PDFs of household guides, recipes, patterns, and presentations. I won’t put information behind a paywall, but I’ll gratefully accept donations. ;)
Let’s be honest, none of us wants to be a grownup. With the right tools and documents, managing a household can suck less. Here are essential documents that can help you stay organized and ease the stress of adulting:
Budgeting Worksheet
Designed for those of us living paycheck to paycheck, this budgeting worksheet includes a calendar view to show exactly how much money you will have moving forward based on expected income and upcoming bills. Once you get it set up, it takes only 5 minutes a day to maintain.
Chore Schedule
Daily, weekly, and monthly tasks, with complete instructions (no more “I don’t know how” excuses). Set up to print on 3×5 cards so it’s easy to assign them to different household members to share the load.
Meal Planning Template
Develop a weekly meal plan to simplify your grocery shopping and cooking. Include sections for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. This will not only help you eat healthier but also reduce the stress of last-minute cooking. Includes healthy, cost effective recipes.
Emergency Contact List
Compile a list of important contacts, including family members, friends, and local services (doctors, plumbers, electricians). Keep it in an easily accessible spot, both digitally and physically, for quick reference during emergencies.
Home Maintenance Checklist
A checklist for regular home maintenance tasks.
3Rs
A guide to help reduce your consumption of resources and help you save money.
There is no one right way to parent, and every child is unique. That said, I’ve developed some tools that have worked well for my family. Feel free to give them a try, and I hope they help you too!
Checklists
Backpack and daily task checklists help clarify expectations. Edit to your specific child and family’s needs.
Behavior Aids
Awesome Citation cards for formal recognition when anyone in your household has gone above and beyond. Grounding contract for when consequences are necessary.
Student Planner
Developed to help students with ADHD communicate between school and home.
Refocusing Activities
Cards with brief activities to help channel excess energy, allowing the task at hand to be completed.
Chore Payment Worksheet
A simple worksheet to help calculate allowance earned through the completion of chores.
Learning to do a wide variety of things yourself can be a rewarding and fulfilling journey. Here are some skills I’ve mastered and would like to share with you:
Urban Foraging
Gathering wild food in city environments in North Texas. Includes information on plant identification and uses.
Gardening
Grow your own food and create a lush green space. Includes information on seasonal planting in zone 9 and how too preserve the excess of your harvest.
Sewing
Mending instructions and simple projects with printable patterns that anyone can do by machine or by hand.
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