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everytime i clean my house i use it. Unfortunately its been all i could do to keep up with laundry, dishes, and keeping the livingroom clean.
But i use it maybe once or twice every other week :shifty It helps me focus and get things done instead of staring at a huge pile of mess. |
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i'm using mine, even while moving! :giggle it was pretty unused for a month or so, but during our long-haul road-trip, it helps to keep things I'd want: recipes, quick info about fevers in kids, that kind of thing. And I've had it open several days this week. :yes
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I find I use some sections more than others... The cleaning routines section :bag I also had great plans for a garden section and got some info on encouraging butterflies and gardening with kids. But that was all I did. OTOH, I use the food section for menu planning and shopping lists every week. And I find having a contacts section v useful too :tu
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I'm in the never finished putting it together category :paperbag BUT had it out the other day looking to see what it still needs. I do plan to finish it before school starts. G will be at a very active parent involvement school in first grade and E is starting at a co-op nursery school. That will mean I'm very involved there as well. So those along with MMOPS steering team, Daisy co-leader, Bible study, Moms club, and working/taking yoga will have me needing a notebook to keep the house kept up with and my other things a bit more organized. I really want to have things planned/done ahead of time. I feel like with many things I scramble at the last minute to get stuff done :shifty
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http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Avze-V2laMM/TD...0/DSCF7608.JPG I don't use it every day. Or every week. I'd like to. I am learning how to use it more often. I do think it's great as a refocusing tool, though. So if I feel like I've lost my focus, I definitely pull the notebook out (from the pile of stuff :bag) and work on updating to-do lists. I put today's to-do list in the front. I have a dry-erase marker sticky-tacked right next to the list. My to-do list might have many things on it, or just a few. BUT I prioritize it. One thing I learned when I owned my own business is to make a list of my 6 MOST IMPORTANT THINGS. Those go at the top of the list. There may be many important things, but those 6 are what are the most urgent, or what will help me feel like I've gotten something accomplished. I draw a horizontal line, and add the rest of the things I'd like to get to. Whatever doesn't get done today I will re-evaluate for tomorrow's list. Sometimes things get postponed until the same time next week. I also give myself permission to not feel guilty if I'm not using it perfectly. It is a tool. It does help me focus/refocus. As I use it, I am finding that some things (menu planning, to-do lists, budget items, educational goals for the kids) really belong here because they are referenced often. Other things (monthly goals for 6 months from now, non-current-seasonal items, crafting, bills, etc) don't belong in here because I'm not referencing them much, or because it just becomes too crowded. I have a file cabinet for stuff like that. And things can be rotated between the 2. One thing I still need to do is make a information sheet about each kid (medical info, allergy info, etc.) and a quick reference sheet for babysitters. |
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I must be losing my marbles.. i thought for SURE that i had posted pics of my binder in this thread... but as I don't see it, I must have only dreamt that I did!! LOL!!
Okay.... here is the link that was my inspiration: http://littleturtleknits.com/blog/20...gement-binder/ Here are pics of my binder: The Front Cover http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...1/IMG_4463.jpg The Spine http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...1/IMG_4462.jpg One of the tabbed Divider pages I made http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...1/IMG_4466.jpg A Pocket Page that holds medical records within the Family Health Records section http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...1/IMG_4471.jpg My binder is divided in the following sections: Homekeeping - keep copies of housekeeping schedule, recipe for homemade laundry soap, garden layout, etc, etc. Menus - self explanatory! Budget - all things related to our budget Parenting - various articles Self Improvement - nothing in this section yet - the idea was to have a place to keep a list of my goals that i'm working on. Hobbies and Decor - patterns that i'm currently working on, pics of decor that i like, paint samples, etc. Birthdays and Xmas - ideas for gifts, list of birthdays (which badly needs updating!), etc. Family and Health Records - a pocket page to hold medical records, and other family records Miscellaneous - I tend to put schedules here for things like AWANA, John's work schedule, and anything else that doesn't fit into the other categories get's put here. Contacts - printed from my Microsoft outlook - all of my contacts, OMWF contact list, church family finder. |
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I've wanted to share my binder with you for awhile and just now got the pics uploaded to photo bucket. I keep losing my post so I'm going to save it often and then edit for more pics. I didn't take pics of every page because some of them are just plain boring. :giggle
Front: http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_2401.jpg Housekeeping section: http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2402.jpg Housekeeping includes: Weekly homekeeping schedule http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2403.jpg To do list: http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2404.jpg This section also includes a list of things I tend to put off :shifty, a long-term project list, a declutter/organization list, all natural cleaners recipes, bedtime routine, and a packing list. Health section: http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2405.jpg This section includes homemade natural personal care product recipes and a guide for essential oils. I'd like to develop this section more. Weekly Menu and Recipes section: http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2406.jpg This includes my menu for the week, the recipes for the week, and lists of ideas for breakfasts, lunches and suppers as well as a list I asked the kids to make of foods they really like for menu planning purposes. Shopping lists section: http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2407.jpg This section includes a shopping list that I've made on the computer, a bulk food shopping list I also made on the computer and a generic shopping list for other stores that I might need to go to such as health food store or Lowes or something like that. Emergency Preparedness: http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2408.jpg I'm just now starting on this section. Right now it includes plans that are in the works for emergency food storage. It's a work in progress. Gardening: http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2409.jpg This is the only thing it includes so far. My square foot garden plan on graph paper with seed packets stuck in the page protector. It works. :giggle http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2411.jpg Special events: http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2412.jpg This section includes an event planning page: http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2413.jpg Family birthday and anniversary list: http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2414.jpg Gift ideas page: http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2415.jpg Parenting: http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2416.jpg This section contains gentle reminders to help me parent grace-fully. It contains ideas to jog my memory such as playful parenting, scripting, etc. and inspirational quotes to inspire me. In the pocket at the back of the binder, I have a list of ideas for future sections for the binder. http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_2417.jpg Thankfully, I've crossed off quite a few. :phew And on the outside of the binder on the back side, I have an 8X10 pic of my family to remind me why I am doing all of this. :heart |
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I need a cool name for my binder....any ideas?
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mine is my command center :giggle
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I'm updating mine in honour of our upcoming move. I'm experimenting with using an A5 binder instead of an A4, because I've moved on to having separate binders for Education/play stuff, NFP charts, and will have a separate one for bank statements etc, call me weird, but to me an A5 binder just feels nicer :shifty. Also, it wont take up as much space when I have it open. We're going to have a big notice board with some of the things that were in my folder pinned to it, to make it easier. So there isnt as much to go in the folder.
The only downside is that I am not technically minded enough to print off much of my stuff in A5 sizes, so a lot of it is hand written, which makes it feel less proffessional and organised in my mind. Which is just silly, I know. But that's how my brain works. |
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I figured out how to print in A5!!! Only I can't work out how to print on A5 paper, so I've had to print A5 pages on A4 paper and cut it out. So the edges are not perfectly straight so it *still* feels wrong :shifty and I know I will end up hassling DF until he shows me how to print on A5 and do it all again :bag
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I have one for my family of 3! I got some ideas from a site called homeschoolmom (I think!) and the rest from that organized home site you linked. I have a seperate Christmas binder full of goodies from that site as well, card checklists, gift lists, thank you card checklists, recipes for gifts, etc. It makes things soo much easier, this is my second year using it.
My binder got thick really fast so I ended up splitting out the children's activities (ie Sunday School, Homeschool Co-op, Sports) into their own small binders and labeled the spines. HTH!! |
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