I am not an organized person. (If my mother read that, she’d die laughing in the understatement of that sentence.) I would, however, like to change that. I believe that if I start keeping track of the home on paper, Mr. Fox and I will have decent, not last minute meals, and stop over drafting. I am a write-it-down type of person anyway. I used to make lists in school and never forget a thing (which was a miracle). So here goes the planning!
This is my pathetic little budget binder that I put together in one shopping trip to Walmart after attending our church’s Faithful Finance’s class. All enthusiastic and bright-eyed about the budgetary future, I expected it to be easy if I followed the steps! IF I followed the steps. That required I write things down daily. So this is me, several months later, actually doing the writing down-ness part. I’m just wrapping up the rest of the household running with it. Two birds, one stone sort of thing.
Next time I post on the Home Management Saga, I promise you that this little binder will look much more beefy and fleshed out and filled out.
What’s going into my binder in no particular order:
- Calendar
- To-Do list
- Budget
- Debt Reduction plan
- Bill Payment Checklist
- Money Goal List
- Project Management
- Project Budget
- Meal Planning
- Grocery List
- Chore List
- Weekly
- Monthly
- Planting Season List
- Loose Paper Folder
- Important Documents
- Coupons
- Vehicle Maintenance Record
Here’s what I’m reading on the subject:
- The Nest Effect: Home Management Binder
- Good Morning Girls: Ephesians Bible Study
- Uncluttered Life Style: Home Management Printables
- Motherhood on a Dime: Home Management Binder + Free Printables for 2014
I’m also very passionate about this image:
Source: mygreatchallenge.blogspot.com
Do they still make lamination? Think about making all those lists where you could reuse the paper month over month with a dry erase marker! Less of a footprint! YAY! I’ll be keeping this in mind… The problem is that I have no room for it… maybe.
Continued in my next post: Home Management Binder: Printables!
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