Great alternative to food calendar - only one version though
921811
This is a such a great alternative to a food oriented advent calendar.  The kids are loving opening up each door every morning and building their creation for the day.  I'd like for Lego to make variations per year so we can continue to purchase it.  I can't see that this is year specific, so we won't buy again next year as they'll already have all the sets.  To Lego - please make new one's year after year!
1427236
Calendar is great, however I also received the Christian version. I do not mind the psalm quoted on the front , but do wonder what other stickers were available. On the sticker sheet I received there are 30 bible study stickers, 29 church event stickers, and 3 retreat stickers. Awesome for planning- Even if you are not religious. This is a very helpful calendar. It should be advertised correctly though.
4675692
Great calendar since each person has their own column. You need to use abbreviations for the activity if you feel there is not enough room to write as some have noted. But I can get 3 activities written in for each person if needed.  If doing more than 3 things per day - may need to slow it down! I buy it every year.
160356
simple and easy to use.  This is the fourth food diary I have tried and my favorite so I will most likely quit looking for any other kind.  I needed something simple to write things down, I didn't need things broken down into breakfast lunch dinner snack ect I just need to keep track of my calorie fiber, and medication.  This did that for me and instead of 2 pages per day it has it all on one page love that.  I recommend this to people who do not need their food journal to be fancy or complicated
4416116
I love this calendar. It has a month at a glance with note sheets next to it, then each week all 7 days of the week broken down in 15 minute increments starting at 8 a.m. and going until 9 p.m. with the last time slot being 8:45 to 9 p.m. There's also a single line at the top for adding in minor details or all day items. On each two-page display for the week, there's also a quick note section on the right hand side. There is a place for your contact information and emergency data. There's a year-long glance for the most recent 3 years, one prior, the current, and one after. It gives you weekly calendar pages through January of the next year plus a monthly page for February of the coming year. There is a nominal section for addresses and telephone numbers, which I do not really use. Who does with current smart phones? There are a few full pages for notes in the back and a time zone chart. Overall, it is the perfect calendar except for one thing. There is a little pocket part in the back that has two pockets one on each side of the page. Unfortunately, they make the pockets just small enough that a standard letter size 8.5 by 11 inch sheet of paper will not fit. Why? In such a perfectly designed calendar why would such a stupid useless pocket be added. If it were letter size, this would be the totally most perfect calendar ever.
124944
I bought this for my husband to help him with portion control. I use MyFitnessPal and track macronutrients and have been successful with that for years. I really like the concept of meal planning this way and using the containers rather than measuring food out with a scale etc. The trouble I had with this system is that I often mix foods in a recipe, or eat foods that are both a fat and a protein. In a recipe I might only use a portion of one container and it was too hard to keep track of how many fractions of containers I had left etc. It was just much easier for me to enter my food into MiFitnessPal and let the app calculate my totals and remaining grams of each macronutrient group! MyfitnessPal has such a huge database of food now compared to when I started using it 3 years ago that I can look up pretty much any food and it will have the nutritional value in the database. Plus, when I am making a meal plan or at the grocery store buying food I can use the app to enter items to see if I am in the ballpark and not over/under. With the containers I couldn't measure out each ingredient in a recipe before hand to see if I am going over or under in that food group. I think it is overall a great idea but it isn't my preferred way of managing food.
4173548
This calendar is so cute! I love the illustrations. I gave it only 4 out of 5 stars because the weekend was, literally, at the week's END. Most calendars are ( SUN / MON / TUES / WED / THURS / FRI / SAT), but this calendar is ( MON / TUES / WED / THURS / FRI / SAT / SUN ). I think this might be more of a European or UK thing, as I had never seen it here in the USA before. My bad for looking at only the illustrations and not the actual grid before I ordered the calendar. It took a little getting used having MON and not SUN listed first, but I made it through the year without any mishaps. ^_^
2614929
I have been using this calendar for several years now. It is the perfect format for our family! Each person gets their own column, so it's like having 5 calendars on one page. the kids love using the stickers, and they help to create visual reminders. I would recommend this calendar to anyone. If I could change just one thing, it would be to be able to make the stickers more "customizable" or change some of the pre-printed titles. But that is the only thing. Otherwise this calendar is super-functional.
2632743
I bought these for an academic book type calendar to keep track of my daughter's school year.  The calendar is perfect except for the tabs that were built in to last year's calendar aren't on this one.  It's the same brand I had the last 2 years (Mead), but I bought this one on Amazon and failed to check the product's photos, which is my fault.  $2 was an easy fix for an otherwise fine product.

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2892015
I've used a tear off daily Bible verse calendar for many years and the Mead Year-in-a-Box version is my favorite.  It uses the NIV translation, which is so much more accurate and understandable than the KJV translation used by some other calendars.  I appreciate that I can see the date from across the room and the pictures are beautiful.  The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that by the third week of the month I get a little tired of the monthly themes.
3938400
I like this planner, I use it to plan my day in 15 minute increments. I would give it a perfect 5 stars, but I don't like that they combine Saturday and Sunday on a single page, giving time slots up to 4pm for Saturday and giving a third of the page for un-labelled time slots for Sunday. I work 7 days a week, and would prefer that this planner ALSO work 7 days a week >.<

Never the less, it is very handy and appropriately priced, plus it looks nice and is vegan. I might shop around next year for one better suited for 7 day usage, but its a good planner if you mostly care about the weekdays.
3321317
Love this calendar. I like being able to keel each family member's appts and important events separated. Its also super cute.

Only problem I have is that the first column every month is already labeled for Mom. I like to use the first column for my husband and have always done so in the past on calendars like this. I know this is kind of nit picky but it has been a source of confusion for me a few times as I am in the habit of his appts being first.
1007784
Love this calendar.  It is a great size for my desk or my attache.  It has all the months at the beginning and then the year week by week after that listed down the page (hate it when the days are both vertical and horizontal - very confusing).  This is clear and also has the current month listed as well as the last and next months.  I appreciate that, as it is a pain to keep turning to another page to see the entire month.  The pictures are charming - I am a fan of Grandma Moses and like these pictures.  But mostly I purchased it for the format.  I am glad I did.
3865510
It's a great alternative (instead of chocolate or candy) to count down to Christmas.
I wish the calendar would have more Christmas-y stuff.
857599
I love this calendar - it has nice big squares, and big bold numbers.  We keep this in the kitchen where the whole family can see at a glance what's going on.  Due to the wire holder, when a month goes by, you simply fold the page over to a new month, but the past months are still easily accessible.  This is important to me because I refer to past months when I need to schedule various appointments, (haircut, dog grooming, car detail, mani-pedi, dentist, etc.)  I guess I am "Old School" when it comes to calendars - I have tried to do the online thing, the iPhone reminders, etc. but this physical calendar of the whole month lets me see at a glance if I am overbooked.  The paper is thick enough so that when I write my appointments in pencil and they change, I can easily erase without worrying about making a hole on the page.
1217261
I love this calendar! I have been ordering one every year for about ten years. I like it because instead of a big picture on the top half of the calendar, there are squares over both pages. This means the squares are large enough to write lots of things for a busy family. Everything is then easy to see, and neat. I used to have kids in 2 different schools and myself in college, so I would use different colored markers to draw a line across the top of any square that was a "day off school" for each of the 3 schools. That way I could easily see which kids had the day off and whether I also had the day off or not (easier to arrange for child care on days I was in school but they were off).

There is a large page at the back for writing phone numbers, addresses, emergency info, etc and there is a back page pocket that I use for schedules like, say, the trash schedule or a child's sport schedule, and also business cards.

I also LOVE that it is a 16 month calendar that starts in September (when school starts). That way I can put their whole school schedule in there and beyond. It also is mainly white without a lot of visual drama so it looks nice hanging in the dining room where everyone can see what's going on each week. I won't use any other calendar!
845607
This will be my 3rd mom calendar, one was a 17 month calendar so have had them going on 5 years total & never stopped using them.
My husband bought me another one for 2011 which was close, but the days were so small I couldn't write in them while I was on the go. Don't be fooled, this is the original one & the best, the other one isn't as great inside. They are the same price too!
The grocery lists that tear off are GREAT, I make my list, keep it going and then just tear it off when I get to the store, it's fantastic. The other planner has them at the back, well I like this one, because sometimes I don't get to the store, and I promise you I would grab the wrong list if it weren't for it being attached to the dates in the calendar, so this week's grocery list is there along with any other past weeks I didn't get to, so I can look back to last week's list and say, oh yea, I still need that.
 my only wish for this calendar is more pockets and band to keep it shut, which the other one has, but I just bought some large hair bands for $1 and use one for my calendar and gave the others to my daughter. I wouldn't need these but I like to put everything in my calendar.
I tried many planners, I even had the special planner training one company gave twice, it is just too much trouble, I need the quick & dirty method, slam the date into the calendar, and be done, and keep it with me always.
I am going to be a lifelong customer.