Some Things I Could Do Today

Here is a partial list of things I could be doing instead of sitting here blogging. They are in no order and I make no promises of them ever getting done.

-the dishes soaking in cold scummy water in the sink, that started out in hot soapy water with good intentions

-the laundry that needs to be folded, waiting in the bedroom

-install the remaining smoke detectors in bedrooms. Don't worry, I did the minimum every-level-of-the-house hallway ones. But I bought more for each bedroom and now they're sitting helpfully in the cupboard. I'm not saying for how long they've lived there.

-sand and clean the rust spots in the LOCKERS so that I can prime, paint, and install them before the children have grown and moved out

-clean the little boys' room and remove excess toys so they can, theoretically, help keep it clean

-hem the curtains in the little boys room so they don't pile up on the top of the built in cupboards ....

-finish chiseling the holes for the poles so that our back gate opens, shuts, and latches correctly.

-make a different kind of rainbow jello salad because now I'm on a "what can you do with jello" kick

-clean and declutter any one of the million cluttered level surfaces in my home

-sweep up the several pounds of cereal around the dining room table

-mop the sticky kitchen floor and try not to think about how it got so sticky

-wash the bedroom walls in preparation for painting them so that eventually our bedroom will look decorated.

-paint the living room

-paint the planned way-cool timeline on the living room wall

-convert spelling curriculum into some sort of magic independent study lessons

-delete hundreds of mostly un-posted "waiting for approval" blog comments

-check email ... I just got a "yahoo!" indicating an email from the Grand Lunar, so out of this whole (incomplete!) list, I think I'll start with this item.