List-less?

I am not an organized person by nature.  I mean Not. At. All. I'm always running late, I forget appointments, I lose things, I don't remember important tasks I should be working on.  In fact as I am writing this I just remembered an email I was supposed to send off to my daughter"s teacher this morning. Hmmmmmmmmm not so good Mary.  Like I said not an organized person.

With the arrival of the twins and another one quickly following I feel like I should be a more Together Person.  One big reason is that I am finding it harder and harder to fudge my way through this wonderful but chaotic family life without some basic human like organization skills.

 In my defense I have tried in the past.  I tried to become a list maker but apparently lists scare me. I know that may be hard to believe but it's true. When I look at a list with a bunch of tidy numbers and that smug little title of Things to do Today on top I start to panic.  I can feel my heart start to pound.  The list is sooooo long and so booooring that I immediately want to crumple it up and throw it in the trash.  I can't possibly get all that done in one day! In truth I can sometimes scrape by and get the important things done when I need to but I guess to see it written all down staring up at me in black in white is just too much for my little ol' heart to take.  I promise I'll do the work but please don't make me have to read about it too!

But I have decided to be a whole new different kind of person and go against my fundamental nature! Now I am going to be a punctual, organized, list making kind of girl.  And I have decided to try these new found skills out on this upcoming holiday Thanksgiving.

I was cruising around the Williams-Sonomas web sight for inspiration on some turkey recipes when I came across a Thanksgiving Timeline.  It assured to me that that the key to a stress free holiday was to plan ahead and stay on track.  That I could have a lovely meal prepared for my family and guests without wanting to take off in my car by myself.  It was all very convincing.

The Timeline is very detailed and probably more thorough than even the new Me wants or can be at this point in my life but it was extremely helpful.  William-Sonomas web sight was full of great recipes, fantastic tools, and entertaining knowledge that I felt that maybe with their useful Timeline that even a list-less person like myself could be the Magical, Together, and Calm Human Being I always hoped to be and give me just one more thing to be grateful for this Thanksgiving Season.

The Timeline suggested going through your linens to have them all in order a few weeks before Thanksgiving.  The twins were kind enough to assist me.

Below is a link to the Thanksgiving Timeline

http://blog.williams-sonoma.com/expert-thanksgiving-tips/