I’m usually pretty good with To Do lists as long as I have some sort of deadline. When I’m on the ball, simply putting “Friday” as the cut-off works. When I’ve been rather out of it, as I have lately, I need something more poignant. I had a one-week To Do list I wanted completed before our trip to Portland. I threw in some things that were very easy to accomplish just so that on rough days, I would have something to cross off. I also threw in some doozies just to see if any would get done. As of tonight, only two things are left and one was the biggest doozie of them all. I doubt that one, recaulking and sealing the kitchen sink so that it can cure by the time we get back, will not be completed, but I’m okay with it. I got ALL of the others done (once I drop some things into the mail).
A couple of wrenches were thrown into the weekend plan. The biggest and hardest for me is that the dogs will not be coming back from “summer camp” aka the kennel until Tuesday instead of Monday. Apparently not enough people would be picking up their dogs on Memorial Day, so ours have to stay one more night. It kicks me in the gut just thinking about it.
Otherwise, we just have to pack and we’re all set. If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, I will water everything not on a sprinkler one more time. By the time we get back it should be good gardening weather. Maybe I can kick butt on garden projects that are easier to do when I don’t have two schnauzer supervisors inspecting everything I’m working on…very closely…as I’m working on them.