The Done List

I rarely make "to do" lists. Oh, don't get me wrong. I have them going in my head all of the time. I just rarely take the time to write them out. That would just be one more thing to do. :) Plus I would probably lose it in my pile of things to do. So I just don't.

There are days I feel like I am lazy. I look at my grandmother. She can run circles around me. And to think she had five kids, a farm, and a much different life (no microwave for example) and still did everything...well, I just feel downright slothful.

And some days I am.

But sometimes what I like to do at the END of the day is think about what I did accomplish that day rather than what I didn't.

And sometimes I find out I did more than I realized.

Such as today...

• Got up before I really wanted to and made donut holes with child 2 for some quality time (and a yummy breakfast). Then I managed to photograph them and blog about them on the cooking blog a little later.
• folded a load of laundry
• got another load started
• cleaned up the kitchen from our popcorn/shakes night last night
• read the newspaper (I like to be up on current events)
• scheduled the meals for the next week
• made a grocery list based on the menu of meals for next week
• played a game with child 2 on Wii (didn't really feel like it but sometimes we just have to do these things)
• made lunch for child 3 and myself
  
• mediated arguments and disagreements, dealt out consequences to any rule breakers
• made the bed
• put away clothes
• responded to e-mails, texts, and blog posts
• watched daughter's last basketball game
• went to the grocery store on a whirlwind trip
• put away groceries
• made/enjoyed dinner with friends
• made a dessert (fruit pizza) with Maria as a special treat
• rocked a sweet baby (not ours)
• cleaned up the kitchen/table after our meal
• vacuumed up cobwebs and glitter in the dining room (no, they were in separate places)
• played my turn in some Words with Friends games
• read today's Bible reading and wrote on the Radical Experiment blog
• wrote this entry for this blog :)
• read a couple of magazines, noting interesting recipes or websites to visit
• wore blue to support a nephew with autism
• got some items for our Life Group tomorrow

The one thing I didn't do that I meant to was exercise. I instead feel like I ran a marathon even when I did no true exercise. I will get it tomorrow...

So I may not be my grandmother. I will probably never be. But I am getting some things done, whether they are on the "to do" list or not...

Reba