Last time we discussed the parenting section of your household notebook.  This time we are discussing the provider section of the notebook.  You know, the easy part :). Personally, my notebook has some extra tabs in this section because I have both my money management in here, as well as meal planning which have quite […] Read more…

Two weeks ago, we discussed the partner section of our household notebook.  This time, we are discussing the parent section of our household notebook. This is another tough one.   Obviously, kids extracurricular and school activities would go here.  If you homeschooled, your teacher’s planner(s) could as well. Here are some other ideas for the Parenting […] Read more…

In our last section, we discussed contents for the personal section of our household notebooks.  This time, we are putting together section three – Partner. This is, by far, the smallest section of my notebook.  Partially, because my husbands needs are pretty simple:  food, time with me, hockey.  Not necessarily in that order ;).  But […] Read more…

A few weeks ago, we went over the Prayer section of your household notebook.  This time, we will be looking at the Personal section of your notebook. Anything related to your person should be in this section of the notebook.  In my personal notebook, I have my blogging schedule (because really, whose husbands or kids […] Read more…

Last time, we built our routines.  This time, we are going to start working on the bones of the notebook.  If you were following along with the Mother’s Rule of Life book study, you probably already have much of this information in one form or another.  This is going to be your go-to book for […] Read more…

A few weeks ago, we started building our routines with making time for prayer and personal care/hygiene. This time we are going to continue making our routines, focusing on our partners, our parenting, and our role as provider. It’s easy with kids (especially little ones) to put them before out spouses, but that’s really not […] Read more…

Last time, we put in all of our out-of-the-house obligations into a schedule.  Now, it’s time to make up your daily and weekly routine.   Personally, I have both a daily routine and a weekly one.   I have things that need to be done daily such as morning offerings, reading to Lil’ Bit, loading/unloading the dishwasher, […] Read more…

*** I apologize for those of you who were expecting to see this post a month ago.  I’ve had some pressing personal issues that prevented me from working on my blog until recently.  I will restart this series but will be posting every other week instead of every week as I originally intended — it […] Read more…

Photo by Muffet Building a household notebook or home organizer is essential in the management of your home.  When I worked, I had manuals, schedules & guidebooks and home is no different.   I’ve had several household notebooks, control journals and other types of planners throughout the years and none of them worked very well for […] Read more…