Comments on: The Rest of My Home Management Notebook

By: Jaime

Jaime — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:26:54 +0000

I love your articles!! They are so helpful. I wanted to share a site I came across and have been using. It’s joesgoals.com and its so easy to use. I think people will find it useful if they take the time to take a peek at it. Be blessed.
Jaime

By: D

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:13:30 +0000

I like to use my laptop and pda phone since I can type faster than I can handwrite all of the many things I keep track of working full time and taking care of my family (at least trying to I use microsoft Onenote and outlook. Onenote is like a notebook on my laptop that I can type quick notes in and create sections for different areas of my life. I keep an ongoing to do list page and then start a daily page each morning where I outline what I want to get done that day. The thing I love is that Onenote and outlook work together so I can send a to do item from my onenote daily list to outlook as a task. Then I sync my pda with outlook. It helps me not to feel overwhelmed by only sending the most important tasks for the day to outlook first. Then I see can focus on those things first and not get distracted looking at the larger goals for the day. My pda is my cell phone so I always have it with me and at home I wear shorts or pants with a pocket so I can carry it with me. I can also set up alarms and timers to beep and vibrate when I am on a tight schedule. If I finish the tasks on my pda I go back to the laptop pick my next tasks. There is also a mobile version of onenote so I can write notes on a onenote page and then it syncs with my laptop. I also use onenote to keep a journal so this lets me write down memories without having to carry my laptop everywhere.

By: Rose

Rose — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:01:35 +0000

I just found your site through BHG. Looks like a lot of great info that I could use, but it seems that all the jpgs on the 4-5 articles I’ve checked so far are broken. If I click them, I get a 404. Would love to see the visuals. Thanks!

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:23:43 +0000

How do I get the Home Management Notebook to work on-the-go?? I spend most of my time in the car driving my son to his different therapies, school, etc.. and my older girls to and from school and activities. I have a small PDA, but, I can’t customize it for what I need to take care of my family. Any ideas???

By: Taylor at Household Management 101

Taylor at Household Management 101 — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:18:27 +0000

I have recently created a web page describing some ideas for what can be in a household notebook (click the link above). Of course, everyone's life is unique so there is never a right or wrong answer to what should be included or not. I think I have included a bit more legal stuff into my list, probably because I am also a lawyer so I think about that stuff a lot. Taylor at Household Management 101´s last blog post...Making A Homemaking Notebook: A How To Guide

By: Corinne

Corinne — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:55:25 +0000

Hi,
I am so happy to have found your site. I was on the nesting place and linked to you from there. I have downloaded everything for my Home Management Notebook. Thank you for the downloads and for all of your wonderful ideas. I can’t wait to be organized. I feel relief setting in already. Thank you.
Corinne

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By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:48:20 +0000

Nevermind, found it! Thanks

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:44:27 +0000

Hi! New to the blog but I am really enjoying it! I was wondering if the Daily Docket is available now as a PDF?
Thank you!

By: CV

CV — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:20:12 +0000

I am glad to see that someone else uses the same idea of having a scratch page for projects. I hate forgetting things like wanting to hem my curtains now I have decided I like the fabric hung a certain way, or wanting to repaint a certain piece of furniture or plant some bulbs. This brain is not what it used to be and writing it down releases my brain for normal stuff.

Also love your daily docket idea. I use something similar in the way I write things on post its and put them into my routines book at the time of day I hope to do them. I think I will tweak it a little to match your ideas as I don’t always get dinner done at a good time when I forget to defrost meat.

Best wishes,
CV

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By: simplemom

simplemom — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:58:33 +0000

@Hi Lauren! I’d love to some of my notebook electronically – like your pda – but being on my feet all day, up and down with a preschooler and toddler, it’s just not feasible. I’m sure that would work out great for others out there, so thanks for the idea. And yes, I’m a big goal setter, too, so I like your idea of writing them down.