Day 6 Of the New Journey

Above this post I posted pictures for my new family management binder. It is just a pla

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n 1 and a half inch binder filled with lined notebook paper. I used things that I had around the house instead of going out and buying everything. Its cheaper that way. The first photo is of the cover, the second photo is of how I just wrote on the lined paper what each section was and used post-it notes to section off each section. The third photo is of a folder that I have added for all the bills that I have not paid for the month yet but need to pay before they are due. Once I have paid them I will file them away. The last photo is of a receipt book that I will be keeping in there also for my personal use. This is what I have used to get started so far. In future post you will se

e more of the inside of the binder at the sections I have selected,

my calendar and other things that I use outside of the binder.

Remember I am just starting out and ideas might come and go with me.

I will figure out what works best for my family

Well I stuck to the new schedule for the most part today. Even though Wednesdays are the days I have set for my day to do errands, I had to go and register the kids for school. Then I had to go my youngest sons doctor to have them fill in his shot record so that the school had proof he had all his shots and so that he could start school on time. Well I hope everyone had a great day!

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TEST POST

I am just test posting from my tablet. I am seeing if it will let me upload pictures from it instead of from my computer. Since I like to blog in my bedroom after the kids go to bed and my computer is in the scrapbooking/office and I don't want to have to stay up all night in there while my husband goes to bed.
So if this works like I hope it will in the picture is what we had for dinner.
Its bake lemon pepper chicken which was baked on a bed of dry rice and then covered with water. Sweet potato mash with gravy and the rice the chicken was baked with and gravy to cover it. It was delicious!!! Enjoy!

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Day 4 and 5 of the new journey.

Today was well spent clipping coupons that I printed off the internet. We had a great day with the kids, we took them to the riverside park and let them play for a while in the water. Then we took them over to a park that we call a water park. It was several little areas within it that water comes out in different patterns and they can play in it. It smells like if we go to the public pool. It also has a regular park right next to it that has a slide swings etc. They had a blast and I think they are exhausted.

Tonight is the night we start our nightly routine for when school starts. It starts in about 2 to 2 and a half weeks here for us. All the kids start baths at 7 o'clock and any one age 5-11 go to bed at 8:30 and anyone 12 and older goes to bed at 9. I have it set-up this way because my step son was falling asleep in class when I was letting them got to bed at 9. And the older one (yes there is only one 12 and older child she is only 12) goes to bed at 9 because she gets a little more privilege. Once the 3 boys reach 12 then they will also get the same privilege. I start this routine early because normally it takes them that long to get back into swing of things so when school starts there will be no excuses.

Tomorrow I have to go and register the kids at their new schools. I am going to have 4 kids going to 3 different schools. My youngest who is 5 with be going to school by himself after last year he went with both his older brothers. He will now be going to a school that is for kindergarten to 3rd grade. Then my step son and son will be going to another school that is for 4th and 5th graders. Then my oldest and only daughter will be going to junior high. I have not had to deal with 3 schools this will be different for all of this year and I am hoping that my youngest adapts well without his older brother there with him.

Yesterday was a day of cleaning and getting the house back in order so not a whole lot to report about yesterday. But I do have to say by the time we went to bed it didn't look like we had cleaned much and I was to tired to even tidy up. But when I got up this morning my husband had everything cleaned for me and even brought me coffee in bed. I miss those mornings since school is out for the summer I don't get up with him to see him off to work so I don't get my coffee in bed fair enough though.

So tomorrows post I am hoping to have photos added to the post so that it is not so boring and your just not reading my long drawn out post. I am going to start sharing my family mangement binder and my coupon system since it is the beginning of the week and I can officially start to put things in motion.

So until tomorrow have a great day, night , evening!!!

Day 2 and 3 of the new journey.

Well yesterday was a day of deep cleaning the whole house so that I can get ready to follow the new schedule next week. I don't like starting things in the middle of the week, its part of my OCD. I really deep cleaned the kitchen and the living and got part of my bedroom done. That took me all day to do because I have 4 kids and a bunch of junk to go through and things laying out of place. So that was day 2. Day 3 (which would be today) I printed out several different coupons and looked at some deals that were online. I have a really cool app on my phone that compares sales at stores and the coupons that you could possible use and even some that you can print off. There are several great deals out there right now but since it is so close to the end of the week and new sales will be starting I didn't jump on any yet. I will check again after the sales start again around next Wednesday. But I did find some great coupon codes for photo prints at Walgreens. You can find them by searching for Walgreens photo printing, the only things is that they expire tomorrow. But the first order I ordered 134 photos for $13.00 with a coupon code to save 40% off the order, I then picked them up locally after ordering them online. Then I put in a second order for 304 for $17.68 and I used the 40% coupon code and I also used a coupon for free shipping. So those  will be getting shipped to me and they should be here in a week, which is fine I got a great price considering if I didn't use the coupon codes the total would have been $85 and that's with shipping and handling. So this couponing thing has got off on a good start. I am hoping to start all these new changes in full swing (not just some here and there like I have been doing the last 3 days) next week. Its been kinda hard because I have been watching my 3 month old niece and I forgot how needy babies can be. I love her to death and I am not complaining but I just need to balance things out when she is here and relearn how to take care of a baby and do house work, etc. I am also going to start posting pictures to go along with my post. I know that the post can get boring if you don't have something pretty or inspirational to look at within the post. So the next few days over the weekend they are going to be kinda boring until I put the throttle into full speed on Monday. So I am going to sign off for today.

Hope everyone had a great day!!!

New Journey

Hello,

My name is Krystal, I am happily married to the most wonderful husband in the world going on 5 years now. We have 4 kids between the 2 of us. He has 1 son and I have 1 daughter and 2 sons. I recently graduated from college for Associates Degree in Applied Science in Medical Transcription (transcribes (types and edits) doctors recorded diction into hard copy format (paper) to put into a patients file). Since graduating I have not been able to find work: 1. Because when I went into the field of study they were in high demand and after I graduated technology had taken over and my job is almost nonexistent, 2. Anyone still using Medical Transcriptionist want ones with years of experience and are not willing to give people like me a chance. So I have been a stay-at-home mom for a little while now. I enjoy staying home and spending more time with my children. Well my youngest has started school and it gets lonely at home sometime. But anyways enough about me.

I have created this blog for everyone to come along on a journey into my life. I have another blog that is for my scrapbooking, card making, mixed media, etc (crafty stuff), but I wanted to have a separate one for my everyday life.  I have been searching the internet and I have come across a few Youtube videos and even Blogs that have to deal with getting organized and family management. I have decided to try and get organized and make a budget for my family and take this journey to see where it takes me. I am going to try and post everyday on the challenges the struggles, and the good out comes for this journey. In future post you will see the advice I have to give for family management, planning, budgeting, and the newly refound couponing. I plan on get this Blog going full steam around next Monday (July 30th). I have still have some preparations to make in order to be ready to start posting. In the meantime I am going to blog about getting prepared for the journey.

I am hoping that in making these changes that we can learn to save when possible, come closer as a family and have a routine that will help get more things done within a day. At this point not a whole lot is going on. I am trying to find the motivation to get healthy, and change my lifestyle for the better plus have the motivation to get more things done within a day (at this point my days are filled next to nothing).

I am the type of person who has to be occupied all the time or my mind starts racing in 90 million different directions. If it is organized then I know what the next thing I have to do is and I have the motivation to do it.

I know you are probably thinking well your going to over do it. That's the thing, I have to have things to do and I could go on and on. I also know when to stop, I know when to much is to much, I know what I can handle. I don't plan on wearing myself out in the process either.

Ok so now that I have rambled on and on now your probably bored so I am going close now for the day and will come back and post again tomorrow.

Have blessed day!!

-Kris-