Planning and organising!

[Gemini]

Do you spend much of your time doing this? I do!
Some of us are natural planners and organisers, and others are not, but we all have to do it to an extent.

Lately my life seems to have been a constant series of planning.
The holiday we are going on needs intensive planning, and more so now than when I have been to Florida in the past, as the 'fastpasses' to help cut the queues on popular rides need to be booked online a month ahead.
I also have had hospital appointments, and immediately after my holiday 3 weeks of radiotherapy appointments. This needs planning on my part, as they are in Leeds and I don't drive there. So, to give OH a break both DD3 and a friend have offered to drive me once or twice. So that is to be organised.
Also Mothers Day is just after we get home. As I have said elsewhere as I still have a mum I do mothers Day for her, and DDs come along if they can. I have cooked a Sunday lunch here for the last few years. I'm not doing it this year so we will eat out. Once again I need to book this and find out for certain who coming.
When I am away I need 'stand ins' for my mum. I see her at least twice a week and do her shopping etc. My DDs take over when I am away, but I need to know for certain, and that they will spread the visits out over the two weeks. None of this sounds much, but it is all stuff to be done, as well as packing, cleaning for cat sitters (who of course I had to book and organise!)

Two weeks of nothing to plan rather than what to wear and which ride to go on or restaurant to what in is most welcome!!

[Gemini]

Oh yes, I forgot to add that yesterday I booked our pantomime tickets for Decemeber! That took some time in pinning people down to tell me when they wanted to go (unsurprisingly as it is 9 months away!)

[Oma]

I have to organise a lot with hospital visits, lifts to hospitals when he is admitted , Lift just been organised this morning for next Wednesday as hes having his Hickman line removed and a Bone Marrow biopsy , Swapping days for Dog and GS if it clashes with appointments , I organise all that stuff and family and friends meet ups for coffee, meals etc , but Hubby organises holidays , I like going away but hate the run up , I always say just sort it book it then tell me where and when , otherwise I don't want to know ,

[Gemini]

It never ends, does it Oma! I am responsible for all my mums Drs/dentist/hospital appointments too, both booking and getting her there, and ordering her prescriptions and her audio books from the library.
If we were paid for all this, we would be well off

I always book holidays. OH books the hire car and gets half of the currency, I do the rest! She does do her own packing though, and the driving

[ZIZI]

We don't have a lot of domestic organising to do just menu planning, shopping, bill paying, cupboard & freezer list contents etc. But in my working life I am an inveterate list writer and planner. I get really annoyed with myself if I forget something or if my plans go awry because of strikes or other unhelpful events. However having said that my fight with "that kitchen company" would be quite a lot more difficult if I wasn't meticulous about writing things down and dating conversations etc. I am compiling a list for the ombudsman and even I am impressed with the content! I think the kitche company is going to get a right black eye!

[Oma]

One thing I do do is write notes to myself , I have a stack of sticky notes and if I need to remember anything I will put it straight on them ,
If its something I need when I'm out like Stamps or light bulbs etc the sticky note is stuck on my purse or I will put a strip of masking tape on my purse and write on that , that way I wont forget ,
This morning I put washing in before we went to hospital and I always forget its in so I stuck a sticky note on the Utility door to remind me to empty washer when we got back
I also stick a note to the front door by the key hole to remind me to take stuff like letters or cards etc that way when I get keys out I'm reminded , Sad isn't it

[Oma]

Zizi just as well you did , they cant deny it now , I always ask the persons name I'm dealing with on the phone and note the exact time of the call

[Pearl5]

sometimes feel like I am too laid back but then there's absolute chaos... I have quite a few hospital app now so my calendar is starting to look like my "mam and dad's" we all used to laugh about it, now I am doing it.... holidays and stuff to take, lists upon lists, then scribbled out restarted, Christmas list upon lists, If I am watching GC or doing school runs etc, I like to be organised, don't like the last minute "mam, what you doing" phone calls, still doesn't stop it happening though... we have just had my mams 70th and now its OH's mam's 80th soon, and I have to "organise" that, and haven't got a clue what to do for MIL's BD.....

Oma think the sticky pads to purse is a great idea, going pinch that one off you, DD and her partner are away to Dubai today, and I desperately wanted to speak to her before she went just to say have a good time, and I had to write it down to remind me.....

Zizi I too am in the middle of doing a huge complaint about my kitchen, I had loads upon loads of phone calls, I thought I would remember everything, I did jot some stuff down but I'm sure I have forgotton some of it, I wish I had followed you and wrote it all down, we were offered £100 compensation, it cost £300 more just to get it fitted, we went with a different company to fit it, but only half the kitchen came, I should get onto them again,

[Nanto2girls]

We do a certain amount of planning as regards parents.Always make sure SILand her hubby won't be away, if we want to go anywhere and visa versa.
No way can we rely on any other family members.
i do write shopping lists though,as i would always come back without something.

[Plantaholic]

I like things planned and I also write notes and put them near my car keys, I am not very good with dates now so everything must go on the calendar. Although I put everything on the calendar I look at what I am suppose to be doing the next day and put a note with my keys. My family next door are very casual about arrangements, It does annoy me sometimes. I am also very punctual mainly too early.

[Nana]

I couldn't survive without my lists. I also make the best use of the calender on my mobile. I find it handy as you can set reminders to suit too. You'd laugh tho as I put 3 A4 sheets up on the side of the kitchen cupboard with 'Jobs to do'. It's been there a yr & I've crossed off five of them.😂

[ZIZI]

Husband gets really mad with me and my lists especially shopping lists. I do a Sainsbury once a week usually but this week, and don't ask me why, I haven't so I will go tomorrow. I am working tomorrow but the training course I was running has been cancelled so I will nip to supermarket to save me time on Saturday. I need to update the freezer list this weekend and finish working on the ombudsman claim.

Pearl my lovely kitchen company offered £1000 off a £15,000 bill for twelve weeks of utter misery and upset. My husband used ten "toil" days to be here as I couldn't face being here while they banged and crashed around and thise days would normally bring in £950 (these are days where he has worked bank holidays or Sundays and for which he gets time of in lieu), we decamped to a hotel a couple of times just to get away from the disgusting mess. We had boxes all over the flat for weeks including on the stairs, the only escape exit in the case of fire etc. I am NOT going to let them get away with it, no bruddy way.

Phew ...... Feel better for that xx

[Nanto2girls]

Talk about planning. Just after i had posted earlier,I got a phone call from the hospital.
Mr S doesn't have enough patient to use the theatre on the day of my appointment.( Apparently they have to have so many patients to use the theatre)
So now my appointment is for the day after with another doctor. I could have waited and had it done at the end of March with Mr S,
but i thought that might be too near our holiday.

[Pearl5]

Zizi do my letter please... I remember you going into the hotel and stuff, your right its not on, hope you get a settlement you deserve, my kitchen wasn't as much as yours that's a lot of money....see this is what I do make a big fuss at the time, then haven't followed it through, going to do an email tonight...you've got me started now....

Glad you feel better for it...xx

[ZIZI]

Pearl this was present to ourselves for having paid off the mortgage and bought the freehold and it was supposed to be absolutely wow. Everyone who walks in does do a wow but I just don't feel it although I must admit it is a beautiful kitchen. I will gladly write your letter, it is one of the things I am good at. When husband. Has to write an email or something big for work I get to do the honours.