I am a
list person. I make a list at the beginning of the day of what needs to be done and check it off as I go. I do this at home...and at work.
To do lists. Shopping lists. Blog lists. Wish lists. You get the point. If I don't write something down, more than likely I will forget. Soooooo, when Jenny from
lobotoME asked me if I'd be interested in checking out some of their products and writing a review, I checked out the site, said
heck yeah and added it to my
list. I think I've mentioned this in the past, but if I do something that wasn't on my list, I add it to my list...just so I can cross it out.
These products are really, really cool!
lobotoME products are made from recycled paper and soy-based inks...and if that's not awesome enough, they partner with a local, enviro-friendly printing house to produce their products...and their offices are wind powered. That was enough to convince me.
That, and the fact that I love paper and notepads and making lists.
Wanna check of their notepads out? I thought you might! Let me start with a kitchen-related pad,
Feed Me... A good-sized pad (~5 1/2" x 8 1/2") with the left column listing days of the week for your day/meal plan and a right column for your corresponding grocery list.
Handy! Not to mention the fun little space at the bottom ...
if all else fails, takeout #'s. Ha! I have scattered lists as is, so this is a no-brainer for me...everything for the week together on one pad. Nice.
Okay, how 'bout you out there with kids? The kind that need babysitting now and again. Do you leave a long list of numbers and instructions? I do.
Sit Me... is a great pad for just that purpose. Or there is
Fit Me... for weekly health and sanity planning. It has a place for planned exercise and actual axercise...healthy eating accomplishments and fitness goas for the week. And yes, writing things down definitely helps you gain perspective.
Two of my favorite pads are the
List Me.../Doodle Me... (
yes, I'm a doodler, too) and
Save Me... The first is divided into 2 columns, left brain side (
lists) and right brain side (
doodles) all in one pad!
Pretty sure I was the inspiration for this pad. The second is simply a weekly to do list. A space for day/date and an extra space to look ahead to next week...again,
made for me. Does anybody else buy planners and use them pretty religiously for a few months? You know, penciling things in, writing down appointments...all in preparation for the times you get to say
let me check my calendar? And by the time December rolls around and it's time to buy a new one, you look back and wonder what happened in your life for the last 8 months or so? Because the pages are blank. Crisp, like new...but not reuseable because they're dated. Anybody else do this? That's why I like this. I take it one week at a time. Plan it out. Plus, I can just rip off the sheet and stick it in my purse or my pocket and not have to carry around the whole planner. There is also
Check Me... a pre-made shopping list (with space for add-ons...and blank on back for even more add-ons) with the goal of getting "you in and out of the store with healthy foods and your mind intact." That's a good goal. Positive thinking can work wonders.
Something else fun, each pad has a fun quote at the bottom. I don't wanna give 'em all away, but I LOVE the one at the bottom of the Check Me... pad.
"The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread & coming out with only a loaf of bread are 3 billion to one." ~Erma Bombeck
I like these
lobotoME products so much that I've joined up with them, so I can help them promote and grow...I suppose I should alert you that this is my disclaimer.
It is. Simply click on this logo:
Or the one on my sidebar to check out their whole line of products and see what they are all about!
Something else fun, each pad has a fun quote at the bottom. I don't wanna give 'em all away, but I LOVE the one at the bottom of the Check Me... pad. "The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread & coming out with only a loaf of bread are 3 billion to one." ~Erma Bombeck
I like these lobotoME products so much that I've joined up with them, so I can help them promote and grow...I suppose I should alert you that this is my disclaimer. It is. Simply click on this logo:
That FEED ME thing is pretty darn cool!
We think so much a like. Lists are a "GOOD THING". I can't live without my lists.
Ooh I love the doodle space! I really could use one of these!
Nice, I'm always forgetting... well, everything. Course, I have pads of paper everywhere and I lose them constantly. :D
Lists are indeed a bloggers best friends! GREG
I love lists! I had to laugh at what you said about writing things on lists that are complete, just to cross them out. I do that too, in fact, just this morning!
Thanks for sharing the lobotoME stuff - so cool!
I, too, am a HUGE fan of lists! It's so very therapeutic to cross items off! These products are really cute!!!
These look great. I'm all about the pen and paper, even in this electronic age. I was hoping you were going to surprise us with a giveaway ... no suck luck, eh? ;) I'm off to check their site!
I am a freebie whore... Good for you
Menu planning is a goal of mine right now
These are so cooool!!!
Awesome! I am a list maker too.. virgo that I am. I like to put gimmes on there like shower and make the bed so I can cross them off early..
I have not, not just lists, but NOTEBOOKS. ( a Christmas notebook, where I put down everything I want, need, have to do. Things I've bought, cooked in the past, sent, etc etc etc. )
So...of course, I would like these products.
And to top it off.... they look lovely. Not like some silly spiral notebook I have sitting on my desk right now!
When I got my first planner, life began. I accomplished more and felt much better about my days.
I also wrote anything down so I could cross it off.
When, I do not have a planner of some kind, I get half of what I would like done.
This is a great idea.
I love making lists too...whether its shopping ...preparing for exams ,trying out my recipes so ingredients for that ...and so forth...and i love ticking 'em too..and specially when my santa family gives me all my wishlist filled goody bags...
of late my ink pen has taken a little break ,since i got this laptop ie but it aint forgotten...no
Lovely paper products..i tend to look for Winnie d pooh in evrything i buy but for suc excellent products ...what are my WTP sticker collection for if not times as these.....
I'm a very lazy person, I make the list in my head =P and so I tend to forget a few things...maybe I should make this my new year resolution-to be more organised.
List is my middle name:D
I need these!!! Hmmm ... think it's too early to start pestering people about presents for next Christmas?
We are sisters. I keep lists exactly like you do. Love making the list and love the crossing off process. I'm heading over to their website - thanks for the recommendation.
Lists work - and these are pretty fun! January is always "get organized" month here!
Oh my, those are really cute!
This just went on my "to check out" list. The fit me seems cool and maybe if I kept it I might lose a few of those holiday lbs.!
These look like great products...I'm a list-lover too! ;)
I'm a list freak and now my 2 adult kids are the same way. I cannot live w/o a list to keep my insanely busy life on track. These goodies look like something I can use! Thanks! Roz
I love the notepads Heather! I think you and I are one in the same with lists. When I get a new cookbook, I make a list of recipes that I want to make. I always have a running list of kitchen tools/appliances that I need or want. I have a shopping list kinda of like the check me pad you showed. I also make to do lists with things I've already done just so I can feel accomplished and cross them off. Now I'm really laughing...My coming soon note on my sidebar is really for me so that I remember what to post! You name it and I have a list for it :D I'm definitely going to check these out and order some when my checkbook recovers from Christmas!! Cute post.
Oooh. I'm a right brained doodler, yet a compulsive list maker as well. Very cool products!
Like Debbie, I am a notebook person, a notebook for holidays, blogging, ebay, exercise, etc.
I love the look of these items though, so cute and well thought out.
I used to do lists. And then I stopped doing them. And that's when I got really, really sloppy. I need to be a list-er again!!
I, too, am a listmaker. This is a really neat idea.
I have to makes lists, too. Or at least need to write it down to remember. I always carry with me a notebook no matter where I go. 'to do' lists come very handy indeed.
I love lists. Sometimes I make one near the end of the day adding and checking off things that I've already done. It makes me feel like I have accomplished something after all.
Mimi
Too bad they did not have these when I worked for the culinary school! I love lists too...
I love that if you did something you did not have on the list, just add it and cross it out! Ha!
These pads are so neat! You are so lucky to be picked to give these little pads a try. I'm totally off to check them out. I'm in need of a good pad :)
My daughter used up all of our list pads and we are urgently in need of new ones, I will definitely check these out!
I was a HUGE listmaker in college and for some reason stopped. Perhaps this is why my productivity has dropped precipitously... I will have to check these out!
hi and i am so happy i found your blog. i so happened to write about making list this year on my blog..how funny. i have just ordered the list me doodle me..i think this will be helpful to me. thanks and happy new year!
yes! i have to write everything down, if i don't, it won't happen and i won't remember. this might be my favorite review ever, i'm checking this out!
I am a list person too... otherwise I would be lost
oh i like these I am a list person as well lol
Fun stuff--lists are the only way I remember to do anything. ;-)
I'm so going to check out the "Feed Me" thingy!
Ooo, thks for letting me know abt this company .. had never seen it before. Appeals to my inner organizer!!
I have post-its everywhere with lists and a whole bunch of tiny notepads and notebooks - all for different lists! I'd be lost without them. These are great.
I use BigOven desktop software for my menu planning but sometimes paper is just so much easier. They've got a nice product line and I love their name, LobotoME.
I am a list person too!!!! Those are really cool... I would love one of those pads.
I so add things to my daily checklist just that I've already done or am two seconds away from completing, just so I can have that satisfaction of scratching it off. And, I also break all my activities into the smallest increments possible so that I can scratch off even more. These lists look great!
When you wrote that you add things to your list that you've accomplished...just so you can cross it out...I had to giggle.
I do THE. EXACT. SAME. THING.
While I don't keep as many lists now (besides grocery lists), when I was in college and nursing school, I did all the time. I couldn't live without my planner and I actually filled the whole thing, mostly with homework assignments, test dates, paper due dates, etc.
These products look phenomenal though! Great review.
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These are super cute!! I really need to start writing things down and getting organized! Great find :)
I'm a VERY big list maker myself - I think it's because I constantly think of other things while I'm doing, well, other things! If I didn't keep lists I'd forget so much. That is an uber cool organizing system!! I pretty much just keep those old timey composition notebooks though and that seems to work well for me. Thanks for the review & best of luck with your new affiliate partnership!!
I like to make list too, and will definitely check you this pads...they are so cute :-)
Now, those pads have my name all over them-Especially, the feed me pad :-)
I broke out laughing when I read that if you completed task that was not on your list, you wrote it, just so you could cross it out. I am list freak and I do the exact same thing. I thought it was just me. Too funny.