getting stuff done

so i have a fanklin covey planner that i got 4 years ago and it seemed like i would go through spurts of using it and not, but ever since i started delivering the meals back in april i decided my purse wasnt big enough for my wallet and planner, so i transferred the important things from my wallet into my planner and i have it everywhere i go... but i still wasnt utilizing the main feature of the planner which was PLANNING...i have the daily planning pages that gives you 2 pages for each day so you can jot down anything that comes to your mind and there is even a time line you can fill in with when to do what...it's a fantastic system, and i decided back in october i would find the time to write in it and use it to refer to...write down future goals, what i need to do, what should have been done yesterday, etc...(this time i found to do this has nothing to do with the fact that my best friend left btw)

so it is my record of how successful i have been with getting stuff done. as of lately i also have been jotting down john's work schedule on the day itself, and this has been very helpful. i feel like i can really manage my time better when i can see what i should be doing... i happen to love the timeline feature and love to see how much i can fit into one day...hence the motivation to fill the slots! it also helps me realize how long a given task may take... there is even a part that has you write down goals for personal, social, family, physical, etc to get you to see how you can accomplish the within that week... for ex. working out at the gym...i would see it and make plans to do that one day that week...anyway, the system has lots of neat tools and tracker pages etc to really keep you on track and i love it.

so i got all my errands done today thanks to keeping track of them in my planner. and i had made a note a while back to find a sunny day that isnt too cold to finish transplanting my lettuce in my garden... and today was the perfect day, just after all that rain earlier in the week and last night, the ground was stilly soggy so the holes dug easily, and the plants came out with more roots since the soil was so wet... i was out there from about 3:30 til 5:45 when it got so dark i could barely see my hands... haha... that sounds like something my mom would do, garden at night... i guess i am her daughter! i was determined to finish, and i did with the exception of about 5 plants, but it looks so nice and it's done! now i just have to sit back and harvest whenever i please! i will never plant so many seeds at once again! it was too dark to get a picture, so all the pictures to come tomorrow... and the final count of lettuce plants i ended up with! (i gave about 30 to my MIL and i'm glad cuz i ran out of room) now i just need to go plant the ones at my MIL's!

so back to the planner, i have about 5 major things i want to get done by Christmas, so we'll have to see if i can get them all done...

1. finish bows i started on and try to sell them,

2. send out Christmas cards (which involves printing family picture, writing newsletter, printing newsletter, and addressing all the envelopes...which means gathering addresses)

3. finish scanning some pictures and burn to CDs

4. pick out a paint color and paint the living room with the gift card Aunt Mel and Uncle Danny gave us

5. clean the house good for Christmas when my family comes for lunch.

that's all folks