Things I Love: TeuxDeux.com

I seriously don't think I would survive without TeuxDuex.com--it's sort of awesomesauce. I've been using this site to manage my tasks since December 2009 and it's been true love ever since.

Why I love TeuxDeux

1. The super clean and user-friendly interface
2. The ability to edit tasks as needed
3. I can drag tasks around on the same day or move to a different day when I want to re-prioritize
4. The "someday" list. I'm a super busy gal and I may have something come up that is super low-priority... this is where I put these tasks
5. I get to cross off the tasks when I'm done
6. There is an entire backlog of my completed tasks so if I want to know what I was doing 3 months ago, I can find out
7. "Scheduling" tasks for a certain day is as easy as jumping to that date on the calendar and typing it in.
8. Unfinished tasks automatically roll over to the next day
9. Their FAQs are hysterical

Not So Great, but No Deal-Breakers!

• They don't offer recurring tasks...but this is totally something I can live with. Once I cross off what I considered to be a recurring task, I simply type it onto the next day that it needs to be completed. Easy peasy.
• No Android app--yet! They currently have a iPhone app (I'd totally pay the $3 for it if I had an iPhone...), but they are apparently working on the Android version. Yay!

Other Things to Note...

• Another Yay factor is that they're currently working on optimizing for the iPad. Hooray!
•  They don't offer a reminder/alert for due or overdue tasks, so if you're the sort of person who needs that, you won't find it here. Personally, my Teux Deux list is always open in my browser so I don't need reminders. Just get in the habit of looking every day
• Completed tasks don't automatically drop to the bottom. This doesn't bother me one bit (I either drag it to the bottom myself or refresh the page), but the OCD types might be a little troubled by that. But then again, maybe you won't be... ;)

Bottom line, if you're looking for a task manager, give this one a try. I think it's pretty rad!

Do you use Teux Duex? Let me know what you think!

Rewarded, at last!

I signed up on ebates.com for several months now. When you sign up, they give you a $10 giftcard to Circuit City, Target, iTunes or Sephora.

Since then, I've used ebates when shopping online several times. Whenever I want to buy something online, I pull up ebates first to see if that website is one of the many that you can get cash back from. Stores I've shopped at through ebates include Delia's, Sephora, Snapfish, Office Max, Frames Direct, Coastal Contacts, Barnes & Noble, and Buy.com.

I've also used a few coupon codes listed on their website. I've gotten free prints from Snapfish and I got a mini train case filled with samples from Sephora.

I've also referred several friends to ebates. For each friend referred, I get $5 and the friend gets $5. As of today, I've accrued over $65 in cash back. I'm due to get paid in February.

Despite knowing someone that has been paid over $100 from ebates, I've always wondered if I'd ever actually get the Sephora giftcard or if I'd ever get paid. Well, my Sephora giftcard finally showed up! Turns out this site is for real, it just is not instantaneous. You've got to be patient!

So I'd like to invite you all to check out ebates if you haven't already. Also, if you have signed up, be sure to use the site when shopping online, neither of us gets the $5 bonus until you've made a purchase through the site.

Check out Ebates and sign up today!

Chictopia

Rubyslippers told me about Chictopia.com the other day. Chictopia is a place where you can log, upload and share your style with other people. According to Rubyslippers, there are mostly people from England on there. If you have any sort of interest in style and fashion, I think you should take a look at chictopia. If you sign up, add me as a friend.

I'm not gonna lie, I think I have an obsession.

Ever since the first time I saw a commercial for the new show "Lost", I've loved it. I remember the chills I got watching the Losties as they heard Danielle's transmission and Charlie asking, "Guys, where are we?" At that commercial break, I ran up the stairs to tell my sister and her friend how much I loved that show. Basically, I've been a huge fan from day one.

During season one, I used to lurk on the abc.com message boards, not really participating, but still being fascinated with the theories that were concocted on those boards. I listened to the podcasts as they came out as well. Seasons 2, I just stuck to watching what was shown on tv, but toward the end of season 3, my obsession began. I started reading up things online again, created a lost group on Kaboodle.com and I now own the first 3 seasons on DVD. I now have some friends and family that watch the show with me so I can discuss the show with them.

The wait for season 4 to begin was agonizingly long. However, in that time I discovered lostpedia.com. I spent days reading information on that website. One thing that really interested me on there was The Lost Experience ARG. I had had no idea that such a thing had gone on, was sad that I missed out on it but was glad for the complete recap on lostpedia.com. Reading up on that led me to discover find815.com halfway through the second week of the game. This game took up those final weeks of waiting for season 4 to begin. During that game, I rediscovered darkufo.blogspot.com which I had only been to a time or two before.

This is where my obsession really gets bad. I read up on lost almost every day. I'm constantly reading articles on lostpedia and I've subscribed to the RSS feed for darkufo's blog. After the new episode airs on thursdays, I'm on lostpedia right away, reading the episode recap and looking for screencaps. I really hope I don't discover more wonderful Lost sites because if I visit one more Lost website on a daily basis, I think this obsession will cross to the unhealthy side, if it hasn't already.