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Anal-retentive me OT
I'm leaving town on Wednesday to hook up with my LLL for 5 or 6 days. Being
the anal-retentive sort I am I've got an Excel spreadsheet "checklist" of things to do before I go. My problem is, I keep adding things to the checklist. For example, we are going to be staying in a "dry county". For those who don't know, that means you can't buy beer, wine or liquor. Now in some dry counties you can have a drink with dinner in a restaurant. This place is so bass-ackwards you can't even do that. So I added to the checklist buy some wine to take with I'm sure he'll do the same! I've got the Hold Mail form printed and filled out. Arranged to have my weekend newspaper held. Have it on the list to water the plants, set the automatic light timers, notify the office manager and the neighbors to keep an eye on the place. Packing... now that's always a challenge. It snowed 3 inches yesterday afternoon but by Wednesday the high is supposed to be close to 60F. I keep riffling through the suitcase, adding and subtracting items. I'll either be too cold or too hot no matter what I decide! I've confirmed our reservations at this funky little motel where we've stayed before. Too bad it will be too cold to play miniature golf next door I'm irritated as can be the corrected prescription glasses I ordered on 1/31 are still not in! I've got the right contact lenses now (got those the same day) but I like to be able to take them out and put my glasses on. Now it's looking like I'll have to resort to my old ones on this trip. OB Pets: I've arranged for Persia and Peaches to be boarded. Had to add to the list, have them order more Hill's x/d food for Persia. Jill |
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jmcquown wrote: I'm leaving town on Wednesday to hook up with my LLL for 5 or 6 days. Being the anal-retentive sort I am I've got an Excel spreadsheet "checklist" of things to do before I go. I didn't LOL at your spread sheet for stuff to bring, as we do the exact same thing! It's nice because each time you travel you just have to print it off and fill the order, so to speak! Have fun on your trip. -L. |
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Wow, all that for a 5-6 day trip! Yikes, you should see my lists and
spreadsheets for our upcoming move to Australia! Whew! But I think we're doing pretty well and have things under control. Have a good time with your LLL :-) -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album jmcquown wrote: I'm leaving town on Wednesday to hook up with my LLL for 5 or 6 days. Being the anal-retentive sort I am I've got an Excel spreadsheet "checklist" of things to do before I go. My problem is, I keep adding things to the checklist. For example, we are going to be staying in a "dry county". For those who don't know, that means you can't buy beer, wine or liquor. Now in some dry counties you can have a drink with dinner in a restaurant. This place is so bass-ackwards you can't even do that. So I added to the checklist buy some wine to take with I'm sure he'll do the same! I've got the Hold Mail form printed and filled out. Arranged to have my weekend newspaper held. Have it on the list to water the plants, set the automatic light timers, notify the office manager and the neighbors to keep an eye on the place. Packing... now that's always a challenge. It snowed 3 inches yesterday afternoon but by Wednesday the high is supposed to be close to 60F. I keep riffling through the suitcase, adding and subtracting items. I'll either be too cold or too hot no matter what I decide! I've confirmed our reservations at this funky little motel where we've stayed before. Too bad it will be too cold to play miniature golf next door I'm irritated as can be the corrected prescription glasses I ordered on 1/31 are still not in! I've got the right contact lenses now (got those the same day) but I like to be able to take them out and put my glasses on. Now it's looking like I'll have to resort to my old ones on this trip. OB Pets: I've arranged for Persia and Peaches to be boarded. Had to add to the list, have them order more Hill's x/d food for Persia. Jill |
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badwilson wrote:
Wow, all that for a 5-6 day trip! Yikes, you should see my lists and spreadsheets for our upcoming move to Australia! Whew! But I think we're doing pretty well and have things under control. Have a good time with your LLL :-) LOL I'm always afraid I'll forget to do something or pack something. I have, for instance, forgotten to pack my toothbrush and toothpaste in the past. Of course that can be remedied with a trip to the store wherever I go, but I hate forgetting little things like that. But once I'm gone I can't suddenly remember to put my mail on hold (has to be done in writing) or water the plants I know we'll have a nice time, thanks! Jill jmcquown wrote: I'm leaving town on Wednesday to hook up with my LLL for 5 or 6 days. Being the anal-retentive sort I am I've got an Excel spreadsheet "checklist" of things to do before I go. My problem is, I keep adding things to the checklist. For example, we are going to be staying in a "dry county". For those who don't know, that means you can't buy beer, wine or liquor. Now in some dry counties you can have a drink with dinner in a restaurant. This place is so bass-ackwards you can't even do that. So I added to the checklist buy some wine to take with I'm sure he'll do the same! I've got the Hold Mail form printed and filled out. Arranged to have my weekend newspaper held. Have it on the list to water the plants, set the automatic light timers, notify the office manager and the neighbors to keep an eye on the place. Packing... now that's always a challenge. It snowed 3 inches yesterday afternoon but by Wednesday the high is supposed to be close to 60F. I keep riffling through the suitcase, adding and subtracting items. I'll either be too cold or too hot no matter what I decide! I've confirmed our reservations at this funky little motel where we've stayed before. Too bad it will be too cold to play miniature golf next door I'm irritated as can be the corrected prescription glasses I ordered on 1/31 are still not in! I've got the right contact lenses now (got those the same day) but I like to be able to take them out and put my glasses on. Now it's looking like I'll have to resort to my old ones on this trip. OB Pets: I've arranged for Persia and Peaches to be boarded. Had to add to the list, have them order more Hill's x/d food for Persia. Jill |
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Marina wrote:
wrote: jmcquown wrote: I'm leaving town on Wednesday to hook up with my LLL for 5 or 6 days. Being the anal-retentive sort I am I've got an Excel spreadsheet "checklist" of things to do before I go. I didn't LOL at your spread sheet for stuff to bring, as we do the exact same thing! It's nice because each time you travel you just have to print it off and fill the order, so to speak! Have fun on your trip. LOL, I have a List, too, but it's nothing as fancy as a spreadsheet, just a simple text file. I downloaded the template from Microsoft's website and modified it for my use since this isn't an airline trip requiring passports and the like and it left some things off I'd need to consider. I use it over and over for trips but always find myself making changes to it Jill |
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jmcquown wrote:
snipped I can't suddenly remember to put my mail on hold (has to be done in writing) or water the plants snipped Well, I guess there really is no way to water the plants remotely, but you certainly can hold your mail. Direct link is https://dunsapp.usps.gov/HoldMail.jsp or you can go to www.usps.com and poke around. Don't know why Thunderbird didn't make the link clickable. -- Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe |
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Sam wrote:
jmcquown wrote: snipped I can't suddenly remember to put my mail on hold (has to be done in writing) or water the plants snipped Well, I guess there really is no way to water the plants remotely, but you certainly can hold your mail. Direct link is https://dunsapp.usps.gov/HoldMail.jsp or you can go to www.usps.com and poke around. Don't know why Thunderbird didn't make the link clickable. You're assuming I'm going someplace where I have access to a computer (I won't) Jill |
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