Printable Label Stickers

Depending on where your kids go to school you're burdened with THE LIST OF SUPPLIES.  It can get a little ridiculous when they need 4 folders, a pencil case, a pack of markers, 380 crayons, a ream of paper, 29 notebooks, seventy #2 pencils with pink erasers, a cauldron, and a copy of "Advanced Potion Making".

So you spend all the time and money gathering everything, your kids take it to school, and instantly they've lost it among the other 20 student's things because they all look the same.

Frustrating.

Which is why I'll be printing these labels on sticker paper (found at any office supply store) and adhering them to EVERYTHING.  The labels are 2x3" so they also fit in business card sleeves that can attach to backpacks.  There are two lines on each label - one for a name and the other for a phone number, address, or email address.

If my kids still lose their stuff this year I think I'll sick my copy of "Care of Magical Creatures" on them.

Organization Homework Posters

I'm trying to teach my kids to be more responsible and organized, which has been a really huge struggle, because they are MY kids and we all seem to have immense aversions to all things responsible and organized.  But still, we can try.

So, over the weekend, I made my kids these posters, because I'm tired of their homework and other school papers floating around the house.

Basically they're couple of regular posterboards, some cheap file folders, 2 corkboard panels, some chalkboard paint, printed labels, and a whole lot of tape.

I included the corkboard because they're always bringing notes home.  The "other projects" folder is for art they're making at home.  And the chalkboard paint is so that I could write a list of chores, and have the days of the week where they could check off their finished tasks - then we can erase it and start again next week.  And I pretty much just taped everything good and proper so that nothing will fall off (yay for packing tape).

I got a little sloppy once I hit the chalkboard paint stage, so here's a diagram to help you see what exactly I placed where:

And now I just need to get them to USE the posters - which is where the real battle is looming.

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Free Bedtime Routine Printable

Every evening I say "go get ready for bed" and the next thing I know my children turn into pajama clad lunatics whose sole purpose is to jump off every surface in the house while screaming.  And then when I say, "have you brushed your teeth?" they look at me like I have 4 heads.  And when I say, "why aren't you reading?" they say, "I didn't know we were supposed to".  It's like you would never know that my children get ready for bed EVERY DAY.

So I made these bedtime routine printables.  And I'm going to glue them to a posterboard so that they're in order.  And then I'm going to hang them somewhere glaringly obvious.  So that next time I say "go get ready for bed" there's no questioning what I mean.

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Daily Health Journal! Take back your health in 2012!

Six months ago, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, Raynaud’s Disease, Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease, arthritis, AND we found a tumor on my thyroid. This was all compounded by the fact that I already had an autoimmune disease, and had been on hormone therapy for the last 7 years. (Mostly I just feel validated that there WAS something wrong all these years, thank you for asking.)

And as I began treatment for each of my delightful diseases, I was told to start journaling the minute details of my life, because ANYTHING could cause a relapse, and we need to know what my  triggers are.

I also have to track how my medications are working, whether or not symptoms are improving, and it’s helpful to know where I’ve administered my injections, so that I don’t blow out an injection site. (Are you bored of my health history yet?)

In addition, I needed a place to keep track of what I eat, because I get to try out a new diet this year, and since I always have some kind of low-grade fever, we have to track what MY normal is.

BASICALLY, I needed a personalized health journal that would hold all of my information in one space, and since I couldn’t FIND one, I made one. My life is SO exciting.

And as I’ve talked to other people who are dealing with health issues, I’ve found that I’m not alone in my need for a One-Stop-Shop kind of daily health journal. So I’m sharing mine, and I hope that it helps you, as much as it helps me.

And also, also: try not to grow tumors, okay?

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TIPS:

• It’s BEST if you print this double sided, so that you can just three hole punch it, and have a 2 page spread open in your binder…. You’ll need a binder.
• IN YOUR BINDER: Also get baseball card sleeves (aka Pokemon card holders) to put in your binder to hold the business cards of your doctors.

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To Print:

• Download the  file using the pink “Click Here To Download” button or by clicking here
• Your computer will automatically download a PDF file
• The file is now on your computer ready to print! __________________________________________________________

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