Comments on: post off: what's on your to-do list? http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/07/31/post-off-whats-on-your-to-do-list Where people who love their homes click Thu, 24 May 2012 23:58:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: shelterrific » Blog Archive » jumbo sticky notes: when a standard post-it just won’t do http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/07/31/post-off-whats-on-your-to-do-list/comment-page-1#comment-7346 shelterrific » Blog Archive » jumbo sticky notes: when a standard post-it just won’t do Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:01:55 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4729#comment-7346 [...] of Post-It Notes you can find around our apartment on any given day. I will admit, I’m a keeper of lists and a chronic Post-It user. That’s why I got such a kick out of this Vat19. Each classically [...] [...] of Post-It Notes you can find around our apartment on any given day. I will admit, I’m a keeper of lists and a chronic Post-It user. That’s why I got such a kick out of this Vat19. Each classically [...]

]]> By: shelterrific » Blog Archive » notebook lust: patent leather moleskines http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/07/31/post-off-whats-on-your-to-do-list/comment-page-1#comment-7345 shelterrific » Blog Archive » notebook lust: patent leather moleskines Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:34:26 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4729#comment-7345 [...] but I love the look of a leather-bound book. More often than not, their pages are filled with to-do lists and mindless doodles. Like so many people I know, I’ve fallen hard for [...] [...] but I love the look of a leather-bound book. More often than not, their pages are filled with to-do lists and mindless doodles. Like so many people I know, I’ve fallen hard for [...]

]]> By: shelterrific » Blog Archive » blogwatch: where we were clicking this week http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/07/31/post-off-whats-on-your-to-do-list/comment-page-1#comment-7344 shelterrific » Blog Archive » blogwatch: where we were clicking this week Fri, 22 May 2009 04:14:54 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4729#comment-7344 [...] all a bunch of list makers here. I think that’s why you’ll love Bill Keaggy’s new book, Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery [...] [...] all a bunch of list makers here. I think that’s why you’ll love Bill Keaggy’s new book, Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery [...]

]]> By: Cristina R. http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/07/31/post-off-whats-on-your-to-do-list/comment-page-1#comment-7343 Cristina R. Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:10:15 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4729#comment-7343 I wish I could just scan my lists, so you can see what's crossed off or not, but here is my most current "to-do this week" list: -blick sale (canvas) -popcorn/soda/juice -succulents -x-box remote -death certificate? -mgmt -iron man? -ct scan. call bianca. -phoenix!!! -pineapple express. -parking permit/books/i.d./add slips then there are the lists I make just for fun, like... "top 100 favorite songs" "awesome places i've been to" "venues i haven't been to yet" "goals for 2008" the lists just get far lamer from then on... I wish I could just scan my lists, so you can see what’s crossed off or not, but here is my most current “to-do this week” list:

-blick sale (canvas)
-popcorn/soda/juice
-succulents
-x-box remote
-death certificate?
-mgmt
-iron man?
-ct scan. call bianca.
-phoenix!!!
-pineapple express.
-parking permit/books/i.d./add slips

then there are the lists I make just for fun, like…
“top 100 favorite songs”
“awesome places i’ve been to”
“venues i haven’t been to yet”
“goals for 2008″

the lists just get far lamer from then on…

]]> By: shelterrific » Blog Archive » five things we learned last week http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/07/31/post-off-whats-on-your-to-do-list/comment-page-1#comment-7342 shelterrific » Blog Archive » five things we learned last week Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:05:50 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4729#comment-7342 [...] to be deluded. I keep three main lists: To Do, To Call, and To Get.” Don’t be shy. Tell us what’s on your to-do [...] [...] to be deluded. I keep three main lists: To Do, To Call, and To Get.” Don’t be shy. Tell us what’s on your to-do [...]

]]> By: Holly http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/07/31/post-off-whats-on-your-to-do-list/comment-page-1#comment-7341 Holly Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:12:36 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4729#comment-7341 Feeling so sheepish now for sharing my incredibly dull list. I found a fun site - with MUCH more interesting lists than mine. It's here: http://todolistblog.blogspot.com/ I feel I should add that before I had all these children (4) and animals (7), my lists included things like: scuba dive off the Great Barrier Reef sky-dive climb Mount Everest run a marathon get a motorcycle ... all of which I've done, except Mount Everest. And my marathon was a triathlon. But still. Feeling so sheepish now for sharing my incredibly dull list. I found a fun site – with MUCH more interesting lists than mine. It’s here: http://todolistblog.blogspot.com/

I feel I should add that before I had all these children (4) and animals (7), my lists included things like:

scuba dive off the Great Barrier Reef
sky-dive
climb Mount Everest
run a marathon
get a motorcycle

… all of which I’ve done, except Mount Everest. And my marathon was a triathlon. But still.

]]> By: Holly http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/07/31/post-off-whats-on-your-to-do-list/comment-page-1#comment-7340 Holly Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:17:14 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4729#comment-7340 What a fun topic. I have to admit, I get a voyeuristic little thrill from seeing other peoples' lists! (ya gotta take your excitement where you can get it) I make lists everywhere and am constantly trying out new systems for managing them. Today I scrawled one after pulling into a parking spot at Ikea, waiting to hand over my two younger children to my mother for a few days at "Camp Gramma." In the unlikely possibility that anyone else out there likes to read other peoples' lists, here's mine for today: e-mail circle re: lake trip e-mail Ann C. re: her boys/our schedule e-mail Sarah (?) re: Grampa Eddie's e-mail Kaye Gary re: interview about Morpheus Quartet plan C's birthday party - AUGUST 17 sympathy cards (2) check S's field hockey sked; e-mail Coach Snead computer stuff: Time Capsule, file transfers, one-to-one sessions dermatologist appt primary care doc appt Roadrunners S's books call Ann R. about switching sitters Anyone else want to share? I like seeing how other peoples' thoughts are organized... (or not) :-) What a fun topic. I have to admit, I get a voyeuristic little thrill from seeing other peoples’ lists! (ya gotta take your excitement where you can get it) I make lists everywhere and am constantly trying out new systems for managing them. Today I scrawled one after pulling into a parking spot at Ikea, waiting to hand over my two younger children to my mother for a few days at “Camp Gramma.” In the unlikely possibility that anyone else out there likes to read other peoples’ lists, here’s mine for today:

e-mail circle re: lake trip
e-mail Ann C. re: her boys/our schedule
e-mail Sarah (?) re: Grampa Eddie’s
e-mail Kaye Gary re: interview about Morpheus Quartet
plan C’s birthday party – AUGUST 17
sympathy cards (2)
check S’s field hockey sked; e-mail Coach Snead
computer stuff: Time Capsule, file transfers, one-to-one sessions
dermatologist appt
primary care doc appt
Roadrunners
S’s books
call Ann R. about switching sitters

Anyone else want to share? I like seeing how other peoples’ thoughts are organized… (or not) :-)

]]> By: Dorian http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/07/31/post-off-whats-on-your-to-do-list/comment-page-1#comment-7339 Dorian Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:39:28 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4729#comment-7339 Occasionally I make a list of the lists I have to make! Occasionally I make a list of the lists I have to make!

]]> By: Mary T http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/07/31/post-off-whats-on-your-to-do-list/comment-page-1#comment-7338 Mary T Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:30:35 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4729#comment-7338 I love making lists, too -- I make them every week in order to get all my work done. It also helps us to prioritize what we need to do around the house (We have "must do now" and "sometime in the future" lists). I can't remember which writer I read once (I think it was Marge Piercy?) who sometimes added items to her list she'd already completed, just for the satisfaction of crossing them off! I love making lists, too — I make them every week in order to get all my work done. It also helps us to prioritize what we need to do around the house (We have “must do now” and “sometime in the future” lists). I can’t remember which writer I read once (I think it was Marge Piercy?) who sometimes added items to her list she’d already completed, just for the satisfaction of crossing them off!

]]> By: DJ http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/07/31/post-off-whats-on-your-to-do-list/comment-page-1#comment-7337 DJ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:27:12 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4729#comment-7337 Lists give me that lovely false sense of security, of being in control. And even though I know it's not real, I happily allow myself to be deluded. I keep three main lists: To Do, To Call, and To Get. And I break them down in whatever way makes sense... e.g., clumping all calls to make medical or dental appointments for my family together. Or putting all the To Do errands in the south part of town together, so I can make just one epic trip. And, yes, my family does mock me for my lists, which can teeter on the border of Well-Organizedville and Crazy Land. But at least I don't arrive at a swim party without my swimsuit, goggles, towel, flip-flops, sunscreen (SPF 50), water bottle, hostess gift, sunglasses, sunhat... well. You get the idea. Lists give me that lovely false sense of security, of being in control. And even though I know it’s not real, I happily allow myself to be deluded.

I keep three main lists: To Do, To Call, and To Get.

And I break them down in whatever way makes sense… e.g., clumping all calls to make medical or dental appointments for my family together.

Or putting all the To Do errands in the south part of town together, so I can make just one epic trip.

And, yes, my family does mock me for my lists, which can teeter on the border of Well-Organizedville and Crazy Land.

But at least I don’t arrive at a swim party without my swimsuit, goggles, towel, flip-flops, sunscreen (SPF 50), water bottle, hostess gift, sunglasses, sunhat… well. You get the idea.

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