(symptom: checking and re-checking several to hundreds of times a day, such as self- evaluation)
(Doing any routine housework before leaving DH and teen-aged son home alone for 10 days is pointless. At least #4 can work the dishwasher and washing machine, so they won't do without clean cups, plates, and towels.)
Dishes[x12, #4 x1]Laundry[x3]Wipe down the kitchen counters[x5]Clean the sinks[x7]Sweep the kitchen floor[x4]Clean the toilet[x2]Plan and prepare dinner[x2, DH x3, #3 x2]Pick up and drop off #4[DH x1, #2 x1]School holidays - O/N guests(x7)Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center(17th)Pay bills due in the next 20 days(11th)Schedule electrician(13th)- Prepare for a week on a tropical island: buy & install smoke detector in addition
Prepare for a week on a tropical island: pedicure(14th)Prepare for a week on a tropical island: pack(17th)Prepare for a week on a tropical island: 4-hour drive to the airport(18th)Fly to tropical island(18th)Day 1 on a tropical island(18th -- Thank you, International Date Line!)Day 2 on a tropical island(19th)Day 3 on a tropical island(20th)- Buy more retaining wall blocks, backpack sprayer, stakes, mulch, brackets and PVC poles
- 27-pick-up in the addition
- 27-pick-up in the storage room/garage
- 27-pick-up in the office
- 27-pick-up in the back porch garden
- 27-pick-up in the dining room
- 27-pick-up in the lounge
- 27-pick-up in the front porch garden
- 27-pick-up in the kitchen
- 27-pick-up in the bedroom
- 27-pick-up in the laundry room
- Spray weed killer in the shed garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
- Buy seeds and seedlings for the back porch garden
- Plant seeds and seedlings in the back porch garden
- Spray weed killer in the back porch garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
- Weed and mulch established beds in the front porch garden (40 mins, 8th)
- Buy seeds and seedlings for the front porch garden
- Plant seeds and seedlings in the front porch garden
- Remove grass from kill zones in the front porch garden
- Spray weed killer in the front porch garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
- Weed and mulch established beds in the water tank garden
- Buy seeds and seedlings for the water tank garden
- Plant seeds and seedlings in the water tank garden
- Spray weed killer in the water tank garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
- Weed and mulch established beds in the shed garden
- Buy seeds and seedlings for the shed garden
- Plant seeds and seedlings in the shed garden
- Remove grass from kill zones in the shed garden
- Spray weed killer in the shed garden; kill thistle and gorse in the paddock
Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch(11th)- Clean windows, window sills, and doors in the freezer room
- Clean back porch furniture
- Sweep and tidy the back porch
- Clean switch plates, door frames and walls in the office
- Clean windows, window sills, and French doors in the office
- Clean monitor in the office
- Vacuum office
- 15 minutes of filing
- Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge
- Polish dining room table
- Dust dining room and lounge
- Clean under couch cushions in the lounge
- Clean light fixtures and lamps in the lounge
- Vacuum dining room and lounge
- Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch
- Sweep the front porch
- Clean windows, window sill, and door in entry
- Clean light fixture in entry
- Vacuum entry
- Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances
- Clean kitchen cabinet fronts
Clean out the refrigerator(16th)- Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen
- Wash canisters and knick-knacks in the kitchen
- Clean light fixtures in the kitchen
- Mop the kitchen floor
Make a grocery list(16th)Grocery shopping(16th, #3)- Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom
Vacuum hallway(15th)- Clean the tub
- Clean windows and window sills in bathroom and toilet
- Scrub fixtures in bathtub, bathroom sink, and shower
- Mop bathroom and toilet room
- Dust bedroom
- Change sheets
- Vacuum bedroom
- Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage
- Wipe down top of washer/dryer
- Wipe down laundry counter
- Clean inner washer lid
- Clean washer lint filter
- Sweep laundry room floor
- Clean storage room
- Work on current retaining wall
- Clean hot tub
- Clean dust in addition's downstairs bathroom
Email Mom(11th)- Code business bank accounts
- Update calendars and to-do list
And also, I must watch film with DH. Here's what we watched together:
Here's what I'm reading:
- King Rat (1998), by China Miéville
- The Last Camel Died at Noon (1991), by Elizabeth Peters
- My Year of Meats (1998), by Ruth Ozeki
- Shroud for a Nightingale (1971), by P. D. James
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