Well Planned Life

We are at the fifth and final week of celebrating my 5-year blogging anniversary ! This past spring we visited family.   My sister-in-law had bought a Chocolate A5 Classic (previously known as the Cross) from Filofax but decided that she didn’t want it.   So she passed it along to me in the hope that I would find a good home for it.   Currently, I don’t have a need for an A5.   So I asked if she would mind if I raffle it off as part of my 5-year giveaway. You can see the features of the binder below: A full set of blank tabs. A5 notepaper. An A5 Today ruler. Perfectly aligned rings. One sheet of four open-top pockets. A pocket for a note pad at the back. This binder is in near-perfect condition and has not been used. This is a very generous offer from my sister-in-law, so I do ask one thing of all who enter the give-away: Please do not enter the contest just to turn around and sell the plan...

We are at week four of celebrating my 5-year blogging anniversary ! I don’t decorate my planner pages.   While I like the look of some decorated pages, I find it too distracting to use myself.   However, I am all about the color-coding so that topics for all of my entries jump out at me, even before I read what I have written down. Currently my color-coding system is: Red – work schedule and notes Aqua – personal appointments Purple – food tracking   Light Green – exercise tracking Dark Green – due dates Orange – random general notes, including blog information Brown – weather tracking and unimportant notations (like the New York Giants ) Pink – important notations such as medicine and birthdays/anniversaries General blue is used for all personal tasks and writing; general black is used for all work tasks and writing. This system allows me a quick visual of what area(s) need attention on a certain day. My pen(s) of choice for my ...

We are at week three of celebrating my 5-year blogging anniversary ! Another favorite product of mine is Post-its by 3M .   (You can see some of my collection here .)   I especially love the different designs they have come out with in recent years.   I have yet to see all of them, but I’m working on collecting as many as I can just because it’s fun.   I have, however, managed to get up a small collection for one lucky winner! Here we have mushrooms, acorns, and hedgehogs.   I also found this little daily/weekly sticky pad (made by Studio 18, not Post-it brand), which doesn’t seem to have its own website.   But you can see a range of their products at Amazon .   What you see is one sheet per week, broken down into daily sections.   These notes would be great for daily/weekly to dos, kids’ chores, meal planning, or any other idea you can think of.   And Post-its make great stocking stuffers if you’re looking for ideas there. ...