TAKING
TIME
by Rebecca Escott
Extension Home Economist
Summer Time-Savers
What has the time gone? It’s
mid-July!
Each day you have a fixed num
ber of hours to work with-24. You
can let those hours slip by or you
can manage them. Controlling
how you spend your time, you can
really get the most out of it. And
that’s particularly important when
you’ve been longing to lounge in
the backyard and watch the sun go
down just one time.
Summertime. We have so many
hopes for it. Family fun. Warm
weather projects. But the clock is
ticking. It’s mid-July.
Are you planning your time
well or are you being victimized
by time “stealers”? One summer
time-stealer is being involved in
too many activities. If you are
constantly booked, you never real
ly get to relax and enjoy the
moments of summer.
Another stealer is the televi
sion. Okay, so the Olympics will
be on, but how many other sum
mertime hours is your television
stealing from you. Set a rule for
the rest of the summer that at least
two weeknights are TV-free. Note
what a difference this can make.
The phone can also steal time.
Set aside an hour in the evening to
complete any necessary phone
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calls. Throughout the day, jot
notes about people that you need
to call. Then make all of them at
one time. This is more efficient
use of time than stopping a task
each time you think of someone. It
also allows you to honestly cut
short conversations because you
have “several other calls to make
before 8:00 p.m.”
Now that you’ve nabbed some
of the common time stealers, think
about practicing these time-saving
strategies. Remeber to use ’To
Do” lists. They help jog your
memory so you can jump into a
task. They can help you organize a
shopping trip, so that you don’t
have to back track or make several
trips in one week to the same
store. The lists can also help you
communicate jobs to others
children, spouses. Posting a To Do
list on a refrigerator or bulletin
board will help others keep on
track too. Making a list at the end
of the day is a good strategy! You
will have no difficulty naming the
items you didn’t finish. Trying to
make the same list the next morn
ing may take more time and be
less complete.
Here are some other time
saving ideas. Buy birthday and
special occasion cards in advance,
so you don’t have to run to the
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store to pick up one “thank you”
card. Plan meals. Cook a whole
chicken and piece it into quantities
you can use. Perhaps separate
some for chicken salad, some for
pasta salad, a container for chick
en barbeque, and another freezer
box full to be used with salsa and
tortillas. Intersperse these meals
with others using fresh fruits, veg
etables or other meats.
Consider eliminating knick
knacks and gadgets that require
more cleaning than they are worth.
Take advantage of bank services
that allow you to direct deposit
transfer automatically. Take
advantage of quiet moments to
concentrate of particularly diffi
cult projects.
Practice time-saving rules steps
with children, too. Give each child
a laundry basket to store in his or
her room. In fact giving a child
two smaller baskets (one for
whites and one for bright colors)
eielminates sorting. This simpli
fies wash time. It may be wise
with younger children to continue
to search for hidden crayons and
tissues.
Ironically, it takes time to save
time. But the time you spend plan
ning your day, will be returned to
you several times over. And with
the saved time, treat yourself to a
tall glass of mint tea and a good
book on the porch swing. Or invite
a friend for an evening visit
Take time to enjoy the days of
summer.
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Occasionally I receive a letter
from one of the readers of Lancas
ter Farming. They cover a wide
range of subjects. Sometimes they
want information on growing a
certain vegetable or they might
want to know where a particular
place is located. Sometimes I get
to meet the people personally as
when one couple invited us to see
their large, beautiful log house in
Chester County. They have a bed
and breakfast establishment and
I’m sure they work very hard to
take care of their visitors.
One reader that I am especially
thinking of this morning is one
who sent me an old-fashioned,
pressed, pink double petaled rose
in an envelope. You sec. I’d men
tioned that my bush on the farm
had died as too many trees shaded
its home. This lady said she would
give me a bush if I visited her.
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Notebook
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I kept the letter and carefully
put it away until recently, one year
later, when Allen and I stopped at
the couples’ very large 19-room
home. This elderly couple have
kept the furnishings that their
parents and grandparents had.
Thus, their house is a virtual
museum. They showed us their
eight bedrooms and also their
large garden. Keeping busy seems
to be best for older folks.
Yes, I got three small rose
bushes as my husband dug them
during a Sunday afternoon show
er. For the first lime ever, I forgot
my pocketbood when we drove
away. We had to turn around
when we were a mile away and go
back for it. We gave them a box of
strawberries even though they
grew some too. We had a pleasant
visit
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