July 31, 2009 by Moomette's Magnificents (Admin)
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Personal and Family Grid Organizer

You would think that although my kids are grown, I no longer have to keep track of dance lessons, lacrosse or soccer games, cross-country meets and other school activities.

As chief mom (and grandmom!) around here, there’s still plenty of organizing to do.

I make notes of what days I have to pick up the grandkids from daycare; what day grandmom’s on-call to babysit when the kids go out on those Saturday night date nights; birthdays, anniversaries – you know how it goes!

Sometimes I even manage to fit in some personal time for hair appointments, manicures & pedicures!

Now that I blog , I still have to keep up with all the product review and contest giveaway schedules.

While there are pros and cons to digital organizers, in previous posts here I’ve dicussed under my work-at-home section of this blog the benefits of returning to good old-fashioned pen and paper as a means of keeping myself organized.

I’ve recently had the opportunity to review Busy Body Book planners and organizers which contain a weekly GRID format to make managing your time is a breeze!

The most efficient solution to every Mom’s scheduling chaos! Each family member, with their own personal column, can plan and track their activities while they organize and coordinate with one another “side by side.”

This organizer certainly would have come in handy when I was taking the girls to visit colleges during their junior year of high school!

Features that I like include:

2 Monthly Planners

Months-at-a-glance -An overview to help plan ahead for the holidays, vacations, or special events.

Key contact pages -2 Pages for your emergency contact information, doctors, coaches, babysitters…

Removable shopping lists – Perforated pages for creating handy grocery or gift lists.

2 Pockets – Inside front & back covers provide a deep pocket to hold important papers, receipts, coupons…

Bookmark – Easily flip to the current week with this unique bookmark that grabs the spiral.

Notes – A full page each week for notes, to do’s, lists, or alerts. Plenty of notes pages in back of BBB too to record and keep important information.

Plus there’s a sturdy, clear plastic cover to keep it all protected!

Whether your kids are going Back-to-School or you homeschool, or you’re trying to organize and simplify your busy Work-at-Home Mom business, see how this organizer can help you save your sanity!

For More Information Visit: Busy Body Book

Moomette’s Magnificents is hosting a Giveaway Contest! For a chance to win, there will be one (1) winner of a Busy Body Book Personal and Family Grid Organizer.

Please include a way of contacting you. Should you be the contest winner, this information may be shared with the contest sponsor in order to send your prize.

Main Rule: (remember if this rule is not followed then no others will count)
a) Sign up for my free Newsletter Updates to my blog through my e-mail Feedblitz link (on the top of my right column or let me know if you already are, in a separate comment) AND

b) Visit Busy Body Book and leave a comment about another fact that wasn’t mentioned in this post and why you’d like to win this contest.

This contest will run until August 6, 2009 at 11:00 pm. EDT

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43 Comments on "Get Organized For Back-To-School or Work: Busy Body Book – Personal & Family Organizers – Review and Giveaway"

Trish @ Another Piece of the Puzzle on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 6:17 pm

I signed up for your emails. This is a great product – I love that it starts in August so you can have the whole school year in one calendar. I have recently gone back to paper organizing so I can easily review it with my husband and son and get their input/cooperation, so this would be awesome for that.
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eve on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 8:42 pm

already signed up for the emails- great product too! I love how you can assign the columns to other tasks instead of people- I would use “blog work”, housework” and the three of us- hope i win!
eve´s last blog ..My house is a mess!

marge mckoen on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 11:00 am

would love the baby organizer for new granddaughter

Debbie Criss on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 2:22 pm

I love to keep organized, but it seems the more lists I make the more unorganized I get. Would love to win. Please enter me, thank you

Cecile on Sat, 1st Aug 2009 4:30 pm

I subscribed. I love that their are lots of columns. Makes it convenient for adding different tasks.
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Julie Donahue on Sun, 2nd Aug 2009 8:32 pm

I love the way the columns can help keep my life in order. This year I have 3 kids in 3 different schools, a husband, a set of in-laws, a full time job, and a blog review schedule. (Maybe I need TWO of these!)
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Ginny on Sun, 2nd Aug 2009 11:16 pm

I’m subscribed. Let’s see I love that it runs August for the school year. I know for me, new year & then back to school are always like new beginnings for me. With school & dance running sept – june, that is when I most need organizing & planning. Calenders that run jan to jan get me mixed up sometimes during the school year, lol. Plus the grids are great for people or things. I’d love to have a blog column, that would be so handy to have everything in one organized area!

Megan B. on Mon, 3rd Aug 2009 5:53 pm

I subscribed. I love that they provide each family member with their own column to organize and track their schedules and activities while coordinating with each other side by side – this would be perfect for my husband and I since sometimes we are on different wavelengths and completely misunderstand each others’ schedules. Thanks for the great giveaway!

Jennifer on Tue, 4th Aug 2009 10:20 pm

the baby organizer

Belinda M on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 1:02 pm

I subscribe to your newsletter

I learned that it is 3-hole punched and fits in standard 3-ring binders

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Belinda M on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 1:03 pm

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Belinda M on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 1:03 pm

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Leilani on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 1:22 pm

These are fantastic. They are an iParenting Media Award Winner!

I’d like to win because I need help keeping up with all of my family’s appts, schedules and my own events. I used to be able to remember it all, but lately things just slide right out of my head!

Thank you!

Leilani on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 1:23 pm

I’m so sorry! I forgot to mention that I’m already a subscriber — this just proves my previous point!

Monique Rizzo on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 1:27 pm

I would love the Baby Organizer. Thanks for the chance!! mogrill@comcast.net

Bonnie Sayers (autismfamily) on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 2:24 pm

I just subscribed and tried four times to get to the site to check it out and each time got Oops! this link appears to be broken.

gloria on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 2:57 pm

I subscribe! I would like that I could keep track of all the family’s appointments and schedules.

Marianna on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 5:25 pm

I subscribed. I learned that they won an iParenting Media Award. I want to win because we have a busy schedule – hubby works 2 full time jobs, I work full time and we have two sons who are involved in EVERYTHINg – scouts, soccer, basketball, karate, etc.! My life is chaos and anythin that would help me get organized would be much appreciated!

Lisa on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 9:01 pm

I subscribe to your newsletter. tylerpants(at)gmail.com

BusyBodyBook received an iParenting Media award! The Personal and Family Grid Organizer would keep everything so organized, I currently use a wall calendar and this is so much better!

Lisa on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 9:02 pm

I’m a Google Friend Connect follower!

Badger Momma on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 9:58 pm

a) I subscribe to your newsletter via email.

b) I learned that if you have a larger family or need more planning room, the Busy Body Book is available as a magnetic board that is undated and with more room on the side margins for notes.

I’d love to win a Busy Body Book because I feel overwhelmed pretty much all of the time with my kids’ activities, homeschooling, my Etsy business, and my blogging activities, not to mention our own family events that need to be kept track of.

badgermomma@gmail.com

Lee P on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 10:22 pm

I would like to win this because it would make my life easier. I have papers scattered all over the place and an organizer like this would help me a lot. I learned that the Wall Calendar has 7 columns.

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Lee P on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 10:22 pm

I subscribe via email

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Heather Goldsmith on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 10:31 pm

signed up for newsletter
I found that the website has links to useful organizing tips

lea on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 10:41 pm

I signed up for your newsletter. trixpixel(at)gmail.com. I love that each person can get their own personal column. We need this as we have a busy household and this would help us be more efficient!

lea on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 10:44 pm

I follow you via Google Friend Connect!

Mishia on Thu, 6th Aug 2009 4:30 am

I subscribe.

I learned that they are an iParenting Media Award Winner!

I want this so that we can be more organized.

Huguette E. on Thu, 6th Aug 2009 7:26 am

I’m a new subscriber via email.

Another fact is that is starts in August.

I would love this to keep me organized and so I won’t miss things anymore

Huguette E. on Thu, 6th Aug 2009 7:27 am

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Huguette E. on Thu, 6th Aug 2009 7:29 am

opps forgot my user name: henglish

jeanine on Thu, 6th Aug 2009 3:36 pm

i just signed up for emails. another feature i like is the clear plastic cover to protect the pretty design. i would use this to organize our school day. (we are a homeschool family)

jeanine on Thu, 6th Aug 2009 3:38 pm

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tina reynolds on Thu, 6th Aug 2009 4:21 pm

i subscribe it has a lot of columns which i could use. I always have so much going on and im not very organized thanks for the chance to win.

Kelly F on Thu, 6th Aug 2009 4:37 pm

I learned that they have been mentioned in many magazines, including Woman’s World!

Donna K on Thu, 6th Aug 2009 10:02 pm

Subscriber. It has a a 4-inch pocket on the inside back cover to hold important papers, receipts or coupons

Gianna on Thu, 6th Aug 2009 10:30 pm

I’m a subscriber..
It is 3-hole punched and fits in standard 3-ring binders.
I’d love to win because I’m in need of getting more organized

Lily Kwan on Thu, 6th Aug 2009 11:17 pm

I signed up for your newsletter updates. I learned that that it starts in August so you can have the whole school year in one calendar. I would like to win this contest because this prize sounds very useful!

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