My dear friend Rebecca recently posted a link to my blog. The traffic on my blog increased dramatically! And so I return the favor and point you in her direction. :)I have had multiple inquiries about personalizing Chore Charts and Kid Bucks. You can read my post, Family Economic System: Chore Charts & Kid Bucks (11/10/08) for more info on them. Since I have had a few people ask, I thought it might be helpful to those interested if I posted my pricing structure.
PERSONALIZED, PRINTED, LAMINATED, & SHIPPED TO YOU!
Chore Charts
$10 for the first chart, $5 for additional charts in the same family/layout with two laminated, Velcro chore cards per chart
$10 for each AM/PM picture list; duplicates or nearly-the-same lists are $5 each
Kid Bucks
$2 per set of 8 green, double-sided bills covered in flexible, clear contact paper
Denominations available are $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100
My suggestion per-child is:
1 set of 1's, 2 sets of 5's, 2 sets of 10's, 2 sets of 20's, 1 set of 50's, and 1 set of 100's. (Total cost for Kid Bucks per child: $18. Additional full sets in the same family: $9)
Pouches to hold Kid Bucks are $1 each (availability not guaranteed)
**Purchaser pays shipping costs (around $2-4)
PERSONALIZED AND EMAILED IN PDF FORMAT
Chore Charts
$5 for the first chart, $2.50 for additional charts in the same family/layout with two chore cards per chart
$5 for each AM/PM picture list; nearly-the-same lists are $2.50 each
Kid Bucks
$2.50 for each denomination (available in $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100)
Thanks to all those who have left positive comments on my Chore Charts. It has been great to hear of families integrating something similar to our system and having great success with it! J Please email me at cleverhomemaking at gmail dot com if you have any questions, or leave me a comment on this post.
1 pkg flour tortillasI received this as an email and instead of saving the email, I decided to post it here so that I know I always have these great tips on my site. I plan on trying every single one of them too. I actually just tried the dryer tip (#17) at the bottom, so we’ll see how that one works out. Oh yeah, I probably won’t be trying the hair conditioner on my legs for shaving either since, well…I’m a guy. A lot of these tips are things that I can actually use on a regular basis too.
1. Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove , set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
2. Easy Deviled Eggs
3. Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
4. Reheating Refrigerated Bread
5. Newspaper Weeds Away
6. Picking Up Broken Glass
7. No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.
8. Squirrel Away!
9. Flexible Vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
10. Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and — ta da! — static is gone.
11. Unsticky Measuring Cups
12. Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
13. Reopening Envelopes
14. Smoother Legs With Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It’s a lot cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It’s also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn’t like when you tried it in your hair…
15. Goodbye Fruit Flies
16. Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it “home”, can’t digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains , but it works & you don’t have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
17. Info About Clothes Dryers
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material - I’m sure you know what your dryer’s lint filter looks like.
WELL…the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn’t go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that’s what burns out the heating unit. You can’t SEE the film , but it’s there. It’s wha t is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free - that nice fragrance too, you know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box, well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen This is also what causes dryer units to catch fire & potentially burn your house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (& to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out & wash it with hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long!
How about that!?! Learn something new every day! I certainly didn’t know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I’d share!
Note: I went to my dryer & tested my screen by running water on it. The water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water & a nylon brush & I had it done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it the water ran right thru the screen! There wasn’t any puddling at all! That repairman knew what he was talking about!
I got the idea for this from The High-Heeled Mama when she was featured on Tip Junkie. I took the idea and made it my own, however. :)
Every morning and every evening until Thanksgiving we'll be writing something we're grateful for on our leaves. (As you can see in the picture, Spencer [age 2] is thankful for buses!) Next year I'm going to make our garland on November 1st and make 5 or more leaves for each person and do this for the whole month leading up to Thanksgiving!
