Mom's Plan-It - 2010 Magnetic Calendar

Yesterday I received the new 2010 version of this calendar. I've been purchasing this particular calendar for over 5 years now. I've loved many aspects of the calendar - the pocket to store tickets, flyers, often-referred-to school papers, the magnetic strip making it easy to hang and the bigger spaces and lines to write lots of information. However, their new "BONUS" feature in the 2010 is a classic case of marketing gone awry. Basically the calendar pages are only 2/3 the previous size. They claim this is an improvement because you only have to write your family members names once for the year. I have always used it to keep track of weekly school goals as well as other things that may be going on for all or part of that week that would take up too much space on each actual day. Now, I don't have that option. Just as annoying, if you use the pocket to store various full sheets of paper, they jut out the side of the calendar looking very unorganized and messy AND they cover the...Read more

I ordered this calendar after sending back the Super Sized calendar that was not magnetic as stated in the description. I have been ordering this calendar for years and found that the 2010 version is smaller because of the so called "Bonus feature" on the left side for listing names of family members. This makes the actual date sections smaller than it has been in the past. This is a useless feature to me. The manufacturer should make a supersized MAGNETIC calendar without a spot for family names.

This is the BEST calendar I have ever had. I started getting this one several years ago and now I won't have anything else. There is room to keep track of the daily activities for 5 people. It can hang on the wall or, with built in magnetic strip, it can hang on the fridge. The included stickers are okay. A lot of them are school related and we are home-schoolers, so things like "open house" and "school event" aren't really useful to use. I do like the "doctor", dentist" and "birthday" ones, though, since they catch your attention and keep me from forgetting these things. One especially nice improvement to this year's calendar over previous editions is that you only have to write each person's name one month's worth (5 times) on the tab that sticks out to the left of the dates instead of 5 times for every month of this 17 month calendar. Also, though this is not a new addition, the pocket at the bottom is great! It is the perfect place to stash tickets or flyers for upcoming...Read more