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?