SummerPlan

What's Your Summer Plan?
Copyright © 2006 Andrea Simanson
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There are thirteen weeks of summer. What do you intend to do with the time? Here's an idea for organizing a plan so the days and weeks don't slip by too fast.

Get a 3-month-at-a-glance calendar, count down the weeks until school starts and write the numbers in next to the weeks. Then, write in the plans that you know are set. After this, take time to plan and write in other activities. Of course, the plan is subject to change, but as you prioritize your summer, you'll accomplish your goals. If you just take it a day at a time, you'll be amazed at how fast the time slips by and you'll be disappointed when you realize you haven't done what you set out to do.

Here's what the plan might look like:

Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Wk
May 28	29	30	31	June 1	2	3	1
4 church	5 unpack	6 school	7 supplies	8	9 Kid 1 sleepover	10	2
11 church	12	13	14	15	16 Kid 2 sleepover	17 Pool Opens Free Swimming	3
18 church	19 pool	20 pool	21 pool	22 pool	23 Day off - special day trip	24 Date w/ spouse	4
25 church	26 Prep pool	27 for pool	28 vacation pool	29 -------- pool	30 -------- pool	July 1 Leave for Vacation	5
2 Vac	3 Vac	4 Vac	5 Vac	6 Vac	7 Vac	8 Vac	6
9 Kids church	10 at	11 grandparents	12 --------	13 --------	14 ------- Date w/spouse	15 ----------	7
16 church	17 pool	18 pool	19 pool	20 pool	21 Kid 3 sleepover	22 Day trip	8
23 church	24 pool	25 pool	26 pool	27 pool	28 pool	29 BBQ w/friends	9
30 church	31 pool	August 1 pool	2 pool	3 pool	4 Family	5 wknd trip	10
6 -----	7 pool	8 pool	9 pool	10 pool	11 pool	12 BBQ w/friends	11
13 church	14 Buy pool bedtime adjust	15 school pool bedtime adjust	16 supplies pool bedtime adjust	17 pool bedtime adjust	18 pool bedtime adjust	19 Prep for school bedtime adjust	12
20 church -----	21 gear up	22 for school	23 School starts	24	25	26	13

If you work outside the home, it takes some extra planning on your part to be sure your children have a planned schedule. Do they go to daycare? Do they stay at a friend's house? Are your younger children watched by their older sibling? Stay-at-home moms need a plan, too, but have a bit more flexibility since they are with their children. What special summer activities are planned? Ask yourself these questions and take some time to plan out your summer. You'll be glad you did when school starts back up and you're able to say "Yeah! We had a great summer!"

Andrea Simanson is a wife and mother of three children, and the website and ezine editor of Successful Family Chores - Putting FUN and ENERGY into everyday tasks. For a regular dose of family organizational ideas, sign up for Successful Family Chores free bi-monthly newsletter by clicking here.