Frankly, we think children should come with their own manual. But they don’t. So we’ve been making one up as we go along. First, go through these forms and fill out the all-important, life-saving emergency numbers for your children. Then get a babysitter so you can have a fun night out that will save your life.

As children grow and change, the checklists do too. That’s why our lists range from what you need to stuff in a toddler bag to get to a Mommy and Me class (you might take along a change of clothes for the after-juice spills all over your shirt) to a car pool phone list. Anything to avoid having to go out to your curb in the snow wearing boots and a robe (such an attractive look) to explain to the parent driving that day that your child’s staying home sick.

Does your child play sports? Between team practices and games, it’s hard remembering which sport – never mind when it’s your turn to bring the Gatorade. What’s up with the color of that stuff, anyway? we have forms that will solve your scheduling problems forever – unless the top comes off the Gatorade. Then you’re on your own.

Most of us get annual calls from our mothers-in-law, year after year, asking the kids’ sizes so they can buy them Christmas outfits they’ll likely never wear. No problem. With The Ultimate Organizer, you can email or send a list along in a minute flat. Or, if your child is going back to school, we’ve given you a list of things they need. No anxiety attack required. Of course, they’ll push you to buy the MUST-HAVE lime-colored tape dispenser. Our suggestion? Barter that for a clean bedroom.

WE so get how little time you have, we’ve even created form letters to use to tell the school why wour child needs to leave school early, stay home, or to give permission to go on a field trip. Why recreate the wheel time and time again?

Here’s the deal we’ll make with you. You concentrate on the hugs, kisses, and temper tantrums. Leave the confusing schedules, work, and vital information to us. Suddenly you’ll feel that your kids really did come with a manual. Sort of.

Preview the Ultimate Organizer. Download a sample of the Children forms. Click Here.

Home is where the heart is. It’s also where the bills are, the broken vacuum cleaner, the dirty air conditioner filters, and the endless list of necessary items to stock the pantry, medicine cabinet, and, ah, the bar. Maybe we should start there. Is it too early for a dry martini or did one of us forget to buy the green olives? Somewhere along the line, we realized that even if you live alone, taking care of a home takes up all the time you’re willing to give it and then some. What we needed was a super manual like The Ultimate Organizer to help take care of the home before it devoured us, and no one even knew we were missing.

We included these checklists not only to preserve our sanity, but frankly to also prevent red-faced embarrassment. Ask Barb. With all good intentions, she went to the store to buy the ingredients for her cabbage soup, and hours and hundreds of dollars later, she realized she’d forgotten the cabbage. Or here’s another one. Your houseguest announces that the guest bathroom has run out of toilet paper. (I wonder what they did in the meantime.) Or what do you do when your dishwasher leaks during a dinner party and floods the kitchen, and you can’t find the service repair phone number? Don’t you just hate it when your guests don’t know how to swim?

So, for everything that could go wrong and does, we’ve included some rather compulsive checklists, reminding you of what you need at the store without wandering the aisles and how to make sure the entire house gets cleaned (and not just the things you can see). God forbid your mother comes over and runs her finger over a windowsill layered with dust. We’ve even included suggestions as to what to have on hand the next time a guest spills a glass of red wine on your white carpet. Note to self: Buy a case of soda water or consider not inviting the perpetrator back. We even tell you what to do should a natural disaster strike. Is your son in college bringing his girlfriend home for the weekend considered a natural disaster?

Here’s our best advice. Complete the forms. Review our checklists. We’re certain you, too, will discover home is where the heart is… without the heart attack.

Preview the Ultimate Organizer. Download a sample of the Home forms. Click Here.