Home Management

My life since baby N was born has been a little chaotic, to say the least.  That first month I felt as if I just existed.  Before I knew it, that month flew by and I realized I had completely threw out all of my other responsibilities.  Thankfully, I have an awesome husband and family who helped take care of some things, but I knew I needed to get organized.  So after about a week of research and another week of creating, I came up with this incredible, life-changing home management notebook! I absolutely love the way it turned out and it has already helped our little family save time and money!  Below I will share a few of my favorites:

Cover

My Daily Schedule: includes errands, emails, phone calls, things to accomplish, my personal meal plan, work out goals, and a section to write ideas and inspiration.

Monthly Calendar

Meal Planning and Grocery List

(love this one!)

Our Monthly Budget

(This is where the money saving has come in! It's so much better when things are written down!)

Car Maintenance Log: This has a section to fill out when the registration is due as well as a place to fill in regular car maintenance.  This has been helpful to us because prior to this, I was guessing when the oil was last changed or how old the tires were.  This will hopefully save us money in the long run by making sure our cars are kept up!

Utilities Tracker:  I couldn't tell you how many times I am trying to call in or pay a bill online that I needed our account number for and I can't find the bill to look it up.  I end up having to wait forever on hold to get a representative to look it up for me.  This page is a reference sheet that will hold our account numbers, contact numbers, and ways to pay online or by phone for all of our utilities.

Birthdays and Celebrations: All in one place in our notebook so we will (hopefully) never forget another birthday or anniversary again!  This also helps us as a reference when we are filling out our monthly budget to plan for gifts for that specific month!

Also in our notebook are to do checklists, a babysitter info sheet, medical record info, a gift log, and so much more! I am using to it store my receipts and coupons too!  

I am thinking about making these pages available on here as printouts if anyone is interested.  More on that to come.  

For now, be inspired to be organized! 

Love!

New Adventure

To my own shame, I am known in my humble little circle of starting things and not finishing them. I have tried to start little businesses and cooking blogs but nothing really stuck longer than a few weeks. So, here I go again. A new adventure. Will I follow through? Who knows! I am going to strive to be consistent here, but I won't beat myself up if I never write another post after this one again.

Breathe. Okay, now that the disclaimer is over...here is a little bit about me:

My name is Crysten and I am married to my best friend, soul mate, and partner in crime, Josh. He is a man of God and an incredible leader of our little family. Seven weeks ago, my life changed forever when I gave birth to our first baby girl, Natalie. She is lovely and exhausting. While I was pregnant with Natalie, I was laid off from my job. Although at the time, the news was devastating to me. I lacked trust in God that He knew what was best for our family. With a few "cut-backs" and changes in our lifestyle, we have found a way to keep me at home to raise our daughter--for now.

That brings us to this blog. I am ASPIRING to become the best housewife I can be. I will pray, cook, clean, create, and everything else along the way. I will do my best to share my journey if anyone is willing to peek.

Enjoy, my friends.