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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! 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
Hallooo dear Dodopadlers, Miss Peabody here! Have I got news for you!
As you well know, Lord Dodo is deftly adept at merging the use of technology (whether Tweeting with you or sharing on Facebook) with the glories of paper (including his marvelous Dodo Pad diaries, organisers and sundry produce).
However you may not know that Lord Dodo also enjoys the convenience of his new iPhone – but he very quickly realized it needed a companion to receive notes and jottings whilst using the phone (or even a place to doodle during long conversations!).
Thus, the Dodo eyePad was born!
Exactly the same dimensions as the iPhone, the Dodo eyePad is the perfect paper companion to your smartphone. Just pop it in your pocket along with your phone for notes on the go.
Dodo eyePad alongside technological companion
Recently on Facebook Lord Dodo posed the question to those of you who use a smartphone, if you also use paper along with your technological device and the response was overwhelmingly positive! We here at Dodo Towers were dodelighted to read the replies from Dodopadlers who enjoy using their Dodo Pad diaries, along with their smartphone, to stay organised.
And…I have heard well-founded rumours of more technological dodelights on the way, so stay tuned!
To be among the first to find out about new products and offers, be sure to follow Lord Dodo on Twitter (http://twitter.com/lord_dodo) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/lord.dodo). And for timely tips and organisational ideas, follow me on my very own Twitter account: http://twitter.com/DodoPadBlog!
Toodle-oo for now!
Miss P
