And though all the items on that list of chores matter, all require a long slog.
It's time to reclaim my trusted pedal bike and face the long slog into work.
His wife, Toni, had a mere 90-minute slog to her p.r. job in Menlo Park.
It is common knowledge that Deayton's journey to his present prominence has been a a slog.
"It was a really hard slog - an immense team effort, " said Mr Reynolds.
In recent months, the administration had just said it would be a long, hard slog.
"It was a really hard slog for us today and throughout the game, " he said.
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Parenting, for us, has been a tough slog, and is likely to remain so.
The alternative course, and the one he put forward this week, is to slog it out.
We must keep that in mind as we slog our way through this war.
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Persuading a reluctant Union really to pursue economic reform will be a tough slog.
That meant more time away from their families, and, besides, getting around the country was a slog.
Progressive enthusiasm for President Barack Obama has been replaced by a hard slog by party regulars.
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He hired manuscript expert and former private gumshoe Joe Nickell to slog through archives and quiz experts.
For most others, the decade since the bubble has been a slog against competitors and reinvigorated regulators.
At best, Uruguay faces a long, hard slog before it recovers its reputation as South America's Switzerland.
The states could push for expanded investigative powers, but they would likely face a hard slog in court.
Now, with a general election possibly only a year away, the real hard slog starts for Mr Howard.
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"Milestone" makes me think not of the end of a journey, but of the long slog still ahead.
Second option is to slog on another 20 minutes in likely choppy mountain air and land at Rifle, Colo.
Now, as David indicated, this is a hard slog, this is hard work.
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While other cities slog along, the Sooner capital has been an economic powerhouse.
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Unemployment remains relatively low, but for higher-rank employees it is a tough slog.
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When others are being asked to slog on until 67 and more, public-sector employees cannot swan off at 60.
Bottom line on universal health care: This will be a very tough slog.
Typically, Collingwood hit nearly all his runs through the leg-side with a rich assortment of pulls, slog-sweeps and drives.
And on Tuesday, though a bit chastened by his tough political slog, he offered a bit of trademark spark.
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But most choose to slog unhappily on with their sham and desolate unions.
Despite the SXSW slog, it is considered bad form to grouse about it.
Everyone gets excited at the beginning and the end, but man, that slog in the middle is a chore.
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