After a patchwork meal of leftovers, you yell at the kids to do their homework and clean up their rooms, then wander the house picking up dirty socks, that morning’s newspaper, and a dirty cereal bowl, while thinking about the bills you forgot to pay and the workout that you didn’t get to.

By the time you finally get home, you’re feeling guilty, cranky, and starving. You never have time to look at your to-do list and end up staying late to catch up on tasks that were all due yesterday. The minute you arrive you’re hit with one crisis after another. After speeding through your shower and throwing on some clothes (not the ones you wanted to wear, mind you, because you forgot to pick those up at the dry cleaner), you inhale a quick breakfast, kiss the kids good-bye (after some tense moments at the door about lost backpacks), and dash to the office. The alarm goes off for the fifth time (after half an hour of hitting the snooze button) and the race begins. Keeping tabs on children's activities, sports team phone numbers or emergency information is as easy as flipping a divider.Do you ever feel like you are off by just a step? That no matter how well you plan your days, or how disciplined you try to be, one unexpected thing comes along and wham. Time for dinner? Menu planners, recipe organizers and shopping list make it easy to feed the family night after night.Ĭlean house fast with cleaning schedules, chore lists and seasonal checklists for home maintenance.

Ready for an evening out? Flip the Notebook open to the 'Emergency Information' page, and the babysitter will always know where to find you. Rosters for sports teams, prayer groups or civic organizations. How will you use it? Whether it's a carpool schedule or a co-worker's phone number, the household notebook holds the information you need to check each day. It's a one-stop information center for busy families. So you think businesspeople are the only folks who need a personal planner? Think again: families need an organizer, too, to keep life moving smoothly on the home front!Ī planner for the entire household allows anyone-child, visitor, babysitter-easy access to the information they need.

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