ATDL

Another long weekend is nearly upon us, so you know what that means: it's time to post another Ambitious To Do List for the sake of holding myself accountable. Woot!

Things that have to (or really really really should) get done:
- Finish Curtains of Doom (I found my sewing machine - yay - and sewed one set of curtains, but the room has two windows...)
- Replace closet door handles, using the vintage electric drill that came with the house
- Take and post pictures of the completed attic space
- Sand, prime, and paint the front porch steps (Should this really need to be done every year or two? I can't recall ever seeing paint flake off a surface so quickly. Thoughts on how to avoid having this happen again are surely welcome.)
- Weed the vegetable garden; re-plant the seeds that didn't make it through those ridiculously late frosts; acquire large containers for that which won't fit in the garden proper
- Weed the crazy-overgrown side bed next to the house, then plant mustard greens there (for lead removal)
- Move garden furniture, remove rocks and sticks from yard, then mow
- Channel my inner MacGyver and fashion a splint for the one broken spoke on my patio umbrella
- Use up languishing produce in the form of soup; general cleaning of fridge
- Dishes (argh)
- Sort through closet and ruthlessly set aside items to get rid of.
- Go to the gym (twice minimum)
- Make side dish or similar to contribute to holiday weekend cookouts

Bonus points for the following:
- Trip to the mall (ugh) to see if a certain fancy soap store has a certain nearly-discontinued fragrance of shampoo and conditioner (mmm... orange ginger...)
- Trip to farmers' market to replenish produce supply (see above)
- Take and post pictures of sweaters that were knit ages ago and never given a proper photo shoot, the poor things
- Address stack of clothes to be mended/re-hemmed
- Pilates
- Turn house upside down in search of (1) MP3 player, (2) gym membership receipt, so I can apply for reimbursement through my insurance
- Turn house right side up again