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(32 pages)

Mom's Family Calendar 2008 by: Sandra Boynton publisher: Workman Publishing Company released: 2007-06-30 ISBN: 0761145613 $12.99

With Sandra Boynton's spirited chickens, cows, hippos, pigs, and mice running, skipping, and hopping through the pages plus its renowned organizational brawn, Mom's calendar is seriously hardworking— and seriously fun, too. To make it super-practical, the calendar covers sixteen months beginning in September. And the format is pure genius: The oversized grid is laid out on a vertical, with five columns across the top (one for each family member) and the days of the month reading down the left side. It's easy to see who's doing what, and when they're doing it, with just a glance. Includes 500 stickers and a handy write-on, wipe-off magnetic phone list for the fridge.

It can be difficult to find a large calendar for a busy family with four children. I spend each December at the stores hoping to find the perfect blend of spaces for people with boxes big enough to write out their daily activities. This year I thought I'd try the Sandra Boynton calendar and am glad I did. With a space for each day, INCLUDING Saturday and Sunday and columns for four children it has been a perfect fit for us. So perfect, in fact, that I hope they are planning to do one exactly the same for 2009. If so, I'll continue to use this until we add another member to the family.

Greatest family calendar out there! Helps keep us organized and teaches the kids to track the calendar. Fits on kitchen wall. All you need to keep everyone knowing where they're supposed to be any given day.

I bought the 2008 calendar based on other reviews and I was disappointed. We have 2 young kids, but even with their activities (and mom's & dad's), the vertical column set-up leaves really small squares to write a few basic words. The stickers are cute but there's no room to put them because the squares are so small - and there weren't that many "sports" stickers suprisingly. Plus, I don't know if you're supposed to use a special pen with the glossy paper, but if you use a regular ballpoint, the impressions bleed onto the next page. The monthly pictures are cute because we really like the Boynton books, but other than that, I'm sorry to say that I'm going to look for a different calendar.

With the vertical arrangement of the month and numbers/ boxes that are large enough to be read from accross the room, this calendar is perfect for me. No more missed dental appointments and forgotten birthdays. The kids love using the enclosed stickers to decorate special days. I do wish this calendar came with a pocket or an easy way to attach important items for a month (tickets, coupons, etc.)

Love this product, it is so handy at keeping tabs on our busy schedule. The only drawback, I can see, is that it just fits our family size and we don't have a big family. If we had one more child, we would run out of spaces.

(36 pages)

The Thinkbin Family 2007/2008 Calendar, Deluxe Large Edition by: Susan S. Anderson publisher: Thinkbin released: 2007-07-15 ISBN: 0974306681 $14.95

A Thinkbin Family Calendar is just what you need to organize your family's busy schedule. This new 2008 edition (starting with August 2007) features the same great family friendly layout that made this wall calendar so popular, and now has even more lines for writing each day. This wall calendar is just what you need to get organized for the new school year and beyond.

Leave it to moms to create the perfect wall calendar for busy families. They know that timing is everything when trying to coordinate their family s busy schedule. So the creative Thinkbin Moms came up with a unique time of day grid (with special sections for morning, afternoon, and evening activities) to make it easy to record the whole family's schedule chronologically in one day block. There is even a new bonus line for recording birthdays, school holidays, trips, etc. With a Thinkbin calendar, you will know, at a glance, when you have free time or need to be two places at once!

This Deluxe Large edition (17 x 24 when opened) features 10 lines of writing space per day so everything stays neat and readable. There are sections each month for recording important "To Do" lists and "Reminders" . The inside back cover features a convenient organizer for recording all the information that changes each year teacher's names and emails, school bus route information, coaches phone numbers, etc. All these features, plus a handy pocket on the inside back cover, make a Thinkbin Family Calendar the perfect organizer for your busy family.

Your family's time is important. It's time to try a Thinkbin calendar!

(140 pages)

2008 BusyBodyBook Personal & Family Organizer: Zigzag by: Joan Goldner publisher: About Your Time released: 2007-08-01 ISBN: 0974476862 $16.95

This is the only calendar I use for my family. This is my second one and I absolutely love it. I use my BBB every day, all day. The individual columns for each family member is great. I love the pockets in the front and back to hold cards and invitations. The book mark is ingenious and stays in place perfectly. I definitely recommend this calendar for busy families such as mine. It's a wonderful organizer!

This organizer is great for anyone who is multi-tasking. It is great for a student organizing assignments and for the busy mom trying to keep track of all the family obligations and appointments. I would highly recommend getting this product.

The Busy Body Book is one of those products that makes me stop and say - "why didn't I think of that?" It's easy to use, it's adaptable...don't have kids? Not an issue...those blank columns can be used for anything from appointments to project planning (which is what I do) This is not just a product for mom's any person who needs help with organization will benefit from this planner.

I like everything about the planner except for the page holder. It slips off the rings very easily.

I'm only 16 days into the new year and i love this calendar! It allows me to keep track of the schedules for each person in our home. Swim lessons, piano lessons, school projects... it's a handy tool for my busy family.

(140 pages)

2008 BusyBodyBook Personal & Family Organizer: Brown by: Joan Goldner publisher: About Your Time released: 2007-08-01 ISBN: 097447682X $11.53

This is excellent for those of you that have more then one thing on your plate. I split the weeks between personal each class and work. I love this thing!!!!

This calendar is great! I needed something small enough to fit in my diaper bag, but big enough in which to fit all of my appointments. The columns seriously help me stay organized by keeping my home, family, business and church events separate and easy to read. I'm buying one every year.

I love the idea of this planner - just what I was searching for. My only complaint is the size of the scheduling boxes --- too small. There's tons of open space on the facing pages, but the calendar section iteslf is no larger than any other calendar of the same size.

I could not ask for a better calendar! I love having all the different rows of boxes to write in. I use one for me, one for family, one for my sewing projects, one for a to do list for the day and there is an extra that I use for anything that strikes my fancy that week. I like the size and the color. I would soooo recommend this to anyone!!
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This is the second year I have used this method to try to keep my family calendar organized. It is the best method yet! There is a place for each of us to schedule our events and keep track of appointments. I would recommend this product for any busy family! It does take a little getting used to the format though.

Susan Branch All for One and One For All 2008 Family Planner by: Susan Branch publisher: Time Factory released: 2007-06-30 ISBN: 1599573598 $12.99

I bought this calendar after searching many options. It has a good organtization and space for writing, eventhought I have a small letter. Good paper quality, diagramation and color. I will suggest for rated as perfect to include stickers for parties, birthdays and common activities as medical appoinments, games ... Anyway is usefull for active families.

This colorfull calendar is an ideal choice for a family organizer and a bright poster for a kitchen wall. Although I wished for a little more space for each person(and maybe columns for more members,as not all families are consisted of 4)I find the illustration so much eye-catching, that I give it a glimpse more than once a day.I also discovered Susan Branche's world through it,whose I became a fan!

Every year I look forward to getting the new Susan Branch calendar, and this year she offers a new style, with the days of the month listed down the full length of the left side of the opened calendar, and columns for up to five family members' separate activities for each day. While there is a little less space for her trademark style of eye candy (I find it to be really cheerful without being sappy), many families might find this format more useful than the standard grid of daily boxes on the lower-half of a calendar. She still offers that style of calendar as well. I have both!

After lots of searching and trying many calendars that did not work, this style calendar has proved to be the BEST for my family. I have plenty of room in each of the boxes, and there is room for 5 family members or, as we use it, one box for birthdays, anniversaries, & special celebration remembrances, one box for activities for "all" in the family, and the other three boxes for family members individually. Its whimsical artwork and sweet sayings just add icing to this cake! I've created my own" pocket" that attachs to the bottom of the back page so that I can put invitations, paper, and a pencil in it for ready reference/use. Thanks for the great product!

I love Susan Branch! Everything she makes is darling! Her positive messages and illustrations remind me to celebrate every day! With the Family Planner, there is plenty of room to keep track of the whole family's busy schedule!

The Polestar Family 2008 Calendar: A Family Time Planner & Home Management Guide by: Devorah Rosen Goldman, Pomegranate publisher: Polestar Book Publishers released: 2007-07 ISBN: 155186052X $10.17

I have used this calendar for about 10 years now. It has a great layout with each week opening flat to the entire week. Columns for appointments, meals/kitchen, home, To Do, To Buy and a handy message area at the bottom corner as well as a small monthly calendar at the top for reference and a nice quote of inspiration.

The front inside cover has a place for emergency phone numbers and info, a 2 page year at glance planning calendar for whole year.

Each month has a full page calendar and opposite page that is lined and blank, I use this for finances and recording bills I am paying out of each paycheck. The calendar has big blocks to write in as well.
It was intended as a To Do, New Projects and Notes area.

I put post-it tabs ( the sturdy ones you can write on) to label each months calendar page for easy reference.
The back has the next years planning calendar.
Family Profiles to record birthdays, favourite things, clothing sizes etc.. of each person and a wish list. Great to have .
Dates to Remember Page, Items Loaned and Borrowed Page,
Storage Record page, Notes pages both blank and lined where I record my budget, real estate taxes paid that year, other tax stuff for easy reference. I also have an investment page with corresponding info and contact info. Then there is a Phone List 5 pages long. Last but, no least 3 pages of tear off sheet for To Buy and To Do lists.

Overall it is a very handy, easy to use format with big spaces to write and plan out your life. It helps me keep organized and know I have paid everything whether I am off or on the computer.

I got a Polestar calendar for a gift 10 years ago and have bought one every year since. The layout is great with a full week's schedule over two pages, tear off tabs at corners to easily find your week, a sidebar for To Do, and grocery list and address book built into appointment book.

Definitely recommend for busy women.

Mom's Plan-It Organizer Calendar: August 2007-December 2008 with Sticker and Magnet(s) by: Devorah Rosen Goldman, Pomegranate publisher: Avalanche Publishing Company released: 2007-07 ISBN: 1598688243 $13.99

I have purchased this type of planner for the past 3 years. The layout makes it very helpful to keep track of the many activities going on. The large spaces for writing in events is especially helpful as is the extended year.

Very well thought out calendar for the family, unlike some calendars that look they were designed by publishers without kids.(Spaces too small, pictures to big, too many stickers for "Vet appointment".

Worth purchasing if you are debating between similar calendars, this one is tried and true. I'm surprised by other bad reviews of this because its has Christian stickers. Seems to me those folks may need a little religion if they are going to get so uptight over a little ol' calendar, especailly when Amazon's return policies are so easy.Silly! I daresay being the happy, unstressed Right Wing Christian that I am, if this came with a bunch of Buddhist stickers, I wouldn't think a thing of it and use those stickers for "yoga" days or something productive, I wouldn't go schizo on Amazon.

Lovely utilitarian calendar. More efficient than the Sandra Boynton one.

I rarely use the stickers in a calendar anyway.

I am really disapointed in this calendar. I use another version this calendar every year the one I thought I was getting. No where in the decription did it list it was a Christian version much to my surprise when I opened it up and saw all of these stickers for church outings. Very disapointed in how this was listed it really wouldn't be that hard to mention it would it? Now I have to go buy the non specific planner.

This is a wonderful calender! The stickers are nice, but not always the right ones. There are a lot of church related ones. The magnet is cool but you can't put anything too heavy in the pocket.
I will buy another next fall!

This calendar is awesome. I got one as a Christmas gift for 2006 and thought I'd never use it. Last year when it came time to buy a calendar for 2007 I got just a normal one and boy did I miss the organization! I decided to get a 2008 one early that is a 16 month calendar because I missed it so much! All moms (and dads) should have this!

Familytime.mine Blue Grid 2008 Calendar: Weekly Pages and Monthly Calendars August 2007-December 2008 by: Edward and Cole Inc publisher: Tanglewood Press released: 2007-05 ISBN: 1587264757 $16.99

The answer to organizing the life of a busy family. This planner was developed with input from many moms and will help you keep it all together. The planner features a plastic cover and includes both weekly and monthly layouts, a planning guide, babysitter page, stickers, back pocket and many more special features.

I bought a FamilyTime.mine planner last year after visiting Target, Barnes and Noble, Office Max, Office Depot, Walmart, and the University bookstore in my town... in my quest for the perfect planner. Let me tell you why this is awesome. It has both a month-at-a-glance and two-weeks at a glance options, with spaces that are actually BIG enough to write in. It leaves space down the side for making notes and has a pocket in the back for those little papers you pick up throughout the day. It is also DURABLE... the cover and spiral take a beating. I just love it.... and have been waiting for the new ones to come out! You can find more colors and designs at Borders, and you can also thumb through it- very nice. I already have my 2008 calendar ready to go!

Fabulous product...Has kept me very organized this year. Love the stickers that highlight various days of the month and the huge squares for writing all of it in.

We've been using these calendars for 3 years now. The organization-factor is great, both for home & school! I've sent all of my children off to college with a familytime.mine calendar.

(176 pages)

Mom's Family Desk Planner 2008 by: Sandra Boynton publisher: Workman Publishing Company released: 2007-06-30 ISBN: 0761145621 $12.99

It’s mobile Boynton! Mom's Family Desk Planner moves seamlessly from desk to purse and is indispensable for moms on the go (and what mom isn't on the go?). Each handy week-at-a-glance grid features two columns—one for Mom's schedule and one for the whole family's schedules. In the back, Mom can record phone numbers for school, work, maintenance and repair people, and restaurants. Plus there are perforated grocery and "to do" lists, 150 full-color stickers, and storage pockets on the inside front and back covers. And, this being Boynton after all, the spreads are illustrated with a cast of lively, lovably charming animal characters.

I've been a fan of Sandra Boynton's "Mom's Family Wall Calendars" for years, but last year, when I moved into my new house, I couldn't find a good place for it where it would be easily visible, and more importantly, usable. So this year, when I saw this planner, I was overjoyed!

Same great art spread out over 52 weeks with the same great stickers to use for every occasion! There's more than enough space to keep track of my stuff, along with both of my kids (although, for bigger, active families this could be an issue, as there is only a differentiation for 'Mom' and 'Kids', not the split available on the wall calendar). I use it daily (it fits in my medium size purse and goes everywhere with me) and have yet to miss an event, appointment or bill for that matter!

I love the to do and grocery (automatically makes chocolate #9 AND #10 on every list!), plus all the other extras in the back section!

Definitely recommend this product for every single mom out there. Even if you just leave it on your desk to flip through, you're going to find yourself better organized (oh, it has pockets, too!) and less stressed out!

The only CON I found was the adhesive for the pockets did not hold very well, but that was easily remedied with scotch tape.

I love this desk planner, it has been wonderful. It has plenty of room to write in and cute pre made lists that are perfect for daily errands. I wouldn't choose any other after using this one

i love it, i love stickers and the lists and the mom/family divided days days... i tell every mom about it! one mom did say she loved it but needed the daily time record as well as just day, but that's the only complaint.

This is my second year using this planner and I absolutely love it. I have a busy family of five, I find it to be very simple and easy to use. It's just a fun planner with all the stickers. It fits well in my purse and/or diaper bag. Great Christmas gift for friends who are mothers.

this is the ideal calander for the organized mom. With four kids and a home business, I could not live without this.