my dh knows all our money goes to our debts. i have a binder that has the clear plastick sleeves in it and each one is for each bill. it contains that months current statement. i then have a journal type notebook also that has all the acct #'s, online passwords, and what all the companies for life insurance and stuff are with phone numbers school contact for my son, dr's dentists ect. he knows where that they are kept in the safe and he would have all the info he needs.

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SILENCE IS GOLDEN BUT DUCK TAPE IS SILVER.

I have a metal safe deposit box in the house. Dh is clueless regarding our finances, but everything he needs to know is in the box and he knows the location. I've written down all of our bank locations and account numbers, the deed to the house is in there and our life insurance policies, burial instructions etc.

I do all the bills but dh knows of them he use to do them. If anything happened to me he would find them they are all on the computer in an Excel spreed sheet on the desk top.. with links and all min payments what we own my expected pay off dates and all that jaz.

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Every once and a while I have him update out finances so he has to have some idea at least

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Kimberly Proud Mommy to Bethany Rose April 2006 &

Organizer of the Coupon Clippers of Tacoma

My DH is the kind of guy who is always planning What would he do if....he got attacked by a bear, something came crashing in his windshield while he was driving, etc.

We're foster parents, and right now we have five kids ages 5 & under (two we've adopted , three are foster). It's been really hard to keep up with daily life, especially since the baby has been really sick (and we moved to the country when the baby was only a month old! yikes). So he's often saying things to me like, "If you were to die, I'd have to use all paper plates and plastic spoons because I wouldn't be able to keep up with the dishes." haha. He worries about how he'd manage the day to day if I were gone, but we haven't really gotten a good handle on organizing our finances. I like to be in charge of the daily/bill paying end of things, and give him the long-term stuff like 401Ks and such. I need to create a better system for ME, let alone someone to take over.

I have done the flylady journal, but have let it slide the last year or two, what with the move and all the little munchkins and their crazy schedules. I need to get it going again, but one page has continued to be useful - the one with all our "numbers" on it, like CC numbers, library card login, etc. I still use that all the time.

I stay at home with all the kids, and a notebook full of routines, medicine info, info about the kids (therapies, medical issues, caseworkers, all that stuff) , etc., would be extremely helpful to DH (or other family members who'd come to help out). Way too much to figure out from scratch, especially in a stressful time.

And not just if I die - like PP said if I'm hospitalized or hurt or something....or if a family emergency came up and I needed to go help or something.

Start the file!!
Itd be nice if we could plan that our Death doesnt come soon - But I worry.....

I have a book that has all the online stuff in it and All ....He can look at that if he wants to

Otherwise I figure I have enough life insurance money He won't need to stress - He will eventually get phone calls and Bills - if something doesn't get paid - so he can just pay everything as Needed.