{Weekly Challenge} The Home Management Binder

Week One Challenge

I love this challenge! It's just what I needed in my life. I'm a big list maker, so this is a great place for me to keep all my to do lists and better manage our finances.

Here is what I gathered for the challenge:

3 ring binder

Dividers

Label Maker

Hole punch
Printables I found online

I created this cute cover page :)

This is our weekly schedule. I got this free printable here.

And behind the weekly schedule I have a monthly calendar. You can find this calendar here.

These are my colorful dividers. I labeled my tabs as follows:

To Do

Menu Planning

Cleaning

Bills

Misc.

My weekly chore checklist. I found this printable here. I decided to pull from this weekly list to make my daily list. My daily list still stays on my fridge. It's easier for me to keep my daily list there. I also have a Party Planning Worksheet to help me plan my son's second birthday that is coming up. I found the party planning printable here. It's very helpful.

I printed out weekly and monthly menu planners. It's easier for me to sit down at the beginning of each month and plan out a whole months worth of meals. Then transfer that over each week. That way I can go back and make changes or move things around if need be. Because who knows if on February 15th we're going to feel like eating Spaghetti! I also have new recipes I've printed offline here too. Once I make the recipe and decide we like it or not I'll store it in my cookbook to reference it later. I found my weekly menu planner here and my monthly menu planner here. 

I created a Monthly Deep Cleaning List in Word. I don't really have a need to keep a daily one here. There are only a few things that I do EVERYDAY (sweep, vacuum, dishes, counter tops) and the rest get pulled from this list and put on my weekly chore list.

I sort of copied what Toni uses for her Bill and Payment checklist. I created this simple checklist in Word. I also created a spreadsheet that has all of our account numbers and information. That way if I need to call the cable company I don't have to search for a bill to locate our account number. I pay most of our bills online, so I included our log in ID and password in case my husband should need the information.

I'm so happy to have this binder in our lives now! I made it last night and just today I've been in it three times!