toe-up gloves

*a.k.a. The To-Do List edition

Although at least two people subscribe to the theory that secret is to cross things off faster than you add them; this theory is suspect as neither person has mastered the technique.

And this theory runs counter to the (profitable) teaching of David Allen (of Getting Things Done fame), who maintains (among other things) that the secret is to write the next smalltinymanageable step on your list. (If you don’t know what that is; the next step is to ask for help.)

With that in mind (ha!)

1. Finish New Year’s Resolutions (accounting: 7 items — 2 completed, 1 disappeared (done!) and 1 in (continual) progress. Does this count as a win?.)

2. send holiday cards (first step: acquire holiday cards:

3. Send Legal Interlude Thank you notes (Accounting: I’m not late. I hear I’ve got a year. Rationalization: I was waiting for those cool new red dishes to arrive get photographed to include a picture with the note. Step 1: done!)

(People: is it confusing for thank you’s and holiday greetings to arrive at the same time? Should I write but not post till after New Year’s?)

4. finish holiday baking (Accounting: I’ve made 2 batches of toffee and 2 batches of fudge and the mutant melted snowman cookies. That leaves gingerbread cookies, macaroons, poppy seed bars and 2 versions of chocolate cookies to go. And two pecan pies and two three two pot lucks.)

And Dude says to me this morning (at 6 a.m.) “Can I bring something to my holiday party?”

Note to non-bakers in any family: the time to ask is NOT 6 a.m. (My biggest hurdle was traveling containers – but he drives into work (shortest commute evah) and this wasn’t a big deal for him.)

5. Find the winter gear (and who gave Mother Nature permission for this much cold, this early in the season?)

In the David Allen world, the next step might be: look on the spare bed (and I am only brave enough to post that, because kmkat did):

5a. research dog booties (poor pooch stepped in the road salt this a.m.)

6. finish red gloves (the only hold up is wanting to document. Either the pix work after this post, or they don’t. Gloves will be done tomorrow (I’ve got a dentist appt/extra long train ride.)