Some Things I Must-Should-Ought-Want to Do in the Next 10 Days (1-10 May 2015)

[Relying on lists to give the impression of accomplishment, even if I'm not really getting many things done, or safety behavior]

[We could say I have a truly legitimate reason (inner voice:  excuse) for the lack of progress on this list, particularly now that I have damaged a tendon in the ring finger of my right hand]

1. Dishes [x17]
2. Laundry [x17]
3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x6]
4. Clean the sinks [x6]
5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x5]
6. Clean the toilet [ ]
7. Plan and prepare dinner [x3, DH x3, scrounge x2, takeaway x2]
8. Pick up and drop off #4 [x11]
9. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center [x2] (6th, 10th)
10. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (10th)
11. Rugby (2nd)
12. Reorganize freezers (5th)
13. Pick up beef from butcher (6th)
14. Buy more retaining wall blocks, mulch, cinder blocks
15. Mow the grass (6th -- thank you, TA)
16. Make vet appointment
17. Have fence repaired
18. Library (2nd)
19. Weed front porch garden beds
20. Weed back porch garden beds
21. Weed water tank garden beds
22. Harvest, chop, and freeze bell peppers
23. Trim back mint garden
24. Cover 'floor' of future greenhouse with gravel
25. Fill driveway potholes with gravel (#4, 10th)
26. Order new kettle
27. Put bed together for Godric (3rd, with #4)
28. Shop for Mother's Day (4th)
29. Get addition ready for #1's visit (6th, 10th -- with #2)
30. 27-pick-up in the addition [x2] (6th, 10th)
31. 27-pick-up in the storage room/garage (9th)
32. 27-pick-up in the office [x2] (3rd, 4th)
33. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden (15)
34. 27-pick-up in the dining room (3rd)
35. 27-pick-up in the lounge [x2] (4th, 9th)
36. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden
37. 27-pick-up in the kitchen
38. 27-pick-up in the bedroom (6th)
39. 27-pick-up in the laundry room
40. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch (4th)
41. Sweep and tidy the back porch (4th)
42. Dust the office (9th)
43. Vacuum office
44. 15 minutes of filing
45. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge
46. Dust dining room and lounge
47. Vacuum dining room and lounge
48. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch (9th)
49. Sweep the front porch
50. Clean windows, window sill, and door in entry
51. Vacuum entry
52. Clean fridge, microwave, upright freezer, other appliances
53. Clean kitchen cabinet fronts
54. Straighten and wipe down one shelf or cabinet interior in the kitchen
55. Clean windows and window sill in the kitchen
56. Mop the kitchen floor
57. Make a grocery list
58. Grocery shopping
59. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom
60. Vacuum hallway
61. Clean the tub (10th)
62. Clean windows and window sills in bathroom and toilet
63. Mop bathroom and toilet room
64. Dust bedroom (10th)
65. Change sheets
66. Vacuum bedroom
67. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage (9th)
68. Wipe down top of washer/dryer
69. Wipe down laundry counter
70. Clean inner washer lid
71. Clean washer lint filter
72. Sweep laundry room floor
73. Storage room paint prep (#4, 6th)
74. Email Mom (10th)
75. Call #3 (6th)
76. Code business bank accounts (6th)
77. End-of-financial-year info to accountant (7th)
78. Create master list of financial accounts
79. Update calendars and to-do list (10th)

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

• The Big Bang Theory (x2)
• The Blacklist (x2)
• Bones (x2)
• Broadchurch (x2)
• Castle
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (x6)
• Elementary (x2)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• Modern Family
• Real Time with Bill Maher (x2)

Here's what I'm reading:

• The Human Age:  The World Shaped by Us (2014), by Diane Ackerman
• Now You See Me (2011), by S. J. Bolton
• Panic in a Suitcase (2014), by Yelena Akhtiorskaya
• Type2 (2015), by Alicia Hendley
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