checking it twice

my mind is an incessant scurry of little thoughts. let me pay tribute to my friend mike and his list-infatuated blog.

:what i should do before christmas:

:finish writing my wedding thank you cards... (6 months behind and counting...)
:buy, write, and send christmas cards to lawyers associated with my company
:christmas presents?! agh!! don't even get me started!
:find time to go to the mall to buy christmas presents
:wait for Dec 15 so i can pay for christmas presents
:bake cookies for our neighbours
:go to consultation with oral surgeon re: wisdom teeth
:book an eye appointment
:book a doctor's appointment
:clean eekum's litter box
:drive our car around anxiously everyday until it proves itself again (...or until we can get a new one)
:fill our shoebox for samaritan's purse (is it too late?)
:finish making greeting cards for the artisan sale at church
:grocery shop
:pay down visa
:get wedding pictures printed and hung
:clean upstairs bathroom
:wash sofa cover, sweep, windex, my laundry
:what the heck am i going to put in nathan's stocking?!
:book off two weeks in the spring for winnipeg
:practice christmas duet with leanne
:finish selling on ebay
:hang lights outside
:finalize the innumerous holiday socializing plans with friends and family

i'm sure there's more. all you other A-type people out there - how do you manage it?!
i miss having an accessible calendar to write on. God help me.