Quotable Thursday #27

"Character cannot be developed in peace and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." - Helen Keller

Planning

I am an avid planner. Seriously – I will plan just about anything I can, from a vacation to  a tiny trip to the mall, even my daily routines and mundane events get planned. When I was in school I always used the planners they would give out but when I finished school I figured I didn’t need a formal planner anymore. I had an electronic one in the form of an excel spreadsheet (which acted as a secondary planner while I was in university) that I figured could do for my primary planner.

Recently, I realized that I do in fact need a formal, hard copy planner. I have had so many things going on; dinners with friends and family, photography shoots, classes and work events that I have come dangerously close to double-booking myself. I have even forgotten about upcoming civic holidays a couple times. For my planner, I went the way of Chris’ moleskine and purchased one for myself. It is however the pocket-sized weekly notebook version. In other words, it is much smaller than the one I bought for her and is a slightly different style. The days of each week are on the left hand page and there is a lined page on the right for notes. As I don’t have too many events on each individual day, this works out really well for me as it also feeds my list addiction enabling me to create them near the days I will be needing them.

Another handy feature of this version is that I didn’t have to order it from the American website. I purchased it from Amazon and was therefore able to ship it to my house after using my credit card as compared to last time when I had to ship it to Dave’s parent’s condo in Florida and use their American credit card.

Brrr

This past weekend Dave’s parents brought us a ‘new’ freezer. It’s quite big, larger than we actually need, but still fits nicely in our kitchen/dining room. I plan on freezing fresh fruits (like strawberries, etc) and having them in there so that Dave and I can eat delicious food like that without the fear of wasting them. Right now, however, it just has frozen meats and treats in it (Dave’s ice cream sandwiches and my low-calorie, non-fat fruit pops).

Way Back Whenesday: Don't Put it in Your Mouth

I still sing the song from this commercial now and then. Watching it now, it seems a little creepy, but it definitely worked! Anyone else know this song by heart?

It’s Been Quiet

You may have noticed that my blogs have been pretty quiet over the last week or so. That is for a couple of reasons, but primarily because I have been working on some guest posts for Chris’ blog, Always Standing. As she is going on a very long trip this summer (and then sadly moving to Toronto) I have been putting a lot of effort into them and they have been taking the majority of my blogging time. They have all been submitted now and we are only left with the regular delays in my blogging  (eg. work) which I am really getting used to.