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Busy Mom’s Planner

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Busy Mom's PlannerThe Mom Planners are perfect for busy moms! Whether you are a stay-at-home mom, work-at-home mom or work-outside-of-the-home mom with little kids or teens, you will be able to find a planner that will fit your lifestyle! Choose a weekly or monthly complete printable planner.

Check Out the Printable Busy Mom Planners at The Household Planner

There are a variety of complete printable planners available or you can build your very own customized household planner!

The Mom Planner Packages include the following (or you can purchase these sections separately):

Dated Monthly Calendar

  • customized sections for busy moms
  • places to record your goals for the month
  • categories may include: personal goals, household goals, work/project goals, financial goals, activities, calls/emails, shopping list, notes and other to-do’s (more…)

Summer Survival #4 ~ Getting it Together & Organized

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

So now you have the tips and the tools to maintain your sanity this summer and keep your kids and house in order, but what to do with them?

Now it’s time to get it all together and get it organized!

Some of your charts and lists can be kept in your Household Planner or in a folder or binder. Be sure to keep all of your originals in a safe place too, so you can use them again next summer!

Sample Display of Summer Survival Templates

Some of your charts and lists you will want to display in a place where the whole family can see and access them. (more…)

Summer Survival #3 ~ Keeping the House in Order

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

This always seems to be the biggest challenge for me during summer vacation…keeping the house in order. I don’t even mean it has to be clean, I mean keeping the toys off the floor, keeping the shoes on the shoe shelf, keeping dishes in the kitchen and keeping toys, shoes and dishes out of the bathroom! If you have children, you know what I meanJ

It’s impossible to follow them around all day long getting after them to pick up after themselves, plus that just makes mom extra irritated and stressed!

In order for your house to maintain some order this summer, you have got to have a game plan that you can stick to. (more…)