GTD

• slept in a little bit
• walked with Jes and the dogs
• Getting Things Done
• lunch at home with my darling husband
• send some images to Janette so she can make her Thank You cards
• finalize Danielle’s guest book
• research
• get ready for a meeting
• meet with a designer
• dinner with my new friend (thanks, Karl!)
• Feng Shui the office

I haven’t mentioned sleep patterns in a while. I should have been. I seem to be on track, finally. Now that we have figured out what works, I’ll use the extra 17 days to test it.

Today, I:

• Getting Things Done
• walked with Jes and the dogs
• Getting Things Done
• lunch with Emil
• dropped off some paperwork
• attended a program for local wedding vendors
• ran by the pharmacy
• dropped of some other paperwork
• talked to a wedding vendor
• made dinner in the crock pot
• caught up on recent email
• booked a bridal session with a client
• dinner with Emil
• prep for the BV QueSt meeting
• BV QueSt meeting

Yesterday, we decided to extend my medical leave by another ~10 business days. This puts me going to back work after Thanksgiving. yippie!

• Getting Things Done
• meeting
• put out a couple of fires
• print Thank You notes for BV QueSt
• mow the lawn
• weed/feed the lawn
• Getting Things Done
• deliver two Silent Auction winnings to Homecoming guests
• dinner with Emil
• ALLIES Enhance workshop (it rocked!)
• talk to a couple of friends
• chatted online with another friend
• made a new friend
• played on the Internet some
• talked to another friend (what a day for it!)
• more Internet
• TV time

24

• overslept
• appointment
• errands
• HEB
• UPS
• drop of something for the Red Wasp Film Festival
• catch up (!) on email
• more errands
• Rosemary’s going away party
• Friday Drinking Club (sans Emil since he’s been sickypoo)

25

• slept in BIG TIME
• took Indigo to Pet Smart to meet Patty; she thinks he might make a good DPS dog!
• Getting Things Done around the house
• Freedom! party for John and Andres

26

• walk the dogs
• Getting Things Done
• lunch with my darling husband
• research
• Getting Things Done
• Brazos Valley Professional Photographers meeting

27

• Getting Things Done
• meeting
• errand
• meeting
• errand
• lunch
• Lowe’s
• dr. appointment; extended my leave another two weeks
• errand
• research
• dinner with Emil
• TV time with Emil

It’s funny how yesterday, after I set a goal of making a dent in my inbox, I found other filing and stuff to do instead. It all still needs to get done and all still affects my greater todo list, but the filing was something that once I got started, I couldn’t stop. Today, I will finish the filing and will have to move on to the inbox.

• Getting Things Done
• take Indi out like 15 times before lunch
• copy files from one hard drive to another
• meet for photographers’ lunch
• Getting Things Done
• meet with a new client
• Getting Things Done
• check on a couple of friends
• update toodledo list
• start knocking out a few tasks!
• Getting Things Done

and no, I didn’t get much done to the inbox…the nemesis!

• Getting Things Done with 43 folders and new files—in a big way
• set a goal to make a dent in the 2500+ message inbox, but worked on files instead; feeling very tactile this week
• failed, miserably, since I didn’t work on email at ALL today (except for incoming urgencies)
• filing filing filing
• errands: bank, freecycle, pick up my stuff from the Creative Space for last week’s Art Step
• Getting Things Done
• meeting
• impromptu happy hour with some friends who were also there
• visit with a friend
• Getting Things Done

So, the 3:30 “alarm clock” (which is, I’m sure a combination of insomnia, allergies, and the new cold front) had me up until 8am.

• slept 8-10:30
• ran errands: Home Depot, Office Depot
• organized the office, culling as I went
• research
• Getting Things Done with the 43Folders implementation
• CroKnit group at Blue Baker
• Getting Things Done with the 43Folders implementation; I wasn’t sure this would work for me, but it seems to work really well! I’ve incorporated it with my Toodledo (.com) and find that the two work very well together. 43folders will tickle me if ToodleDo doesn’t, and it gives me the visual reminder that Toodledo doesn’t.

Now, if I could just find the Benadryl so I don’t have to take the knock-me-on-my-arse-for-two-days insomnia med…..

I slept for ~11 hours last night, so it took me a little longer to wake up, but once I got up, I made quick progress

• check email for “urgencies”
• walked Indi
• Getting Things Done
• Looked for a CD to work on a project for a client
• Found out some bad news and became angry
• Met Dennis for lunch so we could trade CF cards and hard drives from the wedding last weekend
• Cleaned the house like a mad woman; those of you who saw the guest and craft rooms at Luzaween won’t recognize them, now
• When Emil got home, I had him help me with the things I could not do myself
• Made Feng Shui maps for several rooms and our overall home
• Vegged with television and wine

16

• 9am appointment
• 11am appointment
• photographers’ lunch
• image processing for Art Step and the Red Wasp Film Festival
• entertained Trick or Treaters
• “Boogate” Halloween at Northgate

17

• slept in
• walked with Jes and the dogs
• processed images
• ALLIES meeting
• helped Theodora set up the Creative Space gallery for Art Step
• went with Emil to the pizza party for the Fighting Squirrels

18

• walked the dogs with Jes
• picked up Justin at the airport
• MOSS lunch at Margarita Rocks
• finish a little Art Step stuff
• process images
• plan for Saturday’s wedding and reception
• off-week Friday Drinking Club with Justin in town
• Art Step
• back to Northgate

19

• set up for the wedding and reception
• shoot my share of 1600 images for the McNew-Hickerson affair
• come home to a warm bath, my iTunes, and a chilled bottle of wine

20

• sleeeeeeep
• lunch at Wings ‘n More
• take Indi to the back porch area of Northgate so he can play and be outside while I get work done
• didn’t get ~anything done
• dinner at Pepe’s Tacos! yum!
• watch Bones; we love the show
• Getting Things Done

Wow, half way point, already! I don’t feel as productive as I wanted to by this point, but it’s been a busy two weeks: Homecoming, Luzaween, etc., so I think I may have expected too much of myself.

• After a weekend of late nights and no ability to take my sleeping med, I took it for the first time in a while last night. I also forgot and took it a little late, so it made me sleep in a little bit, but was worth the good/solid night of sleep
• walking in the woods with the dogs
• responded to a silly request
• Getting Things Done
• lunch with my baby
• laundry
• final editing touches on Allison’s bridals
• uploading Allison’s bridals – phase i
• rescued a dog that wandered up to our house, called and searched for the owner, puppy-sat for the rest of the afternoon, disciplined him and Indi when they fought too hard over a chewy
• spent the afternoon putting out fires; what a day!
• meeting
• break up another tiff between the dogs
• delivered the dog to his owner
• dinner at Fritella
• sneak preview of a Bee Movie courtesy of our friend, Glen
• Getting Things Done
• uploading Allison’s bridals – phase ii
• pre touching the Wivagg family portraits
• blogging Allison’s bridal session

whew, today was much more productive. Given all I have to do soon, I hope the rest of the week is just as good!