Despite the fact that I’m a fairly techie person, I still greatly prefer paper and pen for my to-do lists. My very favorite is the back of an envelope. My purse is full of crumpled, discolored sticky notes that say things like “paint trim!” and “harissa?” They are like tiny time capsules of what I was cooking and what I was working on in the house at that moment in time.
Last winter, when I was so burned out on home repair, my to-do list said only “One Tree Hill” and “cookies.” It was glorious.
I recently found one of my to-do lists from that first summer in the house. On that list was “paint front hall closet.” I never did get around to that and I figure I should do it before the boy moves in (he actually owns things like raincoats and umbrellas). I painted it a crisp white because it’s a dark closet and white would look good, right?
HOT DAMN. I went white swan when I should have gone black. And now I sort of want to paint the closet again. How beautiful is that?
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