BUZZ BUZZ Once There Was...

First... Dr. Watson's Internal Monologue for all my Holmes Homies.

Second... Tuesday, I will go grocery shopping.

Third... Have a cat.

I have nothing else important to say. However, if you draw me a criminal animal, I will draw you its accomplice. If you have fun doing this, post it to your journal and see what kind of animal crime wave you get in your comments. They cannot be reasoned with! They are not human!

We have a rental property where we live: a tiny, picturesque, white, 1930's remodeled cottage which sits on enough yard to play an NFL sanctioned game of (American) football. We could put 3 more of our house into our yard.

It's delightful! We're way back from the road. We can hold a bbq and a volleyball game and a karaoke tent and some camping tents along with a picnic table. You can throw a frisbee and not have to worry about hitting the neighbor. Though I DREAM of hitting the neighbor. Repeatedly. With the frisbee. In my fist. The grass is thick and luscious. The kind of thing fairy princesses sleep on deep in the forest if there's no moss as if there's enough LIGHT to support thick-ass grass deep in the 'sun-kissed dappled glens.' No basic botany skills at ALL for fairytale writers. D minus.

It's an awesome lawn.

It's also so thick it chokes our electric lawnmower like a little bitch.

So we borrowed one from Kevin's parents. It's a gas-powered. It's got a red case and some big numbers printed on its engine label. It has black metal grips and two kill switches. Its motor turns the back wheels for you. It is the rottweiler of push mowers.

The lawn choked it.

So I've confirmed it's off and I start pulling grass clumps out of the mower blower-chute. I get mud! Mud?! Why mud? The lawn is dry. No matter how fancy the mower is, it would be madness to match it head to head against a WET version of my lawn. There's more trapped under there, so I flip the lawnmower on its side.

The whole underneath is caked with thick, brown mud under a layer of fresh grass. Sheesh! Kevin's parents must have taken this thing off-roading. I briefly consider hiking back to the house for a proper mud-scraping tool, but why be a pussy, right? A little dirt never hurt anyone.

I dig right in, fingernails raking huge chunks of it out of the underside of the machine. It's just CAKED on there. And right around the second handful, it occurs to me that mud should not still be moist. They haven't used this thing in a while, right?

With a big clump of brown stuff in my hand, under my fingernails, and squishing between my fingers, it hits me.

They own 5 dogs.

I've changed my journal format over for the last time. I'll use 'Zesty White' and hope they give us options for color changes on it eventually. It's no rush.


In the spirit of "yay! new journal!" and "PROCRASTINATE HARDER!!," I made icons today:



All of the cats are found images. I added captions to three of them, but not "cookie?" or "Get off my lawn." Feel free to take/use.


I imported every journal comment evar from both my old lj kyabetsu and current lj xerahanadu. I don't know quite enough yet to set filters and all that, but that's a project for later.


I joined a community called 'a page a day' in case I get diagnosed with some kind of terminal illness, quit my job, and ACTUALLY GET TIME TO WRITE.


Gotta finish laundry. And get downstairs cranking on Interrobang character profiles. Woo. There has GOT to be a way to learn to use time better. (The current 'day by day'/'hardknocks' version of those lessons just aren't working for me).

Online Things:
1. Tag Community
2. Transfer Art
3. Test Software
4. Memory the TMNT Journal
5. Coordinate BFFA stuff


School Things:
6. Follow up on PodSpot
7. Prof Ezrow: Bus Plan Review!
8. Ideas Launch?
9. Read E-Comm Chapter 3
10. Read E-Comm Chapter 4
11. Read E-Comm Chapter 5
12. E-Comm Activity 3
13. E-Comm Activity 4
14. E-Comm Activity 5
15. Small Bus. Accounting Chapter 5
16. Small Bus. Accounting PROJECT 1
17. Read Small Bus. Management Chapter 4
18. Read Small Bus. Management Chapter 5
19. Small Bus. Management Activity 4
20. Small Bus. Management Activity 5
21. Read Business Law 32
22. Read Business Law 33
23. Read Business Law Handout


Future Things:
24. Start Wedding Budget/Research
25. VT Job Search
26. VT Rental Search


Contact PEOPLE:
27. Call Tia Anna Wedding News
28. Call Tia Nancy Happy Birthday (extremely belated)
29. Write/Mail Engagement announcements.


Chores:
30. Clean downstairs bathroom
31. Sort paper work
32. Vacuum Room
33. Clean Litter Box


Personal Goals:
34. Write Hanami
35. Practice Inking
36. Organize MP3’s
37. Get old game off DROME
38. Beta for Russ!
39. Do photo albums


Money Things:
40. Financial Assistance opportunities
41. Balance Checkbook
42. Pick up/Deposit Pay Check
43. Find Debit Card.

School starts again for me on the 23rd. So this is the re-vamped list, plus new items.

Online Things:
1. Tag Community
2. Transfer Art
3. Test Software
4. Memory the TMNT Journal
5. Coordinate Auditions
6. Enter Books into Library Thing

School Things:
8. Follow up on PodSpot
9. Prof Ezrow: Bus Plan Review!
10. Ideas Launch?
11. Read E-Comm Chapter 1
12. E-Comm Activity 1
13. Read Small Bus. Accounting Chapter 1
14. Intro self at Small Bus. Accounting Webpage
15. Install Small Bus. Accounting software
16. Review Syllabus for Small Bus. Management
17. Read Chapter 1 Small Bus. Management
18. Hole-Punch/Organize binders for Classes

Future Things:
19. Start Wedding Budget/Research

Contact PEOPLE:
20. Call Tia Anna Wedding News
21. Call Tia Nancy Happy Birthday (belated)
22. Write/Mail Engagement announcements.

Chores:
23. Clean downstairs bathroom
24. Sort paper work

Personal Goals:
25. Write Hanami
26. Practice Inking
27. Organize MP3’s
28. Get old game off DROME
29. Beta for Russ!
30. Do photo albums

Money Things:
31. Put together Pharmacy assistance
32. Financial Assistance opportunities
33. Balance Checkbook
34. Pick up/Deposit Pay Check
35. Find Debit Card.
36. Pay CC bill.

LISTS! I divvied it up to keep from hyperventilating.

Silly Fun Things:
1. Play with Liquid Binder
2. Get missing Red River Books: 18, 19, 20, 21 & TALES of TMNT #38 (x2)

Online Things:
3. List Comics for Sale
4. Poke Project Group
5. Reply to XlannyX
6. Tag Community
7. Transfer Art
8. Test Software
9. Post to question forums with thanks and follow-up.
10. Memory the TMNT Journal
11. Find Leonardo Player.

School Things:
12. Put last semester’s books away
13. Organize for New semester
14. Look up new Class locations
15. Get new semester’s books
16. Arrange Internship
17. Send Resume Answers to Prof. Davis
18. Follow up on PodSpot
19. Set up new Work Schedule for Spring

Future Things:
20. Figure out list 0.1 of Wedding Guests
21. Start Wedding Budget/Research
22. Help Kevin with his Fin Aid
23. Budget for CA trip APPROX: $500 dollars total. June 3rd through 10th.

Contact PEOPLE:
24. Call Tia Anna Wedding News
25. Call Tia Nancy Happy Birthday (belated)
26. Mail Final Christmas
27. Write/Mail Engagement announcements.

Chores:
28. Sort the Comics
29. Catalog Comics
30. Organize Bookshelf
31. Grocery List
32. Grocery Shopping
33. Laundry
34. Clean downstairs bathroom
35. Vacuum Bedroom
36. Sort paper work

Personal Maintenance:
37. Get New Tub for TMNT stuffs.
38. Sort attic stuff at Phil’s
39. Hang Basketball hoop
40. Hang Family photo
41. Treat Cats for fleas
42. Get hair cut:: 1-15-08 3:30pm w/ Doreen
43. Persnickety Grooming Rituals.
44. Dental Appointment
45. Compile addresses
46. Keepers to Gma's
47. Yard Salers to C-family's
48. Junk out of Car

Personal Goals:
49. Write Hanami
50. Practice Inking
51. Organize MP3’s
52. Get old game off DROME
53. Beta for Russ!
54. Do photo albums

Money Things:
55. Put together PTK stuffs
56. Put together Pharmacy assistance
57. Financial Assistance opportunities
58. Balance Checkbook
59. Transfer Balance
60. Pick up Pay Check
61. Write out Bills
62. MidPhase Bill! (1/10)
63. Find Debit Card.



...Okay. School starts on the 17th. it's the 3rd. I've got 13 days to do 58 things (some more involved than others, but I figure it evens out.) If i do about 4 a day, I should be down to the long-term stuff by the time the semester starts. That's not too hard is it?

melannen hurry up and get home. I need some one to compete with. I swear the only way my lists get done is when I'm trying to One-Up some one else. (Succeeding or Failing--it's the effort that's important.)

OH oh! The Semester's coming to a FUCKING END!! HUZZAH!

oh shit. There's a road trip around the corner. I should make some kinda reservation-esque things. I should look up places i'd wanna work and polish a resume to put on file at those place. And I should look up local rental housing options.

TO DO AT WORK:
Sort mail.
Cover box backs that show in front window.
Double check box owners against customer listings

To Do for School Stars Due Thursday Dec. 6.
ESI 103 Prototype Supplies list
ESI 103 Burn CD of Photos
*ESI 104 Chapter 8 Outline.
*ESI 104 Chapter 12 Outline.
*ESI 104 Marketing Plan
ESI 104 Read and Report on Marketing Book
*BPA 111 LYC #6
BPA 111 Chapter 13 Review Questions
*BPA 111 Chapter 14 Review Questions
BPA 162 Presentation
BPA 162 Email Professor with Resume info
HEA 150 Read Chapter 24
HEA 150 Chapter 24 Review Questions


To Do Personally
Pharmacy Assistance Application
Get another PAC Application
Catch up on NaNoWrimo
Practice Inking
Clean Bathroom
Get the $$ together to get Kitty's vaccines
Go Grocery Shopping: kitty litter, lunch meat, toothpaste, oatmeal
Pick up Library Hold.
Go to the Gym more often
Put away all the family photos
Clean out my car's trunk
Put in Reservations for VT

They didn't shrink a whole lot, but that's kinda the nature of the beast.

TO DO AT WORK:
Track down the orders AND the ordered items for Special orders
Clean under front desk
Sort mail.
Place special orders
Cover box backs that show in front window.
Double check box owners against customer listings

To Do for SchoolStars are due by Tuesday (11/27).
*ESI 103 B.O.B. prototype
*ESI 103 Burn CD of Photos
*ESI 103 Assignment #9
ESI 104 Chapter 1 Outline.
ESI 104 Chapter 2 Outline.
ESI 104 Chapter 3 Outline.
ESI 104 Chapter 7 Outline.
ESI 104 Chapter 8 Outline.
ESI 104 Chapter 12 Outline.
ESI 104 Marketing Plan
ESI 104 Read and Report on Marketing Book
HEA 150 Read Chapter 17
HEA 150 Read Chapter 18
HEA 150 Read Chapter 19
HEA 150 Read Chapter 20
HEA 150 Read Chapter 21
HEA 150 Read CPR Chapter
*HEA 150 Out of Class Assignment
*BPA 111 LYC #5
BPA 111 LYC #6
*BPA 111 Chapter 12 Review Questions
BPA 111 Chapter 13 Review Questions
BPA 111 Chapter 14 Review Questions
BPA 162 Presentation
*Scholarship Application
*Scholarship Emails

To Do Personally
Laundry
Pharmacy Assistance Application
Get another PAC Application
Catch up on NaNoWrimo
Practice Inking
Vacuum Room
Clean Bathroom
Get the $$ together to get Kitty's vaccines
Go Grocery Shopping: kitty litter, lunch meat, toothpaste, oatmeal
Go to the Gym more often
Put away all the family photos
Clean out my car's trunk
Put in Reservations for VT

So. I'm at work, starving, and ready to scream. Things that had been done are now back on the list. And of course, new things were added. I'm thinking about calling in some of our slave boys part-time workers and offering to pay them in store credit if they help me slog through this stuff.

TO DO AT WORK:

Straighten retail shelves
Remove non-inventory items from the main sales floor
Make SIGNS for during the sale.
Sort complete dross from worthwhile back issues.
Alphabetize worthwhile back issues
Make Sets of worthwhile back issues
Pull all Harvey Comics
Pull comics from off 'special demands' lists
Track down the orders AND the ordered items for Special orders
Clean under front desk
Sort mail.
Ask Kevin and Adam to take their personal stuff home.
Cover boxes backs that show in front window.
Double check box owners against customer listings
Go through alphabetized boxes and pull incentive covers and vertigo titles.
Numerically organize alphabetized boxes.



Oh. And b/c teachers all want their assignments BEFORE thanksgiving break, here's my list of SCHOOL stuff that's gotta get done b/c that's running around in my head and mixing up with the store stuff. The combo makes me physically ill. Let's segregate, shall we? Stars are due by Tuesday.


To Do for School
*ESI 103 Homework #8
ESI 103 B.O.B. outline.
ESI 103 Burn CD of Photos
ESI 104 Chapter 1 Outline.
ESI 104 Chapter 2 Outline.
ESI 104 Chapter 3 Outline.
ESI 104 Chapter 7 Outline.
ESI 104 Chapter 8 Outline.
ESI 104 Chapter 12 Outline.
*ESI 104 Article Report.
*ESI 104 Presentation #6
ESI 104 Marketing Plan
ESI 104 Read and Report on Marketing Book
HEA 150 Read Chapter 17
HEA 150 Read Chapter 18
HEA 150 Read Chapter 19
HEA 150 Read Chapter 20
HEA 150 Read Chapter 21
HEA 150 Read CPR Chapter
*BPA 111 LYC #4
BPA 111 LYC #5
BPA 111 LYC #6
*BPA 111 B.O.B. Report #2
*BPA 111 B.O.B. Power Point Corrections
*BPA 111 Chapter 10 Review Questions
BPA 111 Chapter 12 Review Questions
BPA 111 Chapter 13 Review Questions
BPA 111 Chapter 14 Review Questions
*BPA 111 Take Home Exam
BPA 162 Read Chapter 4
BPA 162 Read Chapter 5
BPA 162 Read Chapter 6
BPA 162 Read Chapter 7
BPA 162 Read Chapter 8
BPA 162 Read Chapter 9
*BPA 162 Resume
BPA 162 Presentation




And that'll get me to the end of the semester. Cool huh? To see the finish line? That's always SO nice. OH. and while i'm making lists, here's the stuff that has to happen in my personal life, b/c I tend to freak out and forget about it until it rises up and hits me in the face.

To Do Personally
Laundry
Bills
Catch up on NaNoWrimo
Practice Inking
Vacuum Room
Clean Bathroom
Get the $$ together to get Kitty's vaccines
Get the $$ together to go grocery shopping.
(kitty litter, lunch meat, toothpaste, oatmeal)
Go to the Gym more often
Tend Online community obligations.
Put away all the family photos
Clean out my car's trunk

I wonder if my list of "to do" for myself is so much shorter b/c i'm not thinking of things i need to do to take care of myself or if i'm already doing the stuff that HAS to get done, and doing a pretty good job of keeping up.

That's a terribly constructed sentence.



I'm hungry. Gonna call out for something hot. The store is frigid.

I don't know that having the lists is helping this time. I don't feel any lighter for getting all this out there. I'm thinking I'm just hungry. My attitude almost always improves when i'm fed.

I'd put all this under a cut, but i need to SEE it every time i log in to stay motivated. Sorry about your friends' page. (it's visible to you guys so that I have to be accountable....even if none of you're gonna pull me up on the rug about any of it.)

Of course, if anyone local feels like helping, I will NOT turn you away. Thing is, though? I've been leaning on nearby (and close, dear) friends a LOT lately. So i'm not gonna ask anybody personally. No one has to be put on the spot, or feel weird about things. I can and will get things done. Help, while appreciated is totally voluntary (as always, but seriously, I gotta stop ASKING when it's stuff like my JOB). Thanksgiving break is coming... most of that school stuff can happen then. And the sale for the store will be over, so that stuff'll be off the list too.

What's wrong with me? Have i bitten off more than i can chew? Can i just not tell people 'no'? Am I doing MYSELF in with stupid amounts of fussy perfectionism? Am I a slacker that only gets INTO situations like all that b/c I get lazy and let too many things slide? Do YOU GUYS have 'to do' lists like this?


Oh. And today marks 9 years that Mom's been gone. Maybe that's why i'm feeling less than energized. I blame her a lot though. Maybe i'm just hungry.

I do have a lot of my Christmas shopping done. I'm very pleased with my selections. Though, really... i've not found the most perfectly useful and joy-inspiring things for the people i MOST want to give perfectly useful and joy-inspiring things to (regardless of the season or holiday). Phooey. It's another month yet. Something will pop up. I'm sure.

I'm buying pizza. It's bad for me, but you can't stop me.