I've
broken this year's list down into categories so I can track/accomplish
them more efficiently. This year, I actually had a really hard time
getting the list down to 102. Usually, I have trouble making the list
long enough.
One-time/finishable
Finish
Elvis quilt (started in '94)
Use 5
pieces of fabric; don't buy more (used 1)
Make
nice new labels for Buffy tapes; catalog episodes & record any missing
ones
Make
hanging hamper
andmatching ironing board cover for kitchen with cherry
fabric
Set
up automatic shipping amounts for international orders
Finish
DH glasses
Get important
paperwork filed by April (DBAs, copy, etc.)
Fix
laptop; re-network
Make
Christmas light skeletons
Replace
little wheel on vacuum cleaner
Come
up with a better kitchen setup (shelves, better table, reduce clutter)
Look
into better insurance; switch if necessary
Get
an annual exam
Lose
15 pounds so I can frolic around in my underwear like the girls in the
Hanes commercials(It turns out it's
goinna take more than 15 pounds to make me frolicky; I didn't consdier
the fact that the models pretending to be people on TV are actually
pretty darn underweight, which means I need to be less than my normal
weight or in way better shape to act like a Hanes commercial. Bah.)
Switch
around outlets & surge protectors
Make
a chart of what gets paid when
Consolidate
Christmas boxes
Clear
out bathroom; clean& decorate
Change
over domains
Get
rid of stray socks & ragged tights
Replace
blinds in utility room
Replace
doorknobs
Use
dental plan by February or cancel
Finish
and print dad's literature
Implement
a video storage system
Use
2 patterns
Copy
Elizabeth McGuire's kitchen/cabinets in blue
Paint
bathrooms
Send
both parents' birthday & mother's/father's day presents early
Year
of the Slut Calendar. Really. This is the year. I can feel it.
Make
3 things from my ideas folder (made
map case)
Sell
all my stupid fucking stock and swear off forever
Tax planning
Taxes
on time
Complete
Spice Encyclopedia
Finish
snowdome gallery
Edge
appropriate areas in cemetery rocks; use up mulch
Honda/boxes
Use photo albums
Eliminate
new debt
Add
search to Frying Pan & Housewife
Sell off stupid
packets
Come
up with some kind of plan for SAAN boards
Come
up with a plan to pay for Housewife et al
First part one-time; then periodic
Update
& keep Dick List
Update
& keep Secret Confessions
Clean up yard; then
compost leaves & pick up poop regularly to prevent another fly epidemic
Set
all possible bills to autopay; pay remaining bills on time
Periodic (weekly, monthly)
Balance
checkbook monthly
Make
one new recipe/week & keep track of them
Assault
one cluttery area a week until I'm as close to feng shui heaven as someone
with my penchant for crap can be
File
papers monthly
Keep up with mowing
yard & pruning shrubbery
Monthly UBB maintenance/necessary
upgrades
Work
out or yoga 3x/week
Regular maintenance of car(get one more oil change)
Replace air &
hepa filters on schedule
Kiki's
injections on schedule
Water
and tidy up plants on Fridays; Feed worms alternate Fridays (do
it between now & the end of the year)
Weekly backups
List
30 items a week
Eat
out only 1ce a week
Weekly
DH update or mail
Take
off one full day each week (keep computer off)
General Lifestyle
Check
out forums daily
Walk
dogs weekdays
4 fruits
or vegetables/day + water
Vitamins
No
new underwear!
No
new makeup!
Avoid
putting labeled things in dishwasher
Save
change in penny banks; use for something fun at the end of the year
Quit
being such a sour old crank
Keep
inbox down to 50 messages
Plant
cuttings; take new cuttings & plant until all empty pots are filled
Use
Vaseline on lightbulbs (and that's not as illicit as it sounds, you
perv; an electrician told me I should do that because it makes them
more conductive & will help with my problematic sockets)
Use
candles & aromatherapy stuff
No
subscriptions
Buy only fresh produce and
groceries specific to recipes; use up existing groceries and stockpile
of toiletries before buying any new (quad coupons, HEB meal deals &
freebates okay) (stay
with it thru the end of the year + organize toiletry stockpile)
Adopt
a more rigorous oral hygeine program
Make
and keep a budget
Write
every day
Continue
to use breadmaker regularly
Reclaim normal human sleep
schedule or quit feeling guilty about vampiric schedule
I'm feeling froggy, so... $10/under:all S girly Ts, all unisex Ts, boxers, DHcon tote, towels, mugs; also on sale:glassware &
hoodies;
plus the 2007 Datebook!