Dear FlyLady and Crew,
As you are encouraging us to make our Holiday Journal, I thought I
would write to tell you that I have taken your Control Journals in a
different direction. When my DD received her driver's license last
year I prepared an Auto Emergency Journal for her as a Christmas
gift, along with a tool kit, a Road Emergency kit, bottled water for
an emergency and other car related item. In this Auto Emergency
Journal I included
1. Emergency Phone numbers (including the Red Cross)
2. Phone numbers of family members & Neighbors
3. Out of state family members (in case she were to have car trouble
traveling)
4. Medical information and phone numbers (drug allergies, her
cardiologist, etc.)in case she is unable to speak, God Forbid.
5. Auto Insurance information and insurance cards including AAA
6. Winter Driving Checklist:
BEFORE
Have a mechanic check the following items on your car.
Battery
Antifreeze
Wipers and windshield washer fluid
Ignition system
Thermostat
The list goes on
7. What to do if caught in a snowstorm while driving
Stay in the car. Do not leave the car to search for assistance unless
help is visible within 100 yards. You may become disoriented and lost
in blowing and drifting snow. YOU COULD DIE!
Display a trouble sign. Hang a brightly colored cloth on the radio
antenna and raise the hood.
Turn the car off. Occasionally run engine to keep warm. Turn on the
car's engine for about 10 minutes each hour. Run the heater when the
car is running. Also, turn on the car's dome light when the car is
running.
Beware of carbon monoxide poisoning. Keep the exhaust pipe clear of
snow, and open a downwind window slightly for ventilation. And other
such instructions.
8. Emergency Kit Checklist (to be reviewed and replenished
periodically)
9. FlyLady here: I have added one that is very important. If you
breakdown on an interstate; be sure to get the car as far to the
right as possible. Even if it is off the shoulder and on to the
grass. Then get out of the car and wait away from the car on the bank
or in the woods. People become will run into the back of your car
because they are in a daze; Even with your flashers on. We have had
two state troopers killed because of this.
I put each page in a plastic sleeve and put them all in a term paper
cover (not bulky and easily kept in her emergency car kit)
Four Pages of information but it is comforting to me to know that
should DD break down she has some written instructions so she won't
have to rely on memory alone.
I intend to do this for all the new drivers I know. The hard part is
already done!
My DD is at college now and we prepared a Control Journal for her to
take along with her Girlfriends Calendar. Could this be why she is
always finished her assignments early?!
When we went on vacation, I made an Emergency Auto Journal for our
trip and included all the Pet information to give to our pet sitters
(so I would not forget to bring it) and our vacation check lists. The
vacation journal is kept in my FlyLady Control Journal and put in the
Auto Emergency Journal when we travel. Thank you for the great ideas.
My Journals are simple but they relieve so much stress. The
encouragement and ideas from you and your crew as well as the
FlyBabies around the world is invaluable.
Thank you all,
TW in NJ
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FlyLady here: Our children need our us to set the example. Do you
have an emergency Car Journal? For that fact are they seeing you use
a Control Journal and a calendar.
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