The BusyBodyBook Organizer Giveaway!

Posted by Laura on August 24, 2010 · 409 Comments

Updated to add: This giveaway is now closed. The winner is #194 Megan!!

A couple of years ago I posted about how I organize my blogging. I created my own notebook/calendar of sorts and that worked for me quite some time. However as my workload increased I found that my homemade jobie wasn’t cutting it anymore and I floundered along in disorganization for awhile until I finally found the system that works for me now.

Now I use the BusyBodyBook to organize my blogging and it is working beautifully! This is the one I have but there are also other cover styles to choose from. Isn’t it pretty!

What makes this planner/calendar so unique is the weekly grid with 5 columns for each day.

I designate one column to keep track of my advertising spaces, one column to track my daily posting topics, one column to track my daily priority to do item, one column to plan ahead and one column for ideas. I love how much better I feel knowing I’m on top of what needs to be done, it takes so much pressure off me which means less daily stress and I’m all for that! I keep it right beside my laptop so I know what I’m suppose to be doing and when. I use this organizer along with my List Notebook and together I’ve got one big brain dump…whoot!

Others use this calendar to organize their family…one column for each family member and that works great too because you can instantly see if you have any overlaps in scheduling. You can also designate a column for menu planning as well or even tracking personal goals!!

Other highlights include:

Full months-at-a-glance pages in front of book
planning calendar for birthdays and anniversaries
perforated shopping lists page
important contacts pages
2 large inside cover pockets
A bookmark always keeps you on the right page
Protective clear plastic front and back covers
Spiral binding
Dimensions = 7″ x 10″
$17.95 each

You have the option of purchasing the BusyBodyBook for the academic year (Aug to Aug) or the calendar year (Jan to Dec). You can view samples of the BusyBodyBook pages here and for even more information, the BusyBodyBook was recently featured on the Daily Grommet!

Giveaway:

If you’d like the opportunity to win one of these great organizers simply leave a comment on this post (I’d love to hear how you would designate your columns) prior to Tuesday, August 31st at 4:00 pm PST. Winner will be selected via random.org. Open to everyone.

It’s time to get organized!

Filed under Calendars/Planners, Giveaways, Product Reviews · Tagged with calendar, planner

Let’s talk about the week over week calendar….

Posted by Laura on January 7, 2008 · 15 Comments

Back in August, while I was in Ontario, I found the niftiest week over week dry erase magnetic calendar to use for my menu planning each week. Well I got A LOT of email about my beautiful little planner from many lovely ladies wondering where I bought it from. I had purchased it from Zellers but that wasn’t particularly helpful for many of you so I continued to search the internet for a place to buy it online. I just could not find that sucker and it definitely interfered with my sleep patterns. Oh yes it did. Must.Find.Planner rolled through my head like the credits on the Cars DVD. In other words, never ending! It wasn’t until I was setting up my amazon store (yay, see it over there on the right!) and spending a few hours selecting some mighty fine products to display that I finally found it. Yep there it was, right there on Amazon the whole time. I have no idea how I missed it before. So if you were looking for this particular calendar, never fear, it is here!

Since I only menu plan one week at a time, the other three week panels were just sitting there unused, lonely and dejected. Until today! I had a flash of brilliance (it happens occassionally…lol) and decided how I could use the other weeks. In addition to menu planning, I am now going to use a week to record my daily chores, one week to record my daily fitness accomplishments and the last week to track my daily devotions. I am so excited about this. Having it all recorded like that in one place right on the fridge, where I know I will see it a billion times a day, will assist me in getting done all that I want to get done each day. All I have to do is look at any given day of the week and take my eyes down the column to see what still needs to be completed. I don’t know about you but I tend to get so easily sidetracked during the day that I’m hoping this will help provide the focus I need by serving as a gentle reminder each time I open the fridge door.

Later Mater!