Household Notebook
It took me a while to get my household notebook together. I thought and thought about what I needed and what exactly I wanted to keep track of in this binder. I knew menus and cleaning. It took me a bit to decide what else. So I wrote a summary of my average week during the school year and during the summer and came up with dividers for my binder. Then I searched the Internet (mostly pinterest) and found printables that met my needs and what I didn't find, I just made up myself in a word processor or spread sheet program. My dividers are:
Personal: All about me. My schedule, my workouts, my food diary, my prayer list, my spa tasks, everything about me.
Home: All about the house. Cleaning, maintenance, yard, garden, etc.
Kitchen: All about food. Menus, inventory, grocery lists, etc.
Kids: Their schedules, chore charts, growth charts, etc.
Pets: Shot records, vet info, meds, etc.
Husband: His schedule, chore chart, etc. ( I doubt this section gets much use!) :)
Crafts: Inventory, project list, etc.
Finance: Budget, bill paying, creditors, etc.
Family: Friday Fun Night, vacations, events, etc.
Misc: This is everything else that I didn't really need a separate divider for. Addresses and phone numbers, passwords, etc.
First of all I am a jotter. I jot down things quickly and then record them on calendars or lists. So I attached a small clip board and pad to the front of my binder.
Next I attached a calculator and pen pouch with paper clips, pencil, and fine point sharpies.
I did buy 2 desk calendars from Walmart that were 8x11 and I punched holes. I bought 2 because I use one as a master calendar and one for just the kids schedule. They have their own section in my binder and they like to look at their schedules too!
Meatless Monday
Tex-Mex Tuesday
What's in the Pot Wednesdays
Anything Can Happen Thursdays
Family Fun Night Fridays
Soup Salad and Sandwich Saturdays
Grilling Sunday
I picked recipes and recipes ideas for each category and put them behind the dividers for each day. It has really helped me have a variety of food and not get stuck on the same old things.
I also have a section for favorites, desserts, snacks, breakfast, lunch, and side dishes. If I don't write it down I don't remember. So I write it down!
I would post links to all the pages I printed but to be honest as I was searching half were broken links and I didn't save any except the ones that were PDF files. So I can't really put a good list on here. I will tell you, Kidz Points has some great charts for kids, frugal living at About.com has a good list, and organized household has some good ones too. Pinterest has links to several but they are hit and miss.