Trish's World

I took a couple of pics of my new notebook/planner/organizer dealie. I rifled through pops desk drawers and cupboards yesterday and this place is like an Office Max, yo. I found several useful things and was able to get my notebook set up the way I wanted it.

The blue tab is for my “Create” section which houses all my crafty stuff – knitting patterns, notes, project ideas, sketches, etc. The little quote at the bottom says “Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.” Kirk, The Return of the Archons. I know, I’m a big dork. The purple tab is for the “Do” section – calendar, task lists, chores etc. Yes, that is a real live Fashion Plates sketch. I know, it’s completely awesome. I have 2 other sections as well – “Eat” for menu plans, grocery lists and coups, and “Think”, a miscellaneous section for quick notes and ideas. I can rearrange pages, dudes. I am pretty sue this could change my life and make me organized. Or it could just be a better way to keep track of my anal list compusion. Either way, it has been fun to make and fun to use so far. So yay for that.

I had dinner with Bill & Deb last night, and it was so great to see them and Owen. We had a yummy dinner, and Bill asked me why I was wasting time putting this notebook together when I could just download some kind of list app with my phone. I have looked for a good list app and have tried out some different ones. I am not a digital note taker, for some reason I just can’t make this work for me. I have tried doing tasks via Outlook, and I was super excited about Google Tasks, too. It just doesn’t doesn’t work for me. I like old school paper lists so much better for some reason. I like to cross things out, & I often make lists that reference other lists, which is why the idea of being able to reorganize the pages is so appealing to me. So that is why I don’t just download a list dealy.

On the way home from our fun dinner, the roads were super sucky, and we got stuck in a ditch! Bill’s crazy awesome driving skillz got us out with no pushing needed, but he couldn’t get the car all the way up mom & pops driveway so I had to hoof it to the top! It was kind of scary, but they made it home safe, so it was all good in the end.   And now the big blizzard is supposed to be rolling in this afternoon and tomorrow. Yikes! I hope I don’t get snowed in! I need to get home and see Mikey & my kittens!