Well, work has been pretty good lately. Feeling productive the past few days: the laundry is caught up, I’m finally finishing a sewing project I started about five years ago, been de-cluttering the basement. I’ve actually gone back to using one of these calendars/chore lists. I don’t know why I ever gave it up. I probably didn’t want to spend the eight bucks because I’m cheap like that, but it has really been worth it – both last year and this. It has every chore on it that I can think of; daily, weekly and less often.
I made the decision to order this year’s version after my completely rational husband and I had an argument about toilet paper and I said to myself ala Scarlet O’Hara, “I will never forget t.p. again!”
My husband thinks my newly (re)found productivity is due to spring finally springing… he’s probably happier not knowing about my Scarlett/toilet paper/I’ll show him/chore list operation.
If you like stories about people’s marital conflicts you would have loved the fight I picked about the length of my nails. Basically, John doesn’t give a fig how I wear my nails (or hair or makeup or clothes) but I insist that he must give me opinions, so he’s taken to making them up. He later confesses to the fakery just to toy with me. I guess I know why my kids are stinkers.
14 Comments
April 17, 2009 at 3:52 pm
You guys crack me up.
. I like your husband’s sense of humour too. Kinda random – keeps things interesting, heh heh.
It sounds like you are nesting. Just don’t try to clean the oven, ‘kay?
April 17, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Every time I clean the oven I set off the smoke detectors. My mom will be visiting in a couple of weeks and, while she doesn’t know it yet, she WILL be cleaning the oven.
April 17, 2009 at 3:57 pm
And yes, his sense of humor is strange.
April 17, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Around here, the smoke detector going off means “dinner’s ready!”.
April 18, 2009 at 9:50 pm
You are sooooooo nesting:-). Might have to get me one of them there charts if it up productivity.
April 19, 2009 at 6:12 am
Leigh Ann, you hafta try this calendar. I’m not saying it makes housework easy, but it really helps. It reminds me to make appointments and to clean the fridge and even to check the stock of t.p.
April 19, 2009 at 10:17 pm
I got it. It looks good. Maybe it will help me to remember the bills. I usually get them in on time, but I usually forget until the last minute.
April 20, 2009 at 5:51 am
i’m the same way with the toilet paper.
True story: the other day John looked at the left hand column and asked, “You do that everyday?”
I said, “yup, plus this stuff in the middle.”
I must leave these things lying around more often.
April 20, 2009 at 6:46 pm
It feels so good to check things off. We don’t have an office to dust but I can cross that off anyway
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April 20, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Leigh Ann! Now I can look at MY calendar and know what YOU are doing! This is so exciting. And I crossed that one off too. But my fridge door is sparkly.
April 20, 2009 at 11:27 pm
LOL! The toilets are clean, and I showed Daniel how to do it. A few more times like that and he will be able to do it himself.
Oh, and I had a dinner plan. Honey teriaky chicken. Very tasty.
April 21, 2009 at 6:01 am
Good job! now do it again.
April 21, 2009 at 11:48 am
You mean I have to do it again? LOL
April 21, 2009 at 12:19 pm
word.