tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post114472526105545030..comments2023-10-28T05:33:15.060-05:00Comments on The Writing Playground: The blog entry without a clever title.Marilyn Puetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134550080890157noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1144815881775081492006-04-11T23:24:00.000-05:002006-04-11T23:24:00.000-05:00My boss tells me that she wishes my organizational...My boss tells me that she wishes my organizational skills could be bottled. Now that's scary. I'm no genie. Yet if you ask Elizabeth and Susan, they would say my big thing is lists. Tons of them. But YOU expect me to remember to bring the list to meetings. Ha!<BR/><BR/>Huh...iron...who irons nowadays? Rather write. :::grin:::Carla Swaffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01711161447004839163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1144778754139244722006-04-11T13:05:00.000-05:002006-04-11T13:05:00.000-05:00Y'all, it's a metaphorical iron...Sheesh...And hey...Y'all, it's a metaphorical iron...<BR/><BR/>Sheesh...<BR/><BR/><BR/>And hey there j.b., welcome!<BR/><BR/>PCProblem Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456049865200737618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1144768971767762172006-04-11T10:22:00.000-05:002006-04-11T10:22:00.000-05:00K/PC, I hope you don't mind, but I've linked your ...K/PC, I hope you don't mind, but I've linked your post into my own blog this morning. Too cute, and a little scary, how much I read of me in you.<BR/><BR/>It's refreshing and comforting to find folks just like me who are both scattered and organized at the same time. Thanks to the Playfriends for making me feel a little less like an anomaly...J.B. Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049987457932998092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1144765885252308932006-04-11T09:31:00.000-05:002006-04-11T09:31:00.000-05:00I write grocery lists and then leave them on the c...I write grocery lists and then leave them on the counter or in the car. I write things on the calendar and then forget to look at it. I put my sunglasses down or leave them on my head and don't know where they are. (I've lost quite a few this way.) My car's a mess, I often go to the store and forget to buy the very thing I need to make dinner.<BR/><BR/>But the bookcase in my study is organized by subject matter so I can find my research easily enough. I know where to find all my warranties. My writing essentials are stored in files or folders. And I try to do things immediately so I don't forget to. <BR/><BR/>My kids tease me mercilessly and say I've got 'Old Timers' instead of Alzheimer's. I say my mind is just too full. Running a house, taking care of a DH, 4 kids (well, 3 now), 1 dog and 3 cats (add on DIL and GS), sports activity chauffeuring, volunteer work and trying to write create lots of confusion.<BR/><BR/>You're way ahead of the game, PC! Be proud. I rather imagine myself as a hyena, laughing hysterically amidst the chaos.<BR/><BR/>KathyKatherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1144760893263563052006-04-11T08:08:00.000-05:002006-04-11T08:08:00.000-05:00As anyone who has visited my house can tell you, I...As anyone who has visited my house can tell you, I'm no where near organized in all aspects of my life. I have a multiple personality disorder in this area. <BR/><BR/>First of all, it is too time consuming to organize myself and 3 "Messies", so I've about given up. I still haven't figured out a way-short of bulldozing-to get our house ready to put on the market. <BR/><BR/>I tend to only organize my own important stuff, like my writing projects, calendars, and essential paperwork. I'm great at coordinating events, and have lists upon lists to go with it. It's finding the right list that can be a problem. <BR/><BR/>As for my desk, well... I tend to make piles everywhere. I pile and pile until I can't stand it anymore-then I purge and file. Sad, really. I know I can be organized in some areas. Why not in all?<BR/><BR/>I think a lot of it has to do with priorities. Do I actually want to write a book or spend my time organizing my files? Hmmm... hard decision. :) <BR/><BR/>And if this post goes through, that means my internet worked for longer than 10 minutes. I'm spending the day at home waiting on the cable guy. :)<BR/><BR/>AngelAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010424240956906870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1144760676951230562006-04-11T08:04:00.000-05:002006-04-11T08:04:00.000-05:00I am exactly like this. All my warranty cards and ...I am exactly like this. All my warranty cards and instruction booklets are in the top drawer of my file cabinet along with every tax return I've ever filed, etc. I have a list on the refridgerator that says what we have for dinner each night. I carefully craft the list based on what's in the pantry, then alternate meats and ethnicities so we don't eat chicken or Mexican two nights in a row. I have a premade grocery list on the fridge next to it that lists all the things we typically buy, organized by what section of the store they are in. When we run out, I highlight the item with a marker, then take the list with me shopping.<BR/><BR/>Now...ask me where my sunglasses are? My birth certificate? (I lost that one so many times I actually bought a safety deposit box to keep it in so I finally KNOW where it is.) Look at my desk at work or at home. Look at the backseat of my car. Eww.<BR/><BR/>How I can lose my keys on a daily basis, yet me able to tell you to the page, where my Bon Jovi CD is in my 200 CD book?<BR/><BR/>I once read something about my personality type (different from myers-brigs) that called me a Mastermind. This mad scientist could do anything in his lab and yet he'd forget his head if it wasn't screwed on tightly. Sounds about right.<BR/><BR/>SPAndrea Laurence AKA Smarty Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518751514879244662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1144755822569718082006-04-11T06:43:00.000-05:002006-04-11T06:43:00.000-05:00That would assume I own an iron. And besides, that...That would assume I own an iron. And besides, that's DH's job. I'm fairly organized at work but home...that's not my territory :-) <BR/><BR/>InstigatorKira Sinclair - AKA Instigatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274056066229852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1144744263410333432006-04-11T03:31:00.000-05:002006-04-11T03:31:00.000-05:00My warranty for the iron went in the trash along w...My warranty for the iron went in the trash along with the box. (But I do have all of my warranty information for the big things--TV, dishwasher, microwave, W&D, etc...-stuffed away in a filing cabinet.) <BR/><BR/>Each child has a folder as well, which contains all of their important stuff, including each and every one of their report cards. I guess I would say that I am fairly organized--this house could not run without the aid of my refrigerator calendar--but probably not to the point that you are, PC. Of course, I don't think I have as many irons in the fire as you do, so you have to stay organized or risk cracking up. :-)<BR/><BR/>If hanging onto that old iron warranty makes you feel better, then file away, babe. File away... :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1144732357496079952006-04-11T00:12:00.000-05:002006-04-11T00:12:00.000-05:00There's a warranty?I thought they were cheap enoug...There's a warranty?<BR/><BR/>I thought they were cheap enough that if it broke, you just tossed it and bought a new one. At least that's what I did with my old one. Of course it was about 15 years old and WAY out of warranty.<BR/><BR/>I used to have a little piece of wood that sat on my kitchen window sill (back when I had a kitchen window sill over the sink) and it read "I'm too busy to be organized."<BR/><BR/>I'm the kind who knows I should have lists, buys the paper to make them, actually makes a partial list and then is laid back enough that maybe half the list gets done even though I have the time to do it all. If it's REALLY important (like calling the restaurant tomorrow to arrange the graduation night dinner) then I'll mark it with highlighter so I know I HAVE to do it or bear the wrath of DH.<BR/><BR/>Wonder what animal Shelley would draw me as?Playground Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444337591281145863noreply@blogger.com