I is for… Inventor’s Notebook

I is for…  Inventor’s Notebook. This could include an Engineer’s Notebook or a Scientist’s Notebook or other form of Lab Notebook An Inventor’s notebook is used primarily as a research record. It can document ideas, experiments and analysis of results. It can function as an organisational tool, an aide memoire or keep records for IP […]

H is for… Household

A lot of us have some form of household binder or organiser (or a filofax dedicated to household organisation) – what do you keep in yours? Some people use it to organise their household chores/to do list, others use it for important information and their schedule and others use it for financial and meal planning […]

G is for… Gardening

Last year I was thinking about Gardening Journals for a father’s day present and made the following suggestions: Moleskine Gardening Journal Dodo Book of Garden Cuttings Printed Portal Gardening Journal Lee Valley – A Gardener’s Journal (10 year Journal) My Garden: A five-year journal This year I have my own garden to organise which makes […]

F is for… Food

For ‘E’ I blogged about Exercise and Fitness Notebooks (and touched a bit on diet notebooks) today I want to expand on the topic of food. There are a range of ways we can use notebooks and journals in connection with food and diet is only one of them. Back in 2011 I blogged about […]

E is for… Exercise & Fitness Notebooks

  There is a range of notebooks dedicated to exercise and workout routines, general fitness, diet and nutrition and healthy eating. Unfortunately I know nothing about any of these topics and struggle to stick to three regular meals a day. However, they are a valid group of specific purpose notebooks and shouldn’t be overlooked because […]

D is for… Dream Journal

Last A to Z I did D is for Diary. I did not want to repeat this entry. Today I have chosen to do ‘D is for… Dream Journal”. When I was younger I always used to be fascinated with dreams. In adulthood, this fascination has waned, but I still keep a notebook beside my […]

C is for… Career Development Notebook

I have just completed my first FULL Career Development Goals Notebook. I bought this notebook last year from fellow A to Z challenge participant Cori and have just ordered my second. Over the last year this notebook help me to plan and action 12 goals to help progress my career development which ended with a […]

B is for… Birthday Book

A Birthday Book helps you remember the annual celebration of your friends and families’ birth date. Yes, you may have ‘facebook’ reminders and alerts in your calendar, but a Birthday Book can make a nice keep-sake in the right book. In 2012 I received the Day Book as a present. It was a huge heavy […]

A is for… Address Books

Address Books are traditionally a notebook for storing contact names, addresses and phone numbers. Address books have changed with the time and instead of “Fax Number” we are seeing entries like “twitter” “@” “email” or “Website”. I love my paper address books and still use my regularly even though HOW I use my address book […]

A to Z 2014 Theme Reveal

Back in 2012 when I first took part in the A to Z Challenge – I took part without deciding on a theme and simply blogged an A to Z (generally) – you can find links to those posts here. After a year off I am back again, looking forward to getting stuck into another […]