Comments on: List Maker

By: Yo Prinzel

Yo Prinzel — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:39:30 +0000

OMG confirmation numbers… yes… that too. Oh, I hate that because I NEVER write what the heck the number is FOR. Somehow, I just think I will automatically remember. I never learn 🙂

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:45:47 +0000

I love your frugality, Yo. 🙂 My envelopes – the ones I don't recycle – contain things like notes about my great-grandfather, errant phone numbers with no names attached, confirmation numbers for whatever I've ordered months ago, story ideas…. you see why I go electronic with my lists, don't you?

By: Yo Prinzel

Yo Prinzel — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:14:33 +0000

-White board has a static list of daily social networking and blogging for clients that does not vary on the top of the board and then, on the bottom, is a list of new projects by day.

-Sticky notes have query ideas and personal projects.

-Backs of envelopes have various incoming work that wasn't scheduled ahead of time but needs to get done that day. I just take the junk mail from the day before, turn it over and write the day's incoming requests on it. I'm so very frugal :)

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:09:52 +0000

And who can resist the smell of new paper? :))

By: Eileen

Eileen — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:45:13 +0000

Lori, office supply shopping is always better than shoe shopping. I love shoes, but really, being a freelancer, I don't need to get dressed up for work and a busy family life keeps me from being much of a fashionista. I have shoes in my closet I've only worn once. But my office supplies – guilt free, since it's so darned practical.

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:14:45 +0000

Paula, the image I have of you right now is perfect! I bet it felt fantastic to be a kid again, even for a few minutes. ;) And that hat....you have to send me a picture of that hat.

Eileen, it's better than shoe shopping sometimes, isn't it?

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:04:02 +0000

Oh, and when I was making the snowman I was wearing my goofy two-tasseled "Fat Hat". The two sets of new neighbors are probably wondering about the crazy lady next door!

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:02:37 +0000

I use Post-it's too, Wendy! I have some stuck to my computer, others by the phone, some by the microwave (where I'll see them when I make my oatmeal and tea every morning).

Lori, I found a fun way around shoveling. It was the heavy wet snow - only 3 or 4 inches, since a lot melted on contact. I have a long driveway. It's really narrow in the middle section, where the house bumps out (my dad called it a Model T driveway, since that's the same vintage as the house). There's a retaining wall on the other side. I don't like dumping snow next to the neighbor's foundation, and I sure don't like lifting heavy snow up that extra two feet. So I usually push it to the front and back where there are areas to pile the snow. It was so heavy after pushing it just a couple of feet, I decided to roll it...into a snowman!

When I was done, I read my horoscope in the paper. I normally pay no attention to them, since they're so vague. Not today. It said I'd do something immature!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:56:52 +0000

Eileen, I'd love to go to Staples with you. Something tells me we're both office supply junkies. :)

I am so busted.

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:58:55 +0000

Gabriella, I didn't want to tell you that it was a list.... ;) And I can't do a daily to-do list, either. Weekly like the one I showed you guys is enough anal for me!

Paula, my organized heart goes out to you. I wrap my arms around the chance to see what I need to tackle and just tackle it. Like I said - daily lists, I'd lose my mind and feel penned in. Weekly lists, a little more breathing room. (You're still shoveling?)

Sara, I have a nice little notepad in my purse. I never use it. I have to be jolted, so to speak, electronically while I'm sitting here working or it's gone.

Eileen, I'd love to go to Staples with you. Something tells me we're both office supply junkies. :)

Wendy, I'd lost so many papers on this desk! It was when I nearly missed a deadline because I didn't have a note that I decided to get more electronic. If I have Outlook pestering me, I'm more likely to remember. I used to have - get this - one of those big-arsed desk calendars for my appointments! How archaic is that?

Yet there are days I miss that calendar.