Doing What We Rather Instead of What We Should

There is a wonderful children's book by Edith Nesbit entitled, The Red House. In this book the characters talk about how easy it is to do the things that we Don't Have To Do, instead of the things that we are supposed to be doing. For example, I am supposed to be cooking dinner, instead, I am writing on a blog. Perhaps I should be editing a book, but instead, I write a letter to a friend. The thing that we are doing Instead might not be bad, but it isn't what we Should be doing. Well today, I did just that. I started painting our screened in porch. Yes, some day our porch needs to be repainted, and preferably some day soon, as the molding is pretty dirty. However, before this I need to caulk and repaint our window sills where new windows have been put in and touch up all of the places inside of the house where I have already painted, but I missed some spots. Are they both painting jobs? Yes, but it is MUCH easier to do that jobs that I don't Have to do, like painting the porch. In my defense, however, where I have painted on the porch looks much better than the old stuff. Some day I would like to paint the entire porch a pale yellow instead of the dark gray/blue that is already there, but again, not high on the Need To Do list, just the Want To Do. Here are some before and after pictures of today's work.