To Do Lists

Those of you who know me know that I tend to lean towards the "techy" side of things. I can control my home thermostat from my smartphone, my home office has a second monitor, and whenever I can, and my laptob bag is FULL of gadgets. When it comes to a "To Do List," however, I prefer old fashioned pen and paper.  I've tried several different electronic formats, but there's just something more satisfying about crossing something off of my list, instead of clicking on a checkbox.

My list lately has been a bit full (part of the reason I haven't written anything in almost nine months), and the heat this summer didn't make it easy to get a lot of things done.  Summer's quickly coming to an end, and there are several things on my list that I really need to get done...before the proverbial snow flies.

Today after church, I took a look at my list and decided to try to tackle at least a few of those items on the list.  First task: Clean the windows and patio and storm doors, all of which were dust laden from our dry summer.  I pulled out the ladder, mixed up some vinegar and water, grabbed some newspapers and I was on my way.  About an hour (and lots of trips up and down the ladder) later, the windows sparkled for a few hours until the rain came...maybe I should have washed the windows earlier this year to bring on the rain when we needed it.  When that was done, as long as I had the ladder out I took down my Fourth of July decorations (yes, I know it's August 19, please keep in mind that, as I mentioned above, I've been a little busy) and moved my wind chimes since the clanger kept hitting my bedroom window whenever we had storms.  This afternoon I took down the summer decorations inside and tonight I started cleaning up the office - shredding old bank statements and duplicate checks, sorting things to be filed, etc. 

I do have other work that I should be doing, but now it's time to unwind a little bit, sit with my feet up and relax my mind with a little blogging and some TV.  There are still plenty of items on my To Do Lists, both home and work, some of which I do need to tackle before bed, and that's okay too...because then I can cross them off of my list.