better living through sticky notes
Tell my Dad a number, and he'll recite it back to you, many moons later. Pick a date, any date, and my Mom will have some trivia up for grabs. And my sister, well, she remembers what she wore on the first day of school, each year.
I have a few parlor tricks myself; my memory has served me well. But because I have been running on empty lately, and because I am touching papers 37 times, I decided it was time to take action, put some old management skills to work for me.
Over the weekend, I put a new file folder in my kitchen to catch papers from the school. Then, I stocked up on post-it notes, to save me from having to keep track of so many details.
Observe:
A kid's gotta eat. (That's teriyaki chicken. It doesn't look so good here.)
A boy's gotta get an education. 
Or perhaps, a washcloth. Geez, Zack. What a mess.
Like she'd give it a rest...
We're giving it a whirl. Next stop, Flylady...
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10 comments:
That was just too funny. I am going to try the post-it note for my husband the next time I go away. Bubbie's will be covered in them.
Thanks for the idea!
hahaha. that's what I call pushing the limits, in this case the possibilities of using stickies are endless :-) Thanks a lot for the morning laughter!
Oh my gosh! I laughed so hard I nearly peed my panties!!!!! What a great technique, and SOOO Lisa!
Classic!
heheheh - I love it! I gotta say, I SO wish we lived closeby because I would love to be your neighbor! I'm sure hanging out with you and your kids, with me and my kids would be just too much fun. We have Ruby, who is 5 and Gorbulas who is 3 (not their real names, of course...we all use Hobbit names from http://www.chriswetherell.com/hobbit to generate our names). Ahh well, virtual friends is nice too though!
Glad to see you smile!? There is an entire book on post-it note. An entire book on how they can change your life. I can't remember the title, but maybe you can write the sequel. This is funny.
I'm totally taking this to school tomorrow. Freshmen with Post-It note reminders on their foreheads...I'm starting with "Make smarter choices." I will resist the urge to place "Be less moronic."
This is so why we're friends and co-leaders. Bring the Post-Its to the board meeting, too!
Those pictures are SWEET! You have the most adorable children... dirty faces, hair issues, and all.
i am seriously trying hard to resist the urge to post-it my five-year-old son with one that says "free to good home"
i think this new parenting tactic might just serve us all well, thanks for the good idea!
Just showed the boys these sticky note pictures. Zachary laughed pretty hard, especially since he could read the stickies!!
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