Anal Annie
at least I KNOW I'm a kook...I just can't help it
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Hey peeps!! What's shakin'?
I got started on my door-to-door census gig yesterday. My initial binder had 33 addresses to work. It is very time consuming. I attempted 19 addesses over the course of 3 1/2 hrs. yesterday (only got lost once & that was 'cuz the maps show the road as completed but it's NOT yet). Out of the 19 homes I only got 3 questionnaires completed - most people were not home. I spent about an hour last night online searching thru property tax records trying to find names to look up phone numbers. I found 8 out of my remaining 16 and will try calling them this evening. I piddled on & off with the stuff just about all day yesterday - enough time that I got nothing done around the house. (45 min. in the morning getting organized, 3.5 hrs. hitting the pavement, another hour after lunch RE-organizing & sorting thru what I did in the field, 1.5 hrs for a meeting with my group then an hour online...) I am not doing anything today until this evening. I am going to try calling the phone numbers I found last night... Then I will go out again tomorrow to hit the remaining 14 that I have that I didn't try yet. I encountered 1 dog that I would call viscious.
The people weren't home but he was growling & snarling thru the door and when I pushed my "notice of visit" thru the crack (up above my head even) he jumped up & snatched it!! That would be a BIG doggie not a little fluffy thing!! I made a note on which one it was so I will remember which house for when I go back!!
So I had ordered a Pac Safe Anti Theft handbag and wasn't sure if I liked it or not so then I ordered a Travelon Anti Theft bag which came on Friday. I think I like it better and am going to return the Pac Safe one. I am sooo picky about my handbags and how they are made (pockets & divisions etc.). I know the point of this is for safety but I still want it to "feel" right. I wish it was just a smidge bigger but oh well. It has 2 expanding pockets on either end that unzip and will hold like water bottles or a sm. umbrella or my sunglass case or small stuff that I want to keep handy so this is the one I am going to keep: http://travelonbags.com/pages/XXXXX/2200/2242.html (And yes, I know we still have over a year to go and I could've waited BUT I couldn't because I am an anal shopaholic!!
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I got started on my door-to-door census gig yesterday. My initial binder had 33 addresses to work. It is very time consuming. I attempted 19 addesses over the course of 3 1/2 hrs. yesterday (only got lost once & that was 'cuz the maps show the road as completed but it's NOT yet). Out of the 19 homes I only got 3 questionnaires completed - most people were not home. I spent about an hour last night online searching thru property tax records trying to find names to look up phone numbers. I found 8 out of my remaining 16 and will try calling them this evening. I piddled on & off with the stuff just about all day yesterday - enough time that I got nothing done around the house. (45 min. in the morning getting organized, 3.5 hrs. hitting the pavement, another hour after lunch RE-organizing & sorting thru what I did in the field, 1.5 hrs for a meeting with my group then an hour online...) I am not doing anything today until this evening. I am going to try calling the phone numbers I found last night... Then I will go out again tomorrow to hit the remaining 14 that I have that I didn't try yet. I encountered 1 dog that I would call viscious.

So I had ordered a Pac Safe Anti Theft handbag and wasn't sure if I liked it or not so then I ordered a Travelon Anti Theft bag which came on Friday. I think I like it better and am going to return the Pac Safe one. I am sooo picky about my handbags and how they are made (pockets & divisions etc.). I know the point of this is for safety but I still want it to "feel" right. I wish it was just a smidge bigger but oh well. It has 2 expanding pockets on either end that unzip and will hold like water bottles or a sm. umbrella or my sunglass case or small stuff that I want to keep handy so this is the one I am going to keep: http://travelonbags.com/pages/XXXXX/2200/2242.html (And yes, I know we still have over a year to go and I could've waited BUT I couldn't because I am an anal shopaholic!!
