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Get a little more organized with a Planning Notebook! FREE Printables!

Published on January 6, 2024February 16, 2024 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog4 Comments

This year has been busy already and I’ve been on a mission to get a little more organized… I really NEED the organization and simplified routines that we had before. I spent a little time and revamped my planning sheets for our Home Binder so I thought I’d share them with you.

You’ll find sheets to keep track of birthdays and anniversaries, upcoming holidays and events, garden planning schedules, family meeting checklists, goal planning sheets, habit trackers, seasonal to-do lists, daily/weekly/monthly planning sheets to keep you on track, blog planning sheets, and meal planning sheets plus a pretty cover! You can check out these older posts for some ideas of upcoming holidays to celebrate.

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Free Party Planning Printables!

Published on January 3, 2024December 11, 2023 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog25 Comments

Whew! What a year we had in 2023. We definitely had some ups and downs and lots of crazy unexpected things but we were so blessed to have spent it surrounded by friends and family who loved us!

This year, I am determined to streamline a lot of my processes and make things a little less stressful… I long for the days when I was so organized and things seemed to go smoothly with little effort. I know a lot of that has been due to things we had going on so I’ve been working on getting things back on track here. I find that breaking big projects into smaller bite-size pieces helps me out a lot.

Around the holidays I started working on this packet to help me with my Holiday/Party Planning. I can print out a new packet or just make copies of a blank one and keep them in my Holiday Planner. Then I’ll be able to jot down notes and ideas as they come to me throughout the year which will hopefully make things a lot easier as the year goes on. I have also updated my calendar with reminders about checking on upcoming events.

Feel free to use these if you want, if not I’ll just leave them here so I can find them easily! There are some prefilled pages as well as some that have been left blank for you to customize to fit your needs.

event-planning-packet-pdf Download

Have a great day!

Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 12 (The Week After Christmas)

Published on December 30, 2023September 16, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog3 Comments

We pray that your family had a wonderfully blessed Christmas holiday and that things are going well as you start the New Year. Here are some of the things we will be focused on this week:

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Special Holiday Meals: What’s for New Year’s Dinner?

Published on December 22, 2023October 5, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

Have you gotten all the supplies you need for your New Year’s meal yet? If not, you better grab them quick before they are sold out!

I know we will probably stick with a more traditional menu for New Year’s but I thought it interesting to see the menu plan in my vintage book mentioned HERE.

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Special Holiday Meals: Polar Express 2023, Sourdough Gifts & Recipes, and Other Life Updates

Published on December 19, 2023September 23, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog1 Comment

Well, our Polar Express Party was full of family, fun, food, and lots of love. I think everyone had a great time and it all seemed to have gone well despite the bad weather we were experiencing.

The cousins had a lot of fun visiting, playing hide and seek, enjoying all the sweet treats, and having a special movie night experience. The grown-ups also got to talk and enjoy the movie… I love these special memories that our kids will be able to fondly look back on when they are older.