Saturday, August 2, 2008

So much for planning

As many of you know, I've been away from the Abode of Bobness for about two weeks now. First was the vacation to see the family, then after a brief respite I was off again to a work conference in shaky Anaheim. Therefore, there are some things back here that definitely needed my attention. Being the semi-organized person that I claim to be, I made a list chores that I wanted to tackle this weekend before heading back to the office on Monday. Here's what that list looks like:

1. Clean the bathroom
2. Clean the kitchen (without blowing it up)
3. Do the dishes
4. Sweep the patio
5. Vacuum, dust, and straighten the living room
6. Reorganize the den
7. Buy groceries
8. Do laundry

It's a fairly aggressive list, but spread over two days completely reasonable. So, it's 8:30pm and this is the what I've actually accomplished so far:

1. Woke up at 8:30am
2. Drank a whole pot of coffee
3. Completed a backlog of online crossword puzzles
4. Read blogs, replied to blogs, read the newer blogs from today
5. Played Flight Simulator
6. Watched the NASCAR race from Montreal
7. Bought groceries
8. Shortened the to-do list for Sunday
9. Wrote a blog

(not an actual photo, but a fair representation)

Looks like I'm off to a good start. No sense jumping into these things too quickly.

10 comments:

kylie said...

LOVE IT !!!!
all my weekends could be represented by this post!!!

why do you need to do so much cleaning if you haven't been there?

bye bob

Suzanne said...

I'll be back. It's late and I'm to tired to think. Very funny.

Hi Bob.

bindhiya said...

what a great weekend!
that picture represent our living room too... instead of clothes and papers we have toys, crayons and story books... only till evening...before we go to feed ducks my baby will put back everything :)
have a nice week..

bindi

j said...

Well, that's what Sunday nights are for ...

Suzanne said...

I spelled too too wrong. I was tired. Cut me some slack. If my living room ever looked like that I'd call 911. Burglary!!! Robbery!!! Crime in progress. Can I get a witness from the congretgation?

Good luck with that.

XO

Suzanne said...

Yeah...good luck with congretgation too. Good Lord.

Suzanne said...

Oh, I laughted when you mentioned drive a Zamboni, but Rob just laughed harder when he read it! Hey!!! He said he was on one, but they wouldn't actually let him drive. Love that thing. Yup, seen lots and lots, but he's seen lots more. He's been playing since three, I only met him at 17! Much fun dear friend.

XO

Cece said...

Hey, did you let my kids stay in your apartment while you were gone? Because that looks like a few messes that they have made. If your apartment really looks like that, then good luck fixin it.

Gig said...

I thought maybe my grandkids had been there!! I had to condense my list this weekend too. I am still doing laundrey as I type...all this work is never ending...
Hope the work week is better for you!!

Gig

Karen ^..^ said...

LOL @ the living room pic.

And I find that planning only sets me up for horrific failure. No sense in that. I could write lists all day long, and then fail to complete them all day long. I fear I am already too much of a mess to risk that.

Good luck with the list.