It seems that November is the time of year for all the new diaries and calendars to come out. I am suddenly over run with calendar ace-ness and wondering what I might get to try and keep us on track for next year.
For the past two years we’ve used a kikki k family calendar which I really quite like, but it’s not perfect. For a start the birthday column is wasted as we rarely write any birthdays in it, and while I love that it has a column for each member of the family, so often one event involves more than one of us and I am yet to find a way to get The Baldy Boy to read more than just what is written under his name! Plus this year’s grey borders are a tad boring… I’d like my calendar to be just a little bit funky!
I came across a link to this lovely diary – Milestone Press’s The Master Plan – The designer diary for parents. It looks to be set out really well, it has lots of the things I’d like to have on a calendar/diary – especially the dinner bit, but it’s a diary. I am not good with diaries. They tend to sit in the bottom of my bag unwritten in until I find myself making a dentist appointment and I still have no idea what days are ok for who. I think I really need something that goes up on the wall, for everyone to see.
Maybe I’ll try the Weekly Planner Pad from Kikki-k. But then it only shows a week, I am not sure that is enough to keep us organised. I am not a fan of the timed slots for each day either and no spot of meals, but I could just pop that on the side I guess. It is cheap enough to try and not to be a huge waste of money if it is a disaster I guess… and I am not sure I can find a better option…
What I really need is something big that I can stick up on the wall. That has big spaces to write in multiple events for each day. I like the idea of a weekly planner with a space for menu planning, but it also needs to have a little calendar for the rest of the month, and maybe the month after too. I don’t need a special space for birthdays, nor timed slots in each day. It needs to be functional, but also a little bit groovy.
Yeah I know… I am picky… I want a lot from my calendar, heck I’ll only be truly happy when the thing screams at me to remember the milk as I run out the door. You know, if I had a wide format printer I’d just design my own – now that would be fun… but I can’t see it working on a little a4 sized sheet.
Anyone got any nifty links to great family planners you’d care to share?
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No and I know exactly what you mean.
The best thing I’m finding working for us lately is my google calendar with different colours for everyones stuff at a glance and our weekly whiteboard to put the day to day. That of course doesn’t solve the problem of making appointments a month or two ahead unless I’m doing them by phone from in front of the computer, but it has solved the problem of me losing my diary!
I’m just not good with calendars/diaries.
By Bettina on 11.17.08 3:33 pm | Permalink
Oooh, I want exactly what you have described Kate! When you find it, please let me know! I will be reading these comments with interest! I too have been using the Kikki K one this year, but I need *more* space in each day spot yk?
Over the years, I have used the Nursing Mothers (now ABA) magnetic whiteboard magnet with days of the week columns. I used it throughout the kinder years with my older two and really liked it. I also liked (but never had) the Melbourne’s child whiteboard magnet ones too (which has spots for family members names, which NMAA one didn’t). But I think I need *more*!! Maybe we have to create our own? Argh – I am totally not creative!
By juniper on 11.17.08 9:35 pm | Permalink
I bought the Organised Mum Family Calendar a few weeks ago and it seems to be working for us. I like the clear plastic sheet over the top for all the recurring appointments and I use one of the columns for “Family” appointments (ie things we all have to do) and one column for Meals. It’s only a week to a page though so you might not like that aspect. It also has little tear off shopping lists and to-do lists which are quite handy.
They have a few other products you might like too if that one doesn’t suit.
By Guera on 11.17.08 10:21 pm | Permalink
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