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Compliment time,
Lavender, you are Great at making lists!
Thanks Me, I really am.
Lists. if you pick up any note pad around my house (there are many) you will notice two things about them.
1. they are cute, I only purchase cute pads of paper
*hello kitty
*sweet looking monsters
*ugly ones too (even though they really are cute)
*cartoons
*teddy bears with terrible messages translated from Korean to English
2. the top page always has some sort of a list on the front page
*grocery
*non grocery
*to do
*web sites to visit
*musicians I want to look up
*things I would like to photograph when it stops raining
I write lists. My head is so very scattered, sometimes I can only spit out one word to sum up an:
*image
*thought
*monster
*protector
*projects
I need to get these things on paper and out of my head so I can
*think,
*function
*plan
*do
sometimes the lists are long and crossed off, some are short and clean. I like coming across the long and crossed off ones, makes me feel like I did something. Feels good.
When I pack for a vacation, it is a series of three lists.
*basics, like 3 pairs pants, 6 undies, 6 shirts, 2 sweatshirts etc...
*it graduates to specifics like Gap jeans with hole in pocket, gap jeans with scuffed seam, new jeans etc. they get crossed off as I pack each item.
*then it is a list by the door Blue bag, pillows, black bag, camera bag etc. These get crossed off as they enter the trunk of the car.
What I have done this week:
*count down to election
*cried when it was all done
*laundry (I cleaned it all!)
*dishes
*created grocery list and menu
*blogged
*edited new batch of photos with a more critical eye
*watched tons of bad TV
*created a monster and a protector
*emailed friends
*writing more things on a long list of holiday to do's
things to do today:
*put the last of the laundry away
*make a creamy red pepper soup
*fill a box of give aways from laundry room
*create something (I feel like hand sewing something today, maybe a sweet collar with vintage things)
*drink some tea while creating something
Lavender, you are Great at making lists!
Thanks Me, I really am.
Lists. if you pick up any note pad around my house (there are many) you will notice two things about them.
1. they are cute, I only purchase cute pads of paper
*hello kitty
*sweet looking monsters
*ugly ones too (even though they really are cute)
*cartoons
*teddy bears with terrible messages translated from Korean to English
2. the top page always has some sort of a list on the front page
*grocery
*non grocery
*to do
*web sites to visit
*musicians I want to look up
*things I would like to photograph when it stops raining
I write lists. My head is so very scattered, sometimes I can only spit out one word to sum up an:
*image
*thought
*monster
*protector
*projects
I need to get these things on paper and out of my head so I can
*think,
*function
*plan
*do
sometimes the lists are long and crossed off, some are short and clean. I like coming across the long and crossed off ones, makes me feel like I did something. Feels good.
When I pack for a vacation, it is a series of three lists.
*basics, like 3 pairs pants, 6 undies, 6 shirts, 2 sweatshirts etc...
*it graduates to specifics like Gap jeans with hole in pocket, gap jeans with scuffed seam, new jeans etc. they get crossed off as I pack each item.
*then it is a list by the door Blue bag, pillows, black bag, camera bag etc. These get crossed off as they enter the trunk of the car.
What I have done this week:
*count down to election
*cried when it was all done
*laundry (I cleaned it all!)
*dishes
*created grocery list and menu
*blogged
*edited new batch of photos with a more critical eye
*watched tons of bad TV
*created a monster and a protector
*emailed friends
*writing more things on a long list of holiday to do's
things to do today:
*put the last of the laundry away
*make a creamy red pepper soup
*fill a box of give aways from laundry room
*create something (I feel like hand sewing something today, maybe a sweet collar with vintage things)
*drink some tea while creating something
Comments
Lists help me immensely, when I remember to use them!
I would be better off and it would be much cheaper if I would turn around and get my list - but I know if I ever got home, I would forget why I was there and wouldn't even have the junk food.
I even use lists, sometimes, when I write stories. If I cannot come up with the next thing that should happen, I force myself to write a list of at least ten alternatives. Twenty are even better. I already did lists of one hundred alternatives.
Or if I can't come up with a name for a character, I make up ten, twenty names. Finding ten is easier than finding one. Takes away the pressure to find the perfect solution straight away. Writing down the number of alternatives on an empty sheet, alone, creates a playful pull.
Ah, lists are phantastic! And crossing out things on to-do-lists is the best. So satisfying!
Thank you for reminding me of the magic in list making.
Dishes- clean sink - right side of sink - left side of sink - microwave - opposite side of the kitchen - stovetop - floors swept and mopped - cupboards wiped down - table at the end of the kitchen - dump trash
I am not organized in my head, AT ALL. I will chase my tail around if I do not create lists
My husband does not object to the cute paper either, I love when he makes his weekend to do list like Chop wood, get these things at hardware store, fix gutter, etc on sweet paper. Haha!