Jul 24
So, I started packing today, and so far my list looks like this:
Laptop
Ethernet Cable
Power Cable
Digital Camera
Extra Memory Card
Extra batteries
iPod
Charger
Toiletries bag full of travel size everything
Smaller bag for my purse with more toiletries
Small notebook for jotting down the URLs of people who don’t bring business cards
Pens
Business cards
Clothes
Shoes
Underwear
Pajamas
More shoes
Makeup
Comb, brush, hairdryer
List of everyone I want to meet and their cell phone number
What am I forgetting?











Hello and welcome to Table for Five! I'm Elizabeth, and this blog started in September 2005 as a way for me to participate in the Mommy Blogging community. I'm married with three terrific kids-boys ages 11 and 9 and a 2 year old daughter. Things I love include my family, coffee, Diet Coke, TV, reading, and Target.
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To relax, don’t worry, and HAVE FUN!!
(But really, I think you got it all.)
Are you giving a presentation? If yes, how about a laser pointer?
You’re going to wear underwear?
Alison- Thank you! Once I get there, I will feel much better.
Amanda- Yes, I am presenting, in a manner of speaking. I’ll be sitting at a table with my laptop, and bloggers who want help with their Wordpress.com blogs will sit down and I will help them. So I won’t be standing up pointing at a screen, thank goodness!
Mr Fab- Well, if my suitcase is too full, that will be the first thing I leave at home you know. Because that’s just how I roll.
I like how clothes appears so far down the list
Mike- Well, when going to a blogging conference, the laptop takes first priority! I can always buy more clothes
sounds like you got it covered! have a great time, I’m so happy that you are able to go!!
btw, did you ever get this comment? http://table4five.net/2007/07/04/that-yellow-is-reallyyellow/#comment-71177
Shaz- Hi! And thanks! Yes, I got that comment, sorry I didn’t reply. What I did is download ColorZilla, which changes the cursor to an eyedropper and lets me sample a color and then tells me the hex. I sampled my blog header, and that’s where I got the color of the titles now. Only, I just realized, only the titles on the left sidebar changed, and not the ones on the right!! Hmmm….any idea what the code is for that??
Take a photo of all your stuff before you leave. Just in case. I don’t trust airlines farther than I can throw them. I’m just sayin’…
Oh, a pencil or two. Bad things can happen with me and pens. I like being able to erase mistakes especially when I’m having a moment where I can’t write anything distinguishable.
Hair dryer - does the hotel have one? If so, you can lighten your load a little…
Cash, because, well, yeah.
Know where you can get digital prints there in town if you want to do that before you leave (i.e. like have the gals sign the back of it or something, I don’t know). Directions to said place is a bonus.
I can’t think of anything else unless you need any hair accessories like hairbands or clippies or something. Happy packing!
Wouldn’t it be cool if someone invented an all-purpose charger so we didn’t have to bring cables for our laptops, phone, iPods, cameras…
Lanna- I’m taking a train, but I’ll still make a packing list, thanks for the idea! And yes, a baggie of hairclips and bands, too
Shannon- You should patent that idea, because otherwise someone is going to have one on the market next year, I betcha!
Put everything into ziploc bags including your camera and ipod and memory card. That way if something spills in your luggage then everything is still safe.
Put your name on everthing too.
Have fun! I can’t wait to read updates and see all those wonderful pictures.
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