaning the balcony is impossible. :(
We also use a push broom, however, we bought a child sized one, works fabulous compared to the full size.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

To Do List for Monday, February 14th - Valentine's Day

1. Forget that it's Valentine's Day as is bull**** holiday invented by Hallmark, See's Candy, Godiva and Satan to make single people - even people who like to be single - feel singled out in ways most unpleasant. Holiday drives the knife further into the hearts of spinster's who don't actually want to be spinsters (unlike some happily self-proclaimed spinsters), and into the heart's of sad sack men who really want to fall in love and marry but are finding it hard to do either on account of being a sad sack. Holiday also painful for somewhat or very unhappily marrieds, as it serves to point out that flowers, cards, excitement of any kind, variety of any kind, dinner out and sex are only happening once a year instead of every day like they happened in yesterdays gone by. Holiday also much more too heterosexually inclined, which is a bummer for many a happy non-hetero couple.

2. In attempt to forget that it's bull**** Valentine's Day, will overcompensate by wishing everyone Happy Valentines Day!!!! all day long with a forced chipper smile and forced skip in each step. Will also feel guilty when co-workers actually bring in candy shaped hearts with cute sayings on them. Will try not to get up in arms (again) over the fact that these cute sayings are rather less cute than they were back in the day now that they're trying too hard to be hip. (Hmm, should perhaps buy some lame candies to share with co-workers, as not giving Christmas presents last year and the year before have quite possibly labeled me as thoughtless, selfish and greedy.

3. Aside from wrestling with Valentine's Day, will actually wake up very early (4:30), get to work by 7:00, and proceed to do work all day without slacking by either playing on the Internet, talking to my numerous imaginary friends, or sneaking off to the bathroom for a secret wank.

4. At 5:00 will leave promptly to go home.

5. At home will eat dinner and work on cleaning out my computer (to ready it for professional cleaning) and begin going through my journals to see if there is anything worthwhile to build on.

6. Watch Everwood. Drool all over Bright and worry about Hannah being possibly very sick, and Dr Abbott ruining everything form my homeboy and homegirl Ephram and Amy. SHUT UP Dr Abbott!!!!!!!

7. Go to bed at 9. Wake up early again the next day.

I am SO hell bent on doing 3-7, I'll actually bet people pennies that I will succeed. Wake up early. Hard work. No slacking. For at least one whole day.

I am Picard's No. 1, and I am GOING to make it so!

[BarTopDancer]

I am Picard's No. 1, and I am GOING to make it so!

Ummm... When did you turn into Riker? Because he's YUMMYLICIOUS!

[mhrc4]

mhrc4, I do not envy your workload! :eek:
If you come up with this, let me know - cleaning the balcony is impossible. :(

tell me about it!!

that is just stuff on the list that i made off the top of my head....some stuff will be taken care of this week, others are a few months off.


It feels so good, we went to Old Navy yesterday, and i bought 6-7 new shirts for $2.47-$5 per shirt. My Wife's and my policy is that if we buy new clothes, we toss out 1 old piece of clothing. So that being said, i had to toss out 6-7 shirts...

Well, Erin and I went crazy, started going through all of our clothes, tossing out what we honestly would never wear again, things we havent worn in years, and things that were damaged/discolored past repair.

We now have 3 large kitchen trash bags of clothes waiting to go to GoodWill.....

[mhrc4]

heres MHRC4s to do list (straight cut and paste out of my todo.txt thats sitting on my desktop)

Things to Do
---------------------------------------

House
- Costco Membership
- AAA Membership
- Clean floorboards
- Get Vaccuum Fixed DONE
- NEW Buy new vaccuum ($50-80 at Target)
- Get taxes done
- File paperwork in closet
- 7 support brackets for attic shelving
- Clean floor in bedroom
- Try to run CAT 5 up wall w/phone line in bedroom
- Find rug for livingroom (found one at Target - $79.99)
- Call handyman re: mouldings/speakers/cat5
- John @ JMC
- Purchase new shower fixtures ($120 at Home Depot)
- Call Saddleback plumbing for shower fixtures/sink
- Paint bedroom bottom
- Replace 1 tile in bathroom
- Replace drywall in closet/bathroom
- Find easier way to clean/mop balcony


Personal
- 2 pairs of pants to tailor
- Clean out and return toolbox (cleaned out, returning today 02/14/05)
- Arrange pictures for Paris album (In Process)
- Drop off Civic Title at Mazda dealership
- Take clothes to goodwill
- Fill in Wine Journal from party

Truck
- Smog - Test only center
- Brake and Lights cert. - DMV/AAA certified mechanic
- paperwork for Registration
- Install Shocks


UPDATED

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Ummm... When did you turn into Riker? Because he's YUMMYLICIOUS!

EW! Riker?! EW!!!!!

My heart belonged to Data. Well, before he got puffy and old looking. Heh. Nah, even then I loved him. Him and his evil android twin Lore.

PROGRESS REPORT.

LUNCH BREAK!!!!

4 hours of working straight and counting. So far, so good.

[BarTopDancer]

EW! Riker?! EW!!!!!

My heart belonged to Data. Well, before he got puffy and old looking. Heh. Nah, even then I loved him. Him and his evil android twin Lore.

Data was too... Oh I don't know... Riker always had my heart. I go for the scruffy type.

I'm on a working lunch break. I'm working... and posting... and working on posting. I'm doing quite well at multi-tasking. However I am also going on my 2nd week of working lunches.

[mhrc4]

Updated

Things to Do
---------------------------------------

House
- Costco Membership ($45)
- AAA Membership ($97 initiall, $67/year thereafter)
- Clean floorboards
- Clean Microwave
- Clean Stove
- Buy New Vaccuum ($50-70 at Target)
- File paperwork in closet
- 7 support brackets for attic shelving
- Clean floor in bedroom
- Try to run CAT 5 up wall w/phone line in bedroom
- Find rug for livingroom ($79,99 at Target)
- Call handyman re: mouldings/speakers/cat5
- Purchase new shower fixtures ($120 at home depot)
- Call Saddleback plumbing for shower fixtures/sink
- Paint bedroom bottom
- Replace 1 tile in bathroom
- Replace drywall in closet/bathroom
- Find easier way to clean/mop balcony


Personal
- Make Chiro appt
- Get bailey a few new toys
- Arrange pictures for Paris album (In Process)
- Fill in Wine Journal from party
- Oil Change in Matrix


Truck
- Smog - Test only center
- Brake and Lights cert. - DMV/AAA certified mechanic
- paperwork for Registration
- Install Shocks


DONE
- Get Vaccuum Fixed (broken) - 01/25/05
- Get taxes dropped off - 02/14/05
- Dropped off Goodwill clothes - 02/14/05
- 2 pairs of pants to tailor - 02/14/05
- Drop off Title at Mazda dealership - 02/14/05
- Call about contacts - 02/14/05
- Clean out and return toolbox - 02/14/05
- Make Dentist appt - 02/14/05