30 Days of Lists - Day Seven

Today's list was quick and easy to do but I love the fact that when I look back at this challenge in years to come, this list will give a real indication of what my life was like at this moment.

In my Bag...

• Book - The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
• Purse
• Security pass for work
• Umbrella
• Banana guard
• 2 receipts for children's books
• Pencil
• Business card for a company called Pythagoras
• Receipt for my monthly train pass
• Book - Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Piccoult
• Earmuffs
• Invoice for milk delivery
• Last month's train pass
• Receipt for am energy drink
• Mini hairbrush
• Packet of Extra Strong Mints
• Body Shop Foundation
• Next Lip Shimmer
• Paracetamol
• Blemish stick
• Avon eau de toilette
• A black bobble wrapped around 5 hair grips
• Online Banking doodah
• Blemish stick
• Spare button in a small plastic packet

If you're wondering how I managed to get all this stuff in my bag it's because I carry a backpack to work so that's my bag for 5 days of the week. It doesn't usually have this much stuff in but I'm glad it did so that I could document it today.

Liz

30 Days of Lists - Day Six

I really struggled with today's list. I think because I'm not very good at highlighting my good points. I feel a bit self conscious doing this kind of thing but I managed to put a short list together as follows:

My Talents...

• Working with spreadsheets 
• Analysing data
• Making pastry
• Falling asleep in the cinema
• Getting up early
• Clothes shopping in a hurry
• Seeing both sides of a story
• Making people laugh
• Delegating ;)

This is the first list that I've written in this challenge where I feel that I've not really got to the root of the question and not really put everything down that could go in the list. Maybe I'll be able to add to it later in the month as I think of things.

Liz

30 Days of Lists - Day Five

Today's list is just the kind of list I like to make. Not only is it good for helping me with my goals, it also helps me to get everything down and remember what needs to be done. So, on to today's list:

Things I would like to do/accomplish by the end of the month:

• create 4 scrapbook pages
• renew house insurance
• finish reading "Married to the Mouse"
• spring clean the whole house
• sort the kitchen drawers
• start my crm blog
• sort through blog photos

The easy bit was writing the list - the hard part will be making sure I accomplish each one. I'll let you know how I get on.

Liz

30 Days of lists - Day Four

Today's list was a little more difficult because I'm trying to use these lists as a way of. talking about myself a bit more and my average day seems to revolve around Grace a lot at the moment and anything that involves myself is about work. I had a go though and although it's not very exciting, it does give an insight into my life as it is right now.

On an average day I....

Get up when Grace  wakes me up around 6am
Battle with Grace to get her dressed in the morning
Get a kiss and a "huggle" from Grace before she goes off to the childminder's
Leave the house a little be too late so I have to rush for my train to work
Read a few pages of my book on the train journey to work
Walk up to work from the train station with my colleague Helen
Check my personal email at work about once an hour
Have a banana and an apple for my mid-morning snack
Have soup for my lunch (usually Heinz mulligatawny)
Leave work at dead-on 5pm so that I don't miss my evening train at 5.25
Collect the car from the station car park where James has left it so that I can go and pick Grace up
Watch In the Night Garden with Grace after we've eaten dinner
Wash the pots - that's my job whereas James cooks the dinner
Read three books to Grace while she drinks her milk
Watch some TV or do some scrapbooking in the evening
Go to bed at 10pm

Liz

30 Days of Lists - Day Three

I can't believe I'm on track with this. It's been really easy to stay on top of this so far, even though this weekend has been an incredibly busy one. But then I'm only three days in so there's still time for this to change.

Today's list is "This......., I am going to ........"

• This week I am going to make a start on the tea shop page I've been trying to start for over a week
• This week I am going to finish the book I'm reading - The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
• This week I am going to finish writing up last year's diary for my project 52
• This month I am going to the Birmingham NEC scrapbook fair and buy some more washi tape - if any stands have some
• This month I am going to get up to date with all the programmes I've recorded on the Sky Planner
• This year I will finish reading all my outstanding books and I will reward myself by having a Kindle for Christmas

No photo today because, as I said, it's been a really busy weekend and where I was hoping to make a start on the first item on my list, I just haven't had time!

Can't wait for tomorrow's list in the 30 Days of Lists challenge.

Liz

(P.S. I realised I haven't been signing off my blogs and that feels a bit rude so from now on I will!)

30 Days of Lists - Day Two

I'm really enjoying this 30 Days of Lists challenge. Weeks go by sometimes and I never get any scrapbooking done so this taking part in this makes me feel like I'm doing something and I can do it while I'm on the  go.

Today's list is "I am...."

I am....a volunteer with the NCT

I am....a baker of cakes and puddings (when I get the time)

I am....a scrapbooker

I am....a mum to my beautiful daughter Grace

I am....an organised and methodical person

I am....an eater of sushi

I am....an avid reader

I am....a reluctant public speaker

I am....a fan of The Killers

I am....a proud person

I am....a member of the WI

I am....funny (I hope)

I am....a little critical of myself

I am....not a decisive person

I am....a wife

I am....older than I look

I am....not as smart as I wish

I am....a watcher of The Good Wife, Mr Selfridge and Call the Midwife at the moment (well that's what the Sky planner is full of)

I am....a hater of people who don't hold the door for others

(The photo above was taken at my cousin's 50th birthday party last night.)

30 days of Lists - day one

The 1st March has finally arrived and my first prompt has come through in the 30 Days of Lists challenge.

So here goes.

Day one - I'm a lister because....

1. I like to be organised 
2. Being organised stops me from getting overwhelmed
3. I like the satisfaction of crossing something off
4. I have a rubbish memory
5. It helps to compartmentalise my life
6. I have too much to think about

I'm going to write them up in my new notebook at some point but at the moment I'm just using Evernote.

Let's see if I can manage to blog them as I go along as well!