It’d be nice if I had something to say today.

Instead of finding something to write about I’ve been tidying, I’d like to see my desk so I’ve been dealing with things. All cords have been tidied and been placed into a box, the pile of books has been put away and I’m currently in the middle of entering business cards into my gmail account so I can access the information easily. I saw someone else photoraph a business card, put it into her virtual filing system and then give the card back so I thought I’d do a similar thing and spent the weekend using lots of swear words downloading business card apps on my phone, finding they don’t work too well, deleting and then trying another. Having tried three apps I decided I could use my finely honed data entry skills and do it manually, 16 cards and a couple of hours later (I won’t talk about the interruptions) I feel I’m well on my way to having the 50 odd cards sorted and thrown out before I move onto the ones in my filing system.

Gmail is great for this as I can put people in groups and add extensive notes so I know when and where I met them, what we discussed and what further action I need to do, the groups are awesome as I can just select a group and work some magic with them. The extensive notes are seriously needed as I have a head like a sieve and really need some organising to ensure I don’t forget to do something I’ve promised. Once that’s done I’ll have to work on the papers and then consider actually cleaning the desk before moving onto some other part of the house.

I was hoping to make an announcement today but I think I’ll just leave everyone on tenterhooks, I’m waiting either for confirmation or a photo or both before I publish an article which I hope will be the first of many and a slightly new direction for this blog.

I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day.