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Need an organizer?
Guess what? I have one for you! No, seriously, I’m giving away TWO Busy Body Book academic year planners.
Before you start scrolling down to find how you can enter, I want to tell you what makes this one different from all of the others and how someone like me - a single mom, working at home, running a business, and juggling doctor’s appointments and court dates - is getting a LOT of use out of it.
Here’s some features the Busy Body Book offers:
2 Monthly Planners
One to record all of your monthly events like birthdays and anniversaries, one to schedule dates for next year. Makes it easier to transfer all of that information when this BBB runs out and you buy another one for 2009-2010.
Months-at-a-glance
An overview to help plan ahead for the holidays, vacations, or special events. Each page shows three months at a time so you’re seeing 6 months worth when you’ve got the BBB open to check your schedule.
Key contact pages
2 Pages for your emergency contact information, doctors, coaches, babysitters…even a section to list addresses and phone numbers for your favorite restaurants and take-out places.
Removable shopping lists
Perforated pages for creating handy grocery or gift lists. I love these! Each page is divided up into four “to do” lists and you can just tear the list off and take it with you or give it to someone. I’ve used it for a grocery list for a quick trip to the store when I didn’t need to carry my whole purse and I used it to write down an email and website address for someone.
2 Pockets
Inside front & back covers provide a deep pocket to hold important papers, receipts, coupons. Usually I just throw receipts away or they end up in the bottom of my purse but now that I need to be more careful about saving business receipts, these pockets really come in handy.
Bookmark
Easily flip to the current week with this unique bookmark that grabs the spiral (especially if you’re like me and you never know what day it is.)
Notes
Lots and lots of note pages! And each week has a section for notes called “To Doodles” with little reminders like “tax season is coming up” or even “plan your yard sale” and “clean out the garage”.
(And the front and back covers are protected by a durable plastic in case of spills and stuff.)
The best part about the BBB, though, is the five column grid layout. Instead of trying to cram everything in the same little square on a regular planner, this one gives you one column for five different schedules. Use one column for you, one for your spouse/partner, one for each kid. Use it as a health & fitness planner and use one column to track your meals, one for cardio, one for weight training, etc. Or if you’ve got a student in the family, they can use one column for each subject. Whatever you’ve got going on in your busy life, you can fit it all on one page instead of having to carry some big bulky planner.
Ok, your reward for reading all of that is a chance to win one of these Busy Body Book Family Organizers. I have two of them to give away so there will be TWO winners. You can enter to win by doing two little things for me. First, visit the Busy Body Book and take a look inside to check out the layout of the BBB. Then come back here and leave me a comment telling me what you’d use the planner for. Goals? Clients? Kids?
That’s it! I’ll take comments until 12 midnight Central time on August 1st, so the winners will get their planners just in time for the school year (its an academic schedule so it runs from August 08 to September 09). Then on August 2nd, I’ll let Random.org pick two numbers based on the number of comments received and I’ll post the winners here. Make sure you leave an email address if you don’t sign in with one or your blog URL so I can contact you if you win!
P.S. They also have Jan-Dec BBBs if you prefer to do your organizing by calendar year. Bookmark the site so you’ll have it when its time to start doing your holiday shopping!
Monday Motivation
I am posting this here for all 30 of my readers to witness and nag me hold me accountable. This is my Monday Motivation list post as part of Sparkplugging’s weekly feature.
This week I have 4 client projects I will get done:
1) research
2) article submissions
3) press release
4) press release revision
Plus I have 3 blog designs to finish.
Personal stuff:
1) Blogging! I have 3 reviews and a giveaway 1 review to do this week.
2) Set up my vision board
3) Send out Wish Upon a Hero items
4) Do readings & assignments from Power Publicity And Promotions Coaching at IndieBizChicks!!
That oughta keep me busy. And if I get it all done, I will have a “pajama party” with the kids. (That’s where we make a bed out of blankets and pillows in the living room, pop popcorn and watch movies til we fall asleep.)
Oh and since this is my 100th post, I’ll be working on a “100 Things About Me” list to be added to my About Me page by the end of the week.
I (heart) blog awards
I really do love blog awards. I know some people think they’re cheesy or corny or whatever food-related adjective you can come up with. But to me they’re like getting a greeting card in the mail when its not your birthday. Its just someone’s way of letting you know that they’re thinking of you. And what’s so bad about that? Nothing.
This one is really special. It came from Willow at Apron Strings and Angst and she had some very sweet things to say.
So now its my turn to pass it on…
Dette at MammaDawg - I adore Dette. She cracks me up. We share a similar attitude about a lot of things and I admire the relationship she has with her family.
Cindi at Moomette’s Musings - Cindi is amazing. She’s so kind but tough as nails when she needs to be.
Audrey at Audrey’s Spot - Audrey is such a doll. She checks on me to see how I’m doing, she’s always sending people my way when they need a blog design. And she’s got great recipes.
Thanks, Willow, for the award.
The apple and the tree
You know that saying about the apple not falling far from the tree? Bubba is my apple. He has the same sense of humor that I do. (Jason, this explains why he’s become a fan of yours.) He’s more intellectual than he lets on which I’m also in the habit of doing. I think he’s actually smarter than I was at that age. Of course, that could be because I didn’t have the Internet when I was 15. Either way, the kid is interested in things that most kids his age don’t even understand. I’ve also raised him to challenge societal standards, accept himself and others for who they are, and that respect is something to be earned. Sometimes it worries me because he’s both sarcastic and somewhat of a protector, especially when it comes to his female friends, and he’s made a few enemies because of it including some meathead jock that’s threatening him.
I love my Bubba. We’re always on the same wavelength, to the point of having some kind of telepathic or intuitive connection. You know how they say twins have their own language? That’s how my kids and I are. And it drives their fathers crazy. 
Anyway, Bubba started blogging recently. He seemed really enthused about it so I went ahead and bought his domain name for him. I’m trying to teach him about things like traffic, netiquette, and monetizing. Right now his favorite thing seems to be Entrecard and he’s hoping to make into the top of his category. (His ad space is really inexpensive right now so if you wanna help him out, here’s his Entrecard profile.) I’m also trying to give him ideas for posts. I’ve suggested everything from reviewing video games to his thoughts on religion. The religion thing, he’s covered. And George Carlin. He even got the name of his blog, Prick My Finger, from a George Carlin bit. It has a double meaning for him because he’s diabetic and he pricks his finger like 5 times a day. Oh, by the way, if you do read it, I apologize if his language and opinions offend anyone. I do encourage him to express himself and there are worse things kids his age are doing than dropping a few F bombs.
He’s not just my son, he’s my buddy. We love making each other laugh. We spent 6 hours round trip in the car earlier this week and didn’t even have the radio on. We talk, we crack jokes, he shoots milk out of his nose. (Some joke I made about a redneck tree house… you had to be there.) Yesterday when we were coming home, it was starting to rain and we had the car windows down. We ended up having a contest to see who could leave their arm sticking out of the window the longest. Now if you’ve ever done this, you know that rain hitting your arm at 60mph feels like needles coming at you. So when Bubba challenged me, I reminded him that I’ve got five tattoos. I can stand a little stinging rain. He looks at me and says “Mom. I’m diabetic.”
Touche, Bubba.
And just for fun, here are a few pictures of the orthopedic nurse “taking his elbow off” (another inside joke) and him comparing the scrawniness of his once-crippled arm to the other.
Anyone else pouting?
I wanna be at BlogHer ‘08!
They’re getting to do all kinds of fun stuff - parties and drinking and discussion panels and parties and live blogging and parties - and all I get to do is sit here and pout read live blogs while I’m working. Well, at least they thought about the rest of us. They gave us this little button:
And there’s this cool little widget where you can keep track of who all is checking in and blogging from San Fran.
That’s it, damnit. Next year, my name will be on that list! BlogHer ‘09 is going on my Vision Board.
On another note, I want to give a little shout out to PoshMama. They happen to be featured twice on my blog today - once through Entrecard and once through Project Wonderful. So thanks, PM!
Coming soon: My 100th post
Wow. I’m coming up on 100 posts. I feel like I should celebrate it or something. Considering I have a few other things to post about very soon - two of which are reviews (one includes a giveaway so pay attention to me, damnit! and watch for it) - my 100th will be next week.
Any ideas? Whot blog milestones have you celebrated? 100 posts? One year? 1,000 visitors?
Does anyone LIKE cleaning??
I hate it. I thought that was the point in having kids? Aren’t they supposed to do chores and stuff?
I definitely did not inherit the neat-freak gene from my mother. When she sold her house in Oklahoma, all she did was add a few decorations and it was show-ready. My house? I need at least three days notice before anyone comes over.
The three chores I hate the most are dishes (even with a dishwasher), laundry, and the bathroom. So I make the kids do the dishes by threatening them with bodily harm if they plan on watching TV or getting on the computer. And the laundry…well, I’m still working on that one. But I do love my new Charlie’s Soap. It’s cheaper and its non-toxic and biodegradable. And cleaning the bathroom just got a whole lot easier with Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubber. Its got these disposable pads that attach to the scrubber and the scrubber has an easy-grip handle. Soooo much easier than dragging out a nasty sponge and a can of Ajax (or, in my case, baking soda) and then rinsing that sponge out again. I’m all about convenience and less nastiness.
Maybe now that cleaning the bathrooom got easier, I can bribe the kids into doing that one too.
P.S. If you go to the Scrubbing Bubbles website, you can get a coupon for $2.75 off!
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