{"id":9390,"date":"2015-02-27T05:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=9390"},"modified":"2015-02-27T06:19:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T14:19:02","slug":"to-do-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9390","title":{"rendered":"To do list"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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  1. Figure out Life, the Universe and Everything. By this weekend, if possible.<\/strike>  Oh, right. Like I can just check that one off a list. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Make a more manageable list of things I can start to do to figure out Life, the Universe and Everything.  <\/strike> Is there even a starting point to that? What’s with figuring everything out? Can you maybe do something about the spare bedroom or getting the hose in the back yard fixed?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Figure out what I want <\/strike>  Riiiight. I can figure that out and check it right off. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Let’s go with doing something about the spare bedroom. That’s task driven. That’s something that I need to do, and it can be broken into easy chunks. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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        1. Empty out the dresser<\/li>\n
        2. Take the dresser to Good Will<\/li>\n
        3. Clean out the closet <\/li>\n
        4. Put the file cabinet in the closet<\/li>\n
        5. Paint the room <\/li>\n
        6. Clean the carpet<\/li>\n
        7. Clean the blinds in both bedrooms.<\/li>\n
        8. Actually, no. Take the blinds down in my room<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          That is incredibly fucking boring, but it’s a workable list. <\/p>\n

          What do you mean, it feels like I’m hiding something? I’m just being practical. Maybe I’m not feeling like introspection right now. I don’t care if you don’t believe me. In fact, I feel another list coming on. <\/p>\n

          The back yard. It needs work. A lot of work. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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          1. Get a shit ton of concrete blocks, rebar, liquid nails and cardboard<\/li>\n
          2. Someone must have a truck you can borrow to haul it all home<\/li>\n
          3. Build the raised beds<\/li>\n
          4. Make sure there is plenty of ibuprofen in the house <\/li>\n
          5. Do you suppose anyone loves you enough to help?<\/li>\n
          6. Oh. Right. Get a shit ton of compost and potting soil to put in the raised beds<\/li>\n
          7. Cover them with plastic so the soil heats up<\/li>\n
          8. Power wash the patio. Shit<\/li>\n
          9. Get the hose fixed so you can do #8<\/li>\n
          10. Clean the fucking gutters<\/li>\n
          11. Get a better attitude about home maintenance<\/li>\n
          12. Stop whining<\/li>\n
          13. Clean the screens and windows<\/li>\n
          14. Repaint the metal chairs<\/li>\n
          15. Find a chainsaw and cut down that stupid walnut tree before it gets any bigger <\/li>\n
          16. Think about plants<\/li>\n
          17. Put new latches on the gates, or at least new latch strings<\/li>\n
          18. Figure out something to deal with the sprinkler system<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Maybe I am<\/i> avoiding something. No, I am really not. I just don’t feel like writing it down. I want to keep it. I don’t even really want to think about it too hard. I just want to see what happens. Maybe watch an episode of “the IT Crowd” or something. <\/span><\/p>\n

            Sooooo, what about the living room? I mean, while you are being bored anyway, I  might as well go all out. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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            1. Figure out what to put in instead of those awful blinds. <\/span><\/li>\n
            2. Clean the window tracks<\/span><\/li>\n
            3. Clean the inside of the windows <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              That just leaves the front. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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              1. Clean the front porch<\/span><\/li>\n
              2. Paint it<\/span><\/li>\n
              3. Replace the porch and garage lights<\/span><\/li>\n
              4. Clean the house numbers and screw them down properly<\/span><\/li>\n
              5. Power wash the driveway<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n


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                I feel like taking a trip. Maybe North. I never go North. Something good could be there. Poutine. Back bacon. Eskimos. Who knows?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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