Attempting to Organize the Chaos

When Parent Bloggers Network asked for volunteers to test out the new Day Runner family matters line of color-coded organizational products, I was all, "Pick me! Pick me!" (rapidly waving my hand high in the air). Because, unless you (think you) are Supermom, in which case you're probably on something that I'd like to sample, who couldn't use a little more organization in their household?

With my big life change approaching in just under a week (gulp), the Trenches are in desperate need of some time management and family organization.

Enter the monthly/weekly appointment book. This will be my constant companion in 2008, as I navigate a full-time work schedule. As a matter of fact, I'm meeting with my babysitter (our "nanny" now, for tax purposes) this week so we can figure our our respective vacation times for the upcoming year. I'm glad I now have this appointment book to record all the dates, instead of a random scrap of paper (usually the back of a receipt) that I would normally use.

The color-coded activity folders have already been put to good use in my determination to save some of the boyz' schoolwork for posterity. Each time Eldest brings home a keeper from kindergarten, or Middle brings home a gem from preschool, it gets placed into their folder.

Along with the folders, the color coded storage cases are great for pertinent documents pertaining to each individual in our family (conveniently, it comes with 5!) Copies of our birth certificates, social security cards, the boyz' immunization records, etc. have been filed away for safekeeping. No more digging through random piles of paper in the desk drawer!

All the Day Runner items can be purchased at your local Office Depot!

Now if only the rest of the Trenches could be organized so easily...*sigh*