- Finish Christmas shopping for all her 10 grandchildren, wrap all the gifts and box them up to go to UPS. Check
- Wash the ceiling, walls, floor, ceiling fans, rewind all the rolling shades and wash 12 windows in the sunroom/laundry room. Check
- Wreath on the door, Snowman flag on the flagpole, lights on the little tree Check
- Get the car out of the auto shop (fuel pump was dead), take car to carwash, get new parking sticker for car. Check
- Grocery shop at SuperTarget, grocery shop at Winn-Dixie, grocery shop at Publix. Check
- Get flowers for patio pots. Find patio pots and fertilizer in the shed. Check
- Hire a guy to put a TV antenna on the roof, hire a guy to weed the flower beds and trim the shrubs, hire carpet cleaners. Check
- Clean all the A/C vents. Convince Mom to actually TURN ON the A/C when the indoor temperature reached 84 degrees. Check
- Reorganize the pantry closet, plan diabetic menus for 2 weeks, cut up multiple containers of veggies. Check
- Visit the neighbors, ignore the mean relatives who live on the next block (mean relatives are now officially pissed off at us) (we don't really care). Check
- Replace batteries in the clock and the CD player. Find Christmas CDs. Listen to Christmas CDs. Check
- Go out for Breakfast! Go out for LUNCH! Go out for DINNER. Go to the most awesome DOLLAR TREE store ever! (it is brand new and 3 times bigger than most) Check
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Making A List and Checking It Twice
No, not Santa! Grandma Sunshine is officially settled in The Sunshine State for the winter. This involves a very long chore list and we managed to accomplish everything in about 3 and 1/2 days.
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Sounds awesome.
- Create memories with your mom. Check.
Argggg, now it makes me realize I need to get cracking.
Whew is right! That's a lot of work.
Wow. Just wow. I woulda been high-fiving myself if I had completed the first thing on the list .....and nothing else.
Because that ONE thing woulda been enough.
Pour martini. Check.
In three and a half days? I'm exhausted just READING about it!
You are a MACHINE checking off that list! Now you need to check off: relax with good movie and glass of wine.
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