Grinch List

1. The most obvious thing: frrrrreeeezzzzing cold weather
2. gaps in the outer door frames
3. sharing a single hot water heater with other tenants
4. glass Christmas ornaments and a curious toddler
5. walking on black ice as a pedestrian
6. thick-slushy supermarket parking lots and a cart full of heavy groceries
7. nagging at a bunch of cooped-up children to clean their own messes
8. eventually cleaning up most of the aforementioned messes
9. dishes from holiday baking
10. extra muffin-top due to holiday baking
11. no incentive to leave the house (no, not even "Gym" is getting his calls answered)
12. thinking because I rarely leave the house I'll have all the time in the world to get things done
13. Laundry Day after a snow day
14. mopping floors that will unavoidably get drenched soon by melting, muddy snow boots
15. wiring the Christmas tree with lights
16. tree sap getting everywhere
17. dry, cracked and bleeding fingers and knuckles
18. cold sores
19. falling behind on holiday traditions
20. only ordering half the amount of christmas cards you would like to send out
21. getting neighbors' packages delivered to your house by accident
22. burning your tongue at the first sip of what should have been the best mug of cocoa ever!
23. scraping car windows in the morning
24. losing a mitten