Printable Yard Sale ChecklistIt's Spring! Flowers are blooming, birds are singing ... and the voice of the yard sale shopper is heard in the land.

Thinking of holding a garage sale or yard sale this year? We've got everything you need to cut your clutter and score some cash here--but if you're looking for more help, try these free printables for yard sale success:

Guide To Planning A Garage Sale (.pdf format) from SuddathRelocation.com

Printable Garage Sale Signs and Tags from FamilyFun.com

Spring cleaning can seem overwhelming, especially if home maintenance has been allowed to slide throughout the year. Doing chores as a routine is easier, but how do you remember what needs doing--and when?

To keep the household running smoothly year-round, establish a home maintenance schedule. If you're an Excel user (version 97 or later), download this free home maintenance schedule template. From Microsoft.com:

Home Maintenance Schedule

While you're there, check out this dandy printable housecleaning checklist. Pretty and practical, it'll make chores fly:

Housecleaning Checklist (for Excel 2000 or later)

Keeping a clean house ... and you're wondering. What's the best cleaning schedule to make short work of housecleaning?

Should you clean the whole house in a single day, or schedule cleaning chores each day? What about seasonal cleaning? When should you wash the windows?

Real Simple's got answers, with their Periodic Table of Cleaning. Based on Jeff Campbell's Speed Cleaning principles, and cleverly laid out as a model of the periodic table, this definitive cleaning schedule will answer your questions of when and how often to clean house.

In .pdf format, you'll need Adobe Reader to view and print:

Period Table of Cleaning

Let's hear it for AllRecipes.com! To celebrate their 10th anniversary on the Web--and to smooth the transition to a new school year--they're sharing a free printable Back to School cookbook.

With recipes for kid-pleasing breakfasts, lunches, snacks and dinners, the cookbook includes lunch box tips and ideas for freezer cooking.

Just for fun, the cookbook includes puzzles and brain-teasers for kids. The free download is shared in .pdf format, so you'll need a copy of Adobe Reader to view and print.

Get ready for a new school year!

Printable Back-To-School Cookbook

For kids, school success can hinge on good organization and time management skills. Learning to manage time, use schedules and a planner are skills needed by every student.

Give your back-to-school students a refresher course in time management, with this just-for-kids Web site from PBSKids.org.

Find time management tips, lessons in planner basics, and free printable daily schedule, weekly planner and calendar pages here:

Time Management: You Versus The Clock

Just in time for autumn sports: a free printable first-aid guide from Band-Aid.com.

Print it out and tuck one copy in the first aid kit, another in the Household Notebook. You'll be ready to respond to the season's bites, bumps, scrapes or stings:

Printable First Aid Guide

Ready for an organized school year? Beef up your household notebook with these free printable back-to-school templates from Microsoft.com.

Parents will enjoy templates for academic calendars, whle teachers and homeschool families will appreciate gradebook forms, flash cards, supply lists and permission slips.

Since these templates are shared in various Microsoft formats, check version information before downloading:

Printable Back To School Planner Pages

Sure, our colored printables are pretty, but they're not for everyone. If your style leans more toward "basic black", you'll like these free printable binder forms from blogger A Virtuous Woman.

Simple planner pages and inventories are there, but so are short lists of cleaning routines for various rooms. In .pdf format, so you'll need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view and print:

Printable Household Notebook Pages