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

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.

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
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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

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.

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Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

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

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

jmcquown wrote:
snipped I
can't suddenly remember to put my mail on hold (has to be done in writing)
or water the plants

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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

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