Twenty years ago when Sue Hooley was a young homemaker, she read Getting More Done in Less Time by Donna Otto. Donna’s book recommended using a simple daily planner to keep track of duties, appointments and commitments – “It will be your friend for life,” she promised.
Sue began her search for a planner that would help her organize her days and duties. But she soon realized that her homemaking days did not fit into neat little time slots. It was frustrating to be rocking the baby at 10:00 when the planner said, “Weed flower bed.” So, she started designing her own planner pages so that she could have a flexible plan.
Today, The Homemaker’s Friend Daily Planner is a professional version of those homemade pages of years gone by. Through eleven moves, from one child to six, from toddlers to adult children, this basic, flexible planner kept Sue on track while allowing her to change from one stage to the next.
The planner is divided into the following sections –
Weekly Planning
This user-friendly section helps you make the most out of your week and day. The “Task List” gives you a visual of what needs to be done and you can divvy out those duties on specific days. Typically, Sue uses a four-week menu plan, but she still write what is for dinner in the menu block.
Monthly Calendar
This section gives an overall view of events on the horizon. This helps Sue to be more realistic with weekly planning since she can see at a glance what will be happening over the next few weeks.
Yearly Calendar
This section has a place for basic notations. Now with the 52 untitled sections, you have a place to journal or write prayer requests, birthdays, and quotes.
Tasks List
These pages are untitled to give you the freedom to create monthly, bimonthly, or seasonal lists.
Projects and Events
This section is for occasions that need more space for writing like when planning a baby shower or a family gathering. Again, these pages are untitled for flexibility.
Information
This section can be used for phone numbers and addresses that are needed temporarily, such as an address for a card shower or the information for the eye specialist.
Shopping Lists
These lists are perforated for your convenience. Sue uses the shopping lists several ways – sometimes as a comprehensive shopping list and other times as a central location for items needed for an upcoming event, project, or menu.
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Women juggle dozens of daily tasks, from appointments and commitments to homemaking and perhaps homeschooling. Homemaker’s Friend Planner brings organization to your days and your duties.
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I struggle following through with all my plans for a day or week.
keeping it all together is my biggest struggle
I have been using this planner for the last few years, it’s my absolute favorite!
Thanks for all the freebies. You are very creative!
Keeping my floors clean with two cats and a dog!
I love planners! This planner looks fun and the cover is just adorable. Thanks for the chance to win.
Whoops! I saw I was supposed to share my biggest struggle in homemaking. Which to choose? Probably sticking to my menu plan.
I struggle staying on a schedule for daily cleaning.
I have trouble getting organized.
Any help I can get in keeping myself organized is greatly appreciated! ?
My biggest struggle is planning my meals for the week.
My biggest struggle is finding a balance between my part-time work and learning what I need to know for it, and taking care of the home. Balance….
My struggle is having a cleaning schedule that I can stick to.
My biggest struggle is balancing everything. I always seem to miss something…
Keeping up with the deeper cleans!
My biggest struggle is organization … and keeping my children busy or productively engaged. Also juggling it all!
What a lovely planner–beautiful and simple to use, adaptable.
Biggest struggle is decluttering
My biggest struggle is organization and cleaning!
This would be great! Even better than just making a list.
I struggle with not feeling like I have flexibility in my routine. If my routine is off, I feel stressed. I want to just enjoy the journey, not feel like I am always pursuing perfection.
Right now my biggest struggle seems to be consistency. Consistency in every aspect of homemaking, homeschooling, meals etc.
My biggest struggle is time. On a daily basis, I drop the kids at school, go to work, pick kids up, take care of them till bath at 6 at which point my husband takes over.
My children have special needs so I cannot do anything around the house while they’re awake. Even simple cooking is difficult because they need hands on at almost all times.
My biggest problem is consistency
Time management is my biggest struggle.
My biggest issue is consistency and getting help from those in my home.
My biggest struggle is having enough energy to get it all done!
knowing ahead of time what’s for Dinner. Making a menu.
My biggest struggle is meal planning.
My biggest struggle is consistency. I do well for a little while then life happens and throws a kink in my schedule.
I struggle with it all! But the hardest is the meal planning, shopping, and cooking!
I manage to get things done, but I ignore or get irritated by my kids in the process. I need to find a way to do it joyfully, together.
My biggest struggle I would have to say is me! I always seem to try to do to much at one time and inevitably end up messing something up.
Perhaps my biggest struggle is including my daughters… having them with me and helping more; doing our chores together in fellowship, rather than alone just to get them done.
This looks like a really nice planner. I love that it has a menu section and that weekly list.
Organizing is a big deal when it comes to home making. Another is time and having to pick up after so many people. I do the best I can and continuously try. That is all anyone can ask.
My biggest struggle would be either time to get the house cleaned/picked up or time management.
My biggest struggle is getting side-tracked, so I guess on the flip-side my problem is figuring what my priorities are when everything seems like it should be done now.
Meal planning for sure! It stresses me out. I did have someone tell me to only plan 3 days at a time, and that is helping me feel less overwhelmed by it!
My biggest struggle is getting the domestic stuff done in addition to homeschool stuff.
My biggest struggle is cooking. I’m not very good at it and my family is picky so dinner can be stressful.
Since my husband died several months ago, the paperwork related to that has become my biggest struggle.
I make a to-do list and schedule every day and I never follow through! I am so frustrated.
Getting things done consistently.
Keeping up with all the house cleaning!
My biggest struggle is all the housework in addition to homeschooling and trying to generate some additional income.
Having the energy to make a delicious dinner!
I struggle with getting my bathroom and floors clean.