I've always had the intention to create a "house binder" - you know, one central place for all the important things related to our home (the number for our plumber, our account # for the power company, stuff like that, along with emergency contacts for the rare occasion we actually have a babysitter...) But I've never been pushed to do it. But now, NOW I really have an excuse! Whoo hooo!
I started with a table of contents so I would know how many sections I needed.
So, now I have a complete house binder, nicely tucked away in my mudroom. It's great for the couple times a year I need to call the cable company or my septic guy, and perfect for the occasional (okay, REALLY occasional!) times I have someone staying at my place who may not be too familiar with our day-to day (what time the bus comes, what the alarm code is, the amount of buttons one must push to get the TV from a DVD to Netflix, etc). Maybe now I can get away more often! (Right, I know, not happening... but when I imagine it, it's so nice!!!)