Errand day....and a new phone.....

[poltr1]

Today was the first chance in a while I've had to get out and do some shopping.

The first stop was the Cincinnati Bell store. They sent me a coupon for a free phone (after a 2-year contract and a $50 mail-in rebate). So I opted for the Cincinnati Bell Blaze phone. I don't know the OEM, but the phone runs the Android OS and apps. The cell phone number remains the same.

Next stop was the Franklin Covey store to pick up my calendar pages for 2011 for my planner book. To my surprise, the store is no longer at the mall; another tenant is occupying the space. Guess I'll have to order them online now. The low business volume probably couldn't justify the cost of brick and mortar stores.

The next stop was Kohl's; where I bought two pairs of jeans. The pairs I already have are showing signs of wear.

After that was Kroger for food shopping. I'm bringing stuffing to tomorrow's Thanksgiving dinner at the UU Fellowship, so I needed to get the ingredients today.

Tonight is the USS Bismarck's monthly meeting. After that, it's down to Cincinnati for the Keshvar Project and Raquy & the Cavemen.

Comments

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of the demographic that used to use pen-and-paper day-planners has now migrated to doing that electronically, either via Google Calendar, M$ Exchange, or a smartphone (that possibly interfaces with one of the other two). I never used a pen-and-paper planner; I'd get started and then not follow through. The electronic medium (in this case, Android-based phone plus Google Calendar) makes it much easier for me to be organized.

[poltr1]

You may be right about that. When the Palm came out, there was Franklin Planner software available for it. And the stores sold both the Palm and the software. I tried their software, but it would purge my old data after 60 days, which is something I didn't want to happen. So I stuck with the paper planner.

In the past few years, I've moved away from the daily pages, and use just the monthly tabs. That is what I'm looking to buy.

[kliklikitty.livejournal.com]

Every so often I get a pen & paper planner in my stocking, I almost never use them. The calendar on my wall is all I need to keep track of things usually. I may write an additional reminder for myself from time to time and tack it to my fridge or someplace but I rarely ever need anything beyond that. My days are pretty well structured, & I only need reminders of things that break from the routines.

Hope you find what you need.