Doing my best to get to-do's done during the weekend

It was supposed to have been a productive, to-do list shredding and checking off day last Saturday.

1. Go catch week two of my grandson Logan’s ice skating lessons and see if he could cut down on the number of falls he had in week one. Checks on both accounts.

2. I wanted to check out what kind of deals — and more importantly what trade-in policies — my friendly hockey shop might offer to put my grandson in hockey skates. Check.

3. Grab some of that wonderfully cheap gas to make my daily 50-mile round trips to work more affordable. Boy does $1.71.9 today work better than the $4.50.9 when I fir...