Motivated Moms-Do you stick with this and which one?

[Frontier Mom]

I was looking at the site and it looks great and more doable for me than fly lady. Wondering if you stick with this and which product did you buy. I need to have a plan around here.

Also, did you include your dc's in this? How and to what extent?

[Laurel T.]

The motivated moms schedule is the best $8.00 I ever spent. I hesitantly purchased the full page schedule. I did not want to have to print out all those pages. But, now I am glad I did. I three hole punch about a month or two at a time and put them in a binder. This has become my home binder. I put recipes and menu plans in the pockets and keep my grocery list there also. It really worked wonders for my home. I did not have a plan at all before so anything was an improvement. I was able to keep up with things until about a week ago. I started working two days a week so that slowed me down a little.

I am able to use the blank page for lesson planning, since we are pretty informal. Its worked out well for us.

I haven't included my children because they are too young, but I have included DH and that is AWESOME. He will walk by the list and say "hey, I can do that one."

I added a few things to the schedule--living room pick up each day and I added a 15 min. hot spot. It really is motivational. Let me know if you have any more questions.

Laurel T.

[Frontier Mom]

I may give it a try. I don't really need the one with appointments because I keep mine on the computer and sync to my mobile phone.

I'm leaning toward the full page or half page size. That is a great idea keeping your menus there also. Do you print off something for menus or just put right on the page? That is something I definitely need to get a handle on, like what's for supper and what to lay out the day before.

Come to think of it, I just need a schedule for meals, cleaning, school, diet, etc. Ok, now I feel :tongue_smilie:

[Laurel T.]

Do you print off something for menus or just put right on the page

On mine there is a little box to plan the dinner menu. But I put a tab in the back of the binder with menu ideas, recipes, and keep a running grocery list. I was overwhelmed the first two weeks, because I was starting with a house in pretty bad shape. It took me two weeks to get things straightened out. Now it is alot easier. Except that I have neglected the house for three days and will feel like I am starting over again on Monday.

Laurel T.

[Frontier Mom]

Thanks. I hope I can stick with this. I am trying to come up with a system for me and dc's. We started doing allowances here, one-third of which is tied to chores. I'm thinking this may help and might even give me a form I could put into HST+ chore schedule.

[Josie]

I like that DH can walk by and see what needs to be done. I may get this! My DH always says he doesn't do things because he doesn't know what needs to be done. This would elimiate that excuse!

[Sunny]

I have been using the daily by page one this year. Last year, I bought the week on a page when they went on sale 2/3 of the year through. I didn't stick with it because there was just too much to look at in a day. I ahve been faithfully following the daily though, and it is empowering! ANd, my kiddos know to look there and see what needs to be done, I just put their letter next to the chores I want them to do. It would be great if hubby took a look, but by the time he gets home, most of those items are checked off anyway.

[tinkgumby]

I know this is a really old thread, but I just wanted to say thanks for mentioning this - it came up in an unrelated search, and it looks like something that could actually work for someone who is visual and easily distracted. :001_smile:

[Oak Knoll Mom]

I'm looking at Motivated Moms again. I've never stuck with it before so I'm not really sure why this time would be any different. :-)

I'm intrigued by the one page per day format, though. I think one reason why it hasn't worked for me in the past is all the little check boxes off to the side for the daily chores is really hard to process visually. Does having one page per day really help? That's a whole lot of printing!

[Teri in VA]

I print out the week's page on Sunday and it becomes the first page in my school binder (lesson plans, TOG week, etc.)

I have the kids color coded and I highlight the chores in their color that they are responsible for that week. They check them off as they do them. It's really easy to see at a glance where we are re: housekeeping. YMMV.:)

~Teri in VA

[Elohcin]

I bought this in Jan, used it for two weeks faithfully after I printed out the year and since then it has just sat. It is a great concept, but one more thing for me.
I should look at it again, tho.