Checklist addiction

I'm addicted to checklists. Serious. I need help for this problem. Poor trees are being senselessly slaughtered in order provide the paraphernalia of my addiction in the form of journals, notebooks, sticky pads and printer paper.

Every day I create several checklists. Grocery lists, chore lists, recipe lists, crafting lists, lists on what to plant in the garden, lists of big "to do's", lists of little "to do's", list of coming events, lists of songs I want to listen to and movies I want to see, lists of books I want to read and things I want to accomplish for personal gratification. I make lists. Sometimes, the items on one list inspire a list of their own.

Then, if the lists aren't neat and in order according to food type, alphabetical order, importance, etc., I re-write them until I am satisfied.

I do this in my spare time at work, or in between trying to complete the tasks on one of the current lists, and I never go to bed without making a list for the next day.

Sadly, I rarely accomplish every item on the list.

So when you read me saying "I really shouldn't be blogging, I have soooo much to do!" I am likely referring to a list of some sort.
Anal retentive? Yes. Obsessive compulsive? Probably.

Perhaps it is because my life lacks the real order that I crave and so it gives me a false sense of control to go through the motions of making a list and pretending that my life is as orderly as the lists themselves? Hmmmm....

Enough psycho-analyzing, lets just see what I've gotten done on the "weekend" to do list so I can feel better about my orderly chaos.

Remember this mess from last post? This is the ten yards of green fabric piled over the ten yards of pink fabric that needed washing & pressing.

Well, numero uno on the "weekend" to do list was to make twenty super hero capes for boys and twenty for girls. We aren't sure how many boys or girls to expect at the party (she" inviting the whole class) and so we have to be prepared!

I was stressing about sewing these things and I kept trying to think of an easier way to put them together with sewing the fewest hems- when it came to me.

PINKING SHEARS!

Yes, it's a cheater way but it saved me! I was still at these things all weekend as it was but not having to hem the edges saved a whole day! I still had to sew on the logo's and the neck piece though.

Number two on the list were the masks. Which I managed to complete while completing number four on the list (watch Underworld 3 w/Dennis). Now that's multi-tasking!

This is the first batch from Saturday, I finished batch two on Sunday evening.

Number three on the list was to start True's special super hero cape. But I actually managed to get it all the way done! She designed the logo for "Turbo True" all herself and picked out her colors. The only thing on the "to do" list we didn't get done was making her mask. But we'll get that done this week anyhow!

Over all, I am pretty happy with the progress made on the birthday prep!

I am completing a few tasks on today's list as I write this. I am printing out the invites and I am writing this post!