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I was wondering how people manage family calendars. I can put things
on my husband's home calendar with my work calendar, but his home and work calendars are separate. The girls maintain paper calendars to track their own lessons and homework. Lately, what seems to be working for us is to have an excel spreadsheet up on google's spreadsheet sharing system, accessible by all family members. The spreadsheet is a monthly calendar. In it are things like my business trips, my husband's professional classes, the kids' lessons and rehearsals, etc. It means I have to re-enter everything from Outlook, but that's the way that goes. How are you tracking this sort of thing these days? A big piece of paper in the kitchen? Electronically? Mom's head? Warm Regards, Claire See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
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Claire wrote:
How are you tracking this sort of thing these days? A big piece of paper in the kitchen? Electronically? Mom's head? The big calendar in the kitchen works for us. The low tech approach is the only thing that others in the family will use consistently. Best wishes, Ericka |
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We have a really big calendar on the fridge door in the kitchen for
the family, and all the appointments, key dates, school stuff, lessons etc. go on as soon as we know about them. I don't normally put all my work stuff on it - only the things that will impact the family, like me having to be away in the evening or overnight etc. This is the product we've been using for a couple of years. We like it because its big (we have the 12x17 one, but they make a 20x30 version), its basic, lots of room to write things on every day (we have three kids and there is LOTS to track). http://www.ataglance.com/webapp/wcs/...alse_10052#%23 This company makes lots of variations on the theme. Worth buying if you ask me. Its like the nerve center of the house. M |
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Claire wrote:
I was wondering how people manage family calendars. I can put things on my husband's home calendar with my work calendar, but his home and work calendars are separate. The girls maintain paper calendars to track their own lessons and homework. [snip] We use a dodo pad diary near the phone. It is a weekly planner type, with a column for each family member and space opposite for notes eg addresses of the place we are going to. http://www.dodopad.com/pages/howto.htm Dh's work stuff goes in his work diary, and is only put in the family diary if it involves an overnight stay, or impacts the family in a big way. Do other people keep their calender/diaries at the end of the year? I feel I ought to so that in years to come they could be part of a family history, but enough doesn't get in them that I think it wouldn't show the whole picture. They do get thrown out, although not immediately. -- Penny Gaines UK mum to three |
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"Claire" wrote in message
ups.com... I was wondering how people manage family calendars. One big calendar on the fridge is what we do. Works for us. I update it every month and I can add or take away things if needed. Sue |
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"Sue" wrote in message
news:t7Odnb_ECMEOR4nbnZ2dnUVZ_oernZ2d@wideopenwest .com... One big calendar on the fridge is what we do. Works for us. I update it every month and I can add or take away things if needed. Yep, the calendar on the fridge. Ours is a big white-board and each week is a separate strip. There's 5 strips altogether. When the top week is over, I erase it and stick it on the bottom and push the rest of them up. I love it! It also has Saturday AND Sunday on the end instead of Sunday at the beginning. I do have my own calendar, which is a notebook(paper) style, but the whole family uses the fridge calendar. Marie |
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On Apr 6, 8:37 am, "Marie" wrote:
Yep, the calendar on the fridge. Ours is a big white-board and each week is a separate strip. There's 5 strips altogether. When the top week is over, I erase it and stick it on the bottom and push the rest of them up. I love it! It also has Saturday AND Sunday on the end instead of Sunday at the beginning. I do have my own calendar, which is a notebook(paper) style, but the whole family uses the fridge calendar. Marie Another calendar on the fridge user here. For about 5 years I've been using something called Mom's Calendar - you can see it he http://www.amazon.com/Moms-Family-Ca.../dp/0761140492 It's in a table form with a column for each family member and a row for each day of the month. Plenty of room to write things in. For my own things and so I can carry it around, I have a week-at-a- glance book. I duplicate some things between the 2 calendars. And my son, a high school junior, has gotten busy enough that he recently asked for a week-at-a-glance book of his own. I haven't wanted to use computer calendars or a PDA. -- Zip |
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We do a paper month-by-month calendar hanging next to the fridge. I also have a little (2.7" x 4") pocket calendar for my own use for work appointments. I put my regular weekly meetings up on a web page for my lab group, but otherwise avoid electronic calendars like the plague. "Corporate" calendars that allow some random staff person to schedule your time are particularly pernicious---I've made sure that I do NOT get signed up for any of those. ------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Karplus http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus Professor of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz Undergraduate and Graduate Director, Bioinformatics (Senior member, IEEE) (Board of Directors & Chair of Education Committee, ISCB) life member (LAB, Adventure Cycling, American Youth Hostels) Effective Cycling Instructor #218-ck (lapsed) Affiliations for identification only. |
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In article . com,
"Claire" wrote: How are you tracking this sort of thing these days? A big piece of paper in the kitchen? Electronically? Mom's head? MY computer calendar (which synchs with my Palm) is THE CALENDAR. If it isn't in THE CALENDAR, it isn't happening. DH does of course have a diary for work, but my diary tracks all engagements that impinge on family life (eg, his evening meetings). -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
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On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:33:48 EDT, Chookie wrote:
In article . com, "Claire" wrote: How are you tracking this sort of thing these days? A big piece of paper in the kitchen? Electronically? Mom's head? MY computer calendar (which synchs with my Palm) is THE CALENDAR. If it isn't in THE CALENDAR, it isn't happening. DH does of course have a diary for work, but my diary tracks all engagements that impinge on family life (eg, his evening meetings). LOL. My Palm is my brain. When they break, I am lost. |
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