I am terrible for starting a diary and then ditching it half way through the year, however, I have promised myself that next year I will be more organised.
I have been sent the The BIG Family Diary from Mums Office to review.
The BIG Family Diary measures 24cm by 19cm with 192 pages and has everything you need to run a busy household, with information pages for all the members of the family, travel plan pages, a pocket money record and dates to remember.
I love the ‘Our Week’ feature where you can record the regular weekly routine to help you remember who does what after school club on which day, and there is one for each term
The grid format helps to minimise scheduling chaos and see your family’s weekly schedule at a glance. The diary has sections designed to be used by all the family.
The Big Family Diary has a thin hardback cover with rounded corners, a gusset pocket on the inside back cover, 2 grosgrain ribbons, an elastic strap to hold it all together and a pen loop. The diary is thread bound so it won’t fall apart and with a little bit of use it will lie flat if you want to keep it open.
The Diary comes with a choice of two different print colours and six gorgeous covers, a choice of plum, sea green, navy, pink, champagne and orange.
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I don’t very well usually lots of well meaning lists everywhere that get forgotten 🙂 x
Calendar on the fridge, but there is never enough space on it.
I need this in my life, its getting crazy trying to remember everyone’s crucial dates these days. So many hospital appointments, school clubs and special dates. I have had Mums Office diaries before and they are fabulous
I am firm but soft, if that makes sense !
We have a notice board in our kitchen which we pin lots of reminders and note to. We also have a wall calendar for recording key dates etc
I write things down in my small diary and have post it reminders. Could do with a nice big diary for all the family to use
I have lists, a weekly to do notepad, calendars and yellow sticky reminders.
I run 2 diary’s and a calendar. Having 4 kids, a dog and running my own business, i have to have everything documented in various places so we can all know who is where and when. It all fall’s apart when my Husband doesn’t update his commitments, Grrr.
I make lots of lists.
We are post-it champions!
Notes all over the calender and post its on the fridge xx
I have spreadsheets :/
Family calendar with different sections for each person.
I’m always writing things down on scraps of paper and loosing them! This would be perfect 🙂
I’m always writing things down on scraps of paper and loosing them! This would be perfect 🙂
lists and reminders
i write things down and stick it on my fridge x
I write everything down in a diary.
lots of nagging and chaotic delegating
We have a calendar in the kitchen but it is always too full to fit everything!
We have a big calendar in the kitchen, but something a bit more portable would be handy.
A very large yearly wall calendar that’s colour coded for each family member
by setting reminders on phones
I’m the most disorganised person ever, I need this diary to help.
i have little bits of paper and lists everywhere, always losing them so need to organise myself a bit more
i have a noticeboard and calendar
I try to remember but always forget need to stay ontop of my appointments as trying to get a autism diagnosis my son so definitely going to have a busy year ahead
spreadsheets!
try and plan ahead with who is doing what that week, where my daughter will be like after school clubs. i also put everything on the calendar on my phone, i would be lost without it!
Lists and planners. I’d honestly be lost without them
I keep a written diary. It’s the only way I can be organised
I keep a written diary. It’s the only way I can be organised
I generally use windows livemail diary. I don’t know if will be active much longer so I need an alternative.
i try to write everything down
A calendar and a diary with some sticky notes when needed
we have a family calender, having 6 children i need something to help remind me of important dates and appointments, im not the most organised person in the world but we get by 🙂
Lists and notes on the fridge..could do with being more organised especially with 6 of us
I use a diary to help with being organised better
will get used every day
I use a calendar but it gets way too messy with all the family’s appts.
I don’t! lol
daily checking a slim line 50p calender,but write everything down,no matter how trivial
On a scratty little calendar, but I’m not organised very well I wake my son up for work when he’s booked the day off, then get verbally abused, lol
I use a calendar but have to write things down immediately, so when a letter comes home from school or appointment cards arrive they have to be put on straight away or I lose them and then forget
put everything in a calender then sync everyones together
I tend to use a calendar and my pjone calendar
A calendar just need to make sure everyone looks at it lol
At the moment, just a notepad on the fridge for important dates and loads of letters stuck up to help us remember!! be great to get it all in same place xx
On a family planner write every things I plan or need. It’s all in one place. Use a calendar in my kitchen also where I write appointments.
Smaller diaries are just not able to hold all the family appointments and information so this family diary is the perfect answer to this problem!
I write everything down in my journal plus I set reminders on my phone
i have a Large (but tatty) Calendar on the kitchen wall. (An In the Night Garden one,lol)
I write everything down in my journal
I have to write everything down but I still forget to check things and miss appointments.
I currently use a wall planner to schedule events, days out, appointments etc.
I keep loads of notes on my phone
I write everything down 🙂
Lots of to-do lists and a diary
With my Outlook calendar combined with a notebook of to-do lists!
A big weekly calendar
communications
I use a diary but if I’m honest I never know what my husband is doing so often ends in disaster. Having one place to put everything instead of notes on the fridge door might be a lifesaver. We definitely need this!
I write notes everywhere
Fiancé tries to keep us organised. He puts appointments etc on Calander. I personally prefer a diary.
I have an A4 size spiral bound notebook that I keep lots of lists in but a calendar on the wall to remember times/dates
Usually I record everything in my phone
I have a good memory, I keep additional reminders in my phone and I crack the whip!
Meal planning, communication between my husband and I, and always having a head start on Christmas and birthdays!
Well, quite simply, I don’t.
chaos =a big cork board and post its!!!
Calendar, and chalkboard!
Letters from school, Cubs etc are kept in a ringbinder in the kitchen.
Mainly by using my diary and making sure my Husband has one too with all our dates in etc.
Lots of lists, post it notes and chalkboard messages!
Post it notes on the fridge at the moment which is terrible, they are everywhere!
I keep them organised by having a notepad with everything important wrote in it
Lots of lists and post it notes.
I make lot’s of list and there are to-do list and notes
I use my email calendar & then it pings up reminders.
We have a family calendar, this would go perfectly with it
I write stuff on the wall calendar, the moment as soon as I get an appointment
In my planner, but I would quite like to keep my work and family life separate!
We have a notice board in the kitchen, pinning bits of paper everywhere is not a great way I know 🙂
we write it on a calander at the moment x
me and the other half have the wunderlist app on our phones which syncs so we can both add and delete off it to remind each other what were doing
what a fab prize. this would be so useful so I can see what my family are doing and not have to write stuff on pieces of paper all the time. And its got so much space to fit everything on 🙂
I put everything in my calendar on my mobile
Lots and lots of Post it notes
I try and put everything on my iPad colander…or pin stickies on fridge!
we write everything down on the calender
LISTS, LISTS LISTS!!!
I keep a huge wall planner on the kitchen door. Everything goes on it, birthdays, school activities and events, holidays and doctors appointments xx
My wife reminds me lol
I keep a calender and a dairy and also make lists of things need doing
Lists – I have lists everywhere
Lists. Lots and lots of lists.
I am a list maker and use a calendar or diary 🙂 Fantastic giveaway!! Fingers and toes crossed! x
Lots of lists, a diary and a calendar.
Another vote for lists here – I also religiously update my calendar in the kitchen
With my iphone and lots of nagging
I use the calendar on my phone to log all appointments and important dates.
I have a calendar on the wall and stick it notes all over the fridge
By having the best memory ever – mostly, mainly, occasionally
I have a family calender in the kitchen, it even has the pets on
A cheap School book From A £1 shop
I right down lists and notes
With lots of lists and a calender
I have a calendar,diary for myself and planner of school n after school activities next to wall chart.also a notepad incase they need to take anything extra into school or after school activities.xx
I use a diary, my son has an academic diary, plus we have a massive academic wall planner up on the wall near the front door, so everyone can add and check important dates etc as they are leaving the house! I have reminders set up on my phone for everything, from reminding me to flea treat the dogs, to when the water bill is due. I have to be this organised or nothing would get done!!
With lots of lists and a calender
Mostly I use calendars on our phones, but dd refuses to engage and just seems to depend on me reminding her of everything!
I have a notepad on the fridge.
we have a calender in the kitchen!
Calendar on the living room wall
i stick all the bits of paper to the fridge.
At the minute I have a calendar in the kitchen, with 4 kids I have to be organised, but this diary looks like a great way to keep track .x
With a very messy pocket diary!
We have a food plan, keep a diary, have a spreadsheet of incomes and outgoings
Lots of lists and notes at the mo
I make lists but then never look at them again… so in answer to the question, I am not very organised at all!!! Far from it. The thought is there though- having my lists in one place would help a lot!!
reminders on my phone
I write things down and set reminders on my phone
I use a bullet journal to kee my family organised, it’s definitely necessary to have one of these to keep all the info of your busy life. I’d love to win this as it’s dated and looks extremely useful for all my boys after school activities
im so disorganised i need something 2 keep me organised
A diary and a calendar
I keep it all in my head!
love this i love being organised
At the moment, with scraps of paper, its not going very well! Had to walk back to school twice last term with things I had forgotten.
At the moment I have a pocket diary. It’s great for me but not so for organising the rest of the family
I keep all of appointments through the calender on my phone
I have a calendar on the wall showing individual plans, birthdays, bill payments etc
Lists x
I have lists all over the house
We’ve got a chalk board!!
Lots of notes pinned to the freezer!
I don’t, diary required please 🙂
Thanks for the opp