Comments on: I Need Help! Paper Piles http://ilashgirls.com/i-need-help-paper-piles/ your online community for women by women Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:20:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Laurie http://ilashgirls.com/i-need-help-paper-piles/comment-page-1/#comment-6184 Laurie Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:04:58 +0000 http://ilashgirls.com/?p=2439#comment-6184 Thank you so much for linking to the Executive Homemaker binder. It's a labor of love and something that's so easy to follow. Paper piles, especially related to the kids school and sports programs, can get so overwhelming. These are amazing resources and I'm off to check them out. Thanks! Thank you so much for linking to the Executive Homemaker binder. It’s a labor of love and something that’s so easy to follow.

Paper piles, especially related to the kids school and sports programs, can get so overwhelming. These are amazing resources and I’m off to check them out.

Thanks!

]]> By: California grandma http://ilashgirls.com/i-need-help-paper-piles/comment-page-1/#comment-5646 California grandma Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:51:57 +0000 http://ilashgirls.com/?p=2439#comment-5646 Thanks for all the good tips. Parents of young children need to have all of this information handy for anyone in their home. I do childcare, dog/house sitting and sometimes elder care. It is so important to have the medical release form that Leigh Anne mentioned. I have insisted on it even for my own grandchildren (# 26 was born last month!)when their parents are traveling. It's also helpful to have a list posted on the fridge with your address (in an emergency I might not know it), house and cell phones, Dr (and vet) numbers as well as neighbors and family members. Also, poison hot line. The suggestion about directions for how to work your TV, cable system, answering machine, MW and other electronic equipment is a good one. Marti Thanks for all the good tips. Parents of young children need to have all of this information handy for anyone in their home.
I do childcare, dog/house sitting and sometimes elder care. It is so important to have the medical release form that Leigh Anne mentioned. I have insisted on it even for my own grandchildren (# 26 was born last month!)when their parents are traveling.
It’s also helpful to have a list posted on the fridge with your address (in an emergency I might not know it),
house and cell phones, Dr (and vet) numbers as well as neighbors and family members. Also, poison hot line.
The suggestion about directions for how to work your TV, cable system, answering machine, MW and other electronic equipment is a good one. Marti

]]> By: Sherra http://ilashgirls.com/i-need-help-paper-piles/comment-page-1/#comment-5634 Sherra Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:47:52 +0000 http://ilashgirls.com/?p=2439#comment-5634 Nancy-- Great idea to tackle the never-ending school papers! My husband put clear acrylic file pockets on the back of the laundry room door for each kid and that's where they put their papers. We tried to be consistent and have them clean it out once a week. Then we have one clear acrylic pocket on the side of the fridge and that's where "Important school papers" go immediately. This is primarily for any papers we need to sign or things with important dates. This has worked well for us even now that we are down from 4 kids to just 1 who needs to put stuff in the pockets! Nancy–
Great idea to tackle the never-ending school papers! My husband put clear acrylic file pockets on the back of the laundry room door for each kid and that’s where they put their papers. We tried to be consistent and have them clean it out once a week. Then we have one clear acrylic pocket on the side of the fridge and that’s where “Important school papers” go immediately. This is primarily for any papers we need to sign or things with important dates. This has worked well for us even now that we are down from 4 kids to just 1 who needs to put stuff in the pockets!

]]> By: nancy http://ilashgirls.com/i-need-help-paper-piles/comment-page-1/#comment-5633 nancy Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:16:40 +0000 http://ilashgirls.com/?p=2439#comment-5633 Kids and their school, activities and all the paper surrounding the same used to drive me crazy. I found a black wire standing file holder to keep on my desk in the kitchen. Each child had files for their specific needs. Homework for little ones due at the end of the week, fliers, etc. from school went straight into that child's file. There was no problem when it was time to turn things in or find that permission slip. After the system was up and going we added specific files for activity info for teams,dance, band etc. It was easy to deal with the paper immediately that came home. And it was a breeze to go through and recycle. Kids and their school, activities and all the paper surrounding the same used to drive me crazy. I found a black wire standing file holder to keep on my desk in the kitchen. Each child had files for their specific needs. Homework for little ones due at the end of the week, fliers, etc. from school went straight into that child’s file. There was no problem when it was time to turn things in or find that permission slip. After the system was up and going we added specific files for activity info for teams,dance, band etc. It was easy to deal with the paper immediately that came home. And it was a breeze to go through and recycle.

]]> By: Leigh Anne http://ilashgirls.com/i-need-help-paper-piles/comment-page-1/#comment-5631 Leigh Anne Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:29:57 +0000 http://ilashgirls.com/?p=2439#comment-5631 Heidi, Have you considered getting some kind of container - a pretty basket maybe to keep upstairs and anything that needs to go down to your office goes in the basket until the next trip downstairs? Heidi,
Have you considered getting some kind of container – a pretty basket maybe to keep upstairs and anything that needs to go down to your office goes in the basket until the next trip downstairs?

]]> By: Barbara Watkins http://ilashgirls.com/i-need-help-paper-piles/comment-page-1/#comment-5626 Barbara Watkins Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:56:24 +0000 http://ilashgirls.com/?p=2439#comment-5626 These are all wonderful ideas. I am going to try some of them. These are all wonderful ideas. I am going to try some of them.

]]> By: Donna D. http://ilashgirls.com/i-need-help-paper-piles/comment-page-1/#comment-5625 Donna D. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:13:24 +0000 http://ilashgirls.com/?p=2439#comment-5625 Every baby setter needs to have that paper cause back about 25 years ago I was watching my best friends kids that I have known all of their lives. I took the kids to the mountains during hunting season to give my husband a message and the kids knocked down a dead tree and it had a yellow jacket nest in it and one boy got hit 6 to 8 times and before I could get him down the mountain I knew something was very wrong. I stopped at my house long enough to drop the other kids and get the one boy to the hospital. He was in shock and in bag sharp. The hospital wouldn't release the boy to me and I had to call his uncle. That is why you need that information ready for the baby setters. Every baby setter needs to have that paper cause back about 25 years ago I was watching my best friends kids that I have known all of their lives. I took the kids to the mountains during hunting season to give my husband a message and the kids knocked down a dead tree and it had a yellow jacket nest in it and one boy got hit 6 to 8 times and before I could get him down the mountain I knew something was very wrong. I stopped at my house long enough to drop the other kids and get the one boy to the hospital. He was in shock and in bag sharp. The hospital wouldn’t release the boy to me and I had to call his uncle. That is why you need that information ready for the baby setters.

]]> By: Heidi http://ilashgirls.com/i-need-help-paper-piles/comment-page-1/#comment-5623 Heidi Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:35:06 +0000 http://ilashgirls.com/?p=2439#comment-5623 This is something that I fight regularly. I'm pretty sure that my paper breeds at night when no one is looking, because I'll manage to wean it down to a single sheet or maybe two, and then miraculously a week later it's back to a stack. My biggest problem is simply that my office is down stairs, and far away from where I open up mail and sort through kid stuff. That isn't going to change, either, so I have to figure out a better solution than just stacking stuff up intending to eventually get it down to where it needs to go. This is something that I fight regularly. I’m pretty sure that my paper breeds at night when no one is looking, because I’ll manage to wean it down to a single sheet or maybe two, and then miraculously a week later it’s back to a stack. My biggest problem is simply that my office is down stairs, and far away from where I open up mail and sort through kid stuff. That isn’t going to change, either, so I have to figure out a better solution than just stacking stuff up intending to eventually get it down to where it needs to go.

]]> By: Tamara http://ilashgirls.com/i-need-help-paper-piles/comment-page-1/#comment-5622 Tamara Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:10:46 +0000 http://ilashgirls.com/?p=2439#comment-5622 It seems like bills can be easily misplaced. As soon as they arrive, they are put in the to be paid place (still trying to figure that one out since I moved and have half the space now). Wedding invitations, graduation and things that need presents sent are put on the fridge and taken off when the present is taken care of. Having a place to put things so they don't pile up on the counters is a plus. It seems like bills can be easily misplaced. As soon as they arrive, they are put in the to be paid place (still trying to figure that one out since I moved and have half the space now). Wedding invitations, graduation and things that need presents sent are put on the fridge and taken off when the present is taken care of. Having a place to put things so they don’t pile up on the counters is a plus.

]]> By: Ann L. http://ilashgirls.com/i-need-help-paper-piles/comment-page-1/#comment-5620 Ann L. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:36:37 +0000 http://ilashgirls.com/?p=2439#comment-5620 I think our bulletin board sounds like it could be all put in a binder. That sure would tidy up our wall! I think our bulletin board sounds like it could be all put in a binder. That sure would tidy up our wall!

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