SquirrellyMama Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Other than a huge price difference can someone tell me which one is better? Is Managers of their homes something you buy once and don't have to spend money on again? Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Yes, MOTH is something you don't have to pay for again, but there is a bit of a learning curve in how you put everything together. MOTH is more of a schedule of when you do things, Motivated Moms tells you exactly what to do each day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 Ok, I get it. I think I need to be told what to do each day for now. Maybe someday I'll learn to follow my own schedule. I'm awesome at making schedules. I just can't keep them. I wonder if I'll be better at keeping a schedule if I have to pay for it. Motivation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Just wanted to let you know that with MOTH, you put your own schedule together, the book will give you insight into how to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Ok, I get it. I think I need to be told what to do each day for now. Maybe someday I'll learn to follow my own schedule. I'm awesome at making schedules. I just can't keep them. I wonder if I'll be better at keeping a schedule if I have to pay for it. Motivation. If price is an issue, you can Google and find a coupon for $1 off the Motivated Moms planners. I just did that about a week ago. Worked like a charm, and made the price even more affordable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 You can download the Motivated Moms 2002 book for free and see how it is: http://www.motivatedmoms.com/2002-Book.pdf I did that and then bought the 2009 one and really there's no major improvements since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I'm loving motivated moms...it is really working for us. I like that daily list, and is such a nominal price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 The price of Motivated Moms isn't really an issue. I'm sure my dh won't mind the $8 but he might mind more than that since I could technically make my own schedule. But, as I said before I'm not sure it would get done. My dh is really good at planning, scheduling and getting it done. He just assumes everyone should be like him. Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 The price of Motivated Moms isn't really an issue. I'm sure my dh won't mind the $8 but he might mind more than that since I could technically make my own schedule. But, as I said before I'm not sure it would get done. My dh is really good at planning, scheduling and getting it done. He just assumes everyone should be like him. Kelly Honestly? I bought the MM's, and then used that as a jumping-off point to make my own cleaning calendar in the same format. I started by looking through MM's and putting down the jobs that were listed. Then I crossed off the ones that didn't personally apply to my situation, and added the ones that did matter to me. Then I enlisted my dh's help to fine-tune the jobs and decide how often they really should be done. I was surprised several times during that discussion about things he thought I didn't have to do as often as I was(clean the bathroom) and things he thought I should do more often (sweep out the garage). Then I took a blank calendar and wrote every single job in where it belongs, first the once per week, then the twice per week, then the monthly, etc, distributing the workload as best I could. Truthfully, it still looked like too much for each day, but once I started dividing the work up between me and my dc, it became much less overwhelming looking. I used Word to make a document template for my custom "Motivated Moms" planner, and each week I amend it to add what's needed. I could just work from the calendar pages that I used to lay out the jobs, but I really like the MM's format with the check boxes, and the place for appointments, etc. Yes, it's true, altogether I spent probably...about 4 hours, listing the jobs, making the frequency decisions, etc., but now I have a totally personalized cleaning schedule that works excellently for me! I did *start* with the MM's though, and was very happy with how under control the housework seemed. I just knew the towels didn't need to be changed that often in my bathrooms, and that I needed to mark in "sweep spiderwebs down from porch" and "type up church bulletin" for each week. As always, ymmv! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 I thought about taking the 2002 schedule and making my own. It seems like a great schedule and has things on there I hadn't even thought of. I might still buy it anyway. I'll give it a try and see how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 I bought the full page bible schedule. I'm excited. Thanks for all the advice. Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 You can download the Motivated Moms 2002 book for free and see how it is: http://www.motivatedmoms.com/2002-Book.pdf I did that and then bought the 2009 one and really there's no major improvements since then. Thanks, this looks very helpful :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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