Favorite Organizing Product No. 8: Mom's Plan-it Calendar

In a previous post about a "weekly family caucus", I talked about having a family Calendar. This is the one I use. I love this Calendar! It's my Noggin! It has places for up to 5 family members and additional space to write misc phone numbers (for both parents & kids) and more information in the Tabs in the back. Have more than 5 people in your family?? Not a problem with a little tweaking you can make it work for more. For a family of 5or 6 you have 1 line per person per day. You can also use one line to create a menu for the month. That way if you need ideas for menus, you can flip back to a previous month and see what you had a few months ago so you won't fall into a cooking rut.

There is a pocket on the front where you can keep school lunch menus and other temporary papers that are relevant to the Calendar.

In the back there is a Parents Contacts and a Kids Contacts Tab.

In the parent's contact tab There is an area called "For the Babysitter" I love this because I can flip to it and show the sitter the information she needs in an emergency and not have to worry about writing everything down each time we go out. Also on this page is a place to put frequently used phone numbers like your local pharmacy, place of worship, library, movie theatres, and restaurants you frequent take out.

Under the Kid's Contacts there is place for you children's friends names and telephone numbers, an area for activities where you can add their coach's number or music teacher's number, or a tutor, and many others.

And finally there is a place for school numbers carpool, teacher's number, etc. It comes with lots of stickers if that's your thing, but I don't use them that much.

This comes with a heavy magnet and I attach it right to my Fridge so everyone in the family can see and add to it when they need to. Every January 1st, I spend and hour and fill out the school schedule and add all the birthdays I want to remember so I don't have to worry about forgetting any of those dates.

If you have a family, I would really recommend buying it! Locally I have seen it at Shopko and I know Amazon.com also sells it.

REMEMBER! Tomorrow is the last of our free classes for "GO" month. "Your 2009 Paper Survival Kit." It goes starts 11:00 am at the Layton Library. This is a FREE event to the public and lots of great information on paper organization! Hope to see you there!