august to-do list
House
Before midnight on the 3rd:
Tidy study, launder linens, pull out futon and move chair, guest bed.
Scrub the buddy's cage and stand.
Sweep, mop, vacuum.
Scrub bathroom and kitchen
Before 7th:
Cobweb check.
Dust walls and ceilings.
Dust or vacuum furniture.
Wash trim.
Oil wood.
Polish stainless steel.
Scrub bathroom, birdcage, and kitchen again.
Clean fridge
Vacuum porch (and batshit from porch. Did I mention we had a bat roosting in the rafters? They carry hanta virus and we harried it away, but apparently I haven't been concerned enough yet to clean up the little wee Good-n-Plenties it left behind.
Scrub porch swing.
Garden
Weedwhack backyard
Weed vegetable and tomato gardens; weed vinca and bishop's weed; thin sage; possibly sow patio and walk with salt.
Scrub to Mulchman
Broken bookcase to large-item pick-up, week of 8/28
Harvest basil
Cooking
Double batch of Chewy Chocolate Ginger Cookies
Lots of pesto from lots of basil
Menu for HEBD weekend: no wheat, potatoes, corn.
Errands
Birdseed.
Bring crap to Goodwill.
Racer-back bra.
Bag to coordinate with ivory dress.
Flattering, or at least less un-flattering, bathing suit. And a pony.
Kinwork
HEBD for long weekend!
Reunion:
Reunion mix! U2 (mine), Led Zeppelin (RDC's), possibly some masterpieces I do not own: from 1984, the Cars' Drive, Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A., Van Halen's 1984; and from 1985, Tears for Fears' Songs from the Big Chair, Don Henley's Building the Perfect Beast, Phil Collins's No Jacket Required. What, heaven help me, was released actually in 1986? Mr. Mister? Marillion? Mike and the Mechanics? Shudder. The Jam, Joy Division (too late?), Pretenders (never too early).
Name tags with photographs scanned from the yearbook.
Is the ivory linen dress too dressy? Do I care? No. I was the only one in a dress at the ten-year in 1996. The main dinner is child-free, so I say no.
Purchase flight. Reserve car.
Lean on MEWN to travel from Seattle. What's a little bankruptcy among fellow Wildcats?
Pack: Yearbook. Housekey. PFD? Phone numbers for kayak rentals. Map of estuary. Camera and empty chip. Chip converter. Charged batteries. Enough audiobook to last. Phone numbers of classmates. DEET for possible hike at Devil's Hopyard. Three pair of shoes for three days: hiking shoes, chacos, sandals for dinner.
Also:
Quilt square to Scarf by 12th
J's baby shower chez Scarf, 27th
Block party, 27th
Reading
David McCullough, John Adams (audio)
Mary Renault, The Persian Boy
Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint
Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk about Kevin (nabe bookclub)
Alison Weir, Queen Isabella
Lynne Withey, Dearest Friend (other bookclub)
