It's late, I know. Landon was awake so I decided to work on my Home Management Binder (HMB) and I finished it! So I'm superbly excited and had to blog/brag about it! But he finally fell asleep, so I'm only allowing myself a few minutes on here to tell everyone about it.
It has 13 completed sections, each of which reflects a part of my life so that it helps to better manage my time and helps me to not forget things, like appointments or the last time the refrigerator got cleaned and when it need to be done AGAIN. Here are my sections and subsections (just in case you're thinking you want one too...):
Section One: Scheduling
A Collaborative Weekly Schedule
Monthly Calendars
Work Schedules
Day Care Schedules
Garbage and Recycling Schedule (sent from the city)
Section Two: Food Menu & Grocery Lists
Grocery Lists
Shopping Lists
Weekly Food Menu (that gets posted)
Monthly Food Menu (with featured cookbook)
Section Three: Household Maintenance
My Master To-Do List
Weekly Cleaning List (one room gets cleaned each day)
Seasonal Cleaning Schedule
Fishtank Maintenance Log
Vehicle Mainenance Log
Work Record (for when things get fixed around here)
Section Four: Yard & Garden Maintenance
Garden Plans
Outdoor To-Do List (Seasonal)
Plant Care Sheets
Chemical & Fertilizer Application Log
Section Five: Family Planning
Fun Ideas for Family Time
Birthday List (for my HUGE family)
Natural Family Planning Information
Section Six: Medical
Appointments
Any pertinent medical stuff we need to keep up to date on
Section Seven: Financial Peace
DAVE RAMSEY!!! http://www.daveramsey.com/new/baby-step-1/
Our Budget
Bill Pay Stuff
Section Eight: Child Care
Emergency Contact Numbers for Babysitters
Isabella's and Landon's Daily Routine
Do's and Don'ts
Fuzzi Bunz Care Guide - How to Use Then
Section Nine: Physical Fitness & Nutrition
My Excercise Plan
Couch to 10K in 13 Weeks http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=1462924
Body Weights and Measurements
Information from my Body Media http://www.bodymedia.com/
Information on Eating Right (from my Nutritionist)
Section Ten: Self Cares & Reflection
Short Term and Long Term Goals
My Book Reading List (Top ten books I want to read right now)
Prayer Journal
Time set out for fun lady stuff like manicures, pedicures, facials, etc.
Time set out for charity and giving
Section Eleven: Blogging
Blogs I've written
Ideas for future blogs and where I want to go with it
Section Twelve: Project Profiles
Each MAJOR project have going on gets a profile where I can write down ideas and
plan what I want to do.
Section Thirteen: Miscellaneous
Anything that doesn't fit in the first 12 sections, this section is empty right now.
I know this seems crazy OCD, and maybe it is, but it's a place where I can go and make sense of all the chaos in my house. I am super excited to have it done and in full swing. I've been using it for a month or so to clean my house, for babysitters and daycare, scheduling and such and it's worked beautifully as long as I stick to the plan. Of course there are days that the plan doesn't work, but you can always compromise and pick up where you left off. Even Tim used it today to catch up on our house cleaning, and he liked it because he didn't have to ask me what I needed help with next, it was already written out.
So all together, it has been a productive day. Like I said, sometimes the "Plan" doesn't work out and the last three days was one of those times. So we spent the day catching up and cleaning the rooms we didn't get to and when that was done, I worked on this management system and took care of the kiddos. But I said I was going to keep it short, and I've already been on here longer than I anticipated so I'm off to bed. Thanks Nessa for getting me going on this whole thing, I LOVE IT!
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