Don’t Ask Me To Pick Up Your Kids After School, Okay?
Yesterday’s suggestions were great. I am going to try out a bunch of the aps you suggested but I think my best bet is to do what Cara suggested and just keep my inbox as my To Do list. In theory, that’s what I’ve always wanted it to be. Unfortunately, I never force myself to sit down and go through it. Basically, it’s a To Do list that I never look at. That’s useful. So, since I’m already of doing that anyway, I’m going to force myself to sit down one hour every day with my email and go through it. If it takes more than an hour a day? Then there is something wrong and I need to start cutting out some of my responsibilities. (Sometimes I do wonder if I try to do too much and that’s why I’m forgetful.)
As a baby step I took about an hour working through my inbox yesterday afternoon. Hence some of the weird and very late emails some of you may have gotten from me. Now, I’ve not been keeping emails in my inbox consistently since I got the iPhone because it is so easy to accidentally delete them. (The one thing I HATE about the iPhone.) But it’s a start. And then…last night…I evidently felt the need to prove in real time what I was talking about in my blog entry. Try to keep up, it’s a bumping road of screw ups I’m asking you to follow.
First…I spent every minute after 3:10 waiting for my phone to ring as LilZ was going to let me know when auditions were over and to come pick him up. At least – that’s what I thought was going to happen. (Foreshadowing!) So, I got NikkiZ ready for her soccer game a little early just in case he called. He didn’t. We went to the game where I promptly realized I put my daughter in the wrong jersey. Lucky, the coach had a spare. Then, LilZ calls me and says, “Um. Where are you? Did you forget about me? You were supposed to pick me up at 5:30.” Wow. Evidently I misunderstood or just didn’t listen properly. I rushed from the game to go pick him up feeling a little crappy as he had to walk to a gas station to call me when he finally gave up on me showing up. After the game we are pulling out of the parking lot and I realize…SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! I forgot Lauren. Lauren is my BFFs daughter who I often pick up when I pick up LilZ. She might as well be one of my own kids as I love her like I do them. This is not like forgetting some random kid who happens to live in your neighborhood…this girl is like a daughter to me. AND I FORGOT HER. I felt like the worst adopted mother EVER. So…I rushed over to the coffee shop she hangs out in while LilZ does his after school stuff and begged for her forgiveness. She was awesome (of course) and not really worried, BUT STILL. Fast-forward to about 2am when I jump out of bed saying, “SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!” I realized, in the chaos after the game, that I never dropped of the CD at Sarah’s house last night. She lives near where NikkiZ plays soccer so I was going to just drop it by after the game. It is actually sitting in my car on the console between the two front seats. AND I STILL FORGOT.
The moral of the story? Yesterday’s entry was not an exaggeration. I didn’t hype my forgetfulness for the sake of NaBloPoMo. So…when I say thank you for your suggestions…I MEAN IT. Because I evidently need it just to remember not to leave teenagers waiting around town for me. JEEZUS.
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Don’t forget that I’m entering all donors thru Sunday into a drawing to win an iFlip. So far I’ve only had about 10 donors this week so your chances are VERY good! You can donate $5 if you want but still win an iFlip! How awesome would that be? I’m actually only about $800 from my initial goal. After I reach that I’ll have one more BIG giveaway where I’ll entered in everyone’s name who donated AGAIN for a final drawing. So…you could win something else SUPER awesome and mysterious! Go ahead…DONATE! What are you waiting for?
Sometimes it sucks to be little.
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Finally…I’m looking for some cute ideas for Thanksgiving projects to do with the kids. I’m wanting to do some neat nametags for the table, maybe some placemats, maybe just some general decorations. Do you have any suggestions? My new domestic tendencies are not confined to the kitchen when I’m unemployed, I’m also quite diligent with a gluestick!
hehe i guess thats where my email/comment went – I was asking about donating and then completely forgot again that I’d asked the question.
erm Twitter might be quicker to ask on lol.
My Mum has a PDA that she keeps all her bits on (or at least she used to I’ve not seen it around recently) and that was like her life lol. She’d keep records of random things like when my MOT was due even though I’ve been moved out nearly 3 years and stuff like that. Random but helpful.
I write everything down – I have my diary and a notebook in my back even though I have a BB which is supposed to make me look even more organised lol.
Anyway I have a guest list to write for a Housewarming
I love love my iPhone, however, I had the same problem with the email. I see it immediately and say to myself, I will respond or handle that when I get home. I forget and the mail goes into mail universe somewhere.
I started using the little notes thingy on iPhone and listing my to do’s. Then I started adding an alarm at the beginning of the day for different things. I have 3 alarms set for important things. I know it sounds kooky, and I am working at home right now, but the day slips past me and I get caught up in something and forget.
It’s better than the post-its I used previously.
I’ve had several weeks of random forgetfulness – arrving for parent-teacher conferences a week early, 2nd flu shots – also a week early – forgetting anything 3 year old needs at school. I keep blaming it on the moon.
On another note, I’m hosting T-day with my family this year and also looking for good crafts. I get real simple and last month they had these table settings which I love: http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/thanksgiving/thanksgiving-tables-under-fifty-dollars-00000000022499/index.html
I’ve already started collecting twigs for the first one. xoxo, s
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/tiny-toms-661426/?CMP=NLC-NL_7LittleThings_11_02_tiny-toms-661426
These are super cute little turkeys that you could easily stick some name cards in.
A Thanksgiving project I love to do with my kids: paint three stripes of color across your kids’ hands, and then make their handprint on a piece of paper. When the paint dries, you can draw legs, etc. to make it look like a turkey. It’s so cute that I’ve sent all our relatives Thanksgiving cards in the past — which is so weird, right? — just to have an excuse to show them off.
I saw a cute name card at a place setting in the pottery barn magazine. You take a wine glass, fill it 2/3 with acorns, write the person’s name on a placecard that will fit inside the glass and then put a brightly colored fall leaf behind the placecard also in the glass. So cute!
We make cute turkey cookies every year…and so easy! Start with a nice round sugar cookie (if you’re ambitious, make your own…we use the rolled kind). After they are baked and cooled, ice them with white icing. Put candy corns around the top of the cookie with the pointy end in (will look like tail feathers). Put some M&Ms on for eyes (mini ones work great if you have them). Use a tube of pre-packaged orange icing or gel to draw on a beak and feet…and voila…turkey cookies. So easy, and the kids have a ball decorating with all of the candy!
so cracks my butt up!!! i don’t think lauren cared at all cuz she played on the internet!!
Go here for Thanksgiving craft ideas:
http://www.moneysavingmom.com/money_saving_mom/2009/11/free-thanksgiving-crafts-ebook.html