Ten Shoulds

Do you ever trick yourself into thinking you actually ARE going to do a bunch of undesirable chores someday?  It's classic procrastination.  You know, over next Christmas break, when you have time off from work you'll definitely be jonesing to organize clipped recipes.  This delaying is a pastime of mine.  I will choose an upcoming juncture when I have time off from work and convince myself I'm magically going to want to do something like explore the attic.  Then I can peacefully lay that nagging in my head to rest.  Here are a few things I can't get myself to do, despite knowing I am supposed to because someone somewhere said it's something you're supposed to do in your house:

1. Put my kid's footprints on a piece of paper and in a frame:  We actually have the kit for this and I feel really bad we haven't done it.  It would probably take 6 seconds but for some reason seems like a burden.  I hope Mabel never has a bring- in- your- baby- footprints- day at school.  

2.  Organize bags into grocery/ plastic/ shopping/ lunch/ other: They're all just tossed into a cabinet haphazardly and when I need one that accommodates a lunch I indubitably come upon 9 grocery bags first  and have to fish.

3. Vacuum blinds and curtains:  I am actually a vacuum- a- holic now that we've got this little awesome Dyson number, but I never can bring myself to hold it vertically and do the curtains.  How much dirt do curtains really amass?

4.  Put friends' and family members' Christmas cards into yearly binders: love the idea but they will inevitably end up in a shoebox.

5. Throw away cosmetics I don't use:  Not sure I can justify it, but definitely have perfume and lotions I haven't worn in three years sitting on my dresser.  I'm good about throwing away shiz we don't use from the bathroom... Not sure why my bedroom is different.

6. Go through all our DVDs and make sure they are in properly matching cases:  Does anyone watch DVDs anymore?  While I think most of ours are in the right cases, there's no way all are, but it seems like a futile task since ten years from now DVDs will be collecting dust and thought of in the same way I think of 8- track machines.

7. Clean the windows:  This one is probably more pressing than many of the others, and J and I acknowledge the need, but, alas, have not tackled the job.  I've cleaned the sills and in a few rooms we recently painted the wood work.  But the panes could use a scrubbing.  Eh, seeing clearly is overrated.

8.  Learn to throw away a razor after it dulls:  I always use razors way longer than I should and get mad when they stop giving me a smooth and facile shave.  I need to get one of those ginormous packs from BJs so I can discard and replace frequently.

9.  Watch the 28 episodes of Chelsea Lately I have on DVR:  They take up much precious space, but I have 28 I "need" to watch "someday" and thus shan't delete.  Not sure why it's so crucial to see an interview with the likes of Rachel Bilson and Jason Biggs.

10. Roll change;  We aren't reliable about it anymore, but for a solid clip of time J and I would throw change into a big pretzel container.  It's still there and I think it shall die there.  It's tucked away in a closet, and I know I am just never, ever going to get the rolling thingies let alone sit down with them at the kitchen table.