The carry on suitcase is the most important piece of your travel preparation, and the item that can make the difference between a great trip and a terrible trip in many cases.  If your luggage is lost, damaged, or delayed, it is vital to have everything you need in your carry on suitcase. 
Some important [...]

Get Ready for Winter with Homemaker Barbi’s Winter Checklist

Are you ready for winter?  As the winter season slowly approaches for you (or quickly for those of you in colder climates), it brings on a whole other host of duties delegated to the household manager (usually Mom or Dad).  Winter is unofficially here in Fairbanks, Alaska, [...]

Your children can refer to this handy list while dressing themselves, which includes both words for older children and pictures for those that can’t read yet.

 
It’s back to school time again and time to get prepared with free printables!  There is a wonderful selection of back to school printable documents available at Microsoft Office’s Back-to-School Template Collections.  You’ll find everything you need for back to school, whether you’re the parent, student, teacher or administrator. 
Free Printables For Students (165 templates)

flash cards
bookmarks
sheet [...]

Printable Housekeeping Cleaning Checklists: Kitchen  
So many readers have asked, “Where Can I Get Lists of Housekeeping Tasks to Keep my House Clean?”  To help with setting up effective housekeeping plans, I made available my new series: Printable Housekeeping Checklists - Forms for Your LifeTM  
The best part is, these printables are yours for FREE!  Print this [...]

Be Prepared for Anything with the Prescription History List
A visit to an Urgent Care facility for antibiotics to treat an infection helped to invent the printable Prescription History List.
It was a holiday weekend and I was seen by a doctor I had never met before that happened to be on call.  He asked which antibiotics [...]

Printable Forms for Your Life: The Prescription History List Form
The Prescription History List is a quick and convenient way to keep track of past prescription medications taken by your entire family.
Print Homemaker Barbi’s Prescription History List Form now.

Print one sheet for each family member.  Keep all the sheets together; try paperclipping, putting them into a [...]

Setting up a Housekeeping Plan for your home is a project that will keep your house cleaning, care and maintenance manageable for you. Designing and creating the plan may take a little time up front, but this is time well spent. By creating a Housekeeping Plan, you are investing a little time now to save you a lot of time in the future.