Lists, Lists, and More Lists

I am a fan of lists. All kinds of lists - to do lists, grocery lists, things-I’m-on-the-hunt-for lists, suggested reading lists, “bucket lists,” etc. (See? You can even have a list of lists!) I always have a grocery list started and I add to it daily. I usually have a “things-I’m-on-the-hunt-for" list going, and it includes things like a toaster oven, a new nightlight for the front bathroom, and a pencil sharpener (see below). I have a couple of suggested reading lists on my bookshelf among all my books. I have a “bucket list” that includes things like going to Paris, going whale watching, seeing an opera, and flying first class at least once – which I was able to mark off my list last year. (And while I was just looking at my bucket list, I found another list – “things that bug me that I cannot change.” Ha! I’d forgotten all about that one!)

I’ve decided that I love lists so much that one day a week, I think it will be Thursday, I’m going to post a list. I have a few started already – my favorite words, my favorite combinations, and my questions for the universe (not as serious as it sounds).

In the meantime, since I posted a list on Thursday of possible things to do on my day off on Friday, here’s a list of what I did. (And it was all guilt free!) Items in orange were on my list of endless possibilities.

• Sat with granddaughter (2 ½ yrs.) for an hour (at 5 a.m.! So much for sleeping in on my day off.)
• Received my Mother’s Day gift from my daughter (jewelry! Worth getting up at 5 a.m. for!)
• Read blogs and drank coffee
• Filled hummingbird feeder
• Baked brownies (and ate them of course!)
• Tried a new tea – Bigelow Cherry Vanilla (pretty good. I sweetened it a little & it really did taste like cherry vanilla)
• Cooked myself breakfast (poached egg on toast – one of my favorites)
• Put a new ink cartridge in one of my fountain pens
• Wrote cards to girlfriends with said fountain pen (and mailed them before postage goes up on Monday) (this also fulfills my Monthly Intention from a few posts ago.)
• Sharpened all of my pencils
• Discovered I need a new pencil sharpener
• Cleaned up my office (I know that sounds like work, but now I can have my new Daily System from Pottery Barn put up. Yay!)
• Ate a brownie (because of all that work)
• Cleaned kitchen sink and washed dishes from making brownies (I know that sounds like MORE work, but it was seriously about to be gross)
• Talked to my friend in Tucson
• Took a bath in the afternoon (luxury!)
• Found Copenhagen on my world map
• Read
• Read blogs
• Took a nap
• Ordered new books from my book club (one for me and one for a friend)
• Ordered A Cup of Poetry Tea (from the Republic of Tea) to sip while I’m writing haiku
• Ordered the new decaf version of one of my friend’s favorite tea for her
• Kissed my husband when he got home from work
• Fixed an antipasti platter for dinner (No cooking involved!)
• Had a glass of beer
• Had dinner at the coffee table, seated on the floor
• Received my Mother’s Day gift from my son in the mail (a Twilight t-shirt. He’s pretty clever!)
• Watched 2 episodes of “Two and a Half Men”
• Read blogs
• Twittered (Tweeted?)
• Ate a popsicle
• Took another bath
• Read in bed with my booklight (I don’t know why that’s so much fun. Must have something to do with when we were kids.)
• Got to sleep on time!

All in all, I'd say this would make my list of "My Best Days Ever."