{"id":507,"date":"2011-11-30T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T13:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wednesday-november-30-2011\/"},"modified":"2011-11-30T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T13:56:00","slug":"wednesday-november-30-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wednesday-november-30-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday November 30, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Time Keeper<\/span><\/font>

Household Planner 2012<\/span><\/p>\n

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On a slightly different twist from the books I’ve been posting, how about a planner?  David’s cousin, Starla, created this fantastic planner three or is it four (?) years ago and I have used it ever since she started.  I started with a notebook after we were married, drawing each page into weeks.  After awhile I upgraded to a computer version and taped it to the frig.  But when we started building the house, it wasn’t enough.  I was on so much overload I truly needed an external brain.  Christy kept telling me I needed a real planner and because I didn’t believe her, she gave me one and said, “use it.”  It was a gorgeous, leather bound little thing and I LOVED it.  You could buy new inserts every year for the calender part.  The only problem was that it was kind of heavy in my purse thanks to the pretty leather and the pages were too small.<\/span>

Then Starla magically appeared on the scene.  This planner is perfect.  Lightweight.  Easily fits into a purse.  Doesn’t add much weight.  Nicely lies flat on my countertop aka its permanent home.  <\/span>

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I love that there is a spot for phone numbers so I don’t always have to get out the phone book to call the doctor.  I love that it has a “planning ahead for 2013” section.  I love all the blank pages for notes in the back where I can create lists of books to read someday.  There are also perforated grocery lists in the back which I use sometimes.  More often than not, I scrawl what I need on the “TO DO” list on the weekly page because the bigger things on my to do list are mostly in the day to day schedule.<\/span>

As soon as we make an appointment for anything, it goes in the planner.  I write down upcoming activities so that I don’t as frequently over-book.  Do I ever forget something?  Yes.  A planner still can’t keep you from walking out the door without the plate of muffins you put right there so you wouldn’t forget them.  But it has simplified my life so much.  Especially because writing it down helps me to “forget” about it and frees my brain to think about other things.  <\/span>

The other thing I’ve done to help us remember everything and especially to make sure David and I don’t end up with conflicting plans … like hey, I thought you were going to be available then … is to put a white board calendar on the wall next to the kitchen table where we eat most of the time.  Every person in the house has a color and every one’s important things get written down.  That way we get to look forward to them together and we don’t miss each other in the hi and bye.  I do need to get one more color because right now black has to stand for David and for all of us.  I love it.  The boys love it.  David says “hmm, that’s cool,” in his typical laid back manner, so we’ll just assume he loves it, too. <\/span><\/span>  We still sometimes end up with curazy days like the 9th when I’d invited my SIL over for the day, Adam had a half day of school, we had parent teacher conference around five and a Dave Ramsey teaching seminar in the evening and that morning at the last minute I agreed to babysit four month old twins.  It was a crazy day, but a super fun day, too.  Having a calender keeps me from doing that more than one day in a row because then it goes from fun to over the top exhausting.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And that, my friends, is the method to our madness.  I would LOVE to know how you keep your life organized.  <\/span>

Starla is giving away one planner to someone who has never used her version.  So if you’ve used it, please respect her wishes and do not enter this giveaway.  I will fudge the rule just enough to say that if you’ve used it and love it and want to give it to someone who has never used it, you can enter to win it for a gift.<\/span>

To purchase your own planner, go <\/span>here<\/a>.  And yes, you do want one.<\/span>

And just for fun, here’s a gift basket idea.<\/span>

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*planner … to organize your life<\/span>
*huge bag of coffee … for energy to knock off that to do list<\/span>
*two large mugs … self-explanatory <\/span>

I will close this giveaway on Saturday, December 3rd.  As always, if you are not a xanga member and do not use your facebook identity, please leave an email address for me to contact you or check back to see if you won.  And anyone who links this entry to facebook or your blog wins a second entry (come back and leave a second comment for your second entry).  Good luck!<\/span>


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