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Household Operations · Utilities · Schedules & Essentials

ThursdayOct 29, 2026
Groceries — this week's run8 items

The list comes first.

What the house needs, grouped by store — built from what's actually low or out, not from memory.

Low or outYes / no — that's it
Mirin
Out
Cholula
Low
Balsamic glaze
Low
Softener salt
Low
White wine vinegar
Low
Pink salt
Low
Eat firstUse before you buy
Baby spinach
Eat first — goes first in the fridge
By Oct 31
Spring mix
Eat first — next right behind it
By Nov 1
Saved this monthOctober
Money saved $0 filed · Time saved 0 hrs filed
No receipts or delivery checkouts filed yet, so nothing is counted. The detail — and what resets Nov 1 — lives in Savings.
Next upOnly the next few
Water autopay
Palm Bay water — autopay
Oct 30
Daughter — school meeting
Elementary school
Dec 9
Fridge filter due
Replacement window opens
~Dec 20

The full calendar stays in Google Calendar, where it already lives. This is just the next dates that touch the house.

Who's where · today
Daughter is with Dad
This part of the week · Afternoon pickup today
Son — afternoon pickup
Walker pickup, Jr/Sr school
FlagsOnly when there's a flag
Camry registration expired
Renew before Dec 10 · $42.10
Expired
Food recalls
1,104 FDA recalls checked against the pantry
0 flagged
The houseTap a zone

One house, five doors.

Navigation, not decoration — every zone carries its one fact. Tap it for the short version, then open the door if you need more.

Household settings
Grocery rhythm
Grocery day and the sweep reminder lead — set them once, the house runs on them.
Testing this prototype

Play with it on your phone.

This is a static, shareable test copy. It uses demo stand-ins — generic names, schools, and schedules — so it can be played with on a phone without exposing the real family record. Tap through the doors, change quantities in the Kitchen, approve a route in Review — those taps save on this device only.

What “live” means today: nothing here syncs yet. If the kids add to a grocery list through Siri today, it will not appear in this prototype — Siri is separate from HOUSE OS. Siri relays information in; HOUSE OS stores it. That connection (Siri / Shortcuts → the record → this glance) is the wiring step, not part of this static copy. Use this build to judge the glance, the order, and the feel — then change the prototype.
Prototype — demo stand-ins for names, schools, and schedules in this shareable copy (Thu Oct 29, 2026). Taps save on this device only; the finished product reads the live private record.
Door · Family & Schedule

Family

Quick glances only — who's where, what's popping next, and what repeats every week. The whole schedule stays in Google Calendar.

Shared weekDemo copy

Daughter is with Dad this part of the week.

The day-by-day custody schedule stays in the private record — it is not shown in this shareable copy.

Next school holiday

Thanksgiving break — no school

Thu Nov 26 – Fri Nov 27 (demo dates). Both schools out — plan the week around it.

Next appointmentsPopping up
Daughter — school meeting
Elementary school
Dec 9
504 plan review
School meeting — the December one on the school's notice
December
Winter break starts
Both schools out (demo date)
Dec 21
See full schedule →

Hands off to Google Calendar — the app glances, the calendar holds the whole view. No calendar grid lives in here.

Key fact: runs pickups on Dad days — daughter and son, both afternoon pickups.

School
Afternoon pickup · Earlier pickup on Fridays · Walker
Tutoring
Every Wednesday — see the recurring strip below
Food allergy
None listed in this demo copy — the real fact stays in the private record, and it's what the grocery list runs against
Care team
Children's clinic in Palm Bay — address and visit dates stay in the private record
School
Afternoon pickup · Earlier pickup on Fridays
Next up
School meeting — Dec 9
Food allergy
None listed in this demo copy — the real fact stays in the private record, and it's what the grocery list runs against
Care team
Children's clinic in Palm Bay — address and visit dates stay in the private record
Recurring · every weekStanding items
Son — tutoring
Repeats weekly, same day
Every Wed
School pickups
Daughter and son — weekday afternoons, earlier on Fridays
Weekdays
Grocery run
Set your grocery day in Household settings on the Hub
Weekly
Prototype — demo stand-ins in this shareable copy. The full calendar stays in Google Calendar.
Door · Kitchen

Kitchen

The one working surface — three areas, same as the record: the list, the meal plan, the recipes.

Need · by store8 items

Built from Low / Out + the week. Change a quantity — it saves on this device.

Review — approve the run

House builds it. You approve it. You check out in their app.

In-store route
Publix (2) + Aldi (3) — one trip, in walking order by store
Delivery route — Costco + Target
House compares Instacart vs Amazon vs DoorDash vs Walmart on your filed prices and names the cheapest for this cart.

Checkout happens in that service's own app. HOUSE OS builds the cart and does the price math — tapping Approve here readies the handoff, it does not buy anything.

Staple cart — always-buys
Recurring staples that hit low again and again (salt, vinegar, sauces). Built from stock hitting low — not shipped on a calendar whether you need it or not.
Deal HuntersTap — opens their profile

The hunters whose deals this list runs against. These hand off to Instagram — House doesn't hold their pages.

Melyssa
@couponing4beginnersig
Open ↗
Shai
@orlandoqponqueen · Orlando-local
Open ↗
Laura Jayne Lamb
@costcohotfinds · Costco
Open ↗
FDA recalls

1,104 recalls checked against what's in the house.

0 flagged
Prototype — demo stand-ins in this shareable copy. Taps save on this device only.
Door · Car

Car

2014 Toyota Camry — the next service, the one flag, and the full tire record. Maintenance lives here, not on the Hub.

Notification · Tire rotation

Rotation — every ~7,500 mi · no rotation on record · due at the December service visit. It gets called at the oil visit instead of waiting for somebody to remember.

Next serviceOnly one

Oil — due at 261,584 mi

Car is at 260,081 mi — 1,503 miles to go. Rotation joins this visit (see the banner above).

Miles to oil260,081 / 261,584
TiresFrom the tire photos

Four corners, on record.

Tires typically last ~3–4 years / ~50–70k mi depending on type — the record below is what that clock runs against.

LF — Left front
Fullway HP108 · 215/55ZR17
Bought: not on record
On record
RF — Right front
Brand not legible · DOT week 23/2024
Heaviest shoulder wear of the four
Bought: not on record
Watch
RL — Left rear
Fullway HP108 · 215/55ZR17
Bought: not on record
On record
RR — Right rear
Goodyear Assurance · 215/55R17
The flat replacement — the odd tire of the set
Bought: not on record
Odd tire
Flag
Registration expired
$42.10 · Renew before Dec 10
Expired
Gas this month
One figure, no log to dig through — the range check lives in Savings
$94
Prototype — demo stand-ins in this shareable copy. Full service history lives in the record, not in the glance.
Door · Savings

Savings

Not a bank account — a range keeper. What the house saved, what it typically spends, and whether this month is staying inside the range.

Saved this monthOctober · resets monthly
Money saved
$0 filed
Time saved
0 hrs filed
Deal hunters / coupons
Clipped and matched deals — counted when a receipt files them
$0
Not bought — already stocked
Detergent · Toothpaste — real wins, counted at $0 until a receipt prices them
2 wins
Instacart handoffs
Each checkout House builds logs a trip not taken — ≈1.5 hrs gained per trip (estimate). None logged yet.
0 trips

Resets monthly — the counters start over Nov 1. Honest numbers only: nothing counts until it's filed.

Lane ranges · OctoberTypical vs this month
GroceriesTYPICAL $650 · THIS MONTH $377
GasTYPICAL $210 · THIS MONTH $94
Dining outTYPICAL $200 · THIS MONTH $64
HouseholdTYPICAL $180 · THIS MONTH $128

No lane is over its typical range this month. A lane that passes its typical gets an Over flag — that's the whole job of this card.

House bills · range checkOver or not — at a glance
Electric — FPL
This month $95.55 · usual ≈$110
In range
Water — Palm Bay
This month $73.41 · usual ≈$75 — no, we did not go over on water
In range
House running cost (solar loan)
Fixed $257.96/mo — same every month, so it can't drift over
Fixed
House Number
What it costs to run the house, as one small figure
≈$444/mo
Wins
Detergent — not bought
Already stocked at home
Win
Toothpaste — not bought
Already stocked at home
Win
Pods deal * · Mozzarella BOGO *
Examples, starred until a receipt backs them
Example *

The three catches, in plain words: Pace — are we ahead of or behind where the month should be? Leak — money leaking quietly, like buying what's already stocked. Defer — what can wait without hurting the house, named, not hidden.