One Day at a Time (9 December 2015)

Wonderful getaway with DH.  Dinner at Provenir (Sicilian olives, grilled scallops, duck, pork belly).  Margaritas.  Beach front room with visiting ducks, nesting oystercatchers, a sly family of stoats.

One Day at a Time (8 December 2015)

What I'm reading: Embassytown, by China Mieville

Film watched with DH:  Nothing

Things I got done:

1. Weeded and deadheaded in front porch garden
2. Pruned mock orange in front porch garden
3. Sprayed 10L weedkiller behind house, in back porch garden, on north side of front porch garden, and halfway down the steps
4. Dishes (x2)

How other people helped:

1. Dishes (#2 x1)
2. Vacuumed and dusted (#2)
3. Dinner (DH and #2)

There is no way to reflect the hours spent agonizing over whether I will ever get the Christmas tree up this year, given that it depends on #2 organizing the things she has moved in, then moving the picnic table, then moving the massage chair.  Perhaps I should get a little tabletop tree.

One Day at a Time (7 December 2015)

Things that made me click:

• Raising children in the post-9/11 world
• Beautiful video

What I'm reading: Embassytown, by China Mieville

Film watched with DH:  Not a thing

Things I got done:

1. Transported #4 (x2)
2. Watered potted plants and in water tank garden (42L)
3. Dishes (x1)
4. Weeded the water tank gardens
5. Cleaned kitchen sink
6. Laundry (x2)

How other people helped:

1. #2 brought BK from Whangarei

One Day at a Time (6 December 2015)

Things that made me click:

• Big surpise.  Killer cop has history of covering up killing by other cop(s).
• Another video of Chicago police killing a young black man has been squashed as city attempts to pay off family for their silence.
• (Probably a white) man taken into custody after hostage situation and shoot-out with police at Wisconsin motorcycle repair shop
• Focus on national polls may be distraction from what's really going on in the states
• How methodology matters in presidential primary polling
• I agree with most of these

What I'm reading: Embassytown, by China Mieville

Film watched with DH:

• Downton Abbey
• The Frankenstein Chronicles (x2)

Things I got done:

1. Watered back porch garden and potted plants (56L)
2. Transported #4 (x2)
3. Weeded and deadheaded in back porch garden
4. Cut down another 20% of growth under jacaranda
5. Dishes (x1)

How other people helped:

1. Took #4 shoe shopping (DH)
2. Transported #4 (x2)

There is no way to reflect the hours spent listening to people talk, today mostly DH with new business ideas.  

One Day at a Time (5 December 2015)

What I'm reading: The Prince of Bagram Prison, by Alex Carr

Film watched with DH:

• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (x2)
• Quantico

Things I got done:

1. Dishes (x1)
2. Planted jasmine under cedar trees
3. Transported #4 (x3)
4. Transplanted some seedlings, rooted one of the strawberry vines

How other people helped:

1. Dishes
2. Dinner (DH)

There is no way to reflect the hours spent listening to people talk.  More US news streams.

One Day at a Time (4 December 2015)

Things that made me click:

• Mass shooting, so I posted this on Facebook 
• Also this
• Then distracted myself with some really cool pictures of a Mount Etna eruption
• Canadian public health gag order?
• http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/acceptance-profound-sounding-bs-linked-lower-intelligence
• http://www.newzealand.com/my/article/worlds-best-northland-ticks-a-lot-of-boxes/?draftmode=true&bust=27900EF7-9C98-FECA-EFD54DFCFD49EB24
• http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2015/12/3/9844480/why-people-believe-bullshit-science
• http://www.vox.com/2015/12/2/9836566/republican-climate-denial-why
• http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/15-tips-keep-your-mind-alert-and-focused
• https://richarddawkins.net/2015/11/fossilized-tropical-forest-found-in-arctic-norway/
• http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/congress-visas-europe-216416

What I'm reading: The Prince of Bagram Prison, by Alex Carr

Film watched with DH:

• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
• Manhattan
• Modern Family

Things I got done:

1. Dishes (x1)
2. Cleaned toilet
3. Transported #4 (x3)
4. Planted #2's berlotti beans (x3) and sugar snap peas (x5) in water tank garden
5. Watered potted plants, front porch garden, and salad garden (28L)
6. Weeded salad garden
7. Academic interview with #4 and Sir
8. Took #4 to buy more work pants

How other people helped:

1. Dishes
2. DH took #2 to garage for car repair
3. Grocery store (DH)
4. Transported #4 (DH x1)

There is no way to reflect the hours spent listening to people talk.  More US news streams.

One Day at a Time (3 December 2015)

Things that made me click:

• The Atlantic, The Geography of Gun Deaths
• US gun fact: 12% of guns used in US mass shootings are obtained illegally
• Wellington vimeo
• This article was my introduction to today's mass shooting in the US, followed by MSNBC live
• Why humans have grandparents
• 4,000,000,000 years of ribosomal evolution
• We've heard talk about "America's reputation abroad", but what about Republicans' reputation abroad?
• Mortality up for white people in the US.  I have a theory: it's stress
• Now I want to watch Racing Extinction
• Gives me an idea for a January TIOLI challenge
• DH and I discussed recently that a Constitutional Convention would result in the break-up of the US.  Someone else has been considering the implications.
• Another what-if-Trump-wins-the-nomination article
• Gender differences related to climate change beliefs

What I'm reading: The Prince of Bagram Prison, by Alex Carr

Film watched with DH: Nothing, again!

Things I got done:

1. Dishes (x2)
2. Weeded water tank garden
3. Watered potted plants (28L)

How other people helped:

1. Dishes (#2 x1)

There is no way to reflect the hours spent listening to people talk.  Yesterday it was DH, today it's US news streams.

One Day at a Time (2 December 2015)

Things that made me click:

• I am so cool, researching apps to load for our 7-year-old grandson
• Local news
• This article shared on Facebook by my poor, beautiful, talented, brilliant niece
• This NZ Herald article I shared on Facebook about Northland Santa (ha! ha!  I typed 'Satan first and had to correct it!)
• Pondering a third party run by a "mainstream" Republican to keep Trump from damaging the party if he is the nominee
• Science fun on the eve of war
• Interesting and not really surprising that there are few structural differences, but there is no discussion of neuroendocrinology and its impact on behavior

What I'm reading: The Prince of Bagram Prison, by Alex Carr

Film watched with DH: Nothing, again!

Things I got done:

1. Dishes (x1)
2. Weeded salad garden
3. Repotted 1 cherry tomato and 2 TBI
4. Watered potted plants (42L)
5. Made a list of things to do

How other people helped:

1. #2 found a temporary place for Loki
2. DH picked up fish & chips for dinner

There is no way to reflect the hours spent listening to people talk.

One Day at a Time (1 December 2015)

Things that made me click:

• Maurice Sendak, a kindred spirit
• Deep dive into the "wood wide web"
• News from a wannabe dynasty
• Symptoms but no tumor = miracle?
• Does Elf the Shelf normalize privacy restrictions?
• Any article about a longevity drug that references the children of Beren will be clicked
• Opinion piece includes this tidbit: Republicans think the US is in decline; Democrats think its best days are ahead, but I think there's an IF there, if only progressive reforms could take place.
• I always kept from being afraid by expecting the best of people.  This long-read is quite excellent.
• The Kirkus Books Best of 2015 lists are out.  I need to come back to this.
• University of Auckland research presents apple flour, a zero-waste product

What I'm reading: Blackout, by Connie Willis 

Film watched with DH: Wait, what, nothing?  That hasn't happened in a while.

Things I got done:

1. Transport #4 (x1)
2. Fertilized everything (105L from Nitrosol concentrate)
3. Made a grocery list
4. Watched GD
5. Got new cuttings started
6. Laundry (x2)
7. Dinner
8. Called kennel for #2
9. Called vet for #2

How other people helped:

1. Dishes (#2 x2)
2. Cleaned kitchen counters (#2)
3. Grocery store (DH)
4. Library (DH)
5. Bank (DH)

One Day at a Time (30 November 2015)

Things that made me click:

• Cruz (rightly) claims that having an American mother makes him an American citizen, regardless of where he was born.  Wait, where was he on this with President Obama?
• Unfortunately, food bags are not delivered to my area
• Surprise, there is a link between shootings and psychotropic drugs.  What this article fails to discuss is that drugs aren't enough and that some therapy addressing thoughts and feelings would have helped these kids.
• While this article says that society itself is sick.
• Whereas here in New Zealand, the males get dropped off at parks, in driveways, at dumps.  But there is no chick-smashing that I am aware of.
• Go white blood cell!
• My favorite is the story about Sid the cephalopod.
• Ready for news from way back in time, and of course exoplanet atmospheres
• Brookings Institute study reveals no surprises -- most IS supporters come from Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Iraq
• New findings on the fight to cure diabetes

What I'm reading: Blackout, by Connie Willis 

Film watched with DH:  Homeland

Weekly garden shot:

Things I got done:

1. Transport #4 (x2)
2. Hand-watering (28L)
3. Emailed Sir re scheduling #4's academic interview
4. Weeded and dead-headed in south greenhouse bed
5. Dishes (x1)
6. Paid bills
7. Cleaned kitchen counters
8. Called #3
9. Weeded behind wood pile

How other people helped:

1. Dinner (shared with DH & #2)
2. SIL put up the mail box 

One Day at a Time (29 November 2015)

Things that made me click:

• Home-made throat lozenges
• More than half a million homeless in the US, including 125,000+ children: where it's worst
• Right-wing domestic terrorism strikes again in the US
• Five police officers wounded in above attack, but white right-wing terrorist taken alive
• Establishment Republicans probably cheering as Trump drops 12 points in Reuters poll
• Childhood photos of dictators and mass murderers
• McClatchy-Marist poll shows Trump and Carson tied for a total of 40% between them, Rubio in third with 12% while Cruz at 8% hopes for one of the crazy candidates to exit the race, because where else is crazy going to turn?
• Young professionals try microdoses of LSD as alternative for Adderol -- "It's crazy awesome"
• Basic considerations for scientific research (Vox flashcards)
• Conflicting findings (King's College London versus University of Colorado/Boulder and University of Louisville) in studies looking for correlation between cannabis use and brain abnormalities

What I'm reading: Blackout, by Connie Willis 

Film watched with DH:  Jessica Jones x3

Things I got done:

1. Dishes (x2)
2. Cleaned kitchen counter
3. Swept kitchen floor
4. Moved cows between paddocks
5. Repaired downed electric fence near main gate
6. Removed dead grass from electric fence near future garden
7. Cut down 20% of growth under jacaranda; moved to compost area
8. Transport #4 (x1)
9. Replanted vines in compost bin, arbor over woodpile
10. Transplanted ornamental x1
11. Hand watering (14L)

How other people helped:

1. Transport #4 (DH x1)
2. Dishes (#2 x2)
3. Picked up takeaway for dinner (#2)

What Happened to November 2015?

From November to February is always a busy and disruptive time:  

• #3's birthday
• Exams
• Long school holiday
• Christmas
• New Year's
• Back to school

This year we add to that:

• #3's 21st birthday party, including a trip to Auckland
• Transporting #4 to and from work twice a day
• #2 and family moving in and here for at least 2 months

What Happened to 21-31 October?

Sometimes life interferes and things drop by the wayside.  This time, it was the blog.  I still watched TV, I still read books, I still gardened (a lot) and cleaned the house (a little), and there were dinners made and dishes washed and laundry done and numerous trips made to transport #4 here and there.  But no active log of what was accomplished or not.

Some Things I Must-Should-Ought-Want to Do in the Next 10 Days (11-20 Oct 2015)

[4 weeks until #3's birthday, 5 weeks until #3's birthday party, and 10 weeks until Christmas -- RED ALERT!!!] 

Then of course, all I do for 10 days is garden, walk the dog, drive #4 around, and do the dishes.

1. Dishes [x12, #4 x1]
2. Laundry [x6]
3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x7]
4. Clean the sinks [x8]
5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x6]
6. Clean the toilet [x5]
7. Plan and prepare dinner [shared x2, scrounge x5, takeaway x1]
8. Pick up and drop off #4 [x13]
9. Walk Thor 10 mins x4 daily [x36]
10. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center 
11. Birthday shopping (90 mins, 15th, 17th, 18th)
12. Christmas shopping 
13. Spray weedkiller [x1] (13th)
14. Scan/upload pictures for #3's birthday slide show
15. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (12th)
16. Make a grocery list (12th)
17. Make appointment for car's brake light (13th)
18. Make vet appointment for Thor's rash (13th)
19. Buy dresses and wig on TradeMe (13th)
20. 6-monthly tax info to accountant 
21. Buy ice plant in Kerikeri (14th)
22. Have #3's necklace repaired (14th)
23. #4, Kerikeri (14th)
24. Grocery shopping (14th)
25. Thor to vet (10:30am, 15th)
26. Take car in for brake light (8:30am, 16th)
27. Make followup appointment w/ Dr. Barnard
28. Make appointment for lawn care
29. Go to Farmers and try on spanks
30. Schedule homekill
31. Test glue gun
32. Buy retaining wall blocks, cinder blocks, mulch, compost, pots for support garden, seedling starter, vermiculite (14th, 15th)
33. Work on my plan for healthier living (NON-SMOKER, as of 9pm, 2 August 2015)
34. Email Mom
35. Call #3
36. Contact Vesbar management re deposit and other party stuff
37. Schedule therapeutic massage
38. Schedule fence repair
39. Code business bank accounts
40. Set possum traps
41. Order more leaves from Spotlight (how many more? glue gun?)
42. Weed, trim, and mulch back porch garden (20mins, 13th)
43. 27-pick-up in the office (13th)
44. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden (13th)
45. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch (13th)
46. Sweep and tidy the back porch (14th)
47. Dust the office (16th)
48. Vacuum office 
49. 15 minutes of filing
50. 27-pick-up in the dining room
51. 27-pick-up in the lounge
52. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge
53. Dust dining room and lounge
54. Vacuum dining room and lounge
55. Weed, trim, and mulch front porch garden (70mins, 13th, 14th, 16th)
56. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden
57. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch
58. Sweep the front porch
59. Clean windows, window sill, and door in entry
60. Vacuum entry
61. 27-pick-up in the kitchen (3)
62. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances
63. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts
64. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen
65. Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen
66. Mop the kitchen floor
67. Sow, pot, and repot (11th-14th, 16th-19th)
68. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom
69. Vacuum hallway
70. Clean the tub (x2)
71. Clean the shower (x2)
72. Clean windows and window sills in bathroom and toilet
73. Mop bathroom and toilet room
74. Weed, trim, and mulch water tank garden beds (60 mins, 17th-18th)
75. 27-pick-up in the bedroom
76. Dust bedroom
77. Change sheets
78. Vacuum bedroom
79. 27-pick-up in the storage room/garage
80. 27-pick-up in the laundry room
81. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage
82. Wipe down top of washer/dryer
83. Wipe down laundry counter
84. Clean inner washer lid
85. Clean washer lint filter
86. Sweep laundry room floor
87. Move meat from small chest freezer
88. Clean small chest freezer
89. 27-pick-up in the addition (12th)
90. Set up hose from upper pond
91. Deep clean freezer room
92. Repair blueberry bed border
93. Deep clean office
94. Rake kill-off
95. One box in the addition
96. Schedule skin consultation
97. Update calendars and to-do list

I must watch film with DH.  Here's what we watched:

• The Big Bang Theory (x1)
• The Blacklist (x2)
• Bones (x1)
• Castle (x1)
• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (x4)
• Downton Abbey (x)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (x1)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (x7)
• Modern Family (x1)
• The Player (x)
• The Rachel Maddow Show (x)
• Real Time with Bill Maher (x2)

Here's what I'm reading:

• Passage (), by Connie Willis
• Telegraph Avenue (), by Michael Chabon
• 
  

Some Things I Must-Should-Ought-Want to Do (1-10 October 2015)

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

1. Dishes [x15, #4 x3]
2. Laundry [x7]
3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x4]
4. Clean the sinks [x4]
5. Sweep the kitchen floor [ ]
6. Clean the toilet [ ]
7. Plan and prepare dinner [x1, DH x2, shared x3, takeaway x2, scrounge x1]
8. Pick up and drop off #4 [x7, DH x3]
9. Walk Thor 10 minutes x4 daily [x40]
10. School holidays, O/N guests [x5]
11. Vet (9:15am, 1st)
12. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center (#4, 8th)
13. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (2nd)
14. Pick up library books (1st)
15. Make appointment for car's brake light
16. Make appointment for lawn care
17. Prepare learning skills presentation 
18. Work on #3's party &/or my Poison Ivy costume (60mins, 6th, 7th)
19. 6-monthly tax info to accountant
20. Buy retaining wall blocks, cinder blocks, mulch, compost
21. Work on my plan for healthier living (NON-SMOKER, as of 9pm, 2 August 2015)
22. Set possum traps
23. Spray weedkiller (x2, 4th, 7th)
24. Weed, trim, and mulch back porch garden (30mins, 4th)
25. Weed, trim, and mulch water tank garden beds (120mins, 1st, 8th, 9th)
26. Weed, trim, and mulch front porch garden (120mins, 4th, 5th, 9th)
27. Buy and plant spring veg (13hrs, 1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th, 9th)
28. 27-pick-up in the addition (7th)
29. 27-pick-up in the storage room/garage
30. 27-pick-up in the office
31. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden
32. 27-pick-up in the dining room
33. 27-pick-up in the lounge
34. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden
35. 27-pick-up in the kitchen (7th)
36. 27-pick-up in the bedroom
37. 27-pick-up in the laundry room
38. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch
39. Clean windows, window sills, and doors in the freezer room
40. Clean switch plates and walls in the freezer room
41. Clean light fixture in the freezer room
42. Clean back porch furniture
43. Sweep and tidy the back porch
44. Dust curtains in the office
45. Clean baseboards in the office
46. Dust the office
47. Straighten and dust office bookcases
48. Clean switch plates, door frames and walls in the office
49. Clean windows, window sills, and French doors in the office
50. Clean monitor in the office
51. Vacuum office
52. 15 minutes of filing
53. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge
54. Dust dining room and lounge
55. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the dining room
56. Clean windows and window sill in the dining room
57. Polish dining room table
58. Straighten and dust dining room bookcases
59. Clean ceiling fan blades in the lounge
60. Clean light fixtures and lamps in the lounge
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
65. Vacuum entry
66. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances
67. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts
68. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen
69. Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen
70. Mop the kitchen floor
71. Make a grocery list
72. Grocery shopping (DH, 1st)
73. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom
74. Vacuum hallway
75. Clean the tub
76. Clean windows and window sills in bathroom and toilet
77. Mop bathroom and toilet room
78. Dust bedroom
79. Change sheets
80. Vacuum bedroom
81. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage
82. Wipe down top of washer/dryer
83. Wipe down laundry counter
84. Clean inner washer lid
85. Clean washer lint filter
86. Sweep laundry room floor
87. Paint cabinets for addition upstairs bedroom #1 closet 
88. Paint cabinets for addition upstairs bedroom #2
89. Paint tables and sawhorses for greenhouse
90. Email Mom
91. Call #3
92. Code business bank accounts
93. Update calendars and to-do list (10th)

I must watch film with DH.  Here's what we watched:

• The Big Bang Theory (x1)
• Bones (x2)
• Castle (x1)
• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (x6)
• Downton Abbey (x1)
• Fear the Walking Dead (x1)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (x1)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (x8)
• Modern Family (x2)
• Real Time with Bill Maher (x1)
• The Strain (x1)

Here's what I'm reading:

• Ghost Dancer (2007), by John Case
• A Land More Kind Than Home (2012), by Wiley Cash
• Telegraph Avenue (), by Michael Chabon
• The Tin Roof Blowdown (2007), by James Lee Burke

100 Things I Must-Should-Ought-Want to Do (21-30 September 2015)

[One of those times when my internal locus of control is overtaken by external events, or chaos]

Thor's second knee surgery of 2015 on 27 August
NON-SMOKER, as of 9pm, 2 August 2015
#3's 21st in < 8 weeks

1. Dishes [x15, #4 x2]
2. Laundry [x3]
3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x5]
4. Clean the sinks [x5]
5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x2]
6. Clean the toilet [x1]
7. Plan and prepare dinner [x4, DH x4, #4 x1, scrounge x1]
8. Pick up and drop off #4 [x6]
9. Walk Thor 10-15 minutes x3 daily (x4 daily from 25th) [x32]
10. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center (x2, 21st, 26th w/ #4)
11. School holidays (26th-4th), O/N guests [x3]
12. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (23rd)
13. Follow up with plumber (2pm, 21st; 10am, 23rd; 9am, 24th)
14. Vet (9:15am, 24th)
15. Plumber (2pm, 24th)
16. Electrician (9:30am, 30th)
17. Plumber (11:30am, 30th)
18. Make appointment for car's brake light
19. Make appointment for lawn care
20. Prepare learning skills presentation (30 mins, 21st)
21. Work on #3's party &/or my Poison Ivy costume (30 mins, 24th)
22. Buy retaining wall blocks, wheelbarrow, cinder blocks, mulch, compost
23. Work on my plan for healthier living (NON-SMOKER, as of 9pm, 2 August 2015)
24. Set possum traps
25. Spray weedkiller (x1, 24th)
26. Set up gutters for strawberry plants (22nd)
27. Weed, trim, and mulch back porch garden (60mins, 26th)
28. Weed, trim, and mulch water tank garden beds (120mins, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th)
29. Weed, trim, and mulch front porch garden (90mins, 21st, 27th)
30. Buy and plant spring veg
31. 27-pick-up in the addition (25th)
32. 27-pick-up in the storage room/garage (23rd)
33. 27-pick-up in the office (24th)
34. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden (25th)
35. 27-pick-up in the dining room (27th)
36. 27-pick-up in the lounge (11)
37. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden (27th)
38. 27-pick-up in the kitchen
39. 27-pick-up in the bedroom (22nd)
40. 27-pick-up in the laundry room (24th)
41. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch (26th)
42. Sweep and tidy the back porch (25th)
43. Dust the office (22nd)
44. Vacuum office (25th)
45. 15 minutes of filing
46. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge
47. Dust dining room and lounge
48. Vacuum dining room and lounge
49. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch
50. Sweep the front porch
51. Clean windows, window sill, and door in entry
52. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom
53. Clean baseboards in the toilet and bathroom
54. Straighten bathroom shelves and drawers (27th)
55. Clean siding in showers and around tubs (x4, 23rd)
56. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the entry
57. Vacuum entry
58. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances
59. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts (21st)
60. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen
61. Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen
62. Mop the kitchen floor
63. Make a grocery list (30th)
64. Grocery shopping
65. Clean light fixtures in the hallway
66. Clean baseboards in the hallway
67. Vacuum hallway (23rd)
68. Clean the tub (x2, 22nd, 23rd)
69. Clean windows and window sills in bathroom and toilet (26th)
70. Clean light fixtures in the toilet and bathroom
71. Mop bathroom and toilet room
72. Dust bedroom
73. Change sheets
74. Clean ceiling fan blades in the bedroom
75. Clean windows and window sill in bedroom
76. Straighten and dust bookcase in bedroom
77. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the bedroom
78. Tidy one section of bedroom closet (26th)
79. Clean baseboards in the bedroom
80. Vacuum bedroom (24th)
81. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage (26th)
82. Wipe down top of washer/dryer
83. Wipe down laundry counter
84. Clean inner washer lid (25th)
85. Clean washer lint filter
86. Sweep laundry room floor
87. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the laundry room (21st)
88. Change rubbish bin bag in the laundry room (25th)
89. Clean light fixture in the laundry room
90. Mop laundry room floor
91. Email Mom
92. Call #3 (23rd)
93. Paint cabinets for addition upstairs bedroom #1 closet (120mins, 21st, 23rd)
94. Paint cabinets for addition upstairs bedroom #2
95. Paint tables and sawhorses for greenhouse
96. Order library books (23rd)
97. Pick up library books
98. Code business bank accounts (22nd)
99. Update calendars and to-do list (30th)

I must watch film with DH.  Here's what we watched:

• The Big Bang Theory (x2)
• Blindspot
• Castle (x2)
• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
• Downton Abbey
• Fear the Walking Dead (x2)
• Inside Out
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (x6)
• Modern Family
• Narcos (x6)
• The Player
• The Rachel Maddow Show (x4)
• Real Time with Bill Maher 
• Spooks:  The Greater Good
• The Strain (x2)

Here's what I'm reading:

• Ghost Dancer (2007), by John Case
• New England White (2007), by Stephen L. Carter