Honeydo list #1
I have a list. A list of things to do. It is a system that Marla and I have developed so that things get done.
I have this annoying habit (according to Marla) of not doing things immediately after I have been asked to do it, I’ll do it, but in my own time. Add to that the propensity to forget the word-of-mouth requests, and sometime things just don’t happen.
This either ends in Marla asking again and again (which feels like nagging to both of us), the thing not being done or Marla giving up and doing it herself.
None of those three helps a marriage work. So enter the Honeydo list…
Short for “Honey please do this for me”. Marla writes the thing on a list that lives on the fridge and I am responsible for doing it and crossing it off the list.
In this weekly post you, the reader, get to hold me accountable to the Honeydo list.
At the beginning of the weekend:
- Mount blackboard on the kitchen wall.
- Hang 12 frames on the passage wall
- Silicone the gap in the back wall of the dustbin cupboard.
- Fix the part of the floor that is lifting.
As I am the world’s most gifted procrastinator most of these were done just before writing this up. As of right now the list looks like:
- Mount blackboard on the kitchen wall. Sunday evening
- Hang 12 frames on the passage wall. Saturday afternoon
- Silicone the gap in the back wall of the dustbin cupboard. 5 mins ago
- Fix the part of the floor that is lifting. (I only got half of this done, it was a bigger job than it looked and some glue from the first part of the job needs to dry overnight)
Oh and just so that there is no misunderstanding, this is a rolling list, I am allowed to leave things over for next week (or next month).
Do you have a list? How does your system work?
Well Ron, I could have written that post myself (or rather Ken could have)!!
We have no functioning list – we’re still at the “we feel like Jean is nagging” part. So How many things are you allowed to leave over for next week-end, and are there deadlines imposed on tasks?? And what about getting the stuff ready to do the tasks – does Marla have to go to the store to buy what’s required so that you have the required equipment?? (That’s how it works around our house!!)
ooo, I hope Kathy does not read this post. lol. She’ll be wondering where my list is, *nervious grin*
Too late hubby dearest… I am working on it already! Great idea Ron!
Hey Jean. More on the list and some of your observations next week.
Phill (synapticlight), Marla was mumbling something about the kitchen ceiling and the list when I got home today, so I think I might have ‘poked my own bee hive’ a bit with this post.