I've recently started getting our household organized. You know what I'm talking about. I've been working on schedules for cleaning, menus, etc. I've done this before and I love it. It takes a lot of the stress out of running our household. I keep all of my information in a 3 ring binder so that it's all in one place and Mr. Clark can find it if he needs to.
I've always loved the website organizedhome.com and just today I re-discovered its awesomeness. There's a section for constructing your own household notebook and they even have printable worksheets for each section.
As I prepared my notebook today I utilized some of their ideas/worksheets but I also created sections of my own.
Here is what mine looks like:
weekly menu planner & grocery list
Mr. Clark gets paid every other week so we buy groceries for a two week time period. We use
SouthernSavers.com to plan our shopping trips so it's always good to know what we're going to
be eating and what groceries we're going to need.
Herb Research
I am really interested in natural herbal remedies and I've been doing a lot of research on them. I
keep all of my information in this section as well as "recipes" I would like to try. I'm planning to
make my own calendula salve as well as my own elderberry syrup.
Cleaning Supply Recipes
I've started copying down recipes for my own, all natural household cleaners. So far I've got
recipes for my own dish detergent and washing powders. I'll share some as soon as I test them for
myself!
I also have a weekly cleaning checklist in this section so I know what "chores" I have to do each
day.
Cooking Recipes
This is a list of our favorite recipes as well as some recipes I've copied from the internet. It's
convenient having this near my weekly menu planner.
To Do/Ideas
This section is pretty self explanatory. I have a list of things I need to get accomplished each
week. I also have craft ideas, etc.
What does your household notebook look like?
{even if you're not interested in making a household notebook you should as least check out some of the worksheets & planning pages organizedhome has to offer.}
4 comments:
I have kept a household notebook for years. I'll print sheet on half pages and use a half size notebook. Its easier for me to carry and keep up with. Listplanit.com (altho has a membership fee) is another good site for forms and lists.
That is a good idea. I've never thought about a half notebook. It's been a while since I've kept up with a family notebook but I wanted to get us organized again. Thanks for the ideas!
Staples has the half size notebooks along with half size sheet protectors and half size dividers. It cost me about $20 to get everything I needed to start with. Any pages you want to print that are full size you can change in the printing setup to print to half pages. If you decide to go this wrote and have questions, let me know. My email is momto2lilgrls@gmail.com :)
route not wrote. I have too many thoughts floating around this morning.
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