checking things off my list

I am a list maker.  I have a friend who says she never makes a list when she goes to the grocery store.  She just remembers everything she needs.  I admire that, I really do.  However, that's nit my way.  I can memorize things you understand.  I enjoy memorizing lines in a play, but, honestly, memorizing a grocery lsit holds no appeal for me.  It's just so much easier to make a list.  Also I find a real satisfaction in crossing things off a list, either a to-do list or a shopping list.  I feel like I've accomplished something.  Today I wrapped, boxed and mailed gifts for my relatives on both edges of the country.  I also finished writing my Christmas poem. Not printed out or mailed, you understand, but written. So there are some things off my pre-Christmas list.  If lists are good enough for Santa, they're good enough for me.