October 1 – the beginning of a new fiscal year and new possibilities for federal employees.

Or, you know, an opportunity to go without a paycheck until Congress comes together and finds a solution for funding federal agencies.

So since I can’t go to work tomorrow (and for who knows how long after that), I need a list of things I’ve been meaning to do. Hopefully most of them don’t require money …

1. Take comforters to the dry cleaner
2. Paint the kids’ bathroom
3. Start painting the living room, entry way, and hallway
4. Unpack and sort box stuff in dining room
5. Same for the office
6. Oh wait, for our bedroom too
7. Find or buy those little thingies that hold wire shelving units together
8. Move desk from playroom to bedroom … I think it’ll become a craft table for ME
9. Sand and paint the dresser in our room
10. Go crazy painting Jude’s room with wall decoration. Why not? I’ve got time.
11. Knit or crochet to my heart’s content and the aching of my hands.
12. School pick-ups and drop-offs — hurray!
13. I guess I should clean the house.
14. And make dinners.
15. Break out the sewing machine and learn to quilt?
16. Run at a time other than 5:30 or 6 am
17. Yoga. I need some meditation and relaxation.
18. Bible study. Did it really take me this long in the list to think of it? Maybe I should move that up …
19. Put (temporary) purple streaks in my hair
20. Use up all the craft supplies I have stashed in a bin in the office
21. Teach Seth to tie his shoes
22. Teach Nora to put on mascara
23. Teach Jude to sign “Feed Me”
24. Get pumpkins to decorate
25. Decorate pumpkins
26. Run a race
27. Thank you notes for my Homes For Our Troops WDW 10K supporters!

*sigh*