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Mondays seem to be my “list day”.   I end up with post-it notes to myself of things I should accomplish for the week or things that need done.  I put these little notes here, there and everywhere.

  
My post-it process:

1. Write notes
2. Toss notes into various places in my purse, notebook (for misc. notes when I’m out and about), stick them to my Iphone, put them in my wallet, put them in the outer pocket of my purse, attach them to various papers I have already in my purse.
3. Lastly, I take them home…only to forget them. 

A week or so goes by before the notes have overrun my purse.  I don’t want to weed through them all so I just toss them away.  Yep, it’s a good process I must say so myself!   

So, I tried the whole To Do list thing on my I-phone.  It’s just not working for me or maybe I just don’t have the write app. 

So like every Monday I’m sitting here looking at the calendar and I realize that I need to stop trying to make plans without glancing at the calendar because it’s making life a little complicated.  We schedule things and then the light bulb switches back on my head and I realize that we already have something that day.  OOPS!  

Monday ~ easy peasy day, may make a run to the nursery to look at flowers.  (another post coming from this ..why is that my husband and I never argue but for some reason we argued part of the way home from a nursery yesterday about toxic vs. non-toxic plants in our backyard…seriously??)   Get the Evite out for our BBQ

Tuesday ~ Water Aerobics night (no more flaking, my friend “Craigslist-Extraordinaire” and I need to get back on schedule!)

Wednesday ~ easy peasy day

Thursday ~ Water Aerobics night with “Craigslist-Extraordinaire”again

Friday ~ 2:45 hair appt.   That evening we are heading off to the Spirit Mountain Casino for a little B&B (Bingo and Buffet) with another couple from our neighborhood, “Lady-with-many-kids” and “Lady’s-Geek” (I am a Casino Bingo Virgin so that will be interesting!)

Saturday ~  Wine party at Anthony Dell as part of our wine club membership.  Heading there with our neighbors next door, “Jack-of-all-trades” and his lovely wife “Lady-who-can-cook-anything.” 

On a side note, you are probably wondering where all these whack names are coming from.  Well, because I want to be silly of course! No really, I just don’t want to post their real names and instead of just calling them “A” or “B” I decided to nick them based off personality or feats or brilliance! 

Characters from my real life:

*I apologize to those that are now characters, I tried to give you nice names*

Craigslist-Extraordinaire:  A good friend/neighbor that I got to know more last year when I started doing water aerobics and am so thankful that we had a chance to get to know each other better!  To say she is the queen of craigslist is an understatement!

Lady-with-many-kids:  She is not only the boys daycare provider but a mom of 7 kiddos herself.  So she has a lot of kids, both her own and ones she provides excellent care for!

Lady’s-geek:  This is Lady-with-many-kids’s husband.  He is very similar to my lovely husband.  They are both computer geeks and maybe that’s why we find them chatting about things we don’t quite understand. 

Jack-of-all-trades:  Our next door neighbor.  He’s a friend, part of the family in many ways and is one of the nicest guy you’ll ever met.  BUT he is also the mastermind behind our deck project plans, our garage shelving, the trim around the boys chalkboard and many other projects he’s helped us on! 

Lady-who-can-cook-anything:  This is the wife of Jack-of-all-trades but really to say she is just the wife of him is silly because they compliment each other!  Again, one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.  She’s part of the family in our eyes.  She loves to entertain and you’ll find her making the most amazing 5, 7+ course meals when you come over for one of their dinners/parties.  (Jack-of-all-trades also cooks alongside her though too and can definitely hold his own on the kitchen!)