Customised Pages

I finally managed to customise, very simply, some personal sized pages for my Filofax.

I made note pages for my son and daughter, so I can jot down milestones and funny little things they do or say.

I also used the reading list template from Philofaxy and simply inserted clip art, from Google images.

I can't actually print them, as it appears our printer is faulty and HP are sending out a replacement.  it does a very nice line of blank, crumpled paper though. That is, of course, if that's what you were intending to get from a printer.

Personal Organiser Progress

I actually managed to make some progress on getting some of the pages customised for my personal sized organiser.

I now have the pages set up for Tochi and Chinedu's baby journal notes.  I can then write these up later into their actual baby journals.  I jot down little achievements they have I.e. the first time they smiled.  If I have photo of this, I'll note down if it's on one of our phones, the large camera or the small portable one I keep with me, when we go out.

I used the  reading list template, taken from Philofaxy / My Life All in One Place and added my own touches.  I'll take some photos soon and upload them.

The plan was to print all the pages today.  That went by the board, when our printer decided to take a sabatical.  It appears even though they are genuine brand, ink cartridges, the printer does not recognise them.  Hopefully we can sort this out soon.

Trying to DIY Inserts for Filofax

Finally had an hour to try and customise a "to-do" list for my personal sized filofax, which, incidently, is in the mail.

I found a "How To" guide, to set up MS-Word margins and page layout, for personal sized paper.  I added a very basic table, where I can write in a "to-do" and added a box next check box for each new to-do.

Google had some pretty, free images for clipart borders.  I found a nice, corner, butterfly border and a purple flower border.  After some faffing around, I now have a couple of, possibly, usable pages.  Which look far better than some plain ones I've seen.

Introduction

I'm Kirsty, mum to Chinedu and Tochi.  Chinedu means "God leads", in Igbo.  He is just 2 yrs old and going through temper tantrums.  Also known as, "terrible two's".

As much as my husband, Chris, and I love him, the screaming when we tell him no and the temper tantrums, can end up driving a person up the wall.

Week days, he waits until his dad has left the house and then decides to play me up.  Grabbing things he knows he should not touch and when told no, runs off screaming, into his room.
He also has a very sweet and cute side.  He'll climb up on the sofa in the evening, lay his head on my lap to fall asleep, while holding my hand or a finger.

Chinedu also has a younger sister, Tochi, meaning "Thank God".  She is 9 weeks old and born the same day as Prince George, almost exactly 2 hrs before.  Although Chris is also her father, her skin tone look caucasian, paler than Chinedu.

Our poor little girl is a bit restless at present, after having her first vaccinations Monday and her BCG today.  Evidently, the regular vaccinations make them feel worse than the BCG.
She has the cutest smile and coos when she does so.  She weighed 9lb 3oz at birth.  Chinedu was 7lb 3oz.  So Tochi's size was quite a shock, but we guessed she would be bigger than Chinedu due to me looking like  I'd swallowed one of those huge exercise balls, when carrying her.  Plus I was in a lot more discomfort, especially as she kept kicking my sciatic nerve for the last 2 months of pregnancy.

I've very stupidly been trying to remember things I need to do, while running around after our two little people.  Needless to say, I have baby brain and kept forgetting a lot.  Last week, I ordered a pocket sized Filofax, the Breast Cancer Campaign version.

I found a few blogs where people had customised theirs.  I really loved this idea.  My problem is, I'm having trouble deciding on the label names I want for my dividers, without over stuffing it before I've even written anything.
I was thinking of using the following:

To-do
Diary
Chinedu
Tochi ( I jot down things they do, achieve or say to record later, in their baby journals).
Notes
I may end up changing these of course.

I love stationary, always have.  This customisation, provides me with the opportunity to indulge my love of all things stationary-like.