Peas, the Thumb Fairy, and Organization.
1. I almost killed myself with sugar snap peas tonight. I made some for dinner, bit off the ends and tried to suck the peas out. You know what? Don’t try this. You’ll choke on a flying pea.
2. My phone rang this evening and I saw that it was my sister calling. I said, “Hello, [sister!].” She said, “Hello…” and I could tell instantly that she sounded funny. She said, “Is this Dr. Jones office?” I didn’t know what to say. I mean, not unless she and her doctor are closer than I would have guessed. Then she said, “Hi, I’m calling you because we were just in there and you gave little [her daughter/my niece] some great mittens from the thumb fairy.”
Oh.
Ohhhh.
I said, “Yes, this is Dr. Jones.”
I got on the phone with my niece and said, “It was so nice to see you today. I hope you use those mittens from the thumb fairy so you do not suck your thumb. Are you going to wear your special mittens?”
My little niece says in a tiny cartoon voice, “ no. ”
I heard my sister say, “yyeeessss.”
Little niece says, ” yes. ”
heh.
3. I’m an organizational nut. I use a Circa planner for work notes and google’s calendar app, which syncs with my Outlook for work. And still, I’m not sure if I love it. Dammit. How the hell are the rest of you staying organized? Hipster PDAs? Smart Phone? Scraps of paper?
Just a random attorney writing about daily life with Little Filthy, my rotten dog.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
I use Exchange/Outlook at work, and have my Windows Mobile Phone tied into my work’s email server. They’re both sync’d, I got everything I need (email, calendar, contacts, tasks, etc) regardless of where I’m at. My Windows Mobile Phone, by the way, will soon be an iPhone (since they’re offering that Exchange integration feature next month).
Now, if you don’t use Exchange at work (only Outlook attached to some other kind of mail server)…things get more difficult (as you’ve obviously noticed). Something to consider (going back to the iPhone thing) would be Mobile Me. It’s a new service from Apple that lets you tie in your email, contacts, calendar, all that stuff between your iPhone and email systems. Not sure of the details (in total) but you can find out more here:
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/
Supposed to launch around July 11 when the new iPhone comes out, I think.
Dr. Indiana Jones? *grin*
June 13th, 2008 at 8:26 am
1. Heh. I had a co-worker do the same thing, but with a bubble tea. He was sucking those little tapioca balls through that thick arse straw and then… GLOP. Choke
2. Reminds me of a Christmas one year when Cole was young. We took my hiking boots and put ash bootprints from the fireplace to the Christmas Tree. Bam!
3. I’m using the ActiveStink version of the iPhone software that Wingman mentioned above, so I sync my iPhone to Exchange. It works great now, but since I’m running a beta version it’s had its quirks
If I don’t have my calendar on my phone right I tend to miss just about everything in the world. Not good.
What don’t you like about your current setup? MobileMe is an idea if you’re not too worried about getting your work calendar in there.
June 13th, 2008 at 11:57 am
I um, love that story about your niece. When I have kids can you give me your phone number and we can play that game all the time???
June 15th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Too funny. The sugar snap pea choke. It’s a lethal maneuvre you know. If you’re ever cornered by a rogue chef or something use the sugar snap pea choke. Works every time. Course, the trick is getting them to suck on one of those babies.
Thumb Fairy. Ha! That’s a new one to me! SOOOO glad my boys were not thumb suckers. I was, and I tell ya, I’m lucky I didn’t have to get braces
Blackberry all the way. It syncs with outlook and such. I also use the “Add Reminder” function on outlook (under follow up flags) – so it pops up if I need to “follow up” on an email or whatever. Then just sync the bberry to your computer every day or so…
June 17th, 2008 at 11:18 am
I’m probably behind the times but I have a Palm Z2 that I synch to Google Calendar. Its the Geo Metro of organizers but its all I need; if I had one contraption that wound my butt and scratched my watch I’d probably break it and be dead in the water. Which is also why I have a basic Razr as a cellphone and not something that is a combination phone/jukebox/vibrator that would doubtless receive a hundred forwards a day from my firefighter brothers that mostly feature 15 year old Jerky Boys prank calls and boobies.
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June 17th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
sticky notes. grocery store receipts. outlook and google calendar. all of the above.