Chore Chart for Kids

If you are looking for a way to keep track of both chores and a weekly schedule, you can try this new chore chart template.

Chore Schedule for Kids

If you have more than one child, this chore schedule template can help you assign chores in a way that lets both you and your kids easily keep track of who is doing what.

Contact List Template

Download this Contact List template to customize your phone list, address list, email list or other contacts.

Free Family Tree Template

This new family tree template contains multiple designs and layouts for creating horizontal family tree pedigree charts. The thumbnail to the left shows a portrait layout of the more colorful chart. There are also blank printable PDF versions that you can complete by hand, or share as class handouts.

Money Management for Kids

This printable Money Management Worksheet helps parents teach their children the principles of savings and banking via the "Family Bank" approach.

For information about how to use this template, read the article Money Management for Kids - The Family Bank Approach.

Recipe Card Templates

So these Recipe Card Templates are for Word rather than Excel, but I don't have a Word Templates blog yet so I'm announcing the new template here. You can use one of these templates to print recipe cards on 4x6 or 3x5 index cards, regular paper, or card stock.

Moving Checklist

This Moving Checklist is a fairly comprehensive list of activities, reminders, and tips that will help you when moving. If you have suggestions for things that ought to be included in the list, please add your comments.

Camping Checklist

This free Camping Checklist is a great help for preparing for a campout. It lists both personal items and group items and also includes a backpacking checklist.

Baby Checklist

If you have a new arrival coming soon, you can use this New Baby Checklist to see if there is anything you might need to be getting ready. It can be downloaded as a printable PDF, or you can download the Baby Checklist template and customize it using Excel.

Expense Tracking and Budget Tracking

Based on a request from a user, I created this expense tracker, which lets you record transactions and allocate the charges into specific expense categories which you define. Each category is a different column, and you can copy/insert new columns as needed without too much trouble. The template includes a budget tracking chart to compare your budget to how much has been spent so far in each category. This was originally designed to keep track of home remodeling projects, but has many other uses, as well.

Shopping and Grocery List

Although most people could create their own Grocery List template in a matter of minutes, I spent a few hours trying to come up with a template that was highly functional and useful. I ended up creating two different types of lists, (1) a blank Shopping List that could be used for any type of store (including groceries), and (2) a Grocery List that includes categories with some commonly purchased items for reminders.

4 New Budget Spreadsheets

We've added 4 new budget spreadsheets to Vertex42.com. Two of them are yearly budget planners and two are monthly budget worksheets.

Personal Budget - Yearly Planner
Family Budget - Yearly Planner
Monthly Budget - Family
Monthly Budget - Personal

Also, check out the article "How to Make a Budget" which explains how to use these spreadsheets to set up your initial budget. The follow-up article "How to Budget" explains 5 budgeting tips for how to stick to your plan.

Excel Checkbook Register Template

This checkbook template uses a formula for the balance that makes it very easy to add or remove transactions from the checkbook register. It also includes a column for recording an expense category. Although it doesn't let you include more than one category per row, you can split a transaction into multiple rows in order to specify different expense categories for a single transaction.

If you have multiple accounts, copy the checkbook worksheet and name the worksheet tabs "Savings", "Checking", "CrCard", etc.

Wedding Budget Template

We created a fairly comprehensive Wedding Budget Template that groups items into major categories. The workbook also has a weddin budget estimator worksheet in which you can specify an allowable budget and allocate the amount available to various categories by specifying the percentage to go to each category.

To go along with the budget worksheet, we created a printable Wedding Checklist that you can print out and mark off as you go.

Gas Mileage Calculator and Mileage Log

A while back, my car went the way of all cars in the 200,000 miles range. I decided to replace it with one that got a much better gas mileage, so I went with one that was supposed to get 28-32 MPG. I began tracking my mileage to make sure it was living up to its potential. I found out that I have a hard time dividing 287 miles by 10.123 gallons in my head. This is what prompted me to create this printable mileage log and the mileage calculator spreadsheet.

I did an experiment in June because I was typically only getting about 27 MPG. I tend to accelerate too much, so I went a whole tank driving very carefully. I included a mileage chart that shows the peak in my mileage during June. So, it really IS possible to increase your gas mileage by just driving more carefully. You will also notice that I couldn't keep it up. It was a very difficult experiment.