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- The new @PlanningCenter app looks FABULOUS! Don't know what we would do without PCO!
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- @PlanningCenter running like molasses in January today...
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- I've been using Things App for about 2 weeks and I can't remember what I did before I had it. GREAT TOOL for GTD- Ideal function, no bloat.
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- How Evernote made me a Supermom
Evernote is one of those programs that is weird to get the hang of, but once you do, it will change your life. The secret is to use it for everything. If you use it only for this or that, it will never really make sense for you. I’ve been using it for 5+ years and let me tell you, I hyperventilate a little bit without it. It’s the VERY FIRST THING I load onto a new computer. Over a better browser, over mail, over a calendar. The very first thing.
It took me a while to really hone my method - I tried various things and then discarded them like outgrown shoes. Occasionally I’d abandon it for something newer and shinier, but I always come back. And in the last two years, I’ve discovered a groove that is absolutely life changing. I hope that something here will resonate with you and make your life easier. Here’s how I use it.
1. Put EVERYTHING in it. You cannot overuse Evernote.
- My daughter is at a swim meet. I open a note and call it “Waterford Swim Meet”. It auto tags the date and location. I jot down which events she’s in. I take a photograph of the program. I take a handful of photos of her at the meet (terrible photos, I’m far far away) and one of the score board with her time on it when she broke a personal record. All go in the note. As she swims, I jot down her times for each race. On the way out, I throw away the program (no more, “where should I put this, maybe I’ll make a scrapbook someday”) and can tell her what she placed, what her times were. I tag the note with three tags: “Leslie”, “8th grade” & “swim”.
- I just acquired a microwave for over the stove. I open a note and call it “Microwave”. I take a photo of the sticker with the model and serial number. I do a quick google search for that model + manual, download the manual and add it to the note. Finally, I photograph the receipt and add it to the note. Done. I throw away box, manual & receipt, knowing I’ll always have them if I need them.
- I’m at Supercuts with my son and I open a note and title it “Boy haircut”. In it I jot down which blade he likes for the sides and the top. We stop at the shoe store and buy sneakers. I take a quick photo of the label on the box. I label it shoes and tag it with his name.
- I’m at the doctor with my daughter. I open a note and label it “Dr Adams”. I jot down her height and weight, prescriptions and anything else valuable (shots, tests, etc). I tag it “Leslie” “Dr”. Later when the bill and the EOB from the insurance company come in, I attach those to this entry.
2. Tag with three things: Who, When, What
- You can get (and I have) crazy elaborate with tags but I’ve found that in order for them to be most useful, you only need those three pieces of info. The’ve never failed me. Who? What? When? I don’t always use tags and I don’t always use them all. But all my tags are one or more of those items.
3. Search here first
- I get a phone call during rehearsal and the daughter says the director doesn’t want her to wear boots on stage, she needs flats, can I get her some black ones real quick? I head to Old Navy, pull up Evernote and search “shoes” and boom, there I’ve got her most recent size.
- I’m filling out paperwork at the high school info night and need to know when a tetanus shot was. I pull up EN and search “tetanus” and get three entries - one for each of us. I grab the one tagged with the right kid, look at the date, and there you go.
- I’m at Lowe’s and shopping for the little bulb in the microwave that illuminates the stovetop. Holy moly, there’s like a million sizes, what? I pull open EN, search for “microwave” and right there on my phone, boom, owners manual for my microwave that I can search through and find the secret code for the right bulb.
- I’m talking to another swim mom about how the kids qualify for certain events and she tells me the time cut off. I pull out EN to see what my child got in that event with a 5 second search of “swim” and “50 back”. There’s my answer.
- I’m on the phone with student loan people and they need to know my AGI from line whatever in my taxes last year. Open EN, search for “Taxes” choose the right one and 20 seconds later, I have my answer.
- I’m trying to find a new recipe for couscous and remember that I saw one in the magazine at the drs office a month ago. I open EN and search for “couscous” and there it is. I took a picture of it and EN found the word IN THE PHOTO.
- What’s the name of that orthopedist I saw one time in Myrtle Beach? Open up EN and search for “orth” because I can never spell that word. Luckily, I only get hits for him and Collin’s orthodontist so we’re all good. I simply took a photo of his business card and then threw it away.
- I’m talking to a friend who’s visiting Galveston and can’t remember the name of the pirate that we found who is buried there. Open EN, search for “pirate” and it finds the photograph of my kids standing next to the monument from the word “pirate’ engraved in the marble.
Evernote has replaced my recipe book, my filing cabinet and my filofax. It’s replaced 3 boxes of kid memorabilia in the garage. If I want a timeline, I put “leslie” 1st grade” and automagically I have samples of her work, her art, her schedule, her report cards, name and numbers of her teachers and photos of her…all in a neat timeline.
Because Evernote lives in the cloud, it doesn’t matter if my phone breaks or my house burns down, I’ll always have access. And I’ll always be able to find what I need quickly and not have a home cluttered with “I better not throw this away”. It’s absolutely priceless.
- Where do I keep my photos?
My major project this year is getting all my photos digitized, rightsized and organized. I’d like to make photo books of each year of our lives but first, I have to figure out where to put them.
My requirements:
- Nested folders. This is not negotiable - it’s how I think. I want to be able to have a folder that has each year, and inside that folders with months and inside that events.
- Full sized downloads. Don’t give me a gimpy copy if I want to re-download it. And batches, please. Don’t make me click one at a time. They are MY photos.
- Mobile accessibility
- Price
- Tags are nice, but not a deal breaker.
I’m looking at Picasa, Flickr & Shutterfly initially, but may add more.
“Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and he gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure.
It is the joy of work well done that enables us to enjoy rest, just as it is the experiences of hunger and thirst that make food and drink such pleasures.”
~Elisabeth Elliot from Discipline: The Glad Surrender
Homeboy Industries employees at the bakery counter (photo by Homeboy Industries).
Hear our interview with founder/executive director Father Greg Boyle here.
Journey Home Experience
My typical context for #productiondesign is a 50’ish wide stage. This post is a chance to share a little about what has become a very enjoyable way to apply my skills: Helping to create another environmental, walk-through experience.
This past week at Kensington (in conjunction with our 6 week weekend series and their small group curriculum) people have been going through the Journey Home Walk-thru Experience.
My friend Kristen pointed the project, and I was humbled to work with her in creating a story-telling experience for people in these 3rd floor classrooms. I love ideating with such minds as hers to come up with ways to maximize our minimal resources. How could we use what we had and harness amazing volunteers to pull off the magical in a very short timeline? Huge thanks to such new friends Ed (who pointed the construction) and his wife, Michele, who applied her artistry with staple-gun and brush. Thanks also to such friends as Kyle, Mark, Andrew, Collin, and the unnamed others who helped transform some stark rooms into something magical. Thanks again, Kristen!
Ingredients:
- Lumber - some new (especially for the foundational construction) but lots harvested - old pallets and also some genuine barn wood (thanks to the beautiful openhandedness of my friend Josh)
- Related to the lumber that we used for both construction and decor, Corrugated Metal.
- Also related was a bunch of branches. Some turned into curtain rods; others bunched for decor in corners.
- Fabrics - We placed an order from RoseBrand for Muslin (IFR) to make the Tepees and the window treatments. We also reused such fabrics as Black Tergalet, Burgundy Commando (both recycled from last year’s Easter as well as the Story conference - http://egwolfe.tumblr.com/post/32260613465/story2012-productiondesign-our-goal-was-to) and as usual, some Duvetyn (I find endless uses for this amazing bang-for-the-buck product). Yes, I’m a fan of RoseBrand… Also some camouflage netting that we used for Easter ‘08.
- Recycled Props like lamps from Christmas, fake stone pillar reflecting pools from a Midweek series ages back, several benches and chairs, etc.
- Pillows, drapes, sand for a sandbox, and custom created signage.
- In addition to lamp-posts, candles, suspended light bulbs, lamps, and chandeliers; I created a light-plot using a few theatrical instruments including pars & lekos with gels&gobos, RGB-LED fixtures, as well as some home-made track-lighting pin-spots that we recycled from a previous experiential walk-through on the 2nd floor. The benefit was that we eased guests into the experience and therefore could get away with things being pretty dim. For what we had available to use, I was very happy with how it turned out.
It was originally scheduled to run last week, but has been extended through at least tomorrow. If you have a chance, you should come experience it in person.
And I started working out again, which is good, you know, healthy.
Look how toned her arms are though!
I LOL’d.
Jennifer Lawrence - a healthy role model
Love.
Love this girl. Love her.
- Why I love Facebook. Usually.
I love Facebook. I was an early adopter, pretty much as soon as they opened it up to regular people without an .edu email address back in 2007. I’d been eyeing the platform even before that. I saw it’s potential as a tool to keep up with the people I cared about and today, six years later, that’s still what I love.
Yes, I understand that companies are mining my likes and tags for advertising. I don’t have a problem with that. When I buy a cup of coffee at Starbucks, part of my money goes to advertising and I don’t have a problem with that, either. Advertising doesn’t drive my choices, good products do. So if I say “Loved my tasty Carmel Macchiato this morning on my way to work.” and Starbucks uses that to sell them to other people, ok then.
I’ve never understood the various privacy crisis’s that get posted all over regularly. I set all my posts and activities to “Friends Only” when I signed up, and I’ve never had to change it. I don’t post for the public and “friends of friends” don’t get to see my stuff. When I sign up for a service that wants to connect with Facebook, I consider if it’s something I’d like a record of and almost always set the toggle to “Only Me”. This way, if a service I use tries to post on FB without my knowledge, no one else can see it and when I notice, I can simply delete it.
Sometimes, I allow other apps to post for me - if it shares something about me that I want you to know, I’ll let it go. Spotify, Runkeeper, Tumblr. I enjoy reading what you post on them, so I’m happy to join the conversation. I’ve discovered many new artists that I enjoy by seeing what my friends are listening to. I am constantly shamed into running when I see Jeanne’s “Map My Run” posts. If someone posting from an app that drives me crazy, a simple click removes it, and a hover/unsubscribe (from the app, not the person) ensures I never see it again. I also only “friend” people who are actually friends. I discard friend requests from aquaintances all the time! If you aren’t someone I would go out to coffee with, you aren’t seeing this! People who freak out are the ones who a) haven’t spent the time to understand how it works or b) have everything set to public. I’m neither, and you shouldn’t be either.
Lately, the common complaint has been that it’s a medium for “self-promotion”, and how that’s arrogant and somehow a part of something that’s wrong with our culture. I vehemently disagree on that one. I have friends from all over the world, thanks to my penchant for moving & my involvement in gaming. I have far-flung family. And I would never be able to keep these relationships without Facebook. I LOVE knowing that Jan & Nathan bought a bar in Oregon and that Jen broke her leg at Tahoe and that Sam started a new church in Washington and that Justin is doing an art thing in Tulsa. I adore the constant music references from my Jef in San Antonio and pictures of Glenda’s grand baby in Houston or which golf course my Dad played today. My character is strengthened and challenged by having reasonable, intelligent debates with people I respect on issues we don’t agree on. Gun control, theology, poverty & social services, parenting styles - I get to have great discussions about these things with others who are passionate and thoughtful without them devolving into name calling. Where else in the public sphere do you get to do that? These are all things that I would miss without Facebook.
I don’t look at any of these things as self-promotions. These lovely people are simply putting themselves out there to participate in the human conversation, as am I. It brings us together. My frustration with “customer service” is eased when I share it and hear similar stories from others. My joy is increased when I cheer for my son online and others chime in.
This did not happen by accident. I am ruthless about culling people out of my feed who don’t contribute to the conversation. If the only time you post is to promote your business/album/bible verse of the day, then you aren’t on my list. Sorry. I’m not saying that’s wrong, not at all. But that’s not how I choose to use Facebook, so I’ve organized it that way.
If all you see is promotion and product endorsements and games, then you ought to spend a little time tweaking things to make it more of a joy and less of an irritation. And please, stop telling me that’s it’s awful. If it’s awful for you, it’s your fault. Either fix it, or stop using it.
“With my favorite boy.”
69 others are also watching. White Collar on GetGlue.com
- Juice Fast, Day 1
I’m doing a 7 day Juice Fast. I’ve been feeling sluggish and crappy and just generally bleak for a couple of weeks, so I’m doing this to give my body a rest and jump start some weight loss. I’m actually quite excited. I’ve done a 3 day before and felt great.
Also, I’m looking forward to the weather cooperating enough to start running again and really want to complete the Detroit marathon this October. Have less weight to carry around while running will make it easier and less likely to have an injury.I’m using this plan (www.justonjuice.com/7-day-juice-fast-plan) and I weigh 189.4 today. Bleck. Frankly, nothing but good can come of this.
I am not an angry girl
but it seems like I’ve got everyone fooled
every time I say something they find hard to hear
they chalk it up to my anger
and never to their own fear
and imagine you’re a girl
just trying to finally come clean
knowing full well they’d prefer you
were dirty and smilingAni DiFranco- In my Kindle Queue
Reading now:
- Praying with Beads by Nan Lewis Doerr (daily reference & meditation)
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg (75% finished)
- Anne of Green Gables Collection (reading with Leslie)
- The Case for Christ (reading with Collin for school)
- Play Dead by Harlen Coben (30% finished)
Waiting to be read, right now:
- Hungry for a Change by Colquhoun & Bosch (nutrition)
- A Song of Fire and Ice by George Martin (includes A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm or Swords, and A Feast for Crows)
- A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans
- From Willow Creek to Sacred Heart: Rekindling My Love for Catholicism by Chris Haw
I wish someone would just pay me to stay home and read. :)
- Why I have faith.
As everyone around me festively (Is that a word?) wishes me and others Merry Christmas, I must admit that I struggle. I really don’t like Christmas for reasons I won’t go into here. In short, being required by society to spend time and money on things I don’t have seems to make me resentful and sad. I’ve been working really hard to find the joy.
And then I read this. It’s in a blog that I’ve begun reading recently and the story unfold over a number of posts. Yes, it will take you a few minutes to read through the whole story and yes, it’s a number of clicks…
I promise it will be worth it.
There is good all over this crazy, mixed up world.
http://www.danoah.com/2012/12/the-dog-bite-family-above-me.html
http://www.danoah.com/2012/12/the-people-the-dog-and-the-ass.html
http://www.danoah.com/2012/12/decision-time.html
http://www.danoah.com/2012/12/why-i-love-people-2.html
http://www.danoah.com/2012/12/the-10000-knock-on-the-door.html
http://www.danoah.com/2012/12/meet-the-family-above-me.htmlMerry Christmas everyone.
I hate Christmas so very much. It’s all I can do not to drink myself into a stupor right now. I spent the day trying to figure out how to stretch too little money across to many bills, never mind Christmas presents. So I’m stuck buying token gifts for my children - gifts that have no value. They aren’t cool or special. They are perfunctory, because the calendar says I must and the world has taught them to expect something. It’s everything I hate. And my love language is gifts! But a drugstore makeup set and cheap book I snagged from an endcap are not love. They say “I got you this because I had too”. I was hoping that gifts from relatives would fill out the tree a little - make it look a little less pathetic, give us something to open on Christmas - but pretty much everyone sent the kids gift cards this year.
It’s the only time of the year that I feel the burden of single parenting. I work too many hours, can’t stay on top of things at home and resent the hell out of everything. I don’t want too, but there it is. Every Christmas special and commercial makes me feel like I’m not good enough, I don’t do enough. I dread being at church (for four days) where well meaning people will say “Are you guys doing something special for Christmas”. Because then I’m put in the position of a) lying to make them feel good or b) telling the truth and being the downer in the room and then having to listen (and reject) the pity invite.
I really like it when they are in Missouri for Christmas and have people who do the whole traditional rigamarole. Cuz I just can’t muster it up, y’know? My favorite place to be on Christmas is in bed, alternately sleeping and watching movies until the stupid day is over. But not this year. This year, I’ll get up and try to figure out how to milk the opening of presents into more than 10 minutes, and then try to figure out how to make the day special for the kids when I’ve no money and we have relatively little food in the house. And pretend that it’s all good and I’m having a great time. Because they are teens and smart and they’ve started to see through the facade. I’ll just have to lie better this year.
“I don’t know if I’ll make it, but watch how good I’ll fake it…”
Merry Christmas.
Stop saying this is a great marriage book/series for singles! It’s not. It’s the same thing we hear every year just repackaged. And that’s OK! Embrace what you are doing for married folks but don’t advertise it as something else. You lose a little bit of trust with singles every time you do that.
- Swim Meet
Watching my daughter effortlessly cut through the water makes me cry a little. She’s so graceful and composed. Not a trace of Jr High awkward to her. She’s utterly amazing.
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- Project and Stage Manager, Kensington Community ChurchPerforming Arts | Greater Detroit Area, USSummary
20 years as a stage manager in various venues: educational, professional, and church. Experience working with Equity and IATSE.
Project Management in the arts arena dealing with volunteers, lighting, sound, video, set construction, event management....any large scale gathering.
Specialties: Volunteer Management.Experience- Aug 2007 - PresentProduction Stage Manager / Kensington Community Church
- Sept 2005 - Aug 2007Admin Assistant / Atwell-Hicks
- 2001 - 2003Stage Manager / Stage One
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1991 - 1993Abilene Christian UniversityTheatre
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1987 - 1989Rochester CollegeBS in Business Communication
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