April 6: To-Do Lists

I had about a billion things to do yesterday before my friends came over for Magic Pizza Tuesday, and I delightfully accomplished them all! :

• Prime and paint the beehives and then get them out of the kitchen. Our bee delivery got delayed a week, so we took the extra time to get the beehives in even better condition. My husband brought all the pieces into the kitchen to work on this weekend, but we didn't get a chance to finish between being busy with Jeo-Party, Easter, and Game Night. But all of a sudden it was Tuesday and we had people coming over, so I needed to get this project finished and put away. And I did! And hopefully we'll finally get the bees this Saturday (and hopefully we'll keep them alive this year!). 
• Polyurethane window sill (again). This was my third attempt at this project. I had put the second and final coat on the sill on Monday and thought I was finished, but the cats walked all over it during the night and I awoke to a ton of pawprints and scratches on my beautifully finished sill. So I had to sand it and polyurethane it again. This time, I covered the whole window in plastic to let it set without our monster cats ruining it. 
• Dishes. Before finishing the window which sits above the sink, I had to empty said sink of all the dirty dishes that someone always seem to pile up. 
• Litter Boxes. I always try to clean out the litter boxes before we have people over. 
• Clean the kitchen. Because of all the projects we are trying to complete in the kitchen, it was in general disarray. So after completing all of the other tasks, I got the kitchen clean and organized including vacuuming, cleaning the countertops, tables, and floors, putting stuff away, etc etc. 
• Work on Jeo-Party. Somehow, I accomplished ALL of those tasks and still had time to spare, so I was able to work on this week's Jeo-Party for a few hours. One particular fact I learned had me laughing out loud: In 2008, Stephen Colbert facetiously asked Simon (of Simon and Garfunkel) why the narrator of the song "Cecilia" would need to get up and wash his face after making love. Simon replied, "Well, it was the '60s, so I can't remember.” This still has me laughing. hahahahahahaha.

I felt so proud of myself for being able to get so much done. I delight in making to-do lists but I delight even more in being able to check off all the tasks on the list as completed!

With delight,

♥Jamie