Checklist...
I am sitting here at the end of a very long day... zoned. Let's just say that today made my 8:00 a.m. trip to the dentist to get 3 cavities filled (2 without novocain), look like a day at the spa. I'm not complaining... it was actually a nice day. Just very full and no rest for my eighty year old joints. Evangeline and Elliot 'tagged teamed' it last night... I don't think one hour went by without one of them up. So I'm not sure what, exactly, inspired me to take a trip to the zoo before nap time... but, what can I say? I'm a free spirit and the mood struck... not to mention the gorgeous weather (it makes me want to throw on a full length calico dress and frolic through a meadow). Anyway... after a wonderfully exhausting afternoon with Auntie Reaghan at the zoo... and no naps (I never count a nap that is less than an hour, it's just a tease)... I'm sitting here, staring off into space, trying to remember if I ever ate or used the bathroom... and I am quite proud to say that I did both today!
I'm tempted to look around... discouraged that I've accomplished absolutely nothing. Then, I remember something that always makes me feel better. My own little version of a 'TO DO' list. While all of you 'taskmasters' out there might shake your heads in pity... I think my fellow 'spirited procrastinators' will definitely find this very useful. I guess you could call it the 'anti-check list' or the 'TO DONE' list. Here's how it goes. You think of everything you've done that day. "I woke up today"...( and you put a well earned checkmark by the achievement)... CHECK. Go to the dentist... CHECK. Pick up dog poop out of the hallway... check. Go to the zoo. Don't vacuum the floors. Check! (Isn't this so easy and uplifting?!) Make a bowl of chocolate ganache and eat the entire thing. Check!Do not feel guilty about chocolate ganache. CHECK. Feed baby. Feed Millie Precious Darlin. Feed Doodle. Get Doodle to stop feeding Millie. Check. Forget to run the dishwasher...check. Let your husband grab leftovers out of the fridge for dinner. Check. Sing silly song to Evangeline... sing serious song to Elliot. CHECK. Kiss husband goodbye. Adjust attitude over fabulous husband abandoning you to play softball.CHECK. Think of something interesting to write in blog... check.
You will go to bed with a great sense of accomplishment... and a neat and organized check list to prove that you did absolutely everything you set out 'to do' that day. Your welcome.
I'm tempted to look around... discouraged that I've accomplished absolutely nothing. Then, I remember something that always makes me feel better. My own little version of a 'TO DO' list. While all of you 'taskmasters' out there might shake your heads in pity... I think my fellow 'spirited procrastinators' will definitely find this very useful. I guess you could call it the 'anti-check list' or the 'TO DONE' list. Here's how it goes. You think of everything you've done that day. "I woke up today"...( and you put a well earned checkmark by the achievement)... CHECK. Go to the dentist... CHECK. Pick up dog poop out of the hallway... check. Go to the zoo. Don't vacuum the floors. Check! (Isn't this so easy and uplifting?!) Make a bowl of chocolate ganache and eat the entire thing. Check!Do not feel guilty about chocolate ganache. CHECK. Feed baby. Feed Millie Precious Darlin. Feed Doodle. Get Doodle to stop feeding Millie. Check. Forget to run the dishwasher...check. Let your husband grab leftovers out of the fridge for dinner. Check. Sing silly song to Evangeline... sing serious song to Elliot. CHECK. Kiss husband goodbye. Adjust attitude over fabulous husband abandoning you to play softball.CHECK. Think of something interesting to write in blog... check.
You will go to bed with a great sense of accomplishment... and a neat and organized check list to prove that you did absolutely everything you set out 'to do' that day. Your welcome.
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I'll have to find my popcorn recipe... haven't done it in a while:)