• Command Center,  Decor & Organization

    Jobs-For-Hire Board

    Command Center Jobs-For-Hire Board One of the things I knew from the beginning I wanted to add to my Command Center is a jobs-for-hire board.  When I received this beautiful barn door chalk/magnet/ cork board for Christmas, I knew I had found the home for my jobs-for-hire board. Job Descriptions The jobs I list on my Jobs-For-Hire board are usually quick jobs I could use some help with.  I list things like “Vacuum the stairs” or “Unload the dishwasher”.  Along with the jobs, I include how much you will be paid for the job and I attach the cash to the cork board behind the job posting.  This simple practice…

  • Command Center,  Decor & Organization

    Creating a Family Menu Board for Your Command Center

    My family definitely needs to have planned meals.  With the kids’ sports’ schedules some days we need to have quick and easy meals (or possibly even eat-on-the-run meals), but on the days with no sports or after-school activities we prefer longer, sit-down meals and having the menu planned out a week at a time helps us make sure we aren’t missing any opportunities to do just that.  Having a menu board also helps with grocery shopping as I am no longer standing in the middle of Kroger trying to figure out what I should make for dinner. I knew when I began working on a command center, that a menu…

  • Command Center,  Decor & Organization

    Barn Door Chalk Board

    One of my most loved items for my command center is this cute barn door chalkboard/memo board/magnetic board from Kirkland’s.  I love the farmhouse look of this item as well as its usefulness.  I love it when I can find an item that is not only useful but also trendy. I sometimes use the chalkboard to remind us of important upcoming events, sometimes I use it to wish the littles a great day, great game, happy birthday, etc.  Other times we draw a happy pictures so that’s the last thing we see before going out into bad weather.  We have found plenty of uses for the chalkboard. As for the…