When reorganizing my home, I used to forget where seldom-used items got redirected to. After some frustrations, I learned to keep a recipe card file of alphabetized note cards, one for each item I moved. Now, when I can't seem to remember where I put the bead weaving loom or the tabletop easel, I just go to the card file and am reminded.
By ChurchGrandma (j.a.) Manweiler from MT
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Fantastic! As long as one remembers where the file is! ;) This is one that I have been waiting for and will adopt immediately. Thanks.
Glad to see someone else has this problem. I am forever putting my g p s or camera someplace so I'll know where it is,and by the next week I wonder where that is. Then the hunt begins.
Definitely sounds like an excellent plan! If you have a desk or home office where the card file could find a home, that might keep it from getting lost. I have an alternative that would work for me: create a file on your computer. Use whichever program would work best for you, whether it's Word/Wordperfect, Notepad, or Excel. If you use Excel as I would, it would be easy to set up. First column, name the item. Second, mark its last known location.
Wow, what a great idea. I wish you would have posted this information several years ago. I moved my atlas and a pair of dog nail clippers. I found the clipper about 3 years later and I have never found the atlas. I can visualize putting it behind a piece of furniture so the pages wouldn't get torn or wrinkled.
I just started doing this after listening to my friend for years tell me that she does this. It is a great idea!
I have done this for several years on a Roladex, starting in my sewing and craft room where I have many many items and not all are see through. Then it worked so well and I have gotten older (memory?) that I have continued it though out.
This is a great idea, but I should do it in electronic form. The computer can sort things alphabetically, but you don't even need to do that. It's enough to press control+F (find) and type the item you need in the search box to find it in your document, and then in your home. I think this is quicker to set up than a rolodex, and it's harder to lose your computer than a little file. :)
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