So, in case you were wondering what happened to me, I haven’t been buried under a snow drift. In fact, the snow has melted, so this latest MIA session cannot be blamed on the weather at all.

It’s been a week like no other. Wendy and I are at it again. This time, we’re creating a set of DVD’s based on our book. So here’s a quick recap of the week.

The day starts in make-up…

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Next, we make creative organizing projects in front of a camera crew, who (while we were in makeup) set up shop in our scrapbook spaces.

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Here’s a shot of the two of us before the big video taping.

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So we finish up taping tomorrow and then, it’s back home on Saturday.

OK…enough about me. Here’s a nugget for you. I seem to always come up with a travel organizing tip whenever a fly and they’re all the result of some sort of travel mishap. So here’s the latest.

When making a connecting flight, the organized traveler checks the monitor in the airport in lieu of acting on the gate information announced by the flight attendant on the prior flight.

I always have to laugh at myself when I make a conscious effort to be “ultra organized” and it backfires. Like, this latest incident. I pull out my itinerary and a pen, and listen diligently to the flight attendant. I write down not just the gate I’ll be flying out of (12D), but also the gate we’re getting into (12C) and the gate where I pick up the tram (10C). I have thirty minutes to catch my flight…so I head right to the tram when I get off the plane. About fifteen minutes later, I arrive at gate 12D only to see that the people on that flight are going to Mexico. (I’m trying to get to Utah!) I check the monitor and see that my flight is actually flying out of Gate 10C…two gates from where I started. Long story short, I rode the entire tram system at the Dallas airport (full circle) only to arrive right back where I started from right AFTER my plane left. And the biggest irony? To get on the tram I walked right by a monitor…that would have told me the right gate info!

So there you have it…your travel tip of day. Oh, and here’s a bonus one. Be sure to pack a good book…just in case. 😉