Working Down the To Do List

We've bit off a lot this summer. As I have said, probably an annoyingly number of times, we have a lot on our plate this summer. But, to add to the fun of all of the events/travels we have this summer, we have also undertaken a one-end-of-the-house-to-the-other home improvement project. It involves a lot of paint.

When you combine the home improvement list and preparing for the event/things we are doing lists together, the number of items on said to-do list seems to grow as I sleep. But, TODAY...I crossed a bunch of things off. It was a slow work day, so I decided to devote as much time as possible to crossing things off my list. So, today...these things are now gone:

• Finish sorting through Reid's toys - trash pile, Goodwill pile
• Get all of Reid's things out of the dining room and back into Reid's room
• Hang Reid's iSpy quilt
• Frame and hang Jackson's olympic swimmer poster
• Clean living room and put everything away from our swim meet weekend
• Laundry
• Clean off sewing table and prep for sewing machine to come back out
• Pay bills
• Balance checkbook
• Make two week menu and grocery list
• Go to grocery store

It doesn't sound like much, but it was mentally a boost to get some of those things off my lists. I am a big lists person. If I don't write them down, I am making lists in my head. And, at my most organized, I am a lister. On the flip side, to do lists can be mentally brutal for me. When I see stuff on a list and it has been there for a while, it is a mental drain. Now, tomorrow, I have to get back to my work to do list. :-)

Reid had Terrific Tuesdays at church today. She really likes it and comes home with new crafts every week. Her favorite part is really that she gets to take her lunch, but she likes the rest of her day there too. Tonight, she had her swimming lesson and swam almost all the way across the pool with her backstroke. Way to go Sissy!

I talked to Damon a couple of times today and Jackson seems to be doing all right at camp. He was throwing around a little bad attitude this morning, but Damon chalked it up to Jackson being tired. He has been going hard for three straight days (the swim meet weekend, plus Monday going all day until 11 p.m.) and it was bound to catch up with him. At lunch, Jackson asked to take one of his benedryl tablets because he was itching and that just added to the tired. In music, Jackson fell asleep sitting in his chair. Damon suggested that he and Jackson go back to the cabin instead of going to the afternoon swimming and Jackson didn't resist much. Both Damon and Jackson slept almost two hours. Moods should significantly change after that.