Ok i am all ready for some full tips on keeping my bills together, getting hubby to get up for work in the , getting the kids not to whine so much in the and at night,( good luck) and what ever other ful tips you have send them my way need all the i can get anymore.
Thanks from a mom that is loosing her mind
Try and get as much done the night before. Let the kids get their own clothes ready, teach hubby how to use an alarm (loud ones work best).
Bills are best kept in 2 files - 1 for paid and one for unpaid. They are kept in these files until you want to look at them or pay them or throw them out!!
Tracee, I keep all my unpaid bills in a mail holder on the wall. Once they are paid, I mark them with the date paid, cheque number etc. then put them in a filing drawer in an envelope for that month. I have 12 envelopes in the drawer and its much easier to keep track of that way.
Pull the covers off of hubby and threaten him with water. Maybe that will get him up.
As for the kids, well its been too long ago for me to remember what that was like. Sorry.
Tracee,
We also use a mail holder on the wall. We put the new incoming mail in there. My hubby opens them and groups together the ones with the closest due dates and puts them in a checkbook. When he can sit down, he pays them all, marks the paid date and we have a filing system in an old briefcase that when we finish, we tuck back away out of sight and out of mind. Then the next week, we go through the bills and do the same thing.
As for getting your hubby up, has he ever dealt with a boss for coming in late? If he wouldn't get fired, that may be what will get him into be more responsible for getting himself up.
For the children, at least my youngest, I have his clothing in drawers according to what goes on first. Underwear and socks, then next drawer is shirts and bottom drawer is pants. In the I pick his clothes before getting him up. Anything that needs to go to school is put in the backpack night before and I hang it on a piece of furniture right by the front door.
The only advice for the bills I can give is, I have a slotted organizer on my desk, in the first slot is where I put the bills when they come. I have a date organizer and I write in the due date, what bill is due and how much it is for. I have to look at my organizer everyday because of school and doctors appointments, so I see them where they're written in. After paying them, I write on the date paid, the amount paid and the check number or place that I paid them. Then we have a file cabinet where I have a file folder for each utility (bill) separately, and put the most current one on top.
As for the hubby, mine gets up on his own most of the time, but like DeeDee said....threaten with water.
And the kids, it's been too long since I had young ones, but in another 4 years, I'll probably asking for advice too.
Tracee, I don't know if I can add anything different to what these great ladies have said. We too have a mail holder on the wall we put the bills to be paid for the current payday on the bottom and the ones for the next pay period on the top and rotate them. I have folders for each bill that we pay so I can just pull out that folder for any reference I need. As for your DH, I don't know. When the alarm goes off I out of bed or I'll go back to , then I make his lunch and breakfast and he gets up in the meantime and gets ready for work. Threaten him with the water and if he doesn't respond, use it!!! ! AS for the kids, I'm not sure what ages you have but I make mine have everything ready the night before except clothes. They are old enough to pick out something in the depending on their mood. If they give me a hard time getting up and ready in the they know they will have to go to bed earlier that night so that keeps them motivated. It's a matter of being persistant, I think. You have to remind the kids over and over but stick with it. It does pay off. My 17 year old is very responsible. I don't have to worry about her doing homework or getting ready or being late for the bus. She has good study habits that I started when she was young. I am having a few problems with my 11 year old but we are working on a schedule for her. And I have to remember they are totally different people so what works for one may not work for the other. Good luck!!!
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I have a 9 and 12 year old and both are very unorganized stinkers. We have tryed getting them to put there stuff in there book bags at night and to get there clothes ready the night before.
I have the clock set 15 min fast so i have it go off early to wake up hubby he yawns, streches and des the man things person he is not.
For bills I have a wall hanging bill thing up stairs and down stairs and i have stuff laying everywere. I just need to get my desk cleaned off and get are putter room cleaned out. any one have a dump truck we can park it out frount and i can trow everything out the window into the truck
Thanks all for posting and trying to out means alot to me.
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