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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!
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I need that. I was just putting a new organizer/dayplanner type of thing on my shopping list. My old one has been toddlerized and sharpied a bit too much.
Ooooo, I love organizers and am in desperate need for another:) Would love to win one:)
This is really nice and convenient. I homeschool my 13 yr old and this would come in handy for that and I plan on returning to the gym and can keep track of that as well.
I like the pockets for coupons and receipts. I currently use an analysis pad that has five columns to record my expenses and a smaller book to note bills and could utilize this for the bills to be due. I like writing down dates for the following year as well.
With 3 kids, 2 in school, and myself being a teacher, of course I need an academic planner like this:)
That’s too funny; I just recently twittered that I need an organizer and was wondering whether to do print or electronic. For me, it would be handy for keeping up with all of the hubster’s meds, refills and doc appts, my new business stuff, one kid in college and one kid in high school and, oh, yeah, maybe some of my own personal stuff! This is a great giveaway, April, thanks!
This would be great to use for just everyday stuff-appointments, birthday reminders, bill due date reminders, etc… It looks big enough so I can write quite a bit for each day, most of the organizers have small areas to write in-and I need lots of room for lots of things going on! Thanks for the giveaway, I’d love to get organized!
woo hoo! I would love to win one of these, and the site is pretty cool. I love the idea of the fridge grid for my kids who are still in school but for me the BBB book would be great. Of course i love the floral but if I were to win one a prize is a prize and really appreciated!!
With being new to TX an organizer would be great for job interviews, school appts, and staying organized!
Well, I’ll cross my fingers!
I would use this for my mom life and my free lance life….things are getting CRAZY! My mind can’t hold it all!
I love the “month at a glance”.
I love the family organizer part!! I keep my husband straight with all his appts outside of work, and our schedule with friends. Once we have a bambino in January, I’ll need some extra organization to keep my sanity! Thanks.
This is great! I’d love to win one of the organizers. I’d love to have one for work to keep better track of my clients projects or can I could use it to keep track of my son’s language therapy sessions. They are always getting moved around. Thanks for the opportunity to win one.
My son is going to start preschool this fall and with all my blogging activities and all the new school activities I would use it to make sure I don’t forget anything!
I don’t have an organizer now and my brain no longer works properly so I need one!
Thanks!
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First of all, they are pretty. Secondly, highly functional! I would use one to keep track of our increasingly busy schedule with dr’s appt.s and school functions.
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Diane
I would love to win a BusyBody Book! I need the pockets for receipts because mine are always just laying around on my desk and dresser, and I need the removable shopping list section so I’m not carrying my list to the grocery store on the back of a junk mail envelope
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April, what an awesome contest you’re offering!! I use a planner that is the academic year. I’ve done so for years now.
Hope all is well.
Audrey
I’d use it to keep track of when I’m working, things I need to do/buy, and keep track of stuff around the house!
I’d use it to keep track of the kids activities and my husbands schedule and my church responsibilities. These are awesome! Thanks for a great giveaway!!
I work from home with various companies and in two very different job fields as well as finding myself on the road often. I’d use this to keep track of life, and I LOVE the idea of organizing for taxes, and all the other neat things these organizers have that the ‘regular’ ones just don’t offer!
alaskawildrose AT gmail DOT com
I really need one of these planners! I think I would use the columns for my hubby, my daughter and my own schedules and one for meal planning…I’m not sure yet about the others but heaven knows I’ve got plenty of things that need organizing in my life LoL!
Jen
meddlingkidd [at] aol.com
I could really use one of these. I need to get more organized!
I’d use it for all our homeschool activites, curriculums, assignments…ect. Oh boy!
I would use this to keep my family schedules organized. I have 4 active kids (3 are teens) and I am always struggling to keep them organized.
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Oh, this is good. I love to be organized. But my lil organizer is way to small. I would use for my family. Childrens activities, school, hubby’s schedule, dr. appoint., church things, etc. thanks for the great giveaway!
I would use it to keep track of which reviews I need to write and post. It gets hectic! sometimes! Thanks!
Thanks for the opportunity to win!
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I would love to win one of these awesome planners!
I love the month at a glance!
jamic61(at)aol(dot)com
I love organizers! Since I have had kids, I cannot survive without them! So, that’s what I’d use it for…survival.
I would love to have these!
I would love to have one of those planners! I am a mom of 4 boys and I am also a student. I think one of these would really help. I love the idea of the bookmark so ou can automatically flip to whatever day it is. I try and use a paper clip but it always falls off and I have to flip through it to see where I am at!
Great giveaway!
I would use for personal goals,organizing my house, and preparing to go back to school after 20 years as a SAHM. I’m now getting divorced, lost everything to him like the house etc. So I’m reinventing myself
I would use it to organize me LIFE, since that is the one thing I seem to have trouble with =P Thanks for offering these awesome notebooks, I love the way the pages are formatted and the colors chosen for the covers =)
I love this! my daughter starts kindergarten in August and I need that to keep track of all of her stuff that she has to bring to school. Thanks!
I homeschool 3 kids, have a toddler and with my DH run a weekly kid’s Bible club. I would use this to keep track of schedules and plan out my month.
I’d definitely use it for classes (but I’d save a column for fun stuff too).
I am a Mom of two kids, going to school and working at home for a web design business. I need some organization and this would be just the key to it. Being able to right what I need to do in an organized fashion would be a blessing!
This would be great to keep me organized with appointments and every day stuff. Thanks for the contest!
I have three kids,. All active in activiites. in 3 differnt schools. I would use mine for coordinating the circus.
We have a family of 5! I love how you can seperare the family members schedules!
Oh for sure kids. I’ve got 2 in sports, piano, church activities, and 2 more than add to doctor/dentist appointments, etc etc. Thanks!
I’ve seen these around, and I need one!
I would use mine for everyday appointments/to do lists and to set goals for homeschooling.
Thanks!
I would use to just keep better track of my life. Love the 5 columns so it is easy to use for more than 1 or 2 people.
Hubby and I work strange schedules and we have two kids. Keeping things organized is a must just so we know who is coming and going. I love the shopping list feature too!
I would totally use this to help organize my busy family of 3 boys and a husband. I also work, freelance, and volunteer at church. Whew! Do I need this or what? Thanks for the chance to win!
i will be using it for keeping appointments and for college which can get hectic with hw and projects and so on
I’d use it for myself because I have nowhere that I really keep everything (except an unorganized bulletin board). I am a stay-at-home mom and do a lot with church activities. This would help me a ton!
This looks so helpful!
I’d use it to manage my upcoming school year.
Thanks for the chance!
I work at home and my job keeps me busy, busy, busy. It seems like I work 24 / 7. I need a better schedule and something like this would help me be more organized.
I’d use it for Household Management…daily routines…menu planning…craft planning…etc…
dbstout{at}juno{dot}com
With school, karate lessons, drum lessons, and church obligations, I would definitely use this for our family’s planner.
This would be terrific for the kids’ schedules! Yikes–school’s about to start again, and I’ve agreed to join the PTA! Aack!
For homeschooling and planning family events.
I would use this as a family organizer. I have work obligations, kids activities, family events, and trips to plan. Everything would get lost in the shuffle with out it.
owatz (AT) telus (DOT) net
This would be great for keeping my 4 boys, myself, and my husband’s activities all scheduled!
Oh, this wold get a lot of use at my house. With four kids and a sweet, but often clueless, husband, I have to keep track of everything. Love the tear off grocery list. Thanks for the chance to win.
fourkidsrgreat(at)gmail(dot)com
I need it to keep my life straight. I can’t remember things anymore! I need one column for my life, one for my reviews, and a few for my kids’ activities and church events.
I would use it for appointments for doctors and any of my kids activities. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I’d use it to keep my kids organized. I tried electronic organizers, but I always to back to paper ones. Love it!
I have been wanting one of these! I have 5 busy boys and need one to keep up with all their schedules!
I love to be organized and most planners are too small or don’t have enough spaces for all your lists. I’ve gotten to the point that I need an organizer for all my Organizers!!
I would use this thing to function. lol. I have a bazillion and one “lists” all over the house, and I’ve never heard of this thing! It looks cool! I’ve seen the tiny planners, the huge bulky ones, but rarely ever do I find a nice one that doesn’t weigh more than my child. –Without ugliness all over the front of it. So, I would use it to hold my lists (rather than my couch and coffee table and fridge and bed holding them), and to keep track of appointments, giveaways, mtgs, and everything else. Oh, and shopping lists. Bc without those, I’m dust.
Thanks for the giveaway! Going to check out more of your site now!
Ok..so I just had to buy a bigger purse to fit in all of these things that are in the BBB. I mean, what wouldn’t I use it for…a saner life, less stress and no more guilty feelings for forgetting somebody’s birthday because I looked at the wrong calender ( one of the 3 I have to keep up with!) This thing would save my life!!
Thanks,
Angie
Since I’m starting college in less than a month, that is what I’d use it for.
Great giveaway!
I’d use this to keep track of my work goals and tasks.
Keeping track of my photo schedules, the kids crazy schedules, and my hubby’s insane schedule!! Thanks!
I’d use it to manage appointments, goals, and deadlines for our family.
I don’t know if your blog contest is causing server errors but I can’t connect to busy body’s ! (oops) in any case I would use this for homeschooling - sometimes a filler paper and a binder, just doesn’t do the trick! Thanks for the chance.
I would love to use this to keep track of all of my children’s activities! Thank you for the giveaway!
i would use it for meal planning and our schedules!
Homeschool mom here–I’d use it to plan school and life! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
I like the format for my teaching - I am a high school teacher and it would help keep my mommy stuff and teaching stuff straight.
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Looks great. I would use that thing for keeping up with my life, my kids’ lives, my work appointments, my church stuff, my bill due dates, etc. To have it all in one place might, just might, save my ever lovin’ sanity.
Thanks for having the giveaway!
I would use it to plan work, grocery shopping, goals, etc. I would love to win! Thanks!
I love these! I would use it to keep track of my three kids and their activities… not to mention my own and my husband’s commitments (he’s a pastor).
How cute! I want one!
i truly truly heart planners . . . . my mom and i have a saying . . . “a girl can never have too many planners!” i would use this amazing planners for goals . . . thanks for the fun giveaway! kristen
ryankristenwilson(at)msn(dot)com
I’m a virgo and I love to be organized. Thanks for the chance to win. Visit mine at http://www.mypreppypurse.blogspot.com
Oh my goodness, i so need this. For my kids and all the many appointments and classes etc. Pick me!!
I had to come see your blog - that title is catchy. Hey! I’m a crazy mama too!
And an organizer! Woot! Their site only has 2 colors for this year, but I love that there are extra grid spaces for everyone - we have a 5 member family! I’d take either color!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I’d mainly use it for my kids, but I think I would have some room for business related stuff as well.
My daughter is starting elementary school in a few weeks and I know I am going to need an organizer. Thanks for the chance to win one.
I’d use the planner to keep track of all the activities that my kids are scheduled for. I’d also use it to write down my shopping list before going the store.
I’d use it to keep track of my kids. My daughter is very active in school, especially after school activities, so this would be a great day to remember what days she’s staying after school and what days I need to drive her some place.
My son will HOPEFULLY be getting more involved this year too.
I also have a home business so this would help me to keep track of orders and when to reorder supplies.
Thanks for the giveaway.
That looks like a great organizer! We seem to forget things easily, so it would be great to have something I could carry around with me instead of a wall calendar or desk calendar.
Looks very nifty. I’d use it to track goals, my ever changing work schedule, and other various appts.
Cool planner… I would use it to try to keep track of my busy schedule!
We’re homeschoolers, so I’d use it to keep track of all the various balls (I mean tasks) I seem to juggle every day LOL.
This would be a great tool for us to keep track of our homeschooling schedule and the kids church activities. Great prize.
dj3hill98(at)bellsouth(dot)net
I’d love one to keep track of my kids’ and family’s activities.
I love the columns in the planner. They would help me to be better organized. Thanks!
I love that there are columns for the different members of our family. Fun contest, thanks!
My son’s specialist appointments! We have so many to keep up with and instructions and such that this sounds perfect!
those are very pretty, i would use them to help myself stay organized especially for the new school year
This would be so great to keep the entire family on the same page. Everyone has crazy schedules, so I would use it to schedule family time
I’ve looked at these before! They look so helpful and stylish. I would have to use them as my “mom” book with school age kids, toddlers, activities, dance class, doctors appointment, etc.
fivewinks (at) cox (dot) net
I would love one of these to keep myself on track. I could keep my receips and coupons in one place and write down things I have to do. Plus keep track of birthdays. Thank you!
It sounds like there is some great stuff in the planner. I love the shopping list being in there! I need that!
nicolmontero at gmail dot com
Aww we need something like this for our family.. The month at a glance would be great to see my work schedule and be able to plan appts, outings ect..
I could really use this to keep track of my kids’ activities and appointments!
I would love a shopping list . Plus i would love a place to keep a list of money and bills.
I love how the pages are laidout! they are soo simple and i think this would be gret for college i am so disorganized i need help!
Very neat organizer! I’d use it for organizing my personal life.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Kids. Well, one kid. Thanks so much for the opportunity.
This has a lot of features. I’d use mine for keeping track of family activities, especially doctors appointments for my daughter.
I would use it for all of our busy family’s events!
I definitely need one of those. I have a 9 month old and I am still in school. Only two semesters left. So I need a planner to be on top of things.
alexandra dot hancock at gmail dot com
I’d use mine to keep track of when all the bills are due, when we have appointments (doctor, dentist, etc) and when my homework is due for my MBA classes. Thanks!
That would be wonderful to help me organize my family.
Definitely our kids! Thanks!
Megret
musesofmegret (at) gmail (dot) com
With school approaching, this would be great to manage all the newer going ons!
I would use it just to try to keep my busy life organized. I work full-time, am a part-time student, and do a lot of volunteer work. All this + trying to have some sort of social life. I’d be thrilled to win. Thanks for the chance.
TwoBlackLabsnSC(at)aol(dot)com
Would love a new organizer! Just getting used to the scheduling confusion of family, work, and personal commitments. Phew, who knew being a grown-up would be so difficult to manage. These are also super cute! Nothing like being on-th-go in style.
Since my hubby is a musician and has a lot of clients, students and gigs, plus I have part time jobs and appointments, homeschool our son , and added our 18 year old back home with her own work and school schedule, well, yeah, a smart organizer sounds great. Thanks for a chance
I have three kids and three different schedules. this will help me keep track! Thanks for the giveaway!
I am so forgetful that this would be perfect for me Count me in
This looks great! I don’t have an organizer right now but I could really use one. Thank you for the chance.
This is great! I believe I would actually use this!
ok…I SO need this!
I’d use this to juggle my work and personal schedules - something I’m seriously awful at right now!
The entire family’s schedules would go in here, including husbands’ floating days off, son’s swim team practices and meets, my choir practices and concerts, our volunteer work at church, school meetings, school field trips and events, blog ideas etc., appointments and even fun and relaxation time. We’re a busy family in need of a good organizer each year.
Thank you for the chance to win this organizer.