tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113159130315388122.post7036357569045452301..comments2024-03-27T03:57:40.622-04:00Comments on Church Mouse: Works For Me!Church Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07118892041864854864noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113159130315388122.post-90235845514045681552011-08-16T20:49:45.905-04:002011-08-16T20:49:45.905-04:00Last friday night I was at office max buying print...Last friday night I was at office max buying printer ink and I was so excited. I loved making sure i have all my supplies ready to start making my lesson planstrooppetriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760346169494672225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113159130315388122.post-30535077618995901272011-08-12T23:14:27.810-04:002011-08-12T23:14:27.810-04:00"You can hardly call it Plan B if there was n..."You can hardly call it Plan B if there was no Plan A to begin with." - Oh Amy I like this a lot! So true! I may use it in next week's LFL post on daily schedules.Church Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118892041864854864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113159130315388122.post-21242575321088527732011-08-12T08:51:50.178-04:002011-08-12T08:51:50.178-04:00Good for you! I am only now (with number 5 on the ...Good for you! I am only now (with number 5 on the way) slowly being convinced of the value of planning, and routine, and gasp, lists and schedules. I don't yet have a home management binder - mine is a homeschool planner - one front/back page per week designed to map out the family schedules/learning goals. But, its space is getting crowded out by little notes about meals and groceries and prices. Also just recently getting some real routines down, atleast in my head. When I don't just zip through them before bed, I am seeing that simple as they are, they really make the next morning start better/wish I had done them. I think I resist such partly because so often totally unexpected wrenches are thrown in, so how can I be prepared? I am learning that it doesn't really matter for what I was prepared, it just matters that I was prepared for something. I can skip the quilt trip if I can just remind myself - "So what? Nobody knew they were going to be here - you were prepared for something else. Make do, and that's just how it is, and that's just fine!" Husband said, "You can hardly call it Plan B if there was no Plan A to begin with." I am learning to think ahead and map out what works and what doesn't, but I see my biggest struggle right now is actually taking a few minutes to think out/map out the nitty gritty, the stuff that may not be exactly the same each week, in my notebook, and AHEAD of time. It's nice to have pretty forms to fill out, but actually filling them...<br />Kudos to you for learning and getting disciplined in such home management affairs now... you are way ahead of me! ( I must be really stubborn, to have to convince myself of all this before I'll actually commit to it!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303555521251868671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113159130315388122.post-35781002528661923292011-08-12T02:37:55.731-04:002011-08-12T02:37:55.731-04:00Ooh, a look into my brain might be scary! You loo...Ooh, a look into my brain might be scary! You look to be pretty organized.Rachel E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06029197864979891111noreply@blogger.com