12th January 2014 - Sunday is not always a day of rest

Seems I have a list today :

1. Take all the Christmas rubbish to the dump
2. Take the chicken straw to the compost bins
3. Clear the Chicken House
4. Clear the Coup and replace straw
5. Bath the dogs
6. Find out if there are rats in the Chicken Coup 
7. Do something about rats if found
8. Get eggs
9. Cup of tea (done)
10. Accounts
11. Tax return
12. mess about on facebook
13. practise guitar and lyre
14. Write Black Pearl song
15. Work out which of these can suitably be delegated
16. Cup of tea 

Right - that is a good start - making a list !!!

My mother always used to manage this part of the tasks for the day - though "Ironing" was always at the top of the list - though she rarely, if ever, did any ironing even in those days. Drip Dry is a wonderful invention. Yest Ironing would always appear at the top. Since she moved to her current flat I do not think she has found the iron. Well, she probably knows where it is and we did find her a small ironing board that could go over a chair or on a table top - but I am confident that she is far too sensible to waste her time on that ...   She did learn the art of Mind Mapping at one stage - which allowed her to put "Ironing" somewhere else on the page - so that it was still there, but in a more suitable place in the hierarchy.

But I do not have ironing on my list. I can do a shirt in a minute when needed. after the last people came to view the house - all the ironing pile was stuffed into the airing cupboard. We have not had to look at it since - which may tell us something about the pile....

So, procrastination over - I should get on ...

Better check the email's first in case there is something important there.

Maybe some mogul in Nigeria has decided to leave me some money ....

Thought for the day :

"I have for years been trying to study procrastination. However, due to delays and not wanting to start it I have never succeeded - but maybe I will start tomorrow!"

With assistance - well actually I assisted - honest - I held the bucket!!!

1. Take all the Christmas rubbish to the dump      -  done
2. Take the chicken straw to the compost bins      -  done
3. Clear the Chicken House      -  done
4. Clear the Coup and replace straw      -  done
5. Bath the dogs      -  done
6. Find out if there are rats in the Chicken Coup       -  done
7. Do something about rats if found      -  done
8. Get eggs      -  done
9. Cup of tea       -  done
10. Accounts      -  urr  thinking about it 
11. Tax return      -  urr - thinking about it 
12. mess about on facebook      -  done
13. practise guitar and lyre      -  urr  thinking about it 
14. Write Black Pearl song      -  urr  thinking about it 
15. Work out which of these can suitably be delegated      -  done
16. Cup of tea       -  done

Now the list is smaller - better pop down to my mum's to set up a new set of telephones...
What ?? That is not work avoidance - that is adding something to the list !!!