So I haven't been updating because things have been crazy. We moved 2 towns over into a 3 bedroom apartment! The rent is a lot higher but still within our budget. I try not to hyperventilate when I think about it. LOL I'm closer to work now. And closer to children's. And Charlie's pedi is right up the street. I don't have to fight traffic for 20 minutes just to get to a decent grocery store. It's just generally a MUCH nicer area.
But first:
Ok, now apartment pics!



I also have a dining area, but I didn't take a picture because that's where all of our empty boxes are hanging out for now.
Can you tell I'm excited? LOL I've always felt like things were just slightly out of control. I couldn't fit all my stuff in my house. I couldn't keep things organized. I could never find what I needed when I needed it. I'm not a great housekeeper and not having a house I can be proud of does NOT help matters. But now I'm REALLY eager to get things in order. I don't want to have to turn the house upside-down an hour before our WIC appointment because I can't find our WIC card!
So I've gone completely over to the dark side.

The very first section is emergency information. Family's phone numbers, gas and electric numbers (for outages and leaks), apartment maintenance number. Children's hospital, pedi, pharmacy...you get the idea. Also a few print-outs on how to put out kitchen fires and stuff like that. Section 2 is all my apartment stuff. Lease, community policies, ect. Section 3 is car stuff...title, copy of my registration, insurance info, maintenance reminders, ect. Section 4 is meals...a list of 29 meals I can make quickly and easily using stuff I likely already have. Since I'm forever complaining that I eat the same stuff over and over. A "master" shopping list containing all the items I regularly use. I don't buy it all of course, but I can look through my meal plan, then down through the list and pick out what I need. Then a measurement conversion chart and a baking/cooking substitutions chart. And blank calanders so I can full in my meal plans. Section 5 is finances...budget, bank statements, paycheck stubs, bills, ect. Section 6 is chores...daily, weekly, and monthly with blank calendar pages. I have an "other" section with energy saving tips, our homeschooling schedule, projects I want to work on, ect. I also have a folder for odds and ends, a pouch for birth certificates and SS cards. Oh, and a pouch up front for scissors, a pencil, pen, and gluestick.
I still want to add house rules and cleaning lists by room.
I've had a LOT of fun with my 3 hole punch!
And I'm completely redoing Charlie's notebook, which is basically the same concept. It was very outdated.
My boyfriend wants to know when I start therapy. Ha!
Well, whatever. I'm soon going to be the mom all the other mom's hate because I have it all together despite being single, working, homeschooling, and having a SN child. Is it weird that I WANT to be that mom?
5 comments:
Awesome, congratulations! I long for a dishwasher, lol!
LOVE it!
Wow what a place you got there! It looks like you got a lot more space there than you did.
And I have a home management binder too, I'd be LOST without mine and all the stuff in it. They are sooooo handy for when I'm unable to run things and a friend or relative has to step in and take over for a bit, they can just flip to the daily schedule and my chores lists and my monthly menu planner and recipes and just pick right up where we were at.
Great new home....more room! And I must say you are a very tidy housekeeper!
Congrats so much on your new place! I know you have to be soooo excited.
(mommy-medic from c-s.org but I forgot my password, doh!)
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