Sunday Planning – design finch

I recently read a statistic that said every minute invested in planning will save you ten minutes down the road. I can personally attest that not only does a little planning ahead help with time management, but it also saves money and reduces stress. Don’t we all want more help in those areas? Um, I sure do! No matter how busy I am, I try to set aside about an hour on Sunday afternoons to prepare for the week ahead. Check calendar for appointments.Make a “to do” list.Jot down a plan for dinners.Create a shopping list.Take items out of the freezer to defrost.Check the weather forecast.Iron work clothes for the week. When I don’t take the time to do these things on Sunday, I feel like I spend the rest of the week playing catch-up. While my iPhone has certainly simplified things, I still find it helpful to make lists the old-fashioned way because I find great pleasure in checking things off! Download Printables Here: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 Download Printables Here: 1 / 2 / 3

March Challenge: Project "Household Binder" {Link Party!} All free printables mentioned within the post are now expired and available for sale! Please check out my Etsy Shop for a large selection of personalized printables to fit all of your household organizing needs! Thank you! It's been thirty-one days of Household Binder heaven! We created, we shared, we drained our printer cartridges, we were binder-makin' fools! The time investment in the binder this month is sure to reap endless rewards for our family. Let's recap why the Jones abode is sure to run smoother as a result: 1. 2. Now instead of digging through individual mail stations, all current school related materials are located in one easy to find location. 3. I also took full advantage of having pockets in the binder divider tabs! And the other is a great place to slip those billing statements as they come in the mail and need to be paid: Now, twice a month when we pay our bills, we can go right to the Finance tab and log our expenses and send out our payments. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Ready My Flying Mount!: Medieval Batman Armor | Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome From DeviantARTist Azmal (the same leather-worker who brought us the suit of lion armor) comes this Dark KNIGHT inspired getup. I would wear it. I would wear it, and I would charge neighborhood kids $1 apiece to throw dirt clumps at me. Then I would take all those dollars and go by myself a bottle of liquor. Then I'd go to the graveyard and cry. Hit the jump for a couple more including one of the bat paying his respects to his parents (kidding, totally somebody else's grave) and a link to the artist's DeviantART with a ton more worthwhile armor (check out the gryphon and dragon helmets). Azmal's DeviantART andProduct Site (to get your own!) Thanks to Jot, who doesn't need to wear armor because he can create force-fields with magic.

Tool: Free Printable Too Many To Do’s Form Too much on your plate? Keep yourself honest with this to-do list with a twist. It will gently point out when your work, home and everything else lists start to look impossibly long and prompt you to delegate and/or strike non-essential tasks. Click here to download pdf The Ramblings of a Mental Time Lord 2011 Planner… : Crystal Wilkerson I am no longer offering the download to my planner as of Nov 14th. I am currently working on an updated version for 2012 and will post all the details on my blog sometime in December. If you would like to be sure to get the announcement, you can sign up to receive my newsletters on the top, right side of my blog. I’ve had over 16,000 people download my planner this year! You can get the FAQ’s & printable instructions HERE. Join my first 3o-Day Challenge HERE. Here’s a preview of my new collection that will be available on Monday night!

Networking and Guest Posting | Why is it important? I’m no pro blogger. Actually, I feel like I’m the furthest thing from it. But I’ve had a ton of questions lately on how one goes about growing a blog, so I figured I’d do a mini- series. Maybe 2 posts, maybe more, depending on how much YOU like them, and how much info I can get into one post without overwhelming you. (Read Part II here and Part III here) Buy this print First things first: You need to form a network of other blogger friends. Your network of bloggers will all become friends. Now to the good stuff. Hosting a guest post is always nice too. I’ve been seeing a lot of bloggers complain about other bloggers wanting to use there tutorials. While we’re on the subject of backlinks. Buy this print Also know, that everything has already been done. Another way to build up your street cred’ is sponsoring other blogs. Maybe more on this next week, a long with how Giveaways help you out, even if no one ends up buying anything. Oh Oh Oh!! # kristanlynn xoxo