Journal Calendar

Here's an example of a calendar page in my journal..

This is the first one I made. On the others I have quotes on the bottom.

Lisa's clipart. I have these saved on my computer, so that when I want to make another copy I just bring it up. And if I have a name on one of them and want to make it for my DIL, I just quickly change the name and save it as a new document.

Sarah

Wally World Journal Page

Here is my Walmart shopping list...

(Lisa's Clipart).

Sarah

Books I have to have "page"

This is where I'll put my list of books I want to buy or read...

Again...Lisa's clipart.

Sarah

Journal Page

This is one for the "things" I need (want!) to buy:

This clipart came from, (I think) clipart.com.

Sarah

To Do page from my journal

Here's one of the Master To Do lists from my new journal. The graphics are Lisa's Country Clip Art. See my previous entries for some other examples of page I made.

Sarah

Another page from my Home Companion Journal

Here's the car maintance page I made. Look at the previous entry for explanation:

All my graphics are from Lisa's Country Clip Art. Hubby even liked this one!

Sarah

My Home Journal

I just have to tell you about the "home journal" I'm making. I discovered "Microsoft Publisher" (it had been on my computer for a year and a half, since my oldest had put it there!) and have been spending the last few nights playing around with it. I love it!

I already had a journal I started when I joined Flylady, but being the "SHE" that I am (her description of a perfectionist), I was never satisfied with it. It didn't look good enough to suit me. And if all my lists aren't perfect, instead of scribbled on a sheet of paper, they do me no good. Yes, I know...but that's just the way I am, and I've accepted it.

Now let me tell you about it so far. On the cover, instead of "Flylady's Control Journal", I have a graphic of a teapot set and the title is "Sarah's Home Companion". It's a large three ring binder from Walmart, with colorful, transparent, plastic dividers with tabs. I have different sections: Master To Do, To Do, Shopping lists, Grocery lists, Car maintance and repair, Monthly calendars, Books I want to read, Chores chart, Printed Christmas tags to cut out, and Printed book plates to cut out.

Tonight I made a Garden section, with each thing planted on a separate sheet in "landscape" rotation. Each sheet has a lined graph with a two month calendar. On the side I put what I do, such as: Planted, Fertilized, Miracle Growed, Dusted, Hoed, and Yield. Then when I do it, I make a check mark in the corresponding box under the date. I can see at a glance when I did what. And I made the whole thing in "Publisher" and it's neat looking. Neatness counts with me. I get aggrevated if a page in one of my books is creased or bent. Yes, I do have problems!

Here's a pic of it, if I can get it to show up:

I'll try to post a new pic of each section every day so you can see what I'm talking about. I'm sure all the "list" people out there would be just as excited as I am!

I'm in the process of designing other sections: Phone/Address, Honey-Do, Projects, Vacation checklist, Pet care, Christmas lists, Recipes I want to try, Cleaning tips, Weekly menu, Important info, Birthdays/anniversaries, Medical info, and anything else I can think of. I already have a separate planner for Finances that I've been using a long time and have a stack of refills that I need to use up before I incorporate that into my journal.

What got me on redoing the one I had, was I thought of making one of these for my DIL who has just been married to my son for a few months. It'll be her birthday next week and she's always looked at my old one and wanted to know about it. I've printed out a huge stack for her so far and am going to buy a binder and customize it for her. I hope she likes it as much as I do, but I know she may not be a "list" person like I am.

I'll try to upload some more pages to show you.

Sarah

BTW: the graphics are from Lisa's Country Clipart. I love her graphics, she's so talented!