Drum Roll…….. the 2015 Confident Mom Weekly Household Planner is ready to go and you can download it for FREE!! If you are a subscriber to my newsletter, you’ve already gotten the notice and hopefully grabbed your copy
This is my second year using your planner and I love it! I also am currently reading The Christian Homemakers Handbook, after you had posted on it this past summer, and I love it! Thank you!!!
LOVE the planner!! I’ve been looking forward to doing my planned “chores” each day and no longer feel like I need to do EVERYTHING EVERY DAY! I suddenly have so much more time in my day and my house is still getting taken care of Thank you so much for offering this to us for free!!
“Thank you soooo much!!! For the first time in my married life, I can open the door and invite someone into my home at any moment without being afraid of what pile of clothes I have on the bed that needed to be folded or dishes still in the sink. My 11-year-old daughter has even become a “neat freak” and will say often, “Mommy, I just can’t stand having a mess anywhere now – I just can’t function that way!” And those words from the child I used to have to beg to clean up her room – It’s proof that children really do learn what they live! Thanks again for what you do – it is truly a ministry.
I am so incredibly thrilled to offer this planner to you all for FREE! It does take a sizable amount of work to update it each year and also create some new pages for the Supplemental Pack to get your life even more organized. But GOD is good and He provides what is needed to get the task done.
So how can this planner help you?
Get a Plan
Whether you print one page of the planner out a week, or print the entire contents out and put it in a binder, find a method that will work for you. No one likes to get re-organized each week – so pick a method and go with it.
My method is to print the year out, take it to Staples and spiral bind it for $4. I can then write all over it and I actually keep my previous year planner because of all the notes I’ve written on the pages. I am also a big fan of the “just tell me what to do version” – that is my kinda gig!
Maybe you are a ‘print each week as you go’ so you can type in the editable fields kids gal – then do that. Post it on the refrigerator or place it in a notebook. I have also heard from moms that have been able to use the planner pages on their tablets –
- If you have a tablet, like an iPad you can use the Weekly Household planner “paperless” with any app that allows you to “write” on a PDF – for example Notability.
- On the Kindle, you can download “Note Everything” for free and use it too!
I have not done this myself, and will likely experiment with this, but if you have had success please share in the comments so you might be able to help another mom out. In addition, many have downsized the planner pages, but changing the printer settings on their printers, for example – printing two of the pages on one 8 X 11 page….if you have done that please share here too!
Give Yourself Grace
If all the tasks do not get crossed off each day – the world won’t end! You need to be real with yourself and have realistic expectations each day {I shared a post on this last year that was very helpful} – your home is not like your friends’ home or the mom who is sharing on Facebook about how she managed to get all ten of her kids to complete the entire task list for the week in one day – you are you.
You need to realize each day is different and if you do not get it crossed off – oh well! This is a guide – not a mandate! I have placed tasks on the planner in a reasonable order and frequency to allow your home to stay picked up, tidy and in order, but if you miss a few things here and there – things will not fall apart. Just pick up the next day and move on.
Delegate
You will need to gain help – in one form or another. I shared a post about delegating more tasks in your Weekly Household Planner – this is key. You are doing a big favor for yourself, but also one for your children if you bring the entire family into play when helping to keep your home in order. They will earn life skills that will anchor them to be responsible adults when they leave home.
You can use color coded highlighters to delegate tasks for each child – this is one way to share in the process. Allow your children to pick one task out of each day that they can help with and then when all the tasks are done, do something fun together – like a game, make a snack or get outside to ride bikes.
Working together for the better good of the whole is a great family lesson to teach at home.
Quick Tips
I posted a Weekly Household Quick Tip each Monday as we ventured through the planner several years ago. If you need some inspiration, just type Weekly Household Quick Tip in the search bar in the upper right corner and get some encouragement or find a tip for a certain task listed in the planner. Need a natural Laundry Rinse that is inexpensive and easy to use, how about some ideas on how to begin your quiet time routine, or cleaning the garage? There is a lot of great information buried in these pages – just type a search word and phrase and hit go!
If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, go HERE, go to the bottom of the page and give your email address and name to get your free copy. If you are interested in grabbing other planning pages to create a home management notebook, you’ll want to grab the planner + supplemental pack for $6 total. What a bargain – a year calendar and over a dozen planning pages to keep you organized – that’s less than $.50 a month.
Here is a sneak at what the Supplemental Pack contains!! I love the new additions this year of the new menu planner, Blessings for your Home printable, Household Maintenance Log and Gifts List!
What is your best tip for keeping your home tidy and organized?
