Day 11 of the 30-Day Challenge: Procrastination Station
Task: Please see previous post, Day 10: Procrastination Station, as Day 11 is its continuation.
Outcome: It was much easier to compile and organize Junior’s scrapbook, since I had most of his paperwork pretty much in one location. He just graduated high school this past May and I had been informally compiling all of his important documentation together for the senior-year graduation requirements/college admissions processes, so his binder preparation was definitely more smooth. Toodlez’ binder preparation, on the other hand, was somewhat fragmented. We’re talking about finding all the pertinent paperwork for a young adult who graduated high school in 2015 and is getting ready to graduate from college in May. Her college stuff was a little easier to locate than the high school information; and I’m sure there’s still some of her important documents laying around in household nooks and crannies. Guess she’ll just have to add those items when she comes across them.
As far as the 2″ and 3″ three-ring binders themselves, their appearance is pretty plain-looking, but they are neatly organized and that was my main objective. My aim was to have a one-stop location for the children’s high school and college records and I succeeded on that front. However, regarding the aesthetics of the project, I suggested that Toodlez and Junior take the charge to exterior-decorate the fronts of their binders if they feel some “pop” is needed. See, I can delegate work when I need to. Furthermore, I included 5-tab dividers in each binder. Junior’s tabs are labeled: Certificates of Achievement, College Acceptance Info, College Admissions Info, Scholarship Recipient Info, and Special Events. Toodlez’ tabs are labeled: College Acceptance Info, College Admissions Info, Employment Offer Info, Scholarship Recipient Info, and Special Events/Programs. I also placed all documents in sheet protectors (I love those things) in order to keep the paperwork clean and free from damage.
Bonus: This challenge ended up being a 2-for-1. I realized that my children’s high school diplomas were still in the 8-1/2″ by 11″ envelopes that were originally presented to them. Time to place them in something a bit more commemorative of their years of hard work. I bought two 8″ by 10″ brown frames from Wal-Mart, placed the diplomas snuggly in the designated areas, and presented the framed diplomas to Toodlez and Junior. The reaction: both children were appreciative and thanked me; but it wasn’t like I surprised them with $100. Although they weren’t oozing with enthusiasm, I’ll take the responses I got any old day.
Anyway, I’ll be looking forward to having a college degree to frame this spring. We should be a bit more timely with that one.:)
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