DIY Planner - What is the subject of your 2009 wall calendar? - Comments

I look at three on an almost daily basis

kevl — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:14:23 -0500

The one at home is a gift from a friend - it's monthly pictures of Ecuador, and it's making us want to visit sooner than planned. It's the lovely kind that shows all different things: people, places, flora and fauna.

Two at work: one the retail, business calendar that keeps me on track for reporting purposes. This is a year-at-a-glance (2'x3') and I have 2007, 2008, and 2009 all posted visibly in case I need comparable reporting periods. The second is a calendar similar to the home one, but its subject is Hawaii. An associate from the field sent it to me last week as a thank-you. Quite a pleasant surprise. It's currently hanging over Q4 of 2008 until I figure a better place for it.

Usually though, I use my classic-sized week-at-a-glance planner propped on a bookstand next to my computer.

Similar in our household

BobH — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:29:10 -0500

My wife always gets a Burmese Cats Calendar.

Bob H.

Cats are cute

Katrina — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:57:31 -0500

It's nice to have pictures of something you like on the calendar.

My freebie calendar has made way for a late Christmas present - a frog calendar. Lots of little treefrogs - which are much cuter than the photos of food on the previous calendar

Bit of a cat lover

Dizzy — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:30:15 -0500

Bit of a cat lover so always have a feline related one.

In the past....

jonglass — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:41:31 -0500

.... I have made a hanging wall calendar for our church. I would try to find a local artist who was willing to donate their art to the calender, and I would whip it up, originally in Word, using a calendar template that was ok, but with lots of niggly problems, but when iPhoto came out with the photo calendar option, I used that. This year, however, we found a nifty daily calendar in Polish, with daily verses, and short text for thought, so we gave those out. I didn't realize until too late (namely January 1), that this meant that I no longer had a wall calendar for home! argh. So, rather than buying one, I just now went through my iPhoto, looking for a reaccuring theme that I might use. Needless to say, I found a _lot_ of train pictures from my last State-side stint, so I shall be printing out a train calendar for 2009 as soon as I can get the time to dig out my color printer. I've already got the pdf on the Desktop on my Mac. ;-) I happen to have some 2-sided glossy paper I will be using for it. It should look nice. I will probably "bind" it with Rolla Rings, rather than comb binding.

-Jon

Catholic calendar from our church

fuschiahedgehog — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:12:13 -0500

Each year our church gives out nice wall calendars, complete with every important Catholic date/event/celebration/saint's day on it (useful info if you send the kids to Catholic school!).

On our back door, I have a magnetic/dry-erase 1-week "planner" type board. Events and appointments are written in on the appropriate dates; the week's dinner menu and chore chart is hung from the bottom of it with a magnet. Everyone in the house is guaranteed to see it at least once a day.

They still claim they didn't know they had to fold the laundry/change the cat box/take out the trash/etc ;)

Two for me, kinda

javajeb — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:29:46 -0500

One's a color Dilbert desk calendar.

The other is a Jr-sized full color circa punched week-at-a-time calendar. Grabbed from Wired's "Threat Level" blog a week or so ago.

Jason
-- Coffee and Books, the pleasures of life

My calendar...

Vagrarian — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:42:55 -0500

...is Edward Gorey's "Neglected Murderesses." Hanging up by my desk. At home I have a wall calendar of photos of reputedly haunted houses.

He does not like color coding ?!

ygor — Sat, 3 Jan 2009 17:16:12 -0500

He needs to be beaten severely with a 64-crayon box of Crayolas until he changes his ways !

:)
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"I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." (Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Waterson)

My sister gave me a zombie

Tournevis — Sat, 3 Jan 2009 15:40:55 -0500

My sister gave me a zombie babies calendar. It's not yet on the wall yet.

I have the Mom Plan-It walla

Anonymous — Fri, 2 Jan 2009 00:59:46 -0500

I have the Mom Plan-It walla calendar that goes from August 2008 to December 2009. (Perfect name for the 20 year old newlywed! lol)

It has a slightly overlarge layout, with a grid like pattern over the dates. You can write people's name on the 8th coloumn, and then everyone has a corrisponding line to follow. It's handy since my husband doesn't like color coding like I do, but sure is willing to write on his line!

The annual wall calendar

innowen — Thu, 1 Jan 2009 07:49:47 -0500

My mother in law gives the girls in the family calendars. My 2009 is on Faeries, featuring the art of Stephanie Pui-Man Law, Amy Brown, Jessica Galbreth and others.

I use mine to track holidaze, days off, and doc appts. It also brightens up most of the space on my fridge.

/innowen

wall calendar

plutarcho — Thu, 1 Jan 2009 03:02:59 -0500

We have one like that. I used to have the Sandra Boynton one but we were given an "upscale one" from Metro. Mus. of Art. It has a handy pocket at the bottom for random stuff.

Why do I use one

Katrina — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:09:55 -0500

Shris asked why we use wall calendars

I use a paper wall calendar because if I didn't I'd spend my life running around trying to find and fit in all the commitments my husband and I have made to family and friends.

My husband doesn't use a planner or diary he 'just remembers'. So, to keep my over-organising sanity :) we have a shared wall calendar for all those "yeah, sure we can come over and watch a movie on Thursday in 3 weeks time" invites.

P.S. Happy New Year

Wall calender

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:46:39 -0500

I was given an Art of Discworld one, the purpose of which is to look good hanging on my bedroom wall and nothing else :-) The family is sharing a Sandra Boynton one because it has a separate column for each family member and my daughter LOVES her books and music.

What is the subject of your 2009 wall calendar?

Katrina — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:48:58 -0500

It's that time of year when those of us who use wall calendars start a new one.

I have a Weight Watchers calendar with lots of pictures of desserts, it came with a magazine.
...although the picture probably won't stop me thinking about food :)

But I decided not to get another calendar as I have desserty one already, and as it's not top quality it's something I'll happily write all over.

There are some inspirational, pretty and intriguing calendars which are all tempting. But I suspect that I'd probably want to keep them neat and pretty, which defeats the purpose of a home-base wall calendar.

So, do you have a 2009 wall calendar?
Did you choose it or did life choose it for you?

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