Wednesday, March 19, 2014

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

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

  1. Dishes [x21, #2 x3, #4 x11]
  2. Laundry [x9]
  3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x10]
  4. Clean the sinks [x10]
  5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x10]
  6. Clean the toilet [x10]
  7. Plan and prepare dinner [x5, DH x4, #2 x1, scrounge x2]
  8. Pick up and drop off #4 [x15, DH x2, #2 x1]
  9. Kill thistle and gorse in the paddocks [10L x1]
  10. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center [on days divisible by 7] (24th)
  11. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (21st)
  12. Repairs to silver car (27th)
  13. Clean up following the great pineapple juice explosion of 2014 (23th, 24th, 25th)
  14. Buy gravel, edging (27th)
  15. Gather additional tax info
  16. Send package to #3 (21st)
  17. Dust dining room and lounge (21st)
  18. Vacuum entry (21st)
  19. 27-pick-up in the bedroom (23rd)
  20. Change sheets (23rd)
  21. Put up new fence around grey water runoff (90 mins)
  22. Buy more fencing wire?
  23. Dust bedroom (23rd)
  24. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch (22nd)
  25. Sweep and tidy the back porch (22nd)
  26. Dust the office (22nd)
  27. Vacuum office (22nd)
  28. 27-pick-up in the office (22nd)
  29. Weed established garden beds (75 mins)
  30. 15 minutes of filing (23rd)
  31. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden (11)
  32. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge (22nd)
  33. Vacuum dining room and lounge (22nd)
  34. 27-pick-up in the dining room (30th)
  35. 27-pick-up in the lounge (27th)
  36. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch (22nd)
  37. Sweep the front porch (22nd)
  38. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden (28th)
  39. Complete passionfruit trellis (24th)
  40. 27-pick-up in the kitchen (1)
  41. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances (23rd)
  42. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts (23rd)
  43. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen (23rd)
  44. Prepare beds for seedlings (60 mins)
  45. Mop the kitchen floor (24th)
  46. Make a grocery list (27th)
  47. Grocery shopping (27th)
  48. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom (24th)
  49. Clean the tub (24th)
  50. Buy more retaining wall blocks (21st)
  51. Scrub fixtures in bathtub, bathroom sink, and shower (24th)
  52. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the toilet (24th)
  53. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the bathroom (24th)
  54. Clean baseboards in the toilet and bathroom (24th)
  55. Straighten bathroom shelves and drawers (24th)
  56. Finish lower driveway retaining wall (45 mins)
  57. Clean siding in shower and around tub (25th)
  58. Clean light fixtures in the toilet and bathroom (25th)
  59. Clean windows and window sills in bathroom and toilet (25th)
  60. Mop bathroom and toilet room (25th)
  61. Clean light fixtures in the hallway (25th)
  62. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the hallway (26th)
  63. Clean baseboards in the hallway (25th)
  64. Vacuum hallway (21st)
  65. Clean ceiling fan blades in the bedroom (26th)
  66. Clean windows and window sill in bedroom (26th)
  67. Straighten and dust bookcase in bedroom (30 mins)
  68. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the bedroom
  69. Relocate lime begonia
  70. Tidy one section of bedroom closet
  71. Clean baseboards in the bedroom
  72. Vacuum bedroom
  73. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage (25th)
  74. Wipe down top of washer/dryer (25th)
  75. Relocate lemon grass
  76. Wipe down laundry counter (25th)
  77. Clean inner washer lid (25th)
  78. Clean washer lint filter (25th)
  79. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the laundry room (26th)
  80. Clean light fixture in the laundry room (26th)
  81. Change rubbish bin bag in the laundry room (26th)
  82. Sweep and mop laundry room floor (26th)
  83. 27-pick-up in the laundry room (4)
  84. 27-pick-up in the storage room
  85. 27-pick-up in the building site
  86. Get weaners tagged (90 mins)
  87. Warrant on truck
  88. Warrant on trailer
  89. Reinforce southern boundary fence
  90. Replant front porch garden
  91. Source and order bamboo
  92. Measure back door, door into garage, for weatherstripping
  93. Buy weatherstripping
  94. Weatherstripping for back door, door into garage
  95. Buy caulking guns
  96. Fill/seal gaps around window exteriors
  97. Paint trim in toilet
  98. Finish painting feature wall in lounge
  99. Code business bank accounts, EOY salaries
  100. Update calendars and to-do lists

And also, I must watch TV with DH.  Here's what we watched together:

Here's what I'm reading:

Monday, March 10, 2014

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

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

  1. Dishes [x21, #2 x2, #4 x3]
  2. Laundry [x4]
  3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x10]
  4. Clean the sinks [x10]
  5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x9]
  6. Clean the toilet [x7]
  7. Plan and prepare dinner [x4, DH x2, take-away x2]
  8. Pick up or drop off #4 [x14, DH x5, #2 x1]
  9. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center [x1]
  10. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (11th)
  11. Doctor appointment in Whangarei (11th)
  12. #4 doctor appointment (12th)
  13. Plant rhizomes currently stored in fridge (12th)
  14. Prepare for and live through a visit from ex-tropical cyclone Lusi + 2 more teen-aged boys (14th-17th)
  15. Migraine (16th)
  16. Doctor appointment in Kaitaia (17th)
  17. Purchase gravel, pohutakawa red test pot (13th)
  18. Pick up books at the library (20th)
  19. Make appointment for silver car repairs (20th)
  20. Gather additional tax info
  21. Remove grass from kill zones (85 mins)
  22. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden (20th)
  23. 27-pick-up in the kitchen (18th)
  24. Mop the kitchen floor (12th)
  25. Sweep and mop laundry room floor (12th)
  26. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch (12th)
  27. Sweep and tidy the back porch (12th)
  28. Dust the office (12th)
  29. Vacuum office (12th)
  30. 27-pick-up in the office (17th)
  31. 15 minutes of filing (17th)
  32. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden (24)
  33. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge (13th)
  34. Dust curtains in the lounge (13th)
  35. Clean light fixtures and lamps in the lounge (13th)
  36. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the lounge (13th)
  37. Clean windows and window sill in the lounge (13th)
  38. Straighten and dust lounge bookcases (13th)
  39. Clean under couch cushions in the lounge
  40. Clean baseboards in the lounge (15th)
  41. 27-pick-up in the dining room (18th)
  42. 27-pick-up in the lounge (18th)
  43. Polish furniture in the lounge
  44. Dust dining room (18th)
  45. Vacuum dining room and lounge (18th)
  46. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch (13th)
  47. Sweep off front porch furniture (13th)
  48. Wipe down tables, banisters, and light fixtures on the front porch (18th)
  49. Sweep the front porch (18th)
  50. Clean light fixture in entry (15th)
  51. Clean windows, window sill, and door in entry (15th)
  52. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the entry (18th)
  53. Vacuum entry
  54. Clean light fixtures in the kitchen (18th)
  55. Empty fridge and thoroughly clean in the inside (19th)
  56. Detailed clean stove and oven (19th)
  57. Wash canisters and knick-knacks in the kitchen (19th)
  58. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the kitchen (19th)
  59. Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen (20th)
  60. Clean microwave, upright freezer, other appliances (20th)
  61. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts (19th)
  62. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen (20th)
  63. Make a grocery list (13th)
  64. Grocery shopping (13th)
  65. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom
  66. Vacuum hallway
  67. 27-pick-up in the bedroom
  68. Change sheets
  69. Dust bedroom
  70. Vacuum bedroom
  71. Clean the tub (20th)
  72. Mop bathroom and toilet room (20th)
  73. Empty rubbish bags in toilet and bathroom (20th)
  74. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage (20th)
  75. Wipe down top of washer/dryer (20th)
  76. Wipe down laundry counter (20th)
  77. Clean inner washer lid (20th)
  78. Clean washer lint filter (20th)
  79. 27-pick-up in the laundry room (4)
  80. 27-pick-up in the storage room (20th)
  81. Code business bank accounts (20th)
  82. 27-pick-up in the building site (20th)
  83. Put up new fence around grey water runoff
  84. Buy more fencing wire?
  85. Install dog wire along front porch garden
  86. Get weaners tagged
  87. Buy more retaining wall blocks
  88. Finish lower driveway retaining wall (40 mins)
  89. Warrant on truck
  90. Warrant on trailer
  91. Reinforce southern boundary fence
  92. Relocate fennel (20th)
  93. Replant front porch garden
  94. Source and order bamboo
  95. Relocate lime begonia
  96. Relocate lemon grass
  97. Measure back door, door into garage, for weatherstripping
  98. Buy weatherstripping
  99. Install weatherstripping for back door, door into garage
  100. Update calendars and to-do lists (20th)

And also, I must watch TV with DH.  Here's what we watched together:

Here's what I'm reading:





Saturday, March 1, 2014

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

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

  1. Laundry [x4]
  2. Dishes [x17, #2 x2]
  3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x7]
  4. Clean the sinks [x7]
  5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x7]
  6. Clean the toilet [x7]
  7. Plan and prepare dinner [Me x2, DH x4, #2 x1, scrounge x1, take-out x1]
  8. Pick up or drop off #4 [x10]
  9. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center (preferably twice) 
  10. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (1st)
  11. Weed established garden beds (40 mins)
  12. File annual company returns (1st)
  13. Birthday present for Mom (1st)
  14. Call accountant
  15. Repairs on #3's car to finish warrant (3rd)
  16. Pick up library books (4th)
  17. Go to BNZ (4th)
  18. Warrant on silver car (6th)
  19. Continue gathering tax info (2 hrs)
  20. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen (1st)
  21. Put on new toilet seat (8th)
  22. Mop bathroom and toilet room (8th)
  23. Change sheets (6th)
  24. Vacuum bedroom (2nd)
  25. 27-pick-up in the storage room (1st)
  26. Code business bank accounts (3rd, 20 mins)
  27. 27-pick-up in the building site (2nd)
  28. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch (2nd)
  29. Clean windows, window sills, and doors in the freezer room (2nd)
  30. Clean switch plates and walls in the freezer room (2nd)
  31. Clean light fixture in the freezer room (2nd)
  32. Set up tables for seed trays (2nd)
  33. Buy clear vinyl, seedling markers, and more potting soil (6th)
  34. Plant current month seed trays (direct sow where required) [2nd, all day on a Sunday--awesome!)
  35. Order seeds for next month's planting
  36. Clean back porch furniture (3rd)
  37. Sweep and tidy the back porch (3rd)
  38. Dust curtains in the office (4th)
  39. Straighten and dust office bookcases (3rd)
  40. Clean switch plates, door frames and walls in the office (3rd)
  41. Clean windows, window sills, and French doors in the office (3rd)
  42. Clean monitor in the office (3rd)
  43. Clean light fixtures in the office (3rd)
  44. Vacuum office (4th)
  45. Clean baseboards in the office (4th)
  46. 27-pick-up in the office (3rd)
  47. 15 minutes of filing (4th)
  48. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden, freezer room (8th)
  49. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge (4th)
  50. Dust curtains in the dining room (4th)
  51. Clean light fixture in the dining room (4th)
  52. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the dining room (4th)
  53. Clean windows and window sill in the dining room (4th)
  54. Polish dining room table (8th)
  55. Straighten and dust dining room bookcases (4th)
  56. Dust lounge (5th)
  57. Clean ceiling fan blades in the lounge (5th)
  58. Vacuum dining room and lounge (8th)
  59. Clean baseboards in the dining room (4th)
  60. 27-pick-up in the dining room (9th)
  61. 27-pick-up in the lounge (9th)
  62. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch (5th)
  63. Sweep the front porch (5th)
  64. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden (21)
  65. 27-pick-up in the kitchen
  66. Vacuum entry (8th)
  67. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances (5th)
  68. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts (5th)
  69. Mop the kitchen floor
  70. Make a grocery list (4th)
  71. Grocery shopping (4th)
  72. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom (5th)
  73. 27-pick-up in the bedroom (5th)
  74. Clean the tub (5th)
  75. Dust bedroom (5th)
  76. Vacuum hallway (8th)
  77. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage (5th)
  78. Wipe down top of washer/dryer (5th)
  79. Wipe down laundry counter (5th)
  80. Clean inner washer lid (5th)
  81. Clean washer lint filter (5th)
  82. 27-pick-up in the laundry room (9th)
  83. Sweep and mop laundry room floor
  84. Kill thistle and gorse in the paddocks
  85. Dig trench for pump house garden edging and install (8th)
  86. Put up new fence around grey water runoff
  87. Buy more fencing wire?
  88. Install dog wire along front porch garden
  89. Get weaners tagged
  90. Finish lower driveway retaining wall (80 mins)
  91. Warrant on truck
  92. Warrant on trailer
  93. Reinforce southern boundary fence
  94. Relocate fennel
  95. Replant front porch garden
  96. Source and order bamboo
  97. Relocate lime begonia
  98. Relocate lemon grass
  99. Update CV (7th)
  100. Update calendars and to-do lists (10th)

And also, I must watch TV with DH.  Here's what we watched together:

Here's what I'm reading: