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Hallooo dear Dodopadlers! Miss Peabody here.
I want to share with you some photos of my lovely Dodo Pad diary cover in Iridescent Lilac. I just love the colour, and its soft smoothness.
Faux leather cover in Iridescent Lilac. Dodo Pad is subtly embossed on the front.
My Dodo Pad diary tucks neatly and securely into the cover front:
Inside front cover
and back:
Inside back cover
The slipcover does a great job of protecting my Dodo Pad diary in my bag whilst I shuttle to and fro.
Convenient elastic strap on cover
I especially like the way this page spread looks with the lilac cover, purple wire binding, and purple-and-white colour scheme. I had to take a snap in its pristine form before I took pen to paper and filled in my week.
Elastic strap can also be used to mark current page
A leather or faux leather slipcover is a great addition to your Dodo Pad or Acad-Pad diary if, like me, your diary spends a lot of time roughing it in your bag. Or, if you just like to keep the exuberant cover of your Dodo Pad under wraps you can cleverly disguise it inside one of these lovely covers.
There are slipcovers to fit the desk and mini size diaries. The selection of slipcovers is wide (but this year’s stocks are dwindling, so dodon’t delay if you are interested in these!). The next collection arrives in May but some of these colours here will never again be repeated – A Dodo Pad slipcover is just so high fashion!
Leather slipcovers for the Dodo Pad desk and mini diaries
Faux leather slipcover selection
Toodle-oo for now!
Miss P
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! 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
