I have a tremendous to-do list today — things that have been piling up and really must get done soon.  So I have been playing "Lesser Evils/May As Well/What If You…."

It goes like this.

First I look at the list and realize that I would rather, say, start the laundry than dust the living room (this is the Lesser Evils part). After that, I might decide that I would rather answer emails than dust the living room — so I do that.

In the course of answering the emails, I might decide to clean out my email box since I am sitting at the computer (this is the May As Well part — technically, this should be something that is actually on the to-do list, but if it something that should be on the list or is an on-going battle or is one of those odd tasks I never get around to doing, well that is okay too).

So, I dance around with Lesser Evils and May As Wells until George comes home.  Then, I take a look at what is left on the list and suggest to him:  What if You dust the living room while I hand-wash the china…? (And before you cry "Foul!" let me point out that he has been having a lovely day on the golf course and before he left he agreed to participate in house-cleaning when he got back!)

So, we What If You for a while — and before you know it, we are down to the tasks I despise and, oh yes, knitting.  Soooo, guess what I do next!  (well, at least the living room will get dusted….)