Wednesday, December 31, 2014

100 Things I Must-Should-Ought-Want to Do (1-10 January 2015)

(symptom:  checking and re-checking several to hundreds of times a day, such as self- evaluation)
(I'm finding it hard to motivate myself to clean the house just now as soon I'm going off to a tropical island and leaving the boys home alone.  It certainly won't be clean when I return.)
  1. Dishes [x20, #4 x1]
  2. Laundry [x7]
  3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x9]
  4. Clean the sinks [x9]
  5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x9]
  6. Clean the toilet [x8]
  7. Plan and prepare dinner [x3, DH x3, #3 x2, takeaway x1]
  8. Pick up and drop off #4 [DH x2, #3 x2]
  9. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center (10th)
  10. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (2nd)
  11. Shop for new stove (9th)
  12. Prepare for a week on tropical island:  shopping with #3 (5th)
  13. Prepare for a week on tropical island:  book pedicures (6th)
  14. Prepare for a week on tropical island:  replace smoke detector batteries (x1)
  15. Buy more retaining wall blocks, backpack sprayer, stakes, mulch, brackets and PVC poles
  16. 27-pick-up in the addition
  17. 27-pick-up in the storage room/garage
  18. 27-pick-up in the office (7)
  19. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden
  20. 27-pick-up in the dining room (7)
  21. 27-pick-up in the lounge (9)
  22. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden
  23. 27-pick-up in the kitchen (3)
  24. 27-pick-up in the bedroom (1)
  25. 27-pick-up in the laundry room
  26. Spray weed killer in the shed garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  27. Buy seeds and seedlings for the back porch garden
  28. Plant seeds and seedlings in the back porch garden 
  29. Spray weed killer in the back porch garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  30. Weed and mulch established beds in the front porch garden (40 mins, 8th)
  31. Buy seeds and seedlings for the front porch garden
  32. Plant seeds and seedlings in the front porch garden 
  33. Remove grass from kill zones in the front porch garden 
  34. Spray weed killer in the front porch garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  35. Weed and mulch established beds in the water tank garden (30 mins, 9th)
  36. Buy seeds and seedlings for the water tank garden
  37. Plant seeds and seedlings in the water tank garden 
  38. Spray weed killer in the water tank garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  39. Weed and mulch established beds in the shed garden
  40. Buy seeds and seedlings for the shed garden
  41. Plant seeds and seedlings in the shed garden 
  42. Remove grass from kill zones in the shed garden 
  43. Spray weed killer in the shed garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  44. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch
  45. Clean back porch furniture
  46. Sweep and tidy the back porch
  47. Clean windows, window sills, and doors in the freezer room
  48. Clean switch plates and walls in the freezer room
  49. Straighten and dust office bookcases
  50. Clean switch plates, door frames and walls in the office
  51. Clean windows, window sills, and French doors in the office
  52. Clean monitor in the office
  53. Dust the office
  54. Vacuum office
  55. 15 minutes of filing
  56. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge
  57. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the dining room
  58. Clean windows and window sill in the dining room
  59. Polish dining room table
  60. Straighten and dust dining room bookcases
  61. Dust dining room and lounge
  62. Clean ceiling fan blades in the lounge
  63. Clean light fixtures and lamps in the lounge
  64. Clean under couch cushions in the lounge
  65. Vacuum dining room and lounge
  66. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch
  67. Sweep the front porch
  68. Clean windows, window sill, and door in entry
  69. Clean light fixture in entry
  70. Vacuum entry
  71. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances
  72. Detailed clean stove and oven
  73. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts
  74. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen
  75. Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen
  76. Mop the kitchen floor
  77. Make a grocery list
  78. Grocery shopping
  79. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom
  80. Vacuum hallway
  81. Clean the tub
  82. Clean windows and window sills in bathroom and toilet
  83. Mop bathroom and toilet room
  84. Dust bedroom
  85. Change sheets
  86. Vacuum bedroom
  87. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage
  88. Wipe down top of washer/dryer
  89. Wipe down laundry counter
  90. Clean inner washer lid
  91. Clean washer lint filter
  92. Sweep laundry room floor
  93. Clean storage room
  94. Work on current retaining wall 
  95. Drain and clean hot tub (mostly done by #4)
  96. Clean dust in addition's downstairs bathroom (mostly done by #4)
  97. Take down the Christmas tree (2nd, 3rd)
  98. Email Mom
  99. Code business bank accounts
  100. Update calendars and to-do list (10th)
And also, I must watch film with DH.  Here's what we watched together:
Here's what I'm reading:
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Books I Read in 2014


(symptom: being excessively engaged in tasks that require exquisite attention to detail, such as list-making)

Summary

120 books* by 102 different authors (having read 5 by Susan Cooper, 3 by S. J. Bolton and Robert B. Parker, and 2 each by H. G. Wells, Lewis Carroll, Iain Banks, Pat Barker, Clive Barker, Elizabeth Peters, Roger Zelazny, Daniel Silva, and Mark Billingham) from 17 countries (including Nigeria, Pakistan, Chile, Argentina, Russia, The Netherlands, Germany, France, and Scotland).

 *7 of the total were books I had previously read.  These books were not included for consideration in the lists Top 10 Reads of 2014 or Least Favorite Books of 2014.

Genres

Action & adventure, 2%
Horror, 3%
Nonfiction, 4%
Romance, 4%
Humor, 5%
Short stories, 6%
Thriller/ suspense, 8%
Young adult, 9%
Historical fiction, 12%
General and literary fiction, 14%
Fantasy, 16%
Scifi, 18%
Mystery & detective, 30%
(total greater than 100 due to some books fitting multiple categories)

64 out of the 120 (53%) won a major award or were named to a Best Of list in the year of their publication.

Top 10 Reads of 2014

  1. We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin (1927 - dystopian future in which we all live in glass houses)
  2. On the Road, by Jack Kerouac (1957 - seethingly energetic travelogue from the Beat Generation)
  3. Eucalyptus, by Murray Bail (1999 - a romantic fairy tale about the nature of storytelling)
  4. 2666, by Roberto Bolaño (2004 - we are distracted by minutiae while the killing goes on and on and on)
  5. The Lost Books of the Odyssey, by Zachary Mason (2011 - who is Odysseus, really?)
  6. HHhH, by Laurent Binet (2011 - assassination of Hitler's brain, with author's ruminations)
  7. Mockingbird, by Walter Tevis (1980 - dystopian novel in which no one reads)
  8. A Night in the Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny (1993 - fantasy narrated by Snuff the dog, who happens to belong to Jack the Ripper)
  9. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut (1963 - just because you can doesn't mean that you should, especially scientists)
  10. The Quarry, by Iain Banks  (2013 - on living, loving, and dying human)

Least Favorite Books of 2014

  1. Practical Beekeeping in New Zealand: The Definitive Guide - Completely Revised & Updated, by Andrew Matheson (2011 - it might be good for people who already know all about beekeeping, which I do not)
  2. The Righteous Men, by Sam Bourne (2006 - religious mystery killings in the vein of Dan Brown, but not as entertaining)
  3. The Circle, by Dave Eggers (2013 - giving up one's digital identity to one's employer)
  4. Millennium People, by J. G. Ballard (2012 - British middle class teeters between apathy and revolution)
  5. Coalescent, by Stephen Baxter (2004 - human hive evolves in Roman catacombs)
  6. Too Late to Die, by Bill Crider (1987 - murder/mystery with an astonishing and misleading 4.5 star rating on Amazon)
  7. Lifeless, by Mark Billingham (2007 - killer targets homeless in London)
  8. Coldheart Canyon: A Hollywood Ghost Story, by Clive Barker (2009 - search for eternal youth, fame, and power yields misbegotten progeny)
  9. Beekeeping: A Step-by-Step Guide to Setting Up and Maintaining a Hive, by Alice Mackenzie (2013 - yet another entry suggesting beekeepers shouldn't write books about beekeeping)
  10. The Iron Duke, by Meljean Brook (2010 - rape-y steampunk romance)

The Chronological List

January
The Glass Rainbow, by James Lee Burke 
Healer, by F. Paul Wilson 
We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver 
A Thousand Acres, by Jane Smiley 
Year Zero: A History of 1945, by Ian Buruma 
Occupied City, by David Peace 
Goodnight iPad: A Parody for the Next Generation, by Ann Droid 
The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog, by Elizabeth Peters 
Defend and Betray, by Anne Perry 
Split Images, by Elmore Leonard 
One of Ours, by Willa Cather 
A Test of Wills, by Charles Todd 
Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut

February
Blood & Beauty, by Sarah Dunant 
Bleeding Edge, by Thomas Pynchon 
The Circle, by Dave Eggers 
The Draining Lake, by Arnaldur Indridason 
Too Late to Die, by Bill Crider 
The Ape Who Guards the Balance, by Elizabeth Peters 
The Other Side of Silence, by Ted Allbeury 
Hope: A Tragedy, by Shalom Auslander 
The Finkler Question, by Howard Jacobson

March
A Death in Vienna, by Daniel Silva 
The Blind Man's Garden, by Nadeem Aslam 
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley 
Swimming Home, by Deborah Levy 
Red Country, by Joe Abercrombie 
The Widening Gyre, by Robert B. Parker 
Thomas the Rhymer, by Ellen Kushner 
Small Vices, by Robert B. Parker 
Amagansett, by Mark Mills 
MaddAddam, by Margaret Atwood 
The Lost Ones, by Ace Atkins

April
All the King's Men, by William Penn Warren 
Longbourn, by Jo Baker 
Pure, by Julianna Baggott 
Millennium People, by J. G. Ballard 
Eucalyptus, by Murray Bail 
Transition, by Iain Banks 
Another World, by Pat Barker 
Sacrament, by Clive Barker 
The Sword of the Golden Girl, by M. L. Daniel

May
Toby's Room, by Pat Barker 
The Book of Universes, by John D. Barrow 
Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 
Coldheart Canyon, by Clive Barker 
Over Sea, Under Stone, by Susan Cooper 
The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes 
City of Bohane, by Kevin Barry 
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder

June
Coalescent, by Stephen Baxter 
Household Stories, by Brothers Grimm 
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll*
Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis Carroll*
The Quarry, by Iain Banks 
Dracula, by Bram Stoker* 
Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper 
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley*

July
Dark Eden, by Chris Beckett 
The Island of Dr. Moreau, by H. G. Wells* 
The Invisible Man, by H. G. Wells* 
A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs 
The Reapers Are the Angels, by Alden Bell 
Herland, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury 
The Beautiful Mystery, by Louise Penny 
Terra, by Mitch Benn 
The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin*

August
In the Dark, by Mark Billingham 
Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow 
Lifeless, by Mark Billingham 
The Faithful Spy, by Alex Berenson 
Beekeeping: A Step-by-Step Guide to Setting Up and Maintaining a Hive, by Alice Mackenzie
Rubbernecker, by Belinda Bauer 
The Free World, by David Bezmozgis 
The Color Master, by Aimee Bender

September
2666, by Roberto Bolaño 
HHhH, by Laurent Binet 
Practical Beekeeping in New Zealand: The Definitive Guide, by Andrew Matheson 
The Devil Knows You're Dead, by Lawrence Block 
The Crown, by Nancy Bilyeau 
The Etched City, by K. J. Bishop 
Early Autumn, by Robert B. Parker 
Longitude:  The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solves the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time, by Dava Sobel 
Inferno, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

October
The Shining Girls, by Lauren Beukes 
Blood Harvest, by S. J. Bolton 
The Righteous Men, by Sam Bourne 
A Universal History of Infamy, by Jorge Luis Borges 
The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield 
Greenwitch, by Susan Cooper 
We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin 
The Ax, by Donald E. Westlake 
Caves of Steel, by Isaac Asimov 
The Lost Books of the Odyssey, by Zachary Mason 
Nine Princes in Amber, by Roger Zelazny 
On the Road, by Jack Kerouac 
Island in the Sea of Time, by S. M. Stirling

November
Dancing with the Virgins, by Stephen Booth 
Her Royal Spyness, by Rhys Bowen 
Any Human Heart, by William Boyd 
Open Season, by C. J. Box 
Sacrifice, by S. J. Bolton 
The Grey King, by Susan Cooper 
A Night in the Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny 
Wild Child, by T. C. Boyle 
Mockingbird, by Walter Tevis 
Moscow Rules, by Daniel Silva 
Dead Scared, by S. J. Bolton

December
The Master of Rain, by Tom Bradby
The Iron Duke, by Meljean Brook
Blue Heaven, by C. J. Box
The Sixth Lamentation, by William Brodrick
The Soldier's Return, by Melvyn Bragg
Silver in the Tree, by Susan Cooper
Marooned in Realtime, by Vernor Vinge
Tenth of December: Stories, by George Saunders
Blind Man with a Pistol, by Chester Himes
Factoring Humanity, by Robert J. Sawyer
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, by Helen Fielding

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Saturday, December 20, 2014

100 Things I Must-Should-Ought-Want to Do (21-31 December 2014)

(symptom: checking and re-checking several to hundreds of times a day, such as self-evaluation)

  1. Dishes [x20, #2 x2, #4 x1]
  2. Laundry [x10]
  3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x7]
  4. Clean the sinks [x7]
  5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x6]
  6. Clean the toilet [x5]
  7. Plan and prepare dinner [x3, DH x1, #3 x2, shared x2, scrounge x3]
  8. Pick up and drop off #4 [ ]
  9. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center (23rd)
  10. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (21st)
  11. Make a cherry pie (27th)
  12. Make a pecan pie (24th)
  13. Finish Christmas shopping (5 hrs, 30 mins, 21st, 22nd)
  14. Finish wrapping Christmas presents (120 mins, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th)
  15. Prepare Christmas dinner for 9 (25th)
  16. Christmas
  17. Shop for Ed's birthday
  18. Ed's birthday (27th)
  19. New Year's Eve (31st)
  20. Flea treatment (30th)
  21. Buy more retaining wall blocks, backpack sprayer, stakes, mulch, brackets and PVC poles
  22. 27-pick-up in the addition
  23. 27-pick-up in the storage room/garage
  24. 27-pick-up in the office (20)
  25. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden
  26. 27-pick-up in the dining room (2)
  27. 27-pick-up in the lounge (10)
  28. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden (1)
  29. 27-pick-up in the kitchen (2)
  30. 27-pick-up in the bedroom (2)
  31. 27-pick-up in the laundry room
  32. Spray weed killer in the shed garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  33. Buy seeds and seedlings for the back porch garden
  34. Plant seeds and seedlings in the back porch garden 
  35. Spray weed killer in the back porch garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  36. Weed and mulch established beds in the front porch garden
  37. Buy seeds and seedlings for the front porch garden
  38. Plant seeds and seedlings in the front porch garden 
  39. Remove grass from kill zones in the front porch garden 
  40. Spray weed killer in the front porch garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  41. Weed and mulch established beds in the water tank garden
  42. Buy seeds and seedlings for the water tank garden
  43. Plant seeds and seedlings in the water tank garden 
  44. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch (27th)
  45. Sweep and tidy the back porch (27th)
  46. Dust the office (27th)
  47. Vacuum office
  48. 15 minutes of filing
  49. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge (30th)
  50. Clean baseboards in the dining room (30th)
  51. Dust dining room and lounge (30th)
  52. Dust curtains in the lounge (30th)
  53. Clean baseboards in the lounge (30th)
  54. Vacuum dining room and lounge
  55. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch (28th)
  56. Wipe down tables, banisters, and light fixtures on the front porch (28th)
  57. Sweep the front porch (28th)
  58. Clean windows, window sill, and door in entry (28th)
  59. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the entry (28th)
  60. Vacuum entry
  61. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances (28th)
  62. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts (28th)
  63. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen (28th)
  64. Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen (28th)
  65. Mop the kitchen floor (28th)
  66. Make a grocery list (29th)
  67. Grocery shopping (29th)
  68. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom
  69. Clean light fixtures in the hallway (28th)
  70. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the hallway (28th)
  71. Vacuum hallway
  72. Clean the tub (28th)
  73. Clean windows and window sills in bathroom and toilet (28th)
  74. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the bathroom (30th)
  75. Clean baseboards in the toilet and bathroom (30th)
  76. Straighten bathroom shelves and drawers (30th)
  77. Clean siding in shower and around tub (31st)
  78. Mop bathroom and toilet room (31st)
  79. Dust bedroom
  80. Change sheets
  81. Clean ceiling fan blades in the bedroom
  82. Clean windows and window sill in bedroom
  83. Straighten and dust bookcase in bedroom
  84. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the bedroom
  85. Tidy one section of bedroom closet
  86. Vacuum bedroom
  87. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage (22nd)
  88. Wipe down top of washer/dryer (22nd)
  89. Wipe down laundry counter (22nd)
  90. Clean inner washer lid (22nd)
  91. Clean washer lint filter (22nd)
  92. Sweep laundry room floor (22nd)
  93. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the laundry room (22nd)
  94. Change rubbish bin bag in the laundry room (22nd)
  95. Mop laundry room floor (22nd)
  96. Clean storage room
  97. Complete post for Books I Read in 2014 (31st)
  98. Work on current retaining wall 
  99. Email Mom (21st)
  100. Update calendars and to-do list (31st)
And also, I must watch film with DH.  Here's what we watched together:
Here's what I'm reading:
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

100 Things I Must-Should-Ought-Want to Do (11-20 December 2014)



(symptom: checking and re-checking several to hundreds of times a day, such as self-evaluation)

  1. Dishes [x15, #4 x2]
  2. Laundry [x4]
  3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x5]
  4. Clean the sinks [x5]
  5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x4]
  6. Clean the toilet [x4]
  7. Plan and prepare dinner [x5, DH x2, scrounge x3]
  8. Pick up and drop off #4 [DH x1, #2 x2]
  9. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center (17th)
  10. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (11th)
  11. Bee club? (20th)
  12. Auckland-Kaitaia flights (12th)
  13. Arrange Rarotonga airport-resort transfers (12th)
  14. School holidays - O/N guests (12th)
  15. Christmas shopping (180 mins, 13th, 15th, 16th)
  16. Christmas decorations (300 mins, 12th, 18th, 19th)
  17. Drop off donations
  18. Flea treatment 
  19. Fix the fence (19th)
  20. Addition finish-out (11th)
  21. Buy more astroturf, hoses, cinder blocks, mulch, backpack sprayer, small pick-ax, brackets and PVC poles
  22. 27-pick-up in the addition 
  23. 27-pick-up in the storage room/garage (10)
  24. 27-pick-up in the office (13)
  25. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden (1)
  26. 27-pick-up in the dining room (19th)
  27. 27-pick-up in the lounge (25)
  28. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden (2)
  29. 27-pick-up in the kitchen (8)
  30. 27-pick-up in the bedroom (8)
  31. 27-pick-up in the laundry room (1)
  32. Spray weed killer in the shed garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  33. Weed and mulch established beds in the back porch garden  (17th)
  34. Buy seeds and seedlings for the back porch garden
  35. Plant seeds and seedlings in the back porch garden 
  36. Remove grass from kill zones in the back porch garden (60 mins, 13th, 15th)
  37. Spray weed killer in the back porch garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  38. Weed and mulch established beds in the front porch garden
  39. Buy seeds and seedlings for the front porch garden
  40. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch (15th)
  41. Sweep and tidy the back porch (15th)
  42. Dust the office (16th)
  43. Clean light fixtures in the office (20th)
  44. Vacuum office (20th)
  45. 15 minutes of filing
  46. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge (20th)
  47. Dust curtains in the dining room (14th)
  48. Clean light fixture in the dining room (16th)
  49. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the dining room (16th)
  50. Dust dining room and lounge (16th)
  51. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the lounge (12th)
  52. Clean windows and window sill in the lounge (20th)
  53. Clean ceiling fan blades in the lounge (12th)
  54. Straighten and dust lounge bookcases (12th)
  55. Polish furniture in the lounge (20th)
  56. Vacuum dining room and lounge (20th)
  57. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch (20th)
  58. Sweep the front porch (20th)
  59. Sweep off front porch furniture (14th)
  60. Wipe down tables, banisters, and light fixtures on the front porch
  61. Clean windows, window sill, and door in entry (15th)
  62. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the entry
  63. Vacuum entry (12th)
  64. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances (12th)
  65. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts (13th)
  66. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen (14th)
  67. Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen (16th)
  68. Empty fridge and thoroughly clean in the inside (14th)
  69. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the kitchen (12th)
  70. Mop the kitchen floor (15th)
  71. Make a grocery list (19th)
  72. Grocery shopping
  73. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom (12th)
  74. Vacuum hallway (12th)
  75. Clean the tub (12th)
  76. Clean windows and window sills in bathroom and toilet (14th)
  77. Empty rubbish bags in toilet and bathroom (14th)
  78. Clean outside and behind the toilet (15th)
  79. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the toilet (15th)
  80. Mop bathroom and toilet room (15th)
  81. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the bedroom (16th)
  82. Tidy one section of bedroom closet
  83. Dust bedroom (16th)
  84. Change sheets (20th)
  85. Vacuum bedroom (20th)
  86. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage (14th)
  87. Wipe down top of washer/dryer (12th)
  88. Wipe down laundry counter (12th)
  89. Clean inner washer lid (12th)
  90. Clean washer lint filter (12th)
  91. Sweep laundry room floor (14th)
  92. Clean storage room
  93. Wrap presents (x4)
  94. Work on current retaining wall (90 mins, 14th, 19th)
  95. Mow the grass (#4, 18th)
  96. Attach stakes to border for Buddha fountain garden
  97. Email Mom (16th)
  98. Order library books
  99. Code business bank accounts
  100. Update calendars and to-do list (20th)

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Sunday, November 30, 2014

100 Things I Must-Should-Ought-Want to Do (1-10 December 2014)

(symptom: checking and re-checking several to hundreds of times a day, such as self-evaluation)

  1. Dishes [x25]
  2. Laundry [x7]
  3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x8]
  4. Clean the sinks [x9]
  5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x6]
  6. Clean the toilet [x6]
  7. Plan and prepare dinner [x1, DH x2, shared x2, #3 x1, scrounge x3]
  8. Pick up and drop off #4 [x5, #2 x3]
  9. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center 
  10. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (1st)
  11. School holidays - O/N guests (5th, 6th, 10th)
  12. Christmas shopping (120 mins, 8th, 9th)
  13. Christmas decorations
  14. Drop off donations
  15. Make travel arrangements (2nd)
  16. Flea treatment 
  17. Addition finish-out (4th, 5th, 9th, 10th)
  18. Buy more astroturf, hoses, cinder blocks, mulch, backpack sprayer, brackets and PVC poles
  19. 27-pick-up in the addition (5)
  20. 27-pick-up in the storage room/garage
  21. 27-pick-up in the office (13)
  22. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden 
  23. 27-pick-up in the dining room (2)
  24. 27-pick-up in the lounge (13)
  25. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden (3)
  26. 27-pick-up in the kitchen (6)
  27. 27-pick-up in the bedroom (2)
  28. 27-pick-up in the laundry room (1)
  29. Remove grass from kill zones in the shed garden (90 mins, 1st, 3rd, 7th)
  30. Spray weed killer in the shed garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  31. Weed and mulch established beds in the back porch garden
  32. Buy seeds and seedlings for the back porch garden
  33. Plant seeds and seedlings in the back porch garden 
  34. Remove grass from kill zones in the back porch garden (30 mins, 7th)
  35. Spray weed killer in the back porch garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  36. Weed and mulch established beds in the front porch garden
  37. Buy seeds and seedlings for the front porch garden
  38. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch (2nd)
  39. Clean back porch furniture (2nd)
  40. Sweep and tidy the back porch (2nd)
  41. Clean windows, window sills, and doors in the freezer room (1st)
  42. Clean switch plates and walls in the freezer room (1st)
  43. Clean light fixture in the freezer room (2nd)
  44. Straighten and dust office bookcases (2nd)
  45. Clean switch plates, door frames and walls in the office (2nd)
  46. Clean windows, window sills, and French doors in the office (3rd)
  47. Clean monitor in the office (2nd)
  48. Dust curtains in the office (1st)
  49. Dust the office (3rd)
  50. Clean baseboards in the office (4th)
  51. Vacuum office 
  52. 15 minutes of filing
  53. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge
  54. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the dining room
  55. Clean windows and window sill in the dining room (1st)
  56. Polish dining room table (5th)
  57. Straighten and dust dining room bookcases (9th)
  58. Clean ceiling fan blades in the lounge
  59. Clean light fixtures and lamps in the lounge (3rd)
  60. Dust dining room and lounge (9th)
  61. Vacuum dining room and lounge
  62. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch
  63. Sweep the front porch
  64. Clean windows, window sill, and door in entry (9th)
  65. Vacuum entry (4th)
  66. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances (5th)
  67. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts (4th)
  68. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen (6th)
  69. Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen (9th)
  70. Mop the kitchen floor 
  71. Make a grocery list (5th)
  72. Grocery shopping (#3, 5th)
  73. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom (5th)
  74. Clean light fixtures in the hallway (4th)
  75. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the hallway (1st)
  76. Vacuum hallway (4th)
  77. Clean the tub (4th)
  78. Clean windows and window sills in bathroom and toilet (3rd)
  79. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the bathroom (5th)
  80. Mop bathroom and toilet room (3rd)
  81. Dust bedroom (9th)
  82. Change sheets
  83. Straighten and dust bookcase in bedroom (9th)
  84. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the bedroom
  85. Tidy one section of bedroom closet
  86. Vacuum bedroom (4th)
  87. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage (1st)
  88. Wipe down top of washer/dryer (3rd)
  89. Wipe down laundry counter (6th)
  90. Clean inner washer lid (4th)
  91. Clean washer lint filter (1st)
  92. Sweep laundry room floor (9th)
  93. Clean storage room
  94. Paint storage room
  95. Work on current retaining wall 
  96. Mow the grass (#3, 4th)
  97. Attach stakes to border for Buddha fountain garden
  98. Email Mom (1st)
  99. Code business bank accounts (2nd)
  100. Update calendars and to-do list (10th)

And also, I must watch film with DH.  Here's what we watched together:
Here's what I'm reading:
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Thursday, November 20, 2014

100 Things I Must-Should-Ought-Want to Do (21-30 November 2014)

(symptom: checking and re-checking several to hundreds of times a day, such as self-evaluation)

  1. Dishes [x17]
  2. Laundry [x2]
  3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x5]
  4. Clean the sinks [x6]
  5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x2]
  6. Clean the toilet [x4]
  7. Plan and prepare dinner [x5, DH x2, #3 x1, dinner party x1, takeaway x1]
  8. Pick up and drop off #4 [x6, DH x1]
  9. Warrant on truck (26th, with DH and #3)
  10. Drop off donations
  11. Christmas shopping
  12. Flea treatment
  13. Library (26th)
  14. Bee club (22nd)
  15. Thanksgiving dinners (28th, 30th)
  16. Research Pacific island holidays and decide
  17. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center 
  18. Pay bills due in the next 10 days
  19. Buy more astroturf, hoses, cinder blocks, mulch, brackets and PVC poles
  20. 27-pick-up in the addition (10)
  21. 27-pick-up in the storage room/garage
  22. 27-pick-up in the office (14)
  23. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden (5)
  24. 27-pick-up in the dining room (30th)
  25. 27-pick-up in the lounge (19)
  26. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden (25th)
  27. 27-pick-up in the kitchen (9)
  28. 27-pick-up in the bedroom (30th)
  29. 27-pick-up in the laundry room
  30. Plant more blueberries (27th)
  31. Spray weed killer in the water tank garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock (27th)
  32. Weed and mulch established beds in the shed garden (65 mins, 24th)
  33. Buy seeds and seedlings for the shed garden (24th)
  34. Plant seeds and seedlings in the shed garden (25 mins, 26th)
  35. Remove grass from kill zones in the shed garden 
  36. Spray weed killer in the shed garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  37. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch (24th)
  38. Sweep and tidy the back porch (21st)
  39. Dust the office (21st)
  40. Vacuum office (24th)
  41. 15 minutes of filing (25th)
  42. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge (24th)
  43. Dust dining room and lounge
  44. Vacuum dining room and lounge (25th)
  45. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch (29th)
  46. Sweep the front porch (25th)
  47. Clean windows, window sill, and door in entry (29th)
  48. Vacuum entry (21st)
  49. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances (26th)
  50. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts (29th)
  51. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen (29th)
  52. Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen (23rd)
  53. Mop the kitchen floor
  54. Make a grocery list
  55. Grocery shopping (26th)
  56. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom (29th)
  57. Clean light fixtures in the hallway 
  58. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the hallway
  59. Clean baseboards in the hallway (25th)
  60. Vacuum hallway
  61. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the bathroom
  62. Clean baseboards in the toilet and bathroom (23rd)
  63. Straighten bathroom shelves and drawers (23rd, 24th)
  64. Clean siding in shower and around tub (24th)
  65. Clean the tub 
  66. Wash shower curtains (25th)
  67. Clean windows and window sills in bathroom and toilet (21st)
  68. Clean light fixtures in the toilet and bathroom (23rd)
  69. Mop bathroom and toilet room (24th)
  70. Dust bedroom (25th)
  71. Clean ceiling fan blades in the bedroom (23rd)
  72. Clean windows and window sill in bedroom (23rd)
  73. Straighten and dust bookcase in bedroom
  74. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the bedroom
  75. Tidy one section of bedroom closet
  76. Clean baseboards in the bedroom (23rd)
  77. Vacuum bedroom (26th)
  78. Change sheets
  79. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage
  80. Clean light fixture in the laundry room (21st)
  81. Wipe down top of washer/dryer
  82. Wipe down laundry counter
  83. Clean inner washer lid
  84. Clean washer lint filter (21st)
  85. Sweep laundry room floor (21st)
  86. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the laundry room (24th)
  87. Change rubbish bin bag in the laundry room (21st)
  88. Mop laundry room floor (21st)
  89. Clean storage room
  90. Buy more paint for the storage room
  91. Paint storage room
  92. Buy black spray paint
  93. Spray paint the rest of the file cabinets black
  94. Mow the grass
  95. Attach stakes to border for Buddha fountain garden
  96. Install Magic Mesh on front door (24th)
  97. Email Mom (24th)
  98. Work on current retaining wall (50 mins, 21st, 24th)
  99. Code business bank accounts
  100. Update calendars and to-do list (30th)
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Monday, November 10, 2014

100 Things I Must-Should-Ought-Want to Do (11-20 November 2014)

(symptom: checking and re-checking several to hundreds of times a day, such as self-evaluation)

  1. Dishes [x18]
  2. Laundry [x10]
  3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x5]
  4. Clean the sinks [x7]
  5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x5]
  6. Clean the toilet [x4]
  7. Plan and prepare dinner [x2, DH x4, shared x2, scrounge x1, dinner out! x1]
  8. Pick up and drop off #4 [x11, #3 x2, DH x1]
  9. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center (16th)
  10. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (12th)
  11. Flea treatment 
  12. Drop off donations
  13. DB's birthday party (16th)
  14. Christmas shopping (120 mins, 20th)
  15. 27-pick-up in the addition (11th)
  16. 27-pick-up in the storage room/garage (12th)
  17. 27-pick-up in the office (20)
  18. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden (16)
  19. 27-pick-up in the dining room (20th)
  20. 27-pick-up in the lounge (18th)
  21. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden (22)
  22. 27-pick-up in the kitchen (8)
  23. 27-pick-up in the bedroom (8)
  24. 27-pick-up in the laundry room (7)
  25. Buy more cinder blocks, mulch, brackets, PVC poles
  26. Spray weed killer in the back porch garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock (10L, 18th)
  27. Spray weed killer in the front porch garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  28. Weed and mulch established beds in the water tank garden (245 mins, 11th, 12th, 19th)
  29. Buy seeds and seedlings for the water tank garden (1-10 Nov 2014)
  30. Plant seeds and seedlings in the water tank garden (130 mins, 18th, 19th, 20th)
  31. Remove grass from kill zones in the water tank garden (60 mins, 18th)
  32. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch (13th)
  33. Clean windows, window sills, and doors in the freezer room (13th)
  34. Order blueberries (14th)
  35. Sweep and tidy the back porch (14th)
  36. Dust the office (15th)
  37. Vacuum office (13th)
  38. 15 minutes of filing (13th)
  39. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge (14th)
  40. Clean windows and window sill in the dining room (14th)
  41. Dust dining room (14th)
  42. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the lounge (15th)
  43. Clean windows and window sill in the lounge (14th)
  44. Straighten and dust lounge bookcases (15th)
  45. Polish furniture in the lounge (20th)
  46. Vacuum dining room and lounge (11th)
  47. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch (14th)
  48. Sweep off front porch furniture (14th)
  49. Wipe down tables, banisters, and light fixtures on the front porch (14th)
  50. Sweep the front porch (20th)
  51. Clean windows, window sill, and door in entry (20th)
  52. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the entry (14th)
  53. Vacuum entry
  54. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances (14th)
  55. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts (15th)
  56. Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen (11th)
  57. Empty fridge and thoroughly clean in the inside (12th)
  58. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the kitchen (13th)
  59. Wash canisters and knick-knacks in the kitchen (14th)
  60. Clean light fixtures in the kitchen (13th)
  61. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen (13th)
  62. Mop the kitchen floor (14th)
  63. Make a grocery list (12th)
  64. Grocery shopping
  65. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom (11th)
  66. Clean the tub (13th)
  67. Empty rubbish bags in toilet and bathroom (14th)
  68. Clean outside and behind the toilet (13th)
  69. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the toilet (14th)
  70. Scrub fixtures in bathtub, bathroom sink, and shower (13th)
  71. Mop bathroom and toilet room (13th)
  72. Change sheets (14th)
  73. Dust bedroom (14th)
  74. Vacuum bedroom (11th)
  75. Vacuum hallway (15th)
  76. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage (15th)
  77. Wipe down top of washer/dryer (19th)
  78. Wipe down laundry counter (15th)
  79. Clean inner washer lid (14th)
  80. Clean washer lint filter (14th)
  81. Sweep laundry room floor (14th)
  82. Clean storage room
  83. Buy more paint for the storage room
  84. Paint storage room
  85. Attach stakes to border for Buddha fountain garden
  86. Mow the grass
  87. Source castors for final file box base (13th)
  88. Buy black spray paint
  89. Spray paint the rest of the file cabinets black
  90. Clean bathroom in addition (13th)
  91. Tidy addition (13th)
  92. Clean the hot tub (14th)
  93. Install Magic Mesh on front door
  94. Check car fluid levels (14th)
  95. Order library books (20th)
  96. Work on current retaining wall
  97. Email Mom (14th)
  98. Cancel Auckland hotel reservation (14th)
  99. Code business bank accounts (14th)
  100. Update calendars and to-do list (20th)
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Friday, October 31, 2014

100 Things I Must-Should-Ought-Want to Do (1-10 November 2014)

(symptom: checking and re-checking several to hundreds of times a day, such as self-evaluation)

  1. Dishes [x21, #4 x1]
  2. Laundry [x7]
  3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x6]
  4. Clean the sinks [x3]
  5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x2]
  6. Clean the toilet [x3]
  7. Plan and prepare dinner [x2, DH x2, shared x2, takeaway x1, scrounge x3]
  8. Pick up and drop off #4 [x7, DH x3]
  9. O/N guests (1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th)
  10. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center 
  11. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (1st)
  12. Get ready for #3's birthday (3rd)
  13. Christmas shopping (90 mins, 4th, 7th)
  14. Warrant for truck (9am, 5th)
  15. Shopping:  stakes, seed trays, file box casters (6th)
  16. Get another quote for the addition bathroom finish out (60 mins, 1st)
  17. Check on #4's availability for trip to Auckland, change reservations if necessary (3rd)
  18. 27-pick-up in the addition (9th)
  19. 27-pick-up in the storage room/garage (10th)
  20. 27-pick-up in the office (10th)
  21. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden
  22. 27-pick-up in the dining room (4)
  23. 27-pick-up in the lounge (10th)
  24. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden (1)
  25. 27-pick-up in the kitchen (1)
  26. 27-pick-up in the bedroom (22)
  27. 27-pick-up in the laundry room (10)
  28. Buy seeds and seedlings for the shed garden (3rd)
  29. Buy seeds and seedlings for the back porch garden (3rd)
  30. Plant seeds and seedlings in the back porch garden (120 mins, 8th)
  31. Remove grass from kill zones in the back porch garden (20 mins, 9th)
  32. Spray weed killer in the back porch garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  33. Buy seeds and seedlings for the front porch garden (3rd)
  34. Plant seeds and seedlings in the front porch garden (80 mins, 2nd, 4th)
  35. Remove grass from kill zones in the front porch garden (40 mins, 10th)
  36. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch (2nd)
  37. Clean back porch furniture (10th)
  38. Sweep and tidy the back porch (10th)
  39. Clean windows, window sills, and doors in the freezer room
  40. Clean switch plates and walls in the freezer room (1st)
  41. Straighten and dust office bookcases (1st)
  42. Clean switch plates, door frames and walls in the office (7th)
  43. Clean windows, window sills, and French doors in the office (5th)
  44. Clean monitor in the office (10th)
  45. Dust the office (4th)
  46. Vacuum office (7th)
  47. 15 minutes of filing (1st)
  48. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge (9th)
  49. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the dining room (5th)
  50. Clean windows and window sill in the dining room
  51. Polish dining room table (2nd)
  52. Straighten and dust dining room bookcases (1st)
  53. Dust dining room and lounge (3rd)
  54. Clean under couch cushions in the lounge (7th)
  55. Clean ceiling fan blades in the lounge (3rd)
  56. Clean light fixtures and lamps in the lounge (7th)
  57. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the lounge
  58. Vacuum dining room and lounge
  59. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch (5th)
  60. Sweep the front porch 
  61. Clean light fixture in entry (10th)
  62. Vacuum entry (5th)
  63. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances
  64. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts
  65. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the kitchen (6th)
  66. Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen 
  67. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen
  68. Mop the kitchen floor (3rd)
  69. Make a grocery list (8th)
  70. Grocery shopping
  71. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom (3rd)
  72. Clean the tub
  73. Clean outside and behind the toilet
  74. Mop bathroom and toilet room
  75. Vacuum hallway
  76. Dust bedroom
  77. Change sheets (1st)
  78. Clean ceiling fan blades in the bedroom (2nd)
  79. Vacuum bedroom (3rd)
  80. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage (3rd)
  81. Wipe down top of washer/dryer (2nd)
  82. Wipe down laundry counter (2nd)
  83. Clean inner washer lid (3rd)
  84. Clean washer lint filter (1st)
  85. Sweep laundry room floor (4th)
  86. Clean storage room (160 mins, 6th, 7th)
  87. Add soil to blueberry bed (8th, w/ heaps of help from #4)
  88. Add soil to lemon grass bed (2nd)
  89. Work on current retaining wall (30 mins, 1st) 
  90. Repaint red bits on office lamp (3rd)
  91. Repair wheel bases for filing cabinets (5th)
  92. Update phone list for fridge (3rd)
  93. Order DayTimer refill for 2015 (5th)
  94. Pest control (7th)
  95. Attach stakes to border for Buddha fountain garden
  96. Mow the grass
  97. Install weather stripping on back door
  98. Install weather stripping on door into garage
  99. Code business bank accounts (10th)
  100. Update calendars and to-do list (10th)

Here's what I'm reading:
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Monday, October 20, 2014

100 Things I Must-Should-Ought-Want to Do (21-31 October 2014)

(symptom: checking and re-checking several to hundreds of times a day, such as self-evaluation)

(headache, 22nd)
  1. Dishes [x18, #4 x1]
  2. Laundry [x10]
  3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x11]
  4. Clean the sinks [x10]
  5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x11]
  6. Clean the toilet [x8]
  7. Plan and prepare dinner [x3, DH x3, shared x1, scrounge x2]
  8. Pick up and drop off #4 [x12, DH x1]
  9. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center (30th)
  10. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (21st)
  11. Activate credit cards (22nd)
  12. Christmas shopping (120 mins, 24th, 25th, 29th)
  13. Coordinate work on gates, addition (21st)
  14. Orthopedist, Kerikeri, 11:10am (28th)
  15. Shopping:  peat moss, stakes, mulch, seed trays, brackets, PVC poles, plastic boxes
  16. Library (DH, 29th)
  17. 27-pick-up in the storage room (22nd)
  18. 27-pick-up in the addition (31st)
  19. 27-pick-up in the office (19)
  20. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden (20)
  21. 27-pick-up in the dining room (30th)
  22. 27-pick-up in the lounge (29th)
  23. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden (23)
  24. 27-pick-up in the kitchen (18)
  25. 27-pick-up in the bedroom (22)
  26. 27-pick-up in the laundry room (27th)
  27. Buy seeds and seedlings for the shed garden 
  28. Weed and mulch established beds in the back porch garden (20 mins, 26th)
  29. Buy seeds and seedlings for the back porch garden
  30. Plant seeds and seedlings in the back porch garden (20 mins, 27th)
  31. Remove grass from kill zones in the back porch garden 
  32. Spray weed killer in the back porch garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
  33. Weed and mulch established beds in the front porch garden (180 mins, 22nd-25th)
  34. Buy seeds and seedlings for the front porch garden (60 mins, 28th)
  35. Clean storage room (60 mins, 24th)
  36. Paint storage room
  37. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch
  38. Sweep and tidy the back porch (27th)
  39. Dust the office
  40. Vacuum office (23rd)
  41. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge (29th)
  42. Dust dining room and lounge (25th)
  43. Clean baseboards in the dining room (25th)
  44. Dust curtains in the lounge (29th)
  45. Clean baseboards in the lounge (27th)
  46. Vacuum dining room and lounge (23rd)
  47. 15 minutes of filing (x2, 27th)
  48. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch (27th)
  49. Sweep the front porch (27th)
  50. Clean windows, window sill, and door in entry (29th)
  51. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the entry (29th)
  52. Vacuum entry (23rd)
  53. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances (21st)
  54. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts (21st)
  55. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen (21st)
  56. Empty fridge and thoroughly clean in the inside (29th)
  57. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the kitchen 
  58. Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen 
  59. Detailed clean stove and oven (21st)
  60. Mop the kitchen floor (25th)
  61. Make a grocery list (28th)
  62. Grocery shopping (28th)
  63. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom (21st)
  64. Clean the tub (21st)
  65. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the bathroom (24th)
  66. Clean baseboards in the toilet and bathroom (25th)
  67. Straighten bathroom shelves and drawers (26th)
  68. Clean siding in shower and around tub (26th)
  69. Clean windows and window sills in bathroom and toilet (29th)
  70. Empty rubbish bags in toilet and bathroom (29th)
  71. Clean outside and behind the toilet
  72. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the toilet (26th)
  73. Change sheets
  74. Mop bathroom and toilet room
  75. Clean light fixtures in the hallway (29th)
  76. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the hallway (75 mins, 30th)
  77. Vacuum hallway (23rd)
  78. Clean ceiling fan blades in the bedroom
  79. Clean windows and window sill in bedroom (27th)
  80. Straighten and dust bookcase in bedroom (27th)
  81. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the bedroom (29th)
  82. Dust bedroom (27th)
  83. Tidy one section of bedroom closet (29th)
  84. Vacuum bedroom (23rd)
  85. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage (24th)
  86. Wipe down top of washer/dryer (24th)
  87. Wipe down laundry counter (24th)
  88. Clean inner washer lid (25th)
  89. Clean washer lint filter (27th)
  90. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the laundry room (26th)
  91. Change rubbish bin bag in the laundry room (26th)
  92. Sweep laundry room floor (26th)
  93. Mop laundry room floor (26th)
  94. Email Mom (24th)
  95. Add soil to blueberry bed (170 mins, #4, 22nd, 24th, 30th)
  96. Clean bathrooms in addition (27th)
  97. Knock down cobwebs in addition (29th)
  98. Start next retaining wall (30 mins, 30th)
  99. Code business bank accounts (29th)
  100. Update calendars and to-do list (31st)
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