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Need to do something we are more parents than a couple

It was 10 in June, but I try not to leave here in summer or the heart of winter

Hmmm, where to eat in Napa next week. Taking a few days to drown the sorrows of being married 10 years.

Only way to get warmer with a single layer is to buy a down coat that has a built in shell. Both of those have a reasonable outer layer that will do what you want it to. I personally wouldn't get anything warmer as IMO in your climate it'll be too much.

EB makes that same coat in First Ascent and normal. First Ascent will be athletic cut, normal won't. Bean stuff has never fit me and I need the athletic drop, the EB stuff fits great. Have one of their midlayer fleeces on right now. Have to say I am surprised by the hood comment though...but that is because I HATE them.

Don't be where you need them.

On my last 2 skiing trips it was getting close to spring and with a good jacket and good pants (both for skiing) I only needed a t-shirt under the jacket. Mandatory gear: Good jacket Good ski pants (I recommend pants with shoulder straps, since you are going to fall a lot) Gloves (I have some cheapies, they will get we so you will have to dry them overnight) Something to protect your face / back of your head from the cold. Helmet Goggles I assume you are going to rent skis and ski boots. I hate shoulder straps, or nipple burners.

Then you need waterproof pants as well.

Waterproof shell and a wool layer. Seriously.

For CS I will basically have to drop what I am doing if not working with a consumer unit actively trying to sell. Anything large enough that would be a multi week/month project would be handled in spreadsheets etc. I need something to hold lists I need to complete, also hold notes for what I want to go over when I do store visits. Mostly things I need to follow up on, but also remembering personal things about my managers that I might forget to ask them about if I don't have some active info. Does that make sense? I'm on some pain meds tonight, so this may just be psychotic babble.... Single half notebook bound with color separators for separate sections. ONLY put things in it that are non super time critical but you must get done. Separate small notebook for time critical.

No winter, no Canadian fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59Vic7jRHvA#t=100 59Vic7jRHvA

The only time I don't wear down if it is cold is when I am exercising or dressing up. Ultra cold and wearing a suit I don a wool trench. If you want to be warm that is really the way to do it.

I email myself somewhat regularly. That is my "i am out and have a random idea" tracking mechanism. Putting that in my task list gives it the wrong priority....unless it belongs there. Organizing by priority is really the most important thing. Exactly why my deals are all in a forecast tool. Forecast tool that I pivot by importing into Excel regularly. Can sort by any which way and do whatever I need with it.

I'd MUCH rather use my phone/outlook than a Franklin Covey thingee.What do you use? Just outlook?I cannot figure out how to make it useful for me. What do you want to keep track of?I have to take notes at meetings and set up to do lists that will change fast.Think CS follow ups. Also just something to make sure I'm getting everything done I need to. I have never been someone who needs to write anything down. I am however to the point where I'm capped out. I feel myself forgetting shit so I have been putting note in a folder, but it's messy and inelegant. I keep 2 lists, and have a spare sheet to write on near by. The spare sheet (post it note pad) is for immediate things as they come up or very short term reminders....messages from customers, notes about an app or account I'm working on, etc. The 2 lists are short term and long term to do lists. Short term is basically things from the post it notes I didn't get completed or time critical...sort of like my "must due today" list. Long term is non-time critical but important or things I simply am not able to complete at that time because I'm waiting on something else to happen first....follow up on something I told my staff to do, etc. The lists are sort of continuous...as I complete an item it gets crossed off, new items are added to the bottom until I run out of room.I have yet to find an electronic solution I like. Takes too long to enter and organize in a program for me. Although mine are less of a calendar itemization (days of the week or month) and more a list of activities or information I need to remember over a certain period of time. I am pretty much the same. I use electronic for really long term as I don't like re-writing those ideas nor do I want to forget any. When traveling I put my short term list into my tasks. At home I regularly don't. Tasks become longer term though when I travel as my goal is to clean the list before returning. The goal being the most important part of course. Anything with urgency is on paper.

As a single stay warm jacket this would work. Let you play in the snow a bit, although not for 10 hours in a day and getting all wet. Otherwise as a bystander of winter this would work well. Just don't wear it cross country skiing. http://www.eddiebauer.com/product/dura-down-jacket/38832165/_/A-ebSku_0880603412000050__38832165_catalog10002_en__US?showProducts=&backToCat=Jackets%20_%20Vests&previousPage=SCAT&tab=first%20ascent&dcolor=236 Size L is ideal for a 45 chest and 36 waist. +/- at least an inch as a reference. If you need more space in the waist the non-First Ascent ones are cut more "american"

The shell is for shedding moisture and venting sweat humidity. If you subject yourself to neither just the midlayer will be fine. The beauty of too heavy of a down jacket is you can unzip it. Pits might get warm, but you can vent pretty fast in the winter. On long trips you'll take it off once the car is warmed up too. No way to keep it on.

The sweater won't be warm enough for you. The jacket could however be too warm. Mine is even in our climate. I couldn't wear it shoveling, but I could almost shovel without a shirt if there were no wind. I generate heat. I wear the sweater as my solitary layer for driving around from about 40 to 0. Once I've experienced 0 I probably won't wear anything more than a polar fleece at 40. I have a shit load of different layers, but have been layering my whole life. I've been the same jacket size since 1988 or so. In college I wore a t shirt (probably the worst sweaty layer there is) with a light polar fleece and a down vest. This was what I wore biking all the way down to -20f. The lack of arms helped offset the extra heat I created at my core with the vest and let the sweat evaporate from my pits easily. If I wasn't real active that wouldn't have been enough. Same vest turned into a jacket works perfect even without the outer layer if not doing activity.

Curious how you keep track of your potential customers as well. I couldn't live without a CRM tool, but I realize your business isn't quite like mine.

Amusingly the wife just walked in with a crumpled up list that didn't make it through the dryer

I'd be concerned about the fridge or how you are storing your other food in it though.

Had me calculating lease payments, lol

The downfall of a Calendar in Outlook (or whatever syncs wtih your phone) is that most people put non-time critical events in a calendar which is time critical.I work from lists. Regularly these are on paper as I am a doodler, but there is never anything ultra time critical on those lists. Those things I do first thing in the morning. I need that, but more organized than a legal pad. I take notes and doodle ideas on something other than what keeps them. Meaning I transpose everything that doesn't get done quickly. Organizing by priority is key, but it depends a bunch on how much you micromanage your own time.

I find adding more than one idea from random moments on my phone is a pain. Also curious how urgent or long term what you need to remember is.

I'd MUCH rather use my phone/outlook than a Franklin Covey thingee.What do you use? Just outlook?I cannot figure out how to make it useful for me. What do you want to keep track of?I have to take notes at meetings and set up to do lists that will change fast. Think CS follow ups. Also just something to make sure I'm getting everything done I need to. I have never been someone who needs to write anything down. I am however to the point where I'm capped out. I feel myself forgetting shit so I have been putting note in a folder, but it's messy and inelegant. Are you at a desk when this happens?

That is AS FAR as you need to watch btw