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Every once in a while a resource comes along that changes your life. Although this sounds dramatic, for someone who values organization AboutOne family management website is a lifesaver. First introduced to the site and its creator Joanne Lang through a moms’ group in my homestate of Pennsylvania, it took just a quick tour to realize the impact it would have on how I organized things around the house. A website accessible anywhere which houses information from your children’s artwork to education records and household receipts, the AboutOne system makes it easy to stay on top of things. To get a better understanding of how the site works, take the product tour for an overview or watch the short video below. Some of the things you can organize with AboutOne include:

• School pictures, memories, documents, and artwork for each child in your family searchable by school year.
• Household receipts, documents, phone numbers for quick answers to questions like, “Who is our plumber and what did we pay him last time to fix the garbage disposal?”
• Store “family” and “relationship” information which cross-reference users in the site for easy reference.
• Health information such as blood type, conditions, medications and more for emergencies.

You can even  send a quick memory such as something cute your child said right from your smart phone or scanner into your AboutOne email inbox. Before using the site I stored kids’ artwork in the basement in a file cabinet, important documents and receipts in my desk file cabinet, milestones and memories on my Google calendar, cute sayings and other snippets on the notepad on my iPhone…and the list goes one. Having everything in one place with the ability to ditch the paperwork is my favorite feature of this revolutionary family management website.

As a teacher I immediately saw a use for the classroom and indeed other educators use AboutOne to store and share students’ school information. Try it free for 15 days and when you love it, subscribe for $5/month or $30/year. I also love AboutOne’s commitment to serving military families and their partnership with Operation Shower, a non-profit that coordinates baby showers for pregnant or expecting military families in a deployment or high stress situation. And in case you’re concerned about security, don’t be. The AboutOne team uses the site for their own families and are serious about keeping your information secure; they use bank-level security and their advisory board includes a CISSP approved member. I predict in a few years so many people will know about and utilize AboutOne that it will be a household name for busy moms and dads looking to get it together.

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