The Whiteboard Calendar

I love to be organized, and with four children I have to be. I’ve used a white board calendar for as long as I can remember. I find it therapeutic to redo the calendar every few weeks and keep myself in touch with what’s to come. My family loves it, so we can all make plans accordingly and be on the same page.

Our original white board was perfect for many years. Magnetic with a small cork strip at the bottom to keep import papers. The weekends together threw me off at first, but I quickly got used to it and found it helpful. It was an Amazon purchase that I only paid $16 for at the time. (Found here).

In addition to our Calendar I keep a list on the fridge of all the things that need to happen daily. Not only does this free up space in my brain, but it lets everyone else know what needs to happen so they don’t have to wait for me to tell them. We recently upgraded our white board so I could have this list in the same place. The boxes for the calendar are slightly smaller, but plenty big enough. I love having everything in one spot, and it makes it easy on everyone else to know where to go for information.

This version was more expensive at $38, but worth it for what I needed. (Found here)

I used to just have fun with colors, but now I have a color key. My hope is they subconsciously recognize their colors and it’s easier to find and retain the information they need. This is probably not true at all, but a girl can dream.

Comments

Basement Tour

Fitting a family of 6 in 900 square feet? Well, it's about 1200 square feet when I factor in our older children staying in bedrooms two stories above ours. This was our challenge for the next year. I love this basement. It holds such a fond place in my heart. Forever, it will feel like a new beginnings. When we moved to PA from North Carolina, this is where we got settled. There are so many beautiful memories of our kids, being kids, not the almost teens they are now. Growing up, I lived in small places out of necessity; I never appreciated that fact. As an adult, I chose bigger until I learned bigger is not always better. Our townhome taught me to enjoy having just enough space. It is less to clean, easier to keep up, cheaper to fix everything, less monthly costs, and more time and money for our family and the things we love. A year in the basement with only the necessities was welcome and exciting. In preparing to sell the townhouse, we went through each room, packing awa...

Back to the Basement

You may have heard the saying, “Life is what happens when you’re busy making plans.” This could not be more true than when we decided to sell the townhouse. We had decided to stay. We could likely get 3 to 5 more years from the space. Our little ones were growing up. More space would be ideal, but this was enough. Interest rates were low in the summer of 2021, but we didn’t want to refinance since we wouldn’t be here long-term. Then it happened. One afternoon, I woke up from a nap and started scrolling through Facebook. Our son’s daycare teacher posted a listing for her brother’s house. 4 bedrooms, with a basement and a fenced-in yard. Our toddler loved to be outside. With the lack of a fenced-in yard (and no way to achieve it), this had been added to the want list. It was the perfect house. I told my husband let’s just go look. That is what started it all. We did look, and we loved it. However, it was in the next school district. A change we were not willing to make. Rega...

Master of None Bedroom

Have you heard the phrase? Jack of all trades, master of none. That is this Master Bedroom—the space in the house for my husband and me. When you’re living in just enough space, you make use of every inch. However, as you can see, we were not using it best. This music, craft, TV, and sleep space, complete with a late-night baby bottle station, really needed some help, considering how much time we spend here. The main problem is in our hobby space. If you use the bedroom for working (even work you enjoy), it’s essential to keep it contained. You want to be able to put it away so that when it is time for bed, you can shut your brain off. (Or at least try). We had great bones. This desk I already owned was full of surface space. It allowed me to have my sewing machine set up all the time, with plenty of room for my cutter, computer, and a surface to paint when I tucked my laptop away. ( Ameriwood Home Dakota L-Shaped Desk ). Tucking my bulky Brother cutter in the corner made the spa...

Order Balance Being Well

Search This Blog