Since it’s the beginning of the month, Tip Junkie is here as Your Personal Assistant. Take a day and really plan and organize your schedule. Here are some of the things to do:

1. Check birthdays for the month, buy cards & presents, get them ready to mail or deliver. If you have a child’s birthday this month, plan it and get out the invites.

If your looking for handmade gift ideas or birthday party themes, Tip Junkie has hundreds of tutorials at your finger tips.

2.  The 4th of July is on Sunday!  {{whoohoo!}}  Here are some fabulous patriotic party decorations, free printables, to make your day more festive.

• Creative July 4th Party Ideas
• Free 4th of July Party Printables  {{just print!}}
• 4th of July Entertaining Ideas
• Memorial Day Celebrations
• Creative 4th of July Celebration Ideas
• Teach Me Thursday – 4th of July tutorials

3. Clear schedule for book club, girls night out, BUNCO, and other rotating activities. Make sure you have child care, your food assignment, etc. Here’s how to start a dinner club.

4. If you are doing a food storage, time to check the schedule and buy next on the list. Don’t forget to put some cash in there as well.

5. Change AC house filter.

6. Write one grandparent a letter, artwork, or card.

7. Mommy/Son or Daddy/Daughter dates.

8. Plan a date night with your loved one, arrange the babysitter in advance.

9. Plan Summer: Camping trips, Trips to the lake, and Weekends at grandma’s. We coordinate most of these outings with friends, so we also get friends vacation schedule to make the most of our summer.

Looking for some summer activities to do with your kiddos? Check these out:

• Creative Summer Activities
• Summer Fun Time Tips
• Any of the fun crafty For The Kids posts
• Make a Vacation Count Down Calendar
• Summer Activities and Crafts for the Kids
• Chore Chart Printables
• Play Room Decor Ideas
• Crafts, Activities, and Parenting for the Kiddos
• Spring Break Activities
• Summer Boredom Busters
• Handmade For the Kids
• Tips for Traveling with the Kids
• Kid Summer Activities
• Creative Chore Charts for Kids

10. Let’s start the month off right and make a list of the things that are causing you added stress. Make a list of the big ones as well as the little ones. Is something in the house that’s broken, is there an insurance issue you need to take care of, do you need an extra trash can upstairs to help keep things tidy?

Once you’ve thought it out and made your list, next plan a day this week as your “ongoing problem day” and finally resolve those issues that need to be resolved. You’ll be glad that you did!

11. For moms with toddlers:  Consider putting together “Special Days” and maybe invite a couple of their friends. I put together a Special Days Booklet with all my ideas that you can print out! Basically they are “blue day” or “Spider-man Day” and we would play games and do simple things using that color, shape, or theme. If you get another mother involved, it’s less work, and more fun. You could even rotate the days you host it.

Events coming up: (Submit your posts)

1.  Christmas in July crafts and homemade gifts. It’s time to start planning for Christmas! What are you making this year? If you need some inspiration here you go:

• Super Saturday Crafts
• Holiday Handmade Crafts
• And then of course any of the Christmas posts

It’s going to be a huge event with fabulous giveaways and a lot of handmade projects and gift ideas.  Submit your posts so I can feature your handmade gift ideas, neighbor gifts, and all things Christmas! I want our holidays gifts to be off the hook this year.  If you’d like to be more involved, feel free to e-mail me and I’ll send you more details.

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