Making a list....

A long time ago, my mom told me that her mother used to make lists constantly-- her to do list, her grocery list, etc etc... I think I might be a lot like her.  I love a good list.  I love having everything I need to do in one spot and I looooove marking through the item once it's complete.  I am such a dork.  I know.  Trust me. 

I have tried various list making apps and I don't find it nearly as satisfying marking those off...guess I like the sound of the pen striking through the task.  Again, I am such a dork.

For a while, I had a list in a little notebook and I would turn to a new page every week.  And that worked fine for a while.  But, the OCD in me needed something more.  My time to accomplish these tasks is a little more limited now in that I m teaching T/Th mornings and I have popup the other days.... so I started making a list within my list (holy cow, it sounds really bad admitting this aloud....). 

I had my regular list and then on the side, I would write out the days of the week and then under each day, I would re-write the items from the list that I wanted to accomplish that day-- so essentially writing each task twice.  Blah.  It worked fine, other than being super redundant.  And then I started a small little corner on the list with our dinners each night so I could keep track of that. 

Two examples of the old list....

And then I discovered this little gem....

It was on sale at Target for around $5. I loved the polka dots, but there were also some cute stripes and other patterns.

Here's what it looks like when it's opened:

 and then there's a big, two page calendar at the end of each month.

I am obsessed with this. 

I start each week and write in my standard things like mouse class and popup classes, just so I remember them.  I write on each day what is going on on my blog for the day, so I can keep track of what's going where and when.  I also write what we are having for dinner each night...

All of those things are in addition to my regular to-do lists for the day. 

Plus I like how I can glance at the whole week and take care of anything that I haven't done yet. 

This is a small thing that has made my life easier...and who doesn't need things a little easier?? I use iCal for everything else in my life, but I didn't find it conducive for to do lists on days-- was too hard to read it all. 

So, there you have it!

Am I crazy that I put this much thought into a to do list??? What do you do for your lists? Are you more of a post it note stuck on a wall kind of person? Or do you write it all down in a book too?