The wall calendar I ordered for 2009 showed up from Amazon today. Don't
ask me why I ordered one online when I easily could have picked one up
locally – it was a bleary late-night thing.
Last year we had one with columns for each family member, which I liked
- and allowed space for the girls to put a fun sticker on their spot
each night after dinner. The girls love doing their stickers, and it's
become an integral part of our bedtime ritual.
So I was looking for a calendar with the same layout, and found this
kind of artsy version online. It's called Mum's Make a Note Family
Organizer, and has cute animals in a simple modern style on each page.
I love a fresh, new calendar for a fresh, new year. Uncluttered and
open-ended – oh, the possibilities! The girls and I took a few minutes
to fill out the dates we're already expecting – school schedules and my
knitting classes mostly, along with birthdays and some special events
like Yarnover, the Bohus opening, and the Knit-Out at the Mall of
America.
For the repetitive entries, I figured out a few years ago that it's much
easier to print up clear return-address labels (Avery brand from the
office supply store) with the pertinent information than it is to write
"No School" or "Beginning Knitting 6-8:30" over and over again neatly.
In this case, I used them for our names at the top of each page too.
Having our whole family's schedule up for the girls (and Joe and myself)
to look at helps keep us all a bit more organized, and I know I can use
every tiny bit I can help in that department!
Just a couple more days, and we can say goodbye to ratty old 2008 and
start filling up our brand-new 2009…
It was so nice talking to you today. I’m glad Sophie called me!:) What a good idea about the Avery labels, mind if I borrow it? It will save me some time. Hope to see you soon!
What a great idea! I used to use a huge dry-erase wall calendar, and we had to erase and re-write every month. We had different colors for each person (luckily we only had 3 of us!), and stuff for all of us was written in black. Lots of work each month! Yours is much more organized.
hi! I have been using a similar calendar for years – it is a Sandra Boynton product and comes with her signature animal characters all over it. Each year it seems to get a little fancier – the last few years have included bunches of stickers (things like “appointment” and “party” and “music lesson”) as well as some more that are pictorial and loads of fun. This year the calendar has a pocket at the bottom for stray stuff – it is labeled “Use this handy storage pocket for Coupons, Notes, Stray $100 Bills”. Ours just has a few receipts and some school lunch tickets; so far no $100 bills have appeared.
There are five columns so I get one, each of the kids gets one, and Dad just has to muddle along (he has a calendar at work, and also does some of the same things I do, so it works out).
Now if I could just get the calendar to give me a poke when I am about to forget something…
Well, I love your new calendar. Calendar shopping is always fun. Happy New Year.