What Did We Learn On the Show Tonight Bill?

We learned that I –like most people- think I can do more in a given time than is actually possible. This was not a complete shock since the whole point of my blog on Wednesday was that I try to do too much. While I wrote the list I was never planning to do all that. I was going to try to stay focused on the garage and my IDP documentation. I was somewhat shocked on how little I did get accomplished though.

I made a good initial stab at the garage. I built two work benches. One bench is so Kay won’t have to bend over to feed the dogs, and the other is to work on bikes. This involved a substantial amount of cleaning/moving around just to get to the area I wanted to build the benches at. However, there is not any significant change in the amount of crap in the garage. It looks like I didn’t do much of anything in three days. I’ll give myself a C+ though.

I finished both 1998 and 1999 on my IDP. I was hoping to get through both CMA and O’Connell Robertson in the three days, but that would be the start of 2003. Not quite there.

If I’m honest with myself I have to admit I never thought I could finish both the IDP documentation and the garage clean up in three days. I was hoping to get a little farther, but the main point of my mini-vacation was to get started on both. So while I didn’t do all I had hoped for I’m off to a good start.


I graded myself just for funsies.
Clean the garage (C+)
Document all of my IDP (C-)
Install the second toilet (C) - I picked up a replacement for the one I cracked.
Mow the yard (F) – Not terrible since I was always planning to do this Saturday morning.
Finish Kay’s plant protection screen (F)
Vacuum the house (F)
Clean off the back porch (F)
Clean the kitchen (B+)
Clean up the dog poop (F)
Smoke a cigar each day (F)
Give the dogs a bath (F)
Write blogs(A-)
Go to a coffee shop (F)
Read the Bible (C) – Read the Bible once in three days
Pray (C) – Sat down and prayed once in three days
Bible Study (F)
Clean the big closet out so I can put the file cabinets in the garage in there (F)
Catch up on laundry (A)
Take a bike ride (F)
Run at Walnut Creek (F)