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I recently received a Pink Tie Dye Family_Time.Mine day planner and am very pleased with it. The first and most important feature, to me at least, is the durable plastic cover. What good is a day planner if someone spills milk on it and ruins it? The plastic cover gives the Family_Time.Mine day planner that extra durability a mom’s planner needs. Dotmine’s Family_Time.Mine day planner features one week per page giving me lots of space to write important events and notes for every day of the week. The page margins are really nice too as they give me lots more room to write random notes and reminders.
Dotmine day planners have specialized pages for phone numbers, babysitter information, and notes.
One of my other favorite features of the Family_Time.Mine day planner is the stickers. I love having a visual, colorful reminder of important events like doctor’s appointments, recitals, and birthdays. The Pink Tie Dye Family_Time.Mine planner comes with plenty of sticks that should keep you covered for a year.
GIVEAWAY – Winner Announced!
Congratulations MaryAnne K.!
We are giving a lucky reader a Dotmine day planner of their choice (not including the Borders exclusives).
To enter, visit Dotmine and choose your favorite design, then tell me in the comments below which Dotmine day planner design is your favorite.
Entries accepted through 11:59pm EST March 5th. This contest is open to U.S. residents. The winner will be notified via email and will have 24 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.
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Reusable bags have become very popular with environmentally conscious individuals, but in a busy family, keeping up with eco-friendly bags can be challenging. While an individual may only need a couple of bags to hold grocery purchases, the bustling household usually requires many bags. Inevitably, the bags are left in the vehicle, forgotten until the point of unloading a cart of groceries at a check stand. An organizer would make it so much easier to remember.
Disclosure: I was provided with a Tote Buddy for review purposes. All opinions are 100% my own.
Last week, my husband packed up our printer and brought it with us on our Spring Break vacation so he could print a few photographs of our 3 year old daughter in his spare time (ha!) during our vacation.
Why? Because Madelyn, our 3 year old, has been commenting on the fact that we don’t have any framed photographs of her up. There are a couple of photographs of both kids on the fridge, but that’s it. There are dozens of photographs of Sebastian (10 years old) all over the house, but not one framed photograph of Madelyn. See the photograph to the right.. the frames to the right are full of photographs of Sebastian while the frames to the left are empty. That’s so sad. Needless to say, Tim didn’t print photographs while we were in Orlando last week.. we were a little busy. I am however, determined to print and frame enough photographs to fill the blank spaces in the frames to the right.. before her 4th birthday, May 9th. Please say a prayer for me!
While I am looking through photographs on my computer to print for Madelyn’s frames, I am going to flag a bunch of photos starting from the day she was born so I can finally create a scrapbook for her. Her scrapbook may not be as elaborate as Sebastian’s, it will most likely be a Photobook.. from Vistaprint (why not?) but at least we’ll have something to look through. I love both of my kids so much.. it breaks my heart that I haven’t spent as much time on organizing and sharing photographs of her as I did when Sebastian was younger. I am much busier now than I was when Sebastian was her age, but that doesn’t take the guilt away. So, enough of the sad stories..
These days it seems we all keep our photos online.. as we should for security and longevity of our memories. However, there’s nothing like having hard copies of your photos to share with your friends & family!
Vistaprint also offers such great products as Birthday Invitations, Custom T-shirts, and Personalized Mugs.
Disclosure: TeamMom and Vistaprint are offering this great giveaway to TheMommyInsider.com readers. I have not received compensation of any kind for this post or giveaway.
I never thought I would be one of those moms who was always on the go but now I am. My kids are 3 and 10 and they actually do things. How strange. They go to swim class, computer class, Cub Scouts, play with friends, and do other things that kids do. All of that means that I have to plan things. I have to know whether my husband or I are going to take our daughter to swim and gymnastics, and our son to Scouts and computer class. Without help I am not a great planner, but with my BusyBodyBook, life is easier.
Believe it or not, I have anxiety issues. Don’t laugh. My BusyBodyBook helps keep my anxiety and stress levels low. Having our schedules laid out in a grid format and with me all of the time (I take my BBB with me everywhere) ensures that I always know what’s coming up in the days ahead and that I know who, what, where, why, and when.
There are four columns on each weekly page. I have one column assigned to each of us and a "family" column at the end. When I need to show my husband what activities are coming up and that he needs to take our son to Scouts because I am taking our daughter to swim, I just open my BusyBodyBook and show him. No questions, no arguments, no doubts about the date or time.. just easy to read facts.
How BusyBodyBook helps me:
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Can you tell I can’t live without my BusyBodyBook?
Visit the BusyBodyBook website to see the different BusyBodyBook Family Organizers, wall calendars, and weekly grid pads.