Some Things I Must-Should-Ought-Want to Do (21-31 August 2015)

(redirecting energies as a distraction, or sublimation)

1. Dishes [x20, #4 x1]
2. Laundry [x7]
3. Wipe down the kitchen counters [x8]
4. Clean the sinks [x10]
5. Sweep the kitchen floor [x8]
6. Clean the toilet [x7]
7. Plan and prepare dinner [x4, DH x3, shared x1, takeaway x3]
8. Pick up and drop off #4 [x8, DH x3, #2 x2]
9. O/N guests--grandparenting is grand! [x3] (22nd, 29th)
10. Take rubbish and recycling to the transfer center 
11. Pay bills due in the next 10 days (21st)
12. More EOY tax info to accountant (21st)
13. Thor to vet (2:30pm, 24th)
14. Pick Thor up from vet (3pm, 25th)
15. Academic counseling w/ #4 (9:25am, 26th)
16. Thor for surgery in Kerikeri (9am, 27th) <-----  <-----  <-----
17. Buy retaining wall blocks, wheelbarrow, mulch, cinder blocks (26th)
18. Work on my plan for healthier living (NON-SMOKER, as of 9pm, 2 August 2015)
19. Set possum traps
20. Weed, trim, and mulch back porch garden (90 mins, 22nd-23rd)
21. Weed, trim, and mulch water tank garden beds (30 mins, 29th-30th)
22. Weed, trim, and mulch front porch garden 
23. Buy and plant winter veg
24. 27-pick-up in the addition
25. 27-pick-up in the storage room/garage
26. 27-pick-up in the office
27. 27-pick-up in the back porch garden
28. 27-pick-up in the dining room (21st)
29. 27-pick-up in the lounge (21st)
30. 27-pick-up in the front porch garden
31. 27-pick-up in the kitchen (22nd)
32. 27-pick-up in the bedroom (21st)
33. 27-pick-up in the laundry room
34. Knock down cobwebs in freezer room, office, back porch
35. Sweep and tidy the back porch
36. Dust the office
37. Vacuum office
38. 15 minutes of filing
39. Knock down cobwebs in dining room and lounge
40. Dust dining room and lounge
41. Clean windows and window sill in the lounge
42. Straighten and dust lounge bookcases
43. Polish furniture in the lounge
44. Vacuum dining room and lounge
45. Knock down cobwebs in entry, kitchen, front porch
46. Sweep off front porch furniture
47. Wipe down tables, banisters, and light fixtures on the front porch
48. Sweep the front porch (21st)
49. Clean windows, window sill, and door in entry (22nd)
50. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the entry
51. Vacuum entry (22nd)
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. Wash canisters and knick-knacks in the kitchen
57. Clean light fixtures in the kitchen
58. Empty fridge and thoroughly clean in the inside
59. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the kitchen (22nd)
60. Mop the kitchen floor
61. Make a grocery list (29th)
62. Grocery shopping (27th, DH-29th)
63. Knock down cobwebs in the toilet, bathroom, hallway, bedroom
64. Clean light fixtures in the hallway
65. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the hallway
66. Vacuum hallway
67. Clean the tub
68. Clean windows and window sills in bathroom and toilet
69. Scrub fixtures in bathtub, bathroom sink, and shower
70. Clean baseboards in the toilet and bathroom
71. Straighten bathroom shelves and drawers
72. Clean siding in shower and around tub
73. Mop bathroom and toilet room
74. Dust bedroom
75. Change sheets
76. Clean ceiling fan blades in the bedroom (21st) 
77. Clean windows and window sill in bedroom
78. Straighten and dust bookcase in bedroom
79. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the bedroom
80. Tidy one section of bedroom closet
81. Vacuum bedroom
82. Knock down cobwebs in laundry room, garage
83. Wipe down top of washer/dryer
84. Wipe down laundry counter (21st)
85. Clean inner washer lid (22nd) 
86. Clean washer lint filter
87. Sweep laundry room floor
88. Clean switch plates, door frames, and walls in the laundry room
89. Change rubbish bin bag in the laundry room
90. Mop laundry room floor
91. Email Mom (26th)
92. Call #3 (20th)
93. Paint cabinets for addition upstairs bedroom #1 closet 
94. Paint cabinets for addition upstairs bedroom #2
95. Put up new bath curtains in addition (21st)
96. Paint tables and sawhorses for greenhouse
97. Plant new bulbs (23rd)
98. Order library books (22nd)
99. Code business bank accounts
100. Update calendars and to-do list (31st)

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

• Another Period
• Fear the Walking Dead (x2)
• Hannibal (x2)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• Mr. Robot
• Orphan Black
• The Rachel Maddow Show
• Real Time with Bill Maher
• Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (x2)
• The Strain

Here's what I'm reading:

• The Eyre Affair (2001), by Jasper Fforde
• Illywhacker (1985), by Peter Carey
• The Lotus Eaters (2010), by Tatjana Soli