Chores And Shopping Lists

I’m sure people will frown or burst out laughing when they see my to-do lists and my shopping lists. I am in the habit of jotting down the strangest things. These things are not random, but really things that I have to remember to get or to do. In our up to date world and age of technology and everything, I still find making lists the easiest way to remind me. Unless of course I forget where I put the list.

You do regular chores mechanically. You vacuum, you make beds, put the laundry in the washer, stack the dishwasher, put stuff away like an auto man. Things that you don’t do every day, you pay closer attention to. And things that you don’t do every month need even closer attention. The time and effort you put into these chores could easily have been spent reading or gardening, or whatever pleasant activity or hobby you participate in.

Every Monday, I start a new shopping list. I write things in the four corners that belong together. Cleaning aids and toiletries in one corner, stuff from the butchery in another corner, medicines and such in a third corner, and the last one for all food stuff from the supermarket and fresh produce at the green grocery store. These two are right next to each other, so it works for me. My system has yet to fail me. In the middle of my sheet, comes the stuff that I don’t have to get often, things like garage door parts. I will write down a detailed description of the particular part, and also where to get it from, like the hardware store for instance. Anyone picking up my list, will immediately know what I want and where I intend getting these.

Now in the unlikely event that I have to go shop for garage door parts, it will take me out of my normal routine and the normal route that I take to complete my shopping. Time is money, we all hear, well, my time is not really money, because I do not ‘work’ for a living, but my time is equally valuable. That is why I write down the particular part’s description and use in detail, even measurements if necessary, because how many times in the past have you come there, they say, yes we have what you are looking for, what size do you want? Then you either have to make a call to hubby or whoever is looking for the part to find out, or go back home and get the measurements and then go back to the hardware store, look for parking, walk all the way back to the store, again looking for someone to help you and then get the item you were looking for. I like to be prepared, hence my list with accurate description.

The chores I don’t do often, I also jot down; like to clean out the gutters, because the fallen leaves have blocked it, or to remember to repaint the screen door that is starting to flake. When I am no longer there, and someone finds my lists, they will know exactly where to pick up where I left off.

By: Jacob Vah

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