Thanks everyone. I just read through all your replies, and I feel better now. I dragged myself out of bed and into the shower barely in time to meet my ride at 4:15 to a meeting (you can watch the meeting if you want - the General Relief Society Meeting at http://www.lds.org/broadcast/grsm/0,6220,285-1-41-1281,00.html ) I was up in the highest balcony so the speakers looked like ants, but they have big projection screens so we could see that way. It did feel better to get out and do something. It always does, even in icky weather.

I ought to pay attention to a saying from my Norwegian heritage: "Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlige klær." There is no bad weather, only bad clothes. But I still struggle with weather, even though I knit and have weather-appropriate clothes.

As for the to-do list maker, well, every time I went to cross off something I think I added about three more things.

I wish that I had time to reply to each of you individually, but I don't have the option of staying in bed today, and I have to get moving. I do want to thank each of you for your support and encouragement, and for helping me not too feel so bad. It also helped that the ladies I rode with also talked about the canning they had not gotten done this summer, so maybe I'm not doing as bad as I thought. I just wanted to do better, and come February, I'll wish that I had that fruit. Maybe next year?

Rap