Thursday Raves & A Few of my Favorite Things - 2 LINKY Parties

To avoid the blogging faux pas of posting multiple times in one day, I have to piggy back my posts into one post. On Thursday's I host my Thursday Raves Linky (which is still fledgling), but I also wanted to link up with Across the Hall in 2nd Grade for These are a few of my Favorite things summer linky. So first I will post about my "Morning Must Haves" for this weeks favorites, then keep on scrolling for my Thursday Raves and I hope you'll link up with me and with Across the Hall in 2nd Grade.

This weeks topic is Morning Must Haves and here are 3 of mine:

1. The morning news & it HAS to be Action News. I don't usually sit down & watch it, but I like to listen to it while I'm getting ready. 
2. Chocolate milk....I know, I know, I know. The drink of 5 year olds everywhere. My love of chocolate milk I think is hereditary, because my dad loves it too & now my son does. I don't like "hot" drinks, like coffee or tea (neither does my dad...are you starting to see a trend?) 
3. The snooze button. Having an alarm clock without that button is NOT an option. If I don't hit the snooze & just turn the alarm off, guess who is getting to work late? This girl!!! But I also have a really hard time getting out of bed the first time the alarm goes off, so I need the snooze, but then I usually hit it at least twice. It's an evil luxury.

Can't wait to see what your morning must haves are.

 Now for this Thursday's RAVE...

This week I'm raving about the program Evernote. (I am in no way affiliated with them, this rave is based on my personal experience) I actually found out about this from a fellow blogging buddy, but I'm sorry I can't remember who it was right now. If it was you please let me know & I'll give you credit for it. 

Are you like me with lists everywhere? I started keeping a little notebook in my purse this year to write down the things I needed to do, then I would go home and write a grocery list, then I would jot down a quick list at school of supplies/materials I needed. And what did I always end up doing with those lists? FORGETTING THEM! It never failed...if I was going to the grocery store I forgot the list. Or I would get to school the next day, walk into to my room, & go "Oh bumpers!" (sorry a line from Chuggington, my son is obsessed with trains) because I just remembered that I needed to create something the night before or grab something from home for a lesson. If this sounds like you, have no fear the solution is here!

EVERNOTE

It's a free program, unless you choose to upgrade to the premium subscription, that you download onto your computer, your phone, and/or iPad. The beautiful part your list(s) are always with you no matter where you go. If your like me & many others in this age of technology, your phone is always with you, so having the app on my phone is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!

Here's the screen shot from my phone.

And here's the screen shot from my computer.

No matter what device you use, the information you entered syncs up with all of your other devices. For instance if you make a list on your computer, you can hit the sync button yourself or it will automatically sync after a certain amount of time (sorry I forget what that is right now, because I just hit the sync button after I update/create something), then when you open the app on your phone, voila, there's your list. 

You can even take a picture of something & add that to your list or a reminder. I don't know if you can see it that well, but in the picture of the screen shot from my phone. There's a picture on my Tpt create list. I found an organizer that I hastily threw together in my room & wanted to make a more polished version of it, so I took a picture of it, then uploaded it to my Evernote list as a reminder of the general look.

Evernote has changed my life, I love it and am so glad I heard about it. Make sure to check out it for yourself and to help get your organization on.

I can't wait to see what you have to rave about. Link up below.

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