Tomorrow is the day for all those new diaries and calendars to be started. I was very tempted by this one on sale in Aldi, a meal planner might be useful - but I decided it was unnecessary.
Then I saw the one in the adjacent display. I am really disconcerted by the name they have chosen for it!
In years gone by I had a "Family Organiser" which never lived up to its name, but a "Family Planning Calendar" sounds rather intrusive...
Ha ha! Blessings on you and Bob for the new year. It’s almost midnight here in New Zealand as I write this! Margaret from New Zealand
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DeleteOh my word! Actually, that's one of the bonuses of empty nests when offspring fly away; planning became so much easier!
ReplyDeleteI thought retirement would mean fewer appointments in the calendar. I was wrong!
DeleteI put my bins out, today (Monday) in the hopes that they will be collected as usual on Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year's Eve!
You too Bless
DeleteLol to the Family Planning Calendar! Happy New Year to you both. Lang May Yer Lums Reek as we say oop north!!
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ReplyDeleteLove the cover of the planner- very 1960s! Best wishes from our house to yours for 2025 and fingers crossed it may finally be the year that we meet in person! ❤️ Catriona
ReplyDeleteOh that would be so good. Perhaps we should meet halfway (altho that means neither chap gets to show off their shed)
DeleteIn earlier times, family planning was probably planning for children :-)) and how lovely when they were still small :-)) Now the eldest grandchild is already doing his A-levels...
ReplyDeletedear Angela,
I wish you and your loved ones a happy and healthy New Year.
Thank you very much for your greetings.
A hug from Viola
So lovely to hear from you ❣️
DeleteHaha ... I guess it's just not called that anymore.
ReplyDeleteI only remembered yesterday that I hadn't ordered my refill 2025 pages for my Filofax, talk about leaving it until the last minute!!
All the very best to you and Bob for the New Year. xx
This is the first time in over 40 yrs I have not bought filofax pages!
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ReplyDeleteHappy New Year x
Alison in Wales x
To you too 👍❣️🙏😀
DeleteDaughter always gifts me a calender with photos of Iris through the year and appropriate to the month. I've sat and filled in all the dates today ready for use tomorrow. First appointments are dentist - me and OH for RSV jab. Happy 2025 to you and your family. Hugs Xx
ReplyDeleteI always sent my aunt a calendar with pictures of the grandchildren. She loved it. Happy new year to you and yours!! (Hope iris has enjoyed her Christmas break from school. Best wishes for her new term)
DeleteI agree! I finally did break down and buy a proper planner this year because now that we have reached the age of Copius Amounts of Doctor Appointments I need to rely on something other than my memory. Trying to make it fun — but it’s not. Mine doesn’t have a name — like Family Planning! Perhaps I should think one up. Have a wonderful New Year Angela!
ReplyDeleteDr. Podiatrist. Dentist. Optician. Vaccinations....perhaps we should have planners named "body maintenance schedule"
DeleteI woke up to the sound of the garbage truck stopping at the end of our driveway and I gave thanks! I hadn't put it out the week before as there was a chance it might be buried in snow overnight, so after Christmas there was just too much for one bin. I found we had a small bin with a lid that could be clamped (raccoons, dogs, etc) and another bag went in there, with the inviting remains of the boiled turkey carcase, among other attractive and smelly goodies.
ReplyDeleteThe bin boew over at neighbours house - 6 properties away and the contents were spread as ll round the close (I knew it was her bin, as my garden contained envelopes from her Xmas cards 😂)
DeleteI was given a tiny handbag - sized diary for Christmas last year and I really made use of it, rather than my phone - I made notes, wrote poems on trains and so I bought a similar one in theWaterstones sale with mushrooms on. Am very pleased with it!
ReplyDeleteI've just been given a small diary like that. I may copy your idea!
DeleteI love Paperblanks diaries but won't pay full price. They arrive in Noz (discount store) near the end of January so I'm using 2024's with added home made pages for now. If they don't arrive, I'll have to buy something different. Mr FD keeps trying to get me to put things on my phone ("It's so easy!") but generally I find it quicker, and more convenient to use my RL diary than fiddling through pressing buttons. Happy New Year to you all. Love FD xx
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