The Avoidance List

Long promised, much delayed, at last THE LIST is here in all its.. frightening glory. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present: The Avoidance List (all 3 pages of it).

1. Read Gaile's letter
2. Clean up my laundry at Dad's
3. Clean off the desk in the laundry room
4. Finish fridge (Dad's)
5. Order the necessary parts for the mini's and the video's
6. Get John's Mom her Mini
7. Liquidate the iPod supplies
8. Return Roaman's and LB clothes in blue bin
9. Sweep and vac Dad's
10. Clean & put together my Vac & give it a home
11. Remove, clean, store the carrier from truck
12. Finish homing the last bits of the trip luggage and jotsam
13. $255 to office
14. Mail pileup
15. Comcast
16. Check Wachovia balance/status
17. Read and delete John's Dep paper
18. Catch up on email
19. Clear out the flotsam from truck bed and wash it
20. Deal with the motorcycle
21. Start breaking down/going through barn crap
22. Shuku and Kerma to SCHS
23. Star pen and LB
24. Ivan pen and LB
25. Clean cat stuff kitchen and porch
26. Wash floor, sink, counters of kitchen
27. Fix blind problem in kitchen
28. Dishwasher
29. Clear out kitchen cupboards, drawers, undersink
30. List The Bodice on Ebay
31. List the Chemise on Ebay
32. Sign up for seller status on Etsy
33. Take pics and put jewelry up on Etsy
34. Clean my porch desk
    
35. Clean up, prune back, and edge front yard
36. Deal with front yard gravel
37. Clean back deck area
38. Get fireplace fixed
39. Deal with the monster sofa (clean or toss)
40. Clean living room
41. Make Star a porch run area
42. Make Ivan a living room/kitchen/hall run area
43. Groom cats and bunnies--the furminator!
44. Star claws
45. Find claw clipper
46. Ivan meds
47. Apologize to Dad (and mean it)
48. Clean the bathroom and shower
49. Restock bathroom cupboards with clean towels
50. Clean fridge
51. Cook in kitchen
52. Recommit to lapsed eating plan
53. Move all cooking supplies into newly cleaned kitchen
54. Sell the harp?
55. Uncle and Mom's ashes
56. Sort and reduce porch boxes
57. Clean and organize hall closet
58. Clean bedroom
59. The bed
60. Reoccupy bedroom
61. Work on the novel, *any* of the novels, & stop mucking about--organize! Plan! Sticktoit!
    
62. Check out sub reqs and get it done
63. Second job (if sub doesn't pan)
64. Knoxville ticket
    
65. Dentist appt
66. Find WellB hoard and put in purse
67. Apologize to P (grovel re air matt)
68. Send P furminator $
69. Date. No screaming or panicing allowed.
70. Exercise
71. Pool mask and snorkel decision/action
72. Find home for yoga mat
73. Pillow for Danielle's mom
74. Uncle John's sweater
75. Patricia's capelet, mittens, lace shawl
76. Fix Danielle's cardigan, neaten, and send
77. Plan for fixing porch and house constr issues: baseboards, ceiling fixtures, light covers
78. Clean up my porch
79. Mailbox to office
80. Pt Comp biz?
81. Dad iPod or sell?
82. Church min 1x wk
83. Vitamin pack and take them
84. Pam haircut
85. Thank you card to D and fam and parents
86. Card to Jasper
87. Prep for Dad visit (stuff out, laundry)
88. Sheets, 'cases, towels washed
    

I can at least report the clearing of 7 items so far, but it's such a looong, impossible list with some really huge tasks.

Knitting update: I hate.. dislike.. just not that enthused over the orange and red arm warmers. Motivation to keep working and not rip them out and toss the yarn on my stash pile is.. overwhelming. Not sure what's worse, the construction mistakes or the color. Should be finishing the second of the merino pair so I can *sell* it on Etsy. No motivation there, either. I keep looking at the hand painted yarn and think longingly of my own clapotis. I passed up some lovely (and cheap!) silk rayon blend on Ebay that would have been enough and was gorgeous because I've been burned on Ebay yarn before and I can't afford it anymore...

What I really want to do is some hand painting of my own yarn. Still have a ginormous ball of that crochet cotton that is, technically, fingering weight, and is just gathering dust. Procion MX dyes are inexpensive. BUT, the last thing I need is *another* craft project right now, especially with The Parent & Spouse Unit's Sept visit looming--more humiliation for me, oh boy!

Read an editorial in Interweave knits about knitting being, for a large chunk of knitters, more about the processing of emotion (while knitting) than the end product of sock or sweater or whatever. Will need to think on this more and try applying it and see how it works (or doesn't).

Not feeling very chatty. Ciao.