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