69 Things To Do To Avoid Writing a List Post

When my creative faculties seem to be blocked, I find that there is nothing more motivating than an overwhelming desire to avoid something that appears to be even more loathsome and repulsive.  Procrastination is my muse, and today's activities were undoubtedly divinely inspired. 

Today I....

1. Read today's assignment thoroughly, including all of the linked articles given as examples.
2. Sent 10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits to my daughter.
3. Read all the linked posts from 10 Steps to Writing the Perfect List Post.
4. Rolled my eyes while reading the posts about exercise.
5. Wondered if I could come up with better things to do when stuck for a blog topic than Darren.
6. Thought of the friends I know who probably would have spent $10 for one of those domain names.
7. Jumped on over to twitter to play with the 10 Twitter Tools that Help You Work Smarter.
8. Got annoyed with the guy who is sending endless tweets about his erotica reviews.
9. Deleted him.
10. Decided to make a list of all the Mom Loop twitterers I'm following.
11. Decided I should make a favorites folder for blog tips.
12. Did that, then went back and added all the links to the folder.
13. Received and acted upon an intuitive thought that I should put up the computer for the day.
14. Decided the weather was so nice that I should clean off my porch.
15. Went to Ace Hardware to buy an adapter to hook up my garden hose to my sink faucet.
16. Bought the wrong one.
17. Spent 30 minutes trying to hook it up anyway.
18. Cursed.
19. Went back to Ace Hardware with the aerator tip this time.
20. Bought the wrong one again.
21. Still attempedt to hook it up.
22. Created a "fountain park" atmosphere in the kitchen everytime the adaptor popped off.
23. Use a variety of expletives.
24. Gathered hose and all adaptors and threw them forcefully onto porch.
25. Slammed door.
26. Cursed some more.
27. Considered trying out some of the exercise tips I read about.
28. Took a nap instead.
29. Decided it was a good day for a picnic.
30. Went to Publix to buy picnic food.
31. Took Evie out to the playground with picnic food.
32. Carried food around because she didn't want to eat.
33. Decided we should put the food back and get bread to feed the ducks.
34. Marched to the pond with the bread singing "The Ants Go Marching One by One".
35. Discovered I could make duck call sounds by holding my fist up to my lips and blowing.
36. Experimented with that until the ducks swam over and the neighbors got annoyed.
37. Discovered that if we threw bread first to the right, then to the left, we could make the ducks race back and forth.
38. Did that while humming the theme song from "Rocky".
39. Finished the bread.
40. Followed Evie the two year old around the pond to the pool gate.
41. Attempted to convince her that I didn't bring the pool keys.
42. Allowed myself to be frisked for pool keys.
43. Stated it was time to go home.
44. Attempted to convince her that without pool keys we could not get past the gate.
45. Cajoled.
46. Pleaded.
47. Begged.
48. Counted.
49. Picked up screaming toddler and carried her back home.
50. Decided ice cream was a proper reward for carrying a screaming toddler.
51. Ate ice cream for dinner.
52. Thought about writing my list post, but remembered my intuitive thought.
53. Decided to work on my vision board instead.
54. Cut out pictures from magazines.
55. Used the entire glue stick that I had pasting pictures on to poster board.
56. Spent 30 minutes trying to find the other glue stick that Evie had been putting on her dolls as "chapstick".
57. Gave up and went to Walgreens for more glue sticks.
58. Ran into a friend at the checkout who was buying an entire bag of stuff for 45 cents because she is an avid couponer.
59. Decided that I should buy a Sunday paper and start couponing.
60. Spent 30 minutes in the parking lot talking to her about couponing.
61. Went home and worked on my vision board some more.
62. Lost the cap to the glue stick.
63. Experimented with various materials to keep the glue stick from drying out.
64. Decided on a piece of the plastic Walgreens bag as a glue stick cap.
65. Checked the receipt to see if I got the sale price on the glue sticks.
66. Thought about going back to the store to demand the $1.12 I was overcharged.
67. Decided it wasn't worth it.
68. Figured I'd better work on improving my blog since I'd probably be a lousy couponer if saving $1.12 didn't seem like that big a deal.
69. Pulled out the laptop and wrote 69 Things To Do To Avoid Writing a List Post!