Should I bother with a spring to-do list?
This past winter, I could have scraped old wallpaper in three rooms. Instead, I read books. Enriching my mind inspires me so much more. Hubby’s enriched his mind too, finishing a thousand-page book on American history.
We’ve enriched our minds so much we’ve lost them — when recalling winter to-do lists. But a little repression never hurt anyone.
Besides, it’s spring. Why waste time indoors when we can stay outdoors?
Between snowstorms and tornadoes, I mean.
The only problem: our enriched minds cannot agree on priorities.
Items on his spring to-do list:
- Conducting intense research on camping gear.
- Buying lots of it.
- Arguing with umpires and Cubs podcasts while cleaning our camper.
- Arguing with mice that established winter quarters in the camper.
- Tilling and planting the garden he knows deer will eat.
- Negotiating with dandelion and violet armies determined to conquer our yard.
- Coaxing the mower into eating grass, despite its lack of appetite.
My list:
- Conducting intense research on spring shoes.
- Buying lots of them.
- Arguing with The Weather Channel.
- Arguing with ants demanding the deed to our house.
- Buying enough plants to create a second Eden.
- Planting maybe four I know the deer will eat.
- Applying fertilizers only weeds like.
Do Hubby and I share any common items on our to-do lists? A few:
- Taking hand-in-hand walks, spotting new blossoms on Taylor University’s campus.
- Pretending we’re students again.
- Glorying in growing old like two aging maples sporting rings of experience, yet plenty of new buds.
Maybe we should put these — and, of course, enriching our minds — at the top of our spring to-do lists.
Your Extraordinary Ordinary: What’s on your list?
