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)

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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)

Friday, October 10, 2014

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

(symptom: checking and re-checking several to hundreds of times a day, such as self-evaluation)
  1. Dishes [x13, #4 x4]
  2. Laundry [x6]
  3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x8]
  4. Clean the sinks [x7]
  5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x7]
  6. Clean the toilet [x4]
  7. Plan and prepare dinner [x2, DH x3, takeaway x1, scrounge x4]
  8. Pick up and drop off #4 [x9, DH x1]
  9. Spring school holidays (27 Sep - 12 Oct)
  10. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center (11th)
  11. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (11th)
  12. GST info to accountant (60 mins, 12th, 13th)
  13. Reschedule mammogram (13th)
  14. School shoe shopping for #4 (14th)
  15. Birthday shopping for #3 (120 mins, 13th, 14th)
  16. Go to Resene for storage room paint names/ chips (14th)
  17. Clean storage room
  18. Paint storage room
  19. Buy more paint
  20. 27-pick-up in the storage room (11th)
  21. 27-pick-up in the addition (12th)
  22. 27-pick-up in the office (19th)
  23. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden (19th)
  24. 27-pick-up in the dining room (19th)
  25. 27-pick-up in the lounge (24)
  26. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden (13)
  27. 27-pick-up in the kitchen (7)
  28. 27-pick-up in the bedroom (3)
  29. 27-pick-up in the laundry room
  30. Weed and mulch established beds in the shed garden (120 mins, 11th, 14th)
  31. Buy seeds and seedlings for the shed garden 
  32. Plant seeds and seedlings in the shed garden (150 mins, 14th, 15th, 20th)
  33. Spray weed killer in the shed garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock (10L, 15th)
  34. Paint the hive (2 hrs, 15th, 20th)
  35. Buy more peat moss, stakes, mulch, seed trays, brackets and PVC poles
  36. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch (11th)
  37. Sweep and tidy the back porch (11th)
  38. Dust the office (11th)
  39. Clean light fixtures in the office (11th)
  40. Vacuum office (13th)
  41. 15 minutes of filing (11th)
  42. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge (13th)
  43. Dust curtains in the dining room (13th)
  44. Clean light fixture in the dining room (13th)
  45. Dust dining room (13th)
  46. Clean windows and window sill in the lounge (13th)
  47. Straighten and dust lounge bookcases (13th)
  48. Polish furniture in the lounge (13th)
  49. Vacuum dining room and lounge (13th)
  50. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch (13th)
  51. Sweep the front porch (13th)
  52. Sweep off front porch furniture (13th)
  53. Wipe down tables, banisters, and light fixtures on the front porch (13th)
  54. Clean windows, window sill, and door in entry 
  55. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the entry
  56. Vacuum entry
  57. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances
  58. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts
  59. Empty fridge and thoroughly clean in the inside
  60. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the kitchen
  61. Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen
  62. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen (x2, 12th)
  63. Detailed clean stove and oven 
  64. Mop the kitchen floor
  65. Make a grocery list (14th)
  66. Grocery shopping (14th)
  67. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom
  68. Change sheets
  69. Clean the tub
  70. Empty rubbish bags in toilet and bathroom
  71. Clean outside and behind the toilet
  72. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the toilet
  73. Mop bathroom and toilet room
  74. Dust bedroom
  75. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the bedroom
  76. Tidy one section of bedroom closet
  77. Vacuum bedroom
  78. Clean baseboards in the bedroom
  79. Clean light fixtures in the hallway 
  80. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the hallway
  81. Clean baseboards in the hallway
  82. Vacuum hallway
  83. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage
  84. Wipe down top of washer/dryer
  85. Wipe down laundry counter
  86. Clean inner washer lid
  87. Clean washer lint filter
  88. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the laundry room
  89. Clean light fixture in the laundry room
  90. Sweep laundry room floor
  91. Mop laundry room floor
  92. Email Mom (11th)
  93. Order library books (19th)
  94. Add drainage base for blueberry bed (x2 wheelbarrows full, #4 x14, 13th-16th)
  95. Add soil to blueberry bed
  96. Clean bathrooms in addition
  97. Knock down cobwebs in addition
  98. Sweep/ vacuum addition
  99. Code business bank accounts (19th)
  100. Update calendars and to-do list (20th)