Free Printables I adore you all for stopping by, and love to treat you along the way! Please see below for my current "free" printable downloads! Please note that in an effort to keep these printables "FREE" I do not offer edits or customizations. Tool: Free Printable Too Many To Do’s Form Too much on your plate? Keep yourself honest with this to-do list with a twist. It will gently point out when your work, home and everything else lists start to look impossibly long and prompt you to delegate and/or strike non-essential tasks. Click here to download pdf How To Clean Your House in 20 Minutes a Day for 30 Days When I first learned to clean my own place, I thought Saturday had to be an all day clean-a-thon. I didn't really have a concept of how to balance the work load during the week so weekends could be reserved for larger projects or even you know…fun! Now I clean in 20 minutes a day — every day — and things just seem to take care of themselves. Here's a glimpse at the schedule I use! No one said you had to do everything at once and even when time seems short, if you can manage one task a day, things should start to work themselves out. 1) Dealing With What Comes Through The Door Set up a small area by the front door to act as a "landing strip" for incoming items to your home. 2) Do Your Dishes After Every Meal This will help you stay on top of your kitchen instead of having it turn into a monster! 3) Laundry If you have a washer and dryer at home, do a little bit each day. 5) Set a Timer Most items on the list below should take no more than 20 minutes total. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Sunday Planning – design finch I recently read a statistic that said every minute invested in planning will save you ten minutes down the road. I can personally attest that not only does a little planning ahead help with time management, but it also saves money and reduces stress. Don’t we all want more help in those areas? No matter how busy I am, I try to set aside about an hour on Sunday afternoons to prepare for the week ahead. Check calendar for appointments.Make a “to do” list.Jot down a plan for dinners.Create a shopping list.Take items out of the freezer to defrost.Check the weather forecast.Iron work clothes for the week. When I don’t take the time to do these things on Sunday, I feel like I spend the rest of the week playing catch-up. While my iPhone has certainly simplified things, I still find it helpful to make lists the old-fashioned way because I find great pleasure in checking things off! Download Printables Here: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 Download Printables Here: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
15 Resources to Organize Your Home, Computer, Work, and Life Photo: Rubbermaid I feel sometimes that I am on a constant quest to get organized. There is just so much I want to do with my life, and so little time in which to get it all done. My eternal hope is that being more organized will allow me to do and be more, and miss and regret less. That might be a lot to expect from a day planner. Even if these resources don't make me into Super Woman, they may help us control the chaos - at least a little. For Your Home Photo: Jeremy Levine/Creative Commons 1. 2. 3. 4. For Your Digital Life Photo: Blake Patterson/Creative Commons 5. 6. 7. 8. For Your Work Photo: Karin Daziel/Creative Commons 9. 10. 11. 12. For Everything Else Photo: Taiyo Fujii/Creative Commons 13. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - book to help you focus on what matters most 14. 15. What are your favorite resources for getting organized?
March Challenge: Project "Household Binder" {Link Party!} All free printables mentioned within the post are now expired and available for sale! Please check out my Etsy Shop for a large selection of personalized printables to fit all of your household organizing needs! Thank you! It's been thirty-one days of Household Binder heaven! We created, we shared, we drained our printer cartridges, we were binder-makin' fools! Let's recap why the Jones abode is sure to run smoother as a result: 1. 2. Now instead of digging through individual mail stations, all current school related materials are located in one easy to find location. 3. I also took full advantage of having pockets in the binder divider tabs! And the other is a great place to slip those billing statements as they come in the mail and need to be paid: Now, twice a month when we pay our bills, we can go right to the Finance tab and log our expenses and send out our payments. 4. I also added a baseball card sleeve for any business cards we accumulate along the way! 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Vinegar Uses – Vinegar Green Cleaning and Home Remedies Now that you know ketchup can be used for shining copper and repairing hair, or that vodka can be used to repel insects and freshen laundry, you may have been wondering what tasks you can get done for cheap with other household items. Since May is National Vinegar Month (did you forget??), we thought we'd take a closer look at this inexpensive, versatile good. According to the Vinegar Institute, the useful stuff was probably discovered by accident (most wine drinkers know what happens when you leave a bottle sitting around too long). As Michael de Jong, TDG's Zen Cleaner and author of the Clean series of books, points out, vinegar has been pressed into service for many uses over the centuries. What's so great about vinegar? In the spirit of green cleaning, green thrift and green creativity, we put together this list of alternative uses for vinegar. 1. Gerville Hall/Istock 2. Got grass stains? When your big washing day comes around, toss in a capful of white vinegar. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
2011 Planner… : Crystal Wilkerson I am no longer offering the download to my planner as of Nov 14th. I am currently working on an updated version for 2012 and will post all the details on my blog sometime in December. If you would like to be sure to get the announcement, you can sign up to receive my newsletters on the top, right side of my blog. You can get the FAQ’s & printable instructions HERE. Join my first 3o-Day Challenge HERE. Here’s a preview of my new collection that will be available on Monday night! Hints, tips and information on a wide range of subjects including stain removal, DIY, car maintenance and motoring, hobbies, pets and animals, parenting, beauty and makeup, gardening, music, home making, finance, jobs etc.
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