The Crazy Collards: DIY

Hello everyone, today I am excited to let you all know about some of my cleaning/organizing tips and tricks. I decided I wanted to split this into three sections so that it won’t be such a long post. The three sections will include:

1. My daily/weekly lists

2. Home organization

3. Money management

These will include everything that I do to help keep my life organized, clean and stress free (as much as I can control anyway). Please let me know what you think and if you have any tips and tricks to share with me I’d love, LOVE to hear them. I am always on the hunt for new things!

I hope some of you find these useful in your home/life because it saves me so much time and I don't know what I’d do without it!

When it comes to cleaning I am a freak about it! It’s been this way since I was little (I used to be the little girl who cleaned and organized her room for fun.) Though I had my years where I gave in to the mess, but anyway I just like things to be my way when it comes to organizing. So I’ve made up a system over the years that helps me stay organized for just about anything! So I’d like to share my weekly/daily lists that I use, Enjoy!

Okay first things first, I love a good list! Lists make my world go round and without them id be lost! I make list for just about everything! For example:

-Grocery list
-Daily to do lists
-Spending/Savings list
-Cleaning list
and the list goes on and on (no pun intended). So below I attached some documents that you can print at home to help with your life! These are the outlines for my lists based on how I like things so feel free to change it up to help fit your needs.

Daily To-do list:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_TNFRyEEEyKMUtmeFQ0V2V3VU0/edit?usp=drive_web

Daily Cleaning List:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_TNFRyEEEyKRWNfeEtMTHBEOTg/edit?usp=drive_web

I also love to use weekly list. These lists usually help me speed up the process of daily decisions. The most frequent ones I use are OOTW (outfit of the week) & Weekly meals. Using the OOTW helps me get out of the door faster in the morning and helps me catch an extra 5 min of sleep. If I didn’t use this I’d be wasting so much time trying to find something to wear. The weekly meal plan helps me plan my grocery list and I don’t have to think of something to cook last minute and helps my family know what’s on the menu. Below I attached the outline for what I love to use, again feel free to change it up to fit you.

OOTW:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_TNFRyEEEyKaU9NR1hvMVpRdFE/edit?usp=drive_web

Weekly Meals:

(The same as OOTW but I just change the title and put in the meals I am planning.)

Every Monday I spend some time putting together the lists for the week and printing them out. After I print them out I place them in my “Weekly Folder”. This is where I keep all of my documents and I can refer back to them easily during the week/day. Pinterest helps me out A TON during this process because I can refer back to it for meal and outfit ideas.

I also use a planner, because what organizing freak doesn’t have a planner? I LOVE the layout of this planner and will always repurchase it. They used to sell it at Target but I can't find it any longer, so I purchase it off Amazon. You can find it here. This I keep color coordinated to help with both monthly items and daily items. This is where I put reminders, what bills need to be paid, and any other activities that we have on the schedule. Below you can check out how I use my planner.