I started this week off with trying to organize our new home since we just moved. I started with cleaning schedules, and meal planning (things I had already done in the past) but, with a larger house to upkeep I needed a little inspiration. I'm a HUGE Pinterest person and I started following organization broads.That was my first mistake, seeing how organized others are that should send you into a cleaning frenzy and want to purge everything you own and start from scratch.
I decided to tackle each room on a different day. Each got a deep clean, meaning everything wiped down, dusted, folded, straightened up and thrown into the trash pile if need be.
Monday- Kitchen/Pantry
Tuesday - Kids room/Laundry
Wednesday - Garage and Lawn
Thursday - Living room/Dining Room
Friday - Master Bedroom
Saturday - Laundry and Tidy up.
I also decided that I needed to update my cleaning lists, which sent me into making a home management binder, that-- has now turned into mapping out a planner for the rest of this year and next. I am a HUGE planner person, I have some sort of addiction to them and every year I pledge that I will keep one all year long and it never turns out that way. If I made one written mistake that sucker gets filed under: DO NOT USE. This year however I have managed to keep mine, but they never seem to have everything I need or want in a planner. I looked into the "Life Planner" but, it honestly wont work for me. I need SPACE and freedom. So I tackled the task of making my own via Pinterest. I'll include the links of where I found all the sites to collect everything I needed to make my own personal planner.
I first took out notebook paper and jotted down everything I thought I needed to keep me interested in a planner all year. This was the list I compiled:
1. Holiday/Birthday lists - (of course for my children and husband.) When it comes time to purchase gifts I always draw blanks on what they have been talking or whining about.
2. Cleaning Schedules - (my personal and seasonal and annual you know for when you need reminding to change the batteries in your fire alarms..)
3. Birthday & Anniversary Dates - (UHHHH who doesn't want to forget this?)
4. Contacts - (with two lines for address, who can cram it all on one line??!)
5. Meal planner - (this needs to have a grocery list as well.)
6. Dr. Visits -(what is my kids weight again??)
7. Bills to Pay - (for when myself or my husband forgets and we come home to no power.)
8. Wines to Try - (pretty self explanatory, I have kids.)
9. Pantry Inventory - (because, I can never remember what I have on hand. Ever.)
10. Freezer Inventory - (see above.)
11. Blog - since I am just starting out I need something to keep track of all the craziness that floats around my brain all day, this will include a schedule, a place to jot ideas and brainstorm and stats and giveways, ect.
12. Non-profit work - (I do a lot I need some place to keep my on going to-do list.) This probably wont work for everyone but my idea is if you have a kid in sports, or a job, ect. you can print the same monthly calendar and just make a separate tab in your planner so you can see your schedule or theirs.)
13. To-Do - (Monthly projects and everyday stuffs.)
14. Notes - (Yep. Need this.)
15. Party Planner - (Well I plan a lot of gatherings every year, this will help plan menus and who's invited, and what I need to grab from the store.)
16. Password Tracker - (I have to many accounts!)
17. Covers - Front & back for the binder
18. Take Out List - (so it doesn't turn into, "what was that place again? didn't we just go there??")
19. Weekly Calendar. (MUST HAVE LINES)
20. Food Journal - (because, like any woman I need to monitor what goes in my mouth.)
21. Year of Savings - (I probably could learn to budget better.)
22. Emergency Contacts - (if God forbid something bad happens at least someone will know who to call.)
23. Car Info - (who really wants to keep that sticker that reminds them about oil changes on their cars?)
24. Mileage Tracker - (this is mainly for my husband, since he needs to keep track of this for our taxes.)
Maybe I am O.C.D. but, hey it won't be the last name I am called I can assure you, but I needed to find something that worked for me and my family especially being so close to the holidays and the bulk of our birthdays are summer and fall through spring months in this house. It's going to get crazy around here and I need to keep sane. I hope you find these links helpful and useful and best of all they are FREE!
**Don't forget to book mark the ones you liked, for quick reference when you need to print out more weekly or monthly pages!**
-DIY Home Sweet Home
This blog has a lot of printables I used.
-Lovely Little Snippets
This blog has Christmas lists, it says 2011 but you can really use them whenever.
-Hello Cuteness
Cute and functional grocery list.
-Simplify The Season
Three holiday meal planners.
-Sunday Planning
Has a lot of cute templates run through see what you like and print!
-Design Finch
THE CUTEST eat sheet.
-Buttoned Up
Great if you need a run down of hour time slots of your day with contacts and to-dos.
-The Project Girl
Cute meal planning weekly guide.
-Eclipsed Moon
This has great links to search through blogs for stuff you may want in your planner.
-Livinglocurto
This is great for weekly BLOG schedules!!
-Breath My Heart
Has a list from other bloggers with links for customized printouts for your personal or family planner.
-Blog Planner
I wish I could remember where I found this blog planner. I'm sorry!
-Snap Fish
Great monthly calendars. I printed two of these bad boys so I can plan my non-profit work.
-Hello Cuteness
Password Tracker.
-Confessions Of A Homescooler
Pretty detailed blog planner.
-Planner Covers
Again, not sure where I got these but they are cute!
-Zoo Cutie Printables
Weekly cleaning schedules
-A Typical English Home
has some pretty cute printables, and holiday lists, also tags for pantry items, gardening schedules, ect.
-Cleaning Schedule
unknown where I found it, but great colorful weekly cleaning schedule fill in yourself.
-OrganizedHome.com
Restaurant/Take out information.
-Projectorganizeit
Freezer inventory printable.
-Tinasdynamichomeschool
Bank account information.
-Imperfect Homemaking
Great for weekly planning or blog planning. She gives you the option if you do not blog to print weekly planners with no bloggers options!
This is a great place to start with your family or personal planner or home management binders. I'll do a post later this week of what I keep on hand in my home management binder and take photos of my family/personal planner and of my home management binder.
**Don't forget to book mark the ones you liked, for quick reference when you need to print out more weekly or monthly pages!**
I decided to tackle each room on a different day. Each got a deep clean, meaning everything wiped down, dusted, folded, straightened up and thrown into the trash pile if need be.
Monday- Kitchen/Pantry
Tuesday - Kids room/Laundry
Wednesday - Garage and Lawn
Thursday - Living room/Dining Room
Friday - Master Bedroom
Saturday - Laundry and Tidy up.
I also decided that I needed to update my cleaning lists, which sent me into making a home management binder, that-- has now turned into mapping out a planner for the rest of this year and next. I am a HUGE planner person, I have some sort of addiction to them and every year I pledge that I will keep one all year long and it never turns out that way. If I made one written mistake that sucker gets filed under: DO NOT USE. This year however I have managed to keep mine, but they never seem to have everything I need or want in a planner. I looked into the "Life Planner" but, it honestly wont work for me. I need SPACE and freedom. So I tackled the task of making my own via Pinterest. I'll include the links of where I found all the sites to collect everything I needed to make my own personal planner.
I first took out notebook paper and jotted down everything I thought I needed to keep me interested in a planner all year. This was the list I compiled:
1. Holiday/Birthday lists - (of course for my children and husband.) When it comes time to purchase gifts I always draw blanks on what they have been talking or whining about.
2. Cleaning Schedules - (my personal and seasonal and annual you know for when you need reminding to change the batteries in your fire alarms..)
3. Birthday & Anniversary Dates - (UHHHH who doesn't want to forget this?)
4. Contacts - (with two lines for address, who can cram it all on one line??!)
5. Meal planner - (this needs to have a grocery list as well.)
6. Dr. Visits -(what is my kids weight again??)
7. Bills to Pay - (for when myself or my husband forgets and we come home to no power.)
8. Wines to Try - (pretty self explanatory, I have kids.)
9. Pantry Inventory - (because, I can never remember what I have on hand. Ever.)
10. Freezer Inventory - (see above.)
11. Blog - since I am just starting out I need something to keep track of all the craziness that floats around my brain all day, this will include a schedule, a place to jot ideas and brainstorm and stats and giveways, ect.
12. Non-profit work - (I do a lot I need some place to keep my on going to-do list.) This probably wont work for everyone but my idea is if you have a kid in sports, or a job, ect. you can print the same monthly calendar and just make a separate tab in your planner so you can see your schedule or theirs.)
13. To-Do - (Monthly projects and everyday stuffs.)
14. Notes - (Yep. Need this.)
15. Party Planner - (Well I plan a lot of gatherings every year, this will help plan menus and who's invited, and what I need to grab from the store.)
16. Password Tracker - (I have to many accounts!)
17. Covers - Front & back for the binder
18. Take Out List - (so it doesn't turn into, "what was that place again? didn't we just go there??")
19. Weekly Calendar. (MUST HAVE LINES)
20. Food Journal - (because, like any woman I need to monitor what goes in my mouth.)
21. Year of Savings - (I probably could learn to budget better.)
22. Emergency Contacts - (if God forbid something bad happens at least someone will know who to call.)
23. Car Info - (who really wants to keep that sticker that reminds them about oil changes on their cars?)
24. Mileage Tracker - (this is mainly for my husband, since he needs to keep track of this for our taxes.)
Maybe I am O.C.D. but, hey it won't be the last name I am called I can assure you, but I needed to find something that worked for me and my family especially being so close to the holidays and the bulk of our birthdays are summer and fall through spring months in this house. It's going to get crazy around here and I need to keep sane. I hope you find these links helpful and useful and best of all they are FREE!
**Don't forget to book mark the ones you liked, for quick reference when you need to print out more weekly or monthly pages!**
-DIY Home Sweet Home
This blog has a lot of printables I used.
-Lovely Little Snippets
This blog has Christmas lists, it says 2011 but you can really use them whenever.
-Hello Cuteness
Cute and functional grocery list.
-Simplify The Season
Three holiday meal planners.
-Sunday Planning
Has a lot of cute templates run through see what you like and print!
-Design Finch
THE CUTEST eat sheet.
-Buttoned Up
Great if you need a run down of hour time slots of your day with contacts and to-dos.
-The Project Girl
Cute meal planning weekly guide.
-Eclipsed Moon
This has great links to search through blogs for stuff you may want in your planner.
-Livinglocurto
This is great for weekly BLOG schedules!!
-Breath My Heart
Has a list from other bloggers with links for customized printouts for your personal or family planner.
-Blog Planner
I wish I could remember where I found this blog planner. I'm sorry!
-Snap Fish
Great monthly calendars. I printed two of these bad boys so I can plan my non-profit work.
-Hello Cuteness
Password Tracker.
-Confessions Of A Homescooler
Pretty detailed blog planner.
-Planner Covers
Again, not sure where I got these but they are cute!
-Zoo Cutie Printables
Weekly cleaning schedules
-A Typical English Home
has some pretty cute printables, and holiday lists, also tags for pantry items, gardening schedules, ect.
-Cleaning Schedule
unknown where I found it, but great colorful weekly cleaning schedule fill in yourself.
-OrganizedHome.com
Restaurant/Take out information.
-Projectorganizeit
Freezer inventory printable.
-Tinasdynamichomeschool
Bank account information.
-Imperfect Homemaking
Great for weekly planning or blog planning. She gives you the option if you do not blog to print weekly planners with no bloggers options!
This is a great place to start with your family or personal planner or home management binders. I'll do a post later this week of what I keep on hand in my home management binder and take photos of my family/personal planner and of my home management binder.
**Don't forget to book mark the ones you liked, for quick reference when you need to print out more weekly or monthly pages!**