My Attempt...

...at finally becoming a grown-up.

I have to admit a few things:

1. I don't really like to clean at all but I do like a clean house.

2. I don't mind doing laundry but I don't like putting it away.

3. I really, really like to be organized but it's harder than it looks.

I have learned that keeping a home clean and organized is all about maintaining it and not letting the chore list get too long. Here is my attempt at doing this...

My Notebook.

(Well, right now it's a folder until I have all the kinks worked out and then may have it bound to keep it all together.)

I have my Daily Planner, the Weekly Checklist, and the Monthly Menu Calendar. I have fallen in love with the Simple Mom site ( simplemom.net) and have taken her notebook and adapted to what I think I can work with.

-I also have stopped with all of the notepads around the house and have started my own notebook where I write ALL of my lists in ONE place.

-I am now more in love with accordion file folders than ever before! I used them all the time in my classroom but now they're wonderful and they were in the $1 bins at Target. I have several.

-And, something we found out about on TLC's show about couponing...A coupon notebook! We have now an entire binder dedicated to coupons in sheets made for baseball cards. They are easy to find and keep track of. We also learned that you can order coupons online! We have ordered coupons from The Coupon Master and have saved a bundle already.

So far becoming a grown-up has been easier than I thought but thank goodness I have a good partner to help me through it :).