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:

• Above Suspicion (x3)
• Agent Carter (x2)
• The Big Bang Theory
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (x4)
• Elementary
• The Good Wife
• The Imitation Game
• The Leftovers (x10)
• The Mentalist
• Modern Family

Here's what I'm reading:

• Doomsday Book (1992), by Connie Willis
• Shroud for a Nightingale (1971), by P. D. James

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

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:

• Above Suspicion (x7)
• The Colbert Report (x2)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (x2)
• Downton Abbey
• Elementary
• The Mentalist (x2)
• Rome (x12)

Here's what I'm reading:

• Blind Man with a Pistol (1970), by Chester Himes
• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2013), by Helen Fielding
• Doomsday Book (1992), by Connie Willis
• Factoring Humanity (1998), by Robert J. Sawyer
• Tenth of December: Stories (2013), by George Saunders

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)

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

• The Big Bang Theory
• Bones
• The Colbert Report (x4)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (x4)
• Elementary
• The Fall (x6)
• Homeland (x5)
• The Mentalist
• Modern Family
• The Newsroom

Here's what I'm reading:

• Marooned in Realtime (1986), by Vernor Vinge
• Silver on the Tree (1977), by Susan Cooper
• The Sixth Lamentation (2003), by William Brodrick
• The Soldier's Return (2002), by Melvyn Bragg
• Tenth of December: Stories (2013), by George Saunders