Things To Do - *Now with Updates*

Are you a list maker? I am...compulsively. I mean, it's so bad that my sweetie gets exasperated with me when I complain about lack of time and says if I'd quit wasting so much time making lists of what I had to do, I'd have more time to get the stuff done. He may be right, but I have this fear of forgetting something crucial so I write it all down.

Here is the current list of things I need to remember to do:

1. Sign closing papers for the out-of-town house we own that mother-in-law lives in. (She'll be staying in the house as a renter for now.) Done


2. Tell City that we no longer own the house so they should put the sewer and garbage account in the new owners' name. Not done. New owners' responsibility.


3. Tell insurance company that we no longer own the house so they should stop billing us for coverage. Can't do until next business day (Monday).


4. Look around the semi-rural area where we are considering buying a home (for us and MIL) to make sure the area will work for us. Um, prospects look grim.


5. Look for properties for sale in that area. I don't want to talk about it.


6. Whine about the high the asking prices of the properties are and how little we'll be able to get. See above.


7. Eat some chocolate to feel better. Done, but didn't work.


8. Come home (to our rental house) and keep up search for property. start all over from scratch....again.


9. Keep fingers crossed that our bank doesn't fail or that the proceeds from selling our house don't mysteriously disappear. Crossed so hard blood circulation is at risk.


10. Keep fingers crossed that we can find and buy something before TSHTF, if it ever does. Ditto above.


11. Keep Angel's butt pointed away from the fan. Did anybody get this joke anyway?


12. Look for cheap used vehicle with really high gas mileage for use as a commuter. Probably irrelevent now.


13. Declutter, declutter, declutter. Too tired and depressed to think about this. You want it? Come and get it. I'll be the one curled up in a little ball in the corner.


14. Oh yeah, write the blog posts I keep promising. After all, we spent all freakin' day assembling our First Aid kits...but have no time left to write about it. Tomorrow. Or, the next day. Or, maybe the day after that.

While you are waiting for me to work my way through this long list, and write something more interesting than - "I'm going to write about interesting stuff...eventually. Really. Trust me. C'mon, you can trust me. Hey, I'm not a politician." - why don't you think about what skills you still need to learn to prepare for a peak oil world.

Lots of the bloggers listed in my sidebar talk about what they are doing to prepare for the future, as well as live a more sustainable and self-sufficient life now. What do you still need to do? Is there something on the back burner that needs to be moved onto high heat? Ponder on this, comment if you'd like, and I'll be back online to join the discussion in a few days.