Many thanks to all of you who have sent kind wishes my way and prayers
upward on my behalf. The recovery from my carpal tunnel release surgery has
been frustratingly slow…but steady. Without being able to use my hands much
for the past 3 months,  I have had a lot of time to think and rearrange my
life so it beats to a slower rhythm. I had almost forgotten how to turn on the
television, but worry not – we have now gotten caught up on both seasons of Heroes
and are following American Idol faithfully!

Besides indulging in silly TV shows, we have been getting ourselves
ultra-organised at home, particularly in the area of “Address Booking,” a term coined by one of our WorkFlow program
participants last month. I love this phrase, which describes
how and where to store all the contact details of our family, friends and work
relationships. Like many people, we had partial data in a few different places
and are usually too busy in December to sort everything out in time for a
Christmas letter! We decided it was time to solve this problem once and for
all.

As a household that sports both PCs and Macs, we chose to go with good ‘ol Plaxo because it is web-based and allows us to
synchronise family contact data with the Mac address book as well as Outlook on
my (annoying but unavoidable) PC. We can all access or update the information
from anywhere, anytime. We can also share our family calendar through Plaxo.
Set-up is quick and easy…and it’s free!

If your Address Booking could be better organised, why not set
aside a couple of hours to sort it out? You’ll be SO glad you did – as will
your family and friends who would love to hear from you. I sure hope ours still
remember who we are…!

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