To Do

To-do (or buy) list written on t-shirt-shaped paper:

Adhesive tape
Carrots
Tunafish
Cornbeef
Night Light
Band Aids
Honey

Found in "Mouse Tales" by Arnold Lobel. Published by Harper and Row, 1972. One of my favorites.

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Pack It Up

To-do list:

Books back to library
Get eggs, milk, and Roger's prescription *SALT* *ORANGES*
Check on money at atm
Pack it up....
Lunch at 1:30 with Sharon

Found in "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer. Published by Little, Brown, 2007.

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Cream Cheese, Cat Food, Lawyer

What's a listery? Why, it's a list with a mystery.

Front:

Cream CheeseNutri GrainHarvest Burgersranch dressing mix
onion dip mix
sour cream
salsamayocookiesyogurtcottage cheesecat foodTreats
3.99 - 150 Hefty Styrofoam plates
clairoxide developer
S4S 1.99

Back (you might have to help me with some of this):

This has been one hell of an adventure (?)
It's ???????? to me at all.
What I ??? (need?) is a damn lawyer

Found in "Danse Macabre" by Stephen King. Published by Berkley, 1983.

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Just To-Do It

To-do / grocery list:

Mail
chem (?)
xerox
NWB
library
gourmet florist
gourmet - for P.
fabric lady
Post - Jerio (?)
gumps
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groceries
milk
a
frozen vegetables, beans, broccoli, 2-3, creamed spinach
pasta?

Found in "Best Poems of 1997" edited by Melissa Mitchell.  Published by the National Library of Poetry, 1997.
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Yes, We Have No Potatoes

Shopping list.

Found in "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkein. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1997.

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Breadwinner

Shopping list:

Yeast cakes
1 loaf of bread
1 loaf of whole wheat bread
raisins
Coffee
Baking Powder
Sunday Paper

Found in "365 Ways to Cook Hamburger" by Doyne Nickerson. Published by Doubleday, 1960.

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Not Necessarily In That Order

List:

• job
• social interaction
• Diploma - job - higher ed
• Prep for life
• Knowledge

Found in "The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Milton" published by The Modern Library, 1950.


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To Do

To do list:

Shave

Go get:

• Shoes at Leones
• Prints at L & L

Clean 3rd fl. bathroom

Shower sometime (tonight?)

Found in "Sula" by Toni Morrison. Published by Plume, 1987.

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Appropriate Measurements

To-do list:

Geoff To Do List:

1. Call Jen and ask

• what type of heat? electric or gas?
• washer & dryer?
• dishwasher?

2. Finish Campus Heights Apt. application AND return

3. Transfer $10.00 from savings to checking

3. Pick out tuxedos (call Matt for appropriate measurements)

4. Pay Verizon bill DUE MON 1/14

Found in "What to Expect When You're Expecting" by Arlene Eisenberg. Published by Workman, 1991.

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Gimme Shelter

Apartment hunting list, Boston area. (phone numbers censored)

Found in "Midwives" by Chris Bohjalian. Published by Vintage, 1997.





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Making A List

Shopping list on an index card:

Buy

Sweet wine
Small chain with a padlock & key

cumin seed

Bottom of plant holder

4 pieces of parchment

50 new pins, black bottle

Found in "The Complete Novels of Jane Austen." Published by Modern Library, circa 1937.

EDIT: @mistressmousey tells me it's "Chain" not Chair."

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