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Hallooo dear Dodopadlers! Miss Peabody here!
Do you (like many of us) find it challenging to keep your household in tip-top condition, especially with multiple people in the house? The secret is for everyone to do their part in the housework. To accomplish this it’s important to keep everyone on the same page (literally!) when delegating duties.
Once again, Lord Dodo has an ingenious method for sorting chores and keeping everyone informed: use a Dodo Wall Pad as a chore chart!
Dodo Wall Pad as Chore Chart
Recurring weekly chores can be written on the clear wipe-off sheet and moved week to week to avoid onerous re-writing:
Moveable clear wipe-off sheet
Rotating weekly chores can be written on the weekly diary pages so everyone knows exactly what their job is every day, every week:
Write this week's chores for each person on the diary page
Combine the weekly recurring with daily specific chores, and everyone knows what they need to do each day!
Weekly chores, sorted!
The result (in principle!) is a smoothly-running household. Hang your Chore Chart in the kitchen near the fridge, or somewhere easily seen by everyone in your home. No more excuses for shirking duties, due to being uninformed!
This method works extremely well for flatmates too: everyone knows what they are expected to take care of each week, preventing communication breakdowns and inevitable irritation. The house is clean, and everyone’s happy!
How do you use your Dodo Wall Pad? Please do post a comment and tell us all about it!
Toodle-oo for now!
Miss P
Hallooo dear Dodopadlers! It’s Miss Peabody!
Today I want to “draw” your attention to a very important event this week. Those of you using a Dodo Pad and/or Acad-Pad diary will notice this Friday 11 February is National Doodle Day! Dodo Pad is very proud to support the charity Epilepsy Action to raise money to benefit those whose lives are affected by epilepsy.
This week (commencing 7 Feb) in your Dodo Pad or Acad-Pad diary there’s an entry form to submit your doodle to the National Doodle Day contest for your chance to win prizes! For more entry forms, click here for the Doodle Day website and click on their link to download more entry forms.
When you send your doodle to Dodo Pad, it will be judged by Lord Dodo himself! His favorite doodle from the under 17′s and over 17′s categories will each feature in a future edition of the Dodo Pad and/or Acad-Pad diary as well as being put forward into the national competition! Here is the Under 17′s winner of LAST year’s National Doodle Day competition in the NEXT Acad-Pad(2011/12):
Pollina Cant's 2010 winning doodle opposite National Doodle Day 2012!
So sharpen those pencils and send in your doodle entry for your chance to win!
Schools, businesses, groups and individuals can get involved, click here to register your interest and show your support of National Doodle Day by submitting your doodles.
And while you’re at it, have a look at www.nationaldoodleday.co.uk to vote for your favorite celebrity doodle!
Hurry to submit your doodles, the closing date for entries is Friday 4th March, 2011! Don’t miss out on this chance to have your artistic talents recognised for the benefit of a very worthy charity.
And for those of you who are sadly without a Dodo Pad diary this year, you can remedy your Dodo-less situation AND have ten percent of the net value of your order donated to National Doodle Day. Click here for more details and scroll down for your special promotional code.
Many thanks to all the National Doodle Day participants! Your support is greatly appreciated.
Toodle-oo for now and Happy Doodling!
Miss P
Hallooo dear Dodopadlers! Miss Peabody here!
How are those New Year’s Resolutions going? You haven’t given up on them already have you? Well, if you need a little inspiration to get back on track to your goals, read on!
Studies have proven the way to reach your goals is to 1) work your goals into your daily schedule and 2) keep a record of your progress.
By definition, change requires you to behave in a way you didn’t previously behave. So in order to incorporate new behaviour into your life, you’ll need to specifically make time for each of your goals. A great example of this is a resolution many of us make, losing weight and/or getting fit. In order to reach your fitness goal, you’ll need to specifically make time to exercise.
Similarly, it is very important to document your progress to show that you really are on your way to reaching your goals. Especially for long-term goals like weight loss, slow and steady wins the race. You might not have visible results for what seems like a long time. So writing down your progress is extremely encouraging when you see that you really are progressing!
Luckily, Dodo Pad has a solution for getting you on the path to fitness! I’ve come up with a clever way to use your Dodo Pad diary as an exercise diary. It will allow you to plan your exercise, as well as give you a record of your progress.
This year the Dodo Pad Desk, Mini and Wall Pad diaries come with an ingenious clear page that can be moved from week to week (click on the photo for a larger view of the clear divider sheets):
Clear divider sheets for Desk, Mini and Wall Pad diaries
The clear sheet easily attaches to the rings of the diary with tabs:
Ingenious clear wipe-off page attaches to rings and moves easily week to week
This clear, wipe-off sheet is especially useful for writing recurring weekly activities so you don’t have to rewrite them every week. But here is another function for this very useful tool: you can write your weekly exercise schedule on the clear sheet so your schedule is set each week:
Dodo Pad as Exercise Diary
On each week’s diary page you can record distances, times, reps, how you felt, weekly weigh-ins, etc.
Record your progress each week on the diary pages
And there you have it, your fitness schedule planned and recorded all in one!
Your fitness schedule, planned and recorded in your Dodo Pad diary!
Use your Dodo Pad Exercise Diary to chart your progress from Pile of Pudding to Fighting Fit.
Can you think of other uses for the clear divider sheets? If you do, please post a comment and tell us all about it!
I’m off to the gym to work on my own fitness goals. Toodle-oo for now!
Miss P
