I am currantly working on organizing and putting together a household binder. I have read alot about them and with certain info in a certain place, it should help me out alot in organizing myself and my life. I am not sure what sections I will be putting in my binder but I did compile a list of what I want to include. And here it is……TADA! LOL
Calender Pages-Just ones that have bdays, important dates, appointments ect
Chore lists for kids
Cleaning lists-weekly, monthly, yearly, seasonally
Homeschooling Calander-basic jot of what I am planning that month
Schedules-daily routines for everyone
Food inventory sheets-pantry, freezer and fridge and any other storage
Recipes for homemade cleansers, wipes etc
Menu Planning-monthly menus broken down into breakfasts, lunches and dinners
Master Grocery list
Monthly grocery list by store
Coupon section-holds coupons etc
Monthly Budget
My Goals, Any online challenges I have joined and my progress
Homeschool Section- list of things hubby can do with kiddos to help out, curriculum planner,
Library books to get, course of study, plans etc…my want list, annual unit study,
books needed list
Home projects to tackle monthly
Seasonal Yard mantience charts
Ongoing wishlists for family members (great for xmas and bdays)
Recipe Section-new recipes to try, couple at a time…will move out of here when tried
A copy of a checkbook register to keep track better of spending
Weekly Errend list
Projects I am working on..checklist, crafts as well….put a few patterns in here, ideas,
instructions etc..When finished will be replaced with new
My 101 in 1001 Checklist
Family Fun list
List of things I would like to buy…save up for…smaller things
Extra money Earnings
Bulk Cooking Section-Past menus, furture menus, OAMC, food lists, bulk cooking plans,
Articles on particular methods, recipes for bulk quanities, canning, freezing and preserving
List of storage life, things that can be frozen
Tips- Things I dont remember that help me out, laundry tips, frugal tips, cooking tips,
kitchen tips and organization tips
Family Phone Number list
List of things to re-use and how to re-use them…another step in being frugal
Running List of Gift Ideas
Gardening Info Section-List of what I have and what to grow, indoor growing, info on certain
stuff, this shouldnt be to big of a list
Food Prep list-things to prep for the rest of the week
DIY section- articles on how to fix or build things, house mantience, etc
List of long term goals for fixing up our home
Here is my list. Leave a comment if you wish to share yours with me
Sonshine says:
I am going to tell you right up front that you will probably find that you will either need a 4 inch binder or you will need to make up several notebooks to keep all of your lists in!
I started with one and it just kept growing soooooo I now have THREE notebooks! One is a 2 inch binder with all my recipes that I have printed from the internet that I have tried or want to try. One 1 inch binder is just for homeschooling, it has my lesson plans, monthly calendars, reading lists, basically anything having to do with schooling the kids its there! Then I have another 1 inch binder that is all the household information. This is the notebook should there be a fire in my house and I had to grab one thing it would be this notebook!! I keep all my menus and grocery lists and inventory sheets, financial(budget), chore lists, internet passwords, medical information, etc. all in this notebook.
If you are looking for pages to use to print off to fill your notebook. Head over to organizedhome.com or over to http://myblessedhome.blogspot.com/ where in her sidebar she has ideas to doing up a binder.
July 13th, 2008 at 1:18 pm