"How Do You Do?" From my To Do List to You - Page 4

Claire · 02-03-2005, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

She brought me a huge bouquet of flowers today.

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.

Made oooooodles of calls today. Progress is happening.

tracilicious · 02-05-2005, 04:47 PM

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. 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 · 02-05-2005, 07:27 PM

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.

(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.

)

BarTopDancer · 02-06-2005, 08:20 PM

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 · 02-07-2005, 11:59 AM

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 · 02-07-2005, 12:17 PM

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 · 02-07-2005, 01:56 PM

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 · 02-07-2005, 02:00 PM

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 · 02-08-2005, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by lindyhop

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.

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

Cadaverous Pallor · 02-09-2005, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Flubber

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.

02-05-2005, 04:47 PM	#32
tracilicious avatar transition Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in-between Posts: 2,487	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. 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. __________________ And now Harry, let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure! - Albus Dumbledore
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02-05-2005, 07:27 PM	#33
lindyhop Swing Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 997	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. (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. )
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02-06-2005, 08:20 PM	#34
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	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. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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02-07-2005, 11:59 AM	#35
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	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.
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02-07-2005, 12:17 PM	#36
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	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. __________________
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02-07-2005, 01:56 PM	#37
MickeyD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Mooby's Posts: 488	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! __________________ Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
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02-07-2005, 02:00 PM	#38
Claire Shagilicious Disneyland!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fulfilling my destiny..... Posts: 740	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. __________________ Miles: It tastes like the back of a fing L.A. school bus. Now they probably didn't de-stem, hoping for some semblance of concentration, crushed it up with leaves and mice, and then wound up with this rancid tar and turpentine bull**. Fin' Raid. Jack: Tastes pretty good to me.
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