I now am the mom of a new golden retriever puppy! Bella is a sweet energetic dog who is quickly becoming one of the family. With all this excitement I have been having a hard time keeping track of all the things I need to do each day. I'll be doing the laundry and I will start to think about how I need to drop Avon books off, call for pictures, take a bath, brush my kids teeth, you get the picture. But as soon as I finish the laundry these tasks always get filed away in my brain. Most likely to the cold case file storage room in my head, I only remember them at the last minute, when it is do or die and I need to get this or that done now! I run through the house shouting orders, screaming at my kids, jumping over dogs, all the while chanting the mom's mantra of " Why am I always rushing around at the last minute!!"
In the past I have made lists, but then always proceed to misplace them. Greg says the computer is the way to go. Use your email task list, it is much easier!
So yesterday I sat down made a list on the computer, but a busy mom such as me cannot get by with just one list. I need daily lists, birthday party planning lists, Christmas task lists and household cleaning lists just to name a few.
When I attempted to make multiple lists on the computer it just would not work. So I called my computer savvy, computer programmer, genius of a husband. Now I should have known before I called him that he would be no help. This is a man who can single handily run his department at work. He is the computer guru of the insurance world for goodness sake, but present him with simple computer tasks, and he is clueless. He can't even figure out Facebook. Jordan can use FB, jeepers! I call Greg at work and he says "wait till I get home, I'll show you then."
So this morning in our crazy house of 1 preschooler, 1 toddler, 1 old dog and 1 pup, we set about making to do lists.
We spent an hour trying to figure out how to make a to do list. He pointed, I clicked, we read directions, we argued, but no new list. Here we were 2 adults with loads to do, staring at a computer trying to make a list, all the while surrounded by empty notebooks, post it notes, desk calenders and 2 planners. Well, we never figured it out. I never made my list. Whoever said technology is freeing was sadly mistaken. I wasted an hour trying to figure out how to make a to do list instead of actually doing my to do's.
This scenario is a very classic example of why I am so tired, why I see no end in sight to my exhaustion and why my house will never ever be clean!
To all you tired mom's out there if you forget things, get a notebook or a planner and with a pen in hand make lists to your hearts content. Making lists can be quite satisfying even if you lose them, or never ever check anything off. I think a well written to do list is an art form that should be admired and preserved for at least a day or so before checking things off of it anyway!
Now go and make a list you have things to do!
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If you have Vista, which is really crappy, but it came on my laptop, try Microsoft Works Task Launcher. Once you open the program, there are many different types of lists you can create. You can even make lists of your lists if you want. Mind you, I don't use this, I just happened to come across it after reading your blog.
3 words....dry erase board. I have one on my fridge and one in our "message center." I use them constantly! I make lists, leave notes for my family, and yes, notes for myself. Both boards are visible and this keeps me in check. I can add items and erase completed things with the swipe of my finger.
I tend to stick to low tech stuff. It's hard to lose a dry erase board. Scott bought me a PDA...so I would stop writing on my hand. I promptly shoved it in my purse and forgot about it....for two years. The writing on the hand thing....unless there is some unforseen horrific accident, my hand isn't going anywhere. I tend to lose everything else. I tried notes on a pad in my pocket to remind me to call so-and-so when I got home. Three days later, I found the pad in shreds throughout the wash.
Tried dry erase boards but Jordan is fascinated with them. First the pen went missing... Then the pretty pictures appeared on the walls. So I hid the pen, then the whole board was ripped off the fridge. Maybe when my kids are a bit older this will work better. Right now I cannot keep my little ones out of my stuff!
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