A Miracle Has Happened And Then Some Other Things

My poor hubby is still sick. He hasn't had the strength to do much more than lay on couch the past three days. At first we were thinking it might be the flu, but now I'm wondering if it isn't bronchitis because his lungs are hurting so much.  On to the miracle thing: my husband is so miserable that he is willing to see a doctor for this and  go back for a "real" complete physical in a couple of weeks.  Trust me, this is a miracle!  I'm sorry George is feeling so bad, but I'm glad he is finally going to the doctor -- for this issue and just for general health maintenance in general.

In the evenings while George and Barney have been resting, I've been watching a little tv with George and working on some stuff at the computer and making a big long to-do list. I love making to-do lists. You don't even have to do half the things on the list.  It's all about the list. Just making the list makes me feel so very, very productive. Pretend you heard me sigh contentedly.

Actually, I have done gotten a pretty good start and hope to make more head way through the next two weeks. Many of the things on my list have been needing attention for quite some time. To be frank, they are driving me nuts, especially the overflowing, disorganized inbox. That's why I tackled it first. Most of these things are not very time consuming, except maybe organizing and consolidating the bookcases and writing the Old Fashioned Life posts. I've set a goal to complete these tasks by Monday, May 4th so I can be free to begin working on gardening projects without feeling like there's 40 million things that need done inside.

Trixie's 25 Things in 20 Days List


1. Clean out email inbox and all folders
2. Create new email folders and organize the existing folders
(my sincere apologies to those of you that emailed me and have not received a response yet. I found about 25 emails in a secondary spam filter. You should be hearing from me by the end of next week; please email me again if you don't get a response by then. Thank you)

3. Research getting my husband set up with a TracFone like mine for his business. (we think it will end up costing $10 to $25 less per month than he's paying right now; we just want to make this is correct before switching)

4. Update business records for my husband's business
5. Update records for my businesses (just finished a great tax season yesterday -- my records are a jumbled mess!)

6. Consolidate and organize our 4 bookshelves into the new built-in George made in the Family Room
7. Clean out and organize my coupon box
8. Send in a form to Upromise to have them send me a check for my account balance.
9. Send in for some rebates (hopefully these aren't expired by now!)
10. Write out thank you notes to several customers (partially done)
11. List 3 manly-garage items that George wants to get rid of on Craig's List
12. Bake two desserts for the freezer. (We are going with brownies:)
13. Plan a fun sister-ly outing for Monday. (If the weather's good, we will be visiting a green house)
14. Make a list of office supplies to order from Amazon. (We seem to be out of everything at once; is "make a list" okay to put on your to-do list?)

15. Order a digital camera along with the office supplies and mail it to my sister for a new baby gift! Looking forward to some pics of my little nephew.   Thank you, SwagBucks.
16. Work on three more posts for the My Old Fashioned Life series.
17. Fun catch up lunch with a girlfriend from my old job this Friday
18. Barney to vet for post surgery check up
19. Cut up more rags for George (Partially done)
20. Search thrift stores for a leather belt for George, work shirts for George, summer skirts for me
21. Clean out kitchen junk drawer
22. Clean and organize Laundry Room shelving area
23. Order Checks
24. Hem curtains for bay window
25. Pull out my summer purse and decorative outdoor flags for summer from storage



So, what undone task has been driving you nuts?