To Do: 1.) Stop making lists.

I have a bad habit of making lists. 

Now making a to do list is not necessarily a bad thing!  It can actually be a very useful tool for people who have trouble prioritizing, maybe for people who are over committed in their activities, or people with no short term memory, like say my husband, who frequently gets to the store and calls me to say "I forgot what you needed me to get."

Me, on the other hand.... I have love affairs with lists.  So much so that it can drive me to the brink of despair and Dave to insanity.   How is this possible, from one tiny little list, you ask?????  Well I may have the tendency to.............. overdo it.

I know, right.  Me?  Not possible. ;)

For example, YOU might make a list like this:  
1.  sweep the floor
2.  take out the trash
3.  give the cat a bath.  

I would interpret those tasks into my own list and it would probably look more like this:

1.  Sweep the floor, swiffer dust residue, mop, strip the damaged part of the wood, refinish with poly.
2. Take out the trash, go through closets, gather more stuff for goodwill, throw out old cassette tapes, organize sock drawer while you're at it, clean make-up brushes, organize hair products under the sink
3.  bathe cat, clip nails, brush, dry, apply flea treatment.

So while your list has you maybe putting in 45 minutes of work, my list takes about 300% longer, and results with me sitting on the swept, swiffered, yet not refinished floor, holding onto a drowned cat who is hissing and tying to get away from me as fast as possible, while I sob about not having time to get to that sock drawer.   Why do I add all those extras to my list????  I have no idea.  But I fail every time.  And I feel awful afteward.  I'm sure this means I need therapy of some sort, but right now I have about 18 gallons of paint to buy so it'll have to wait. 

So I am trying VERY HARD at not getting too carried away with the list of things to do at the house.  Here is a basic rough plan of what we need to accomplish:
INSIDE
1.  Fix cracked plaster
2.  Refresh and update kitchen
3.  Fix damage and refinish wood floors.
4.  Fresh coat of paint
OUTSIDE
1.  Pressure wash
2.  Get landscaping under control
3.  Curb appeal.

That's all she wrote!   Yes!  I can do this!  You see what I'm trying here?  I think its called.... restraint? 
Obviously we have a lot of little minutia in each of these steps, but if I don't write it down... well there's more of a chance I won't wake up in a panic attack at 2am right??

Just go with me here.