January 17, 2009
Busy Body Book Giveaway!
I am a Mom that needs to be organized. There are days that my sanity has literally hung on my planner.
Not only do I have the usual stuff to keep track of I also have to remember:
- Ever changing medication schedules.
- Therapy appointments. Times four.
- Doctor appointments. Times a bajillion.
- Names and numbers of doctors, pharmacies, and therapists.
- Parker's homeschooling themes.
And that doesn't even include tracking my other 5 kids' stuff! Plus weekly menus! And my appointments!
I've tried lots of different planners, but would get frustrated with the itty bitty spaces provided to write down all the stuff I couldn't afford to forget.
So, I was exceptionally thrilled to be asked to try out a Busy Body Book, a fantastic personal & family organizer.
First off, I loved the simplicity of this organizer. I loved the space provided to keep track of everything. I loved that it is spiral bound and opens flat on my desk. I loved how it slips right into my purse.
Other features include:
Months-at-a-glance
Key contact pages
Removable shopping lists
2 front and back pocket
Bookmark to help you easily flip to the current week.
A full page each week for notes, to do's , etc.
A STURDY, clear plastic BEAUTIFUL cover.
We put the Busy Body Book to the test this last week while Parker was in the hospital.
My oldest daughter Bailey filled out the fridge calendar grid with each of my children's names and where they were supposed to be when. Being able to see the whole family's schedule at a glance was an extreme help.
We've also had to start tracking nightly info trying to find out why Parker's heart rate has been dipping so drastically. I can easily write down each item necessary directly across from the daily date.
I've even started scheduling Paker's homeschool units. We'll be studying snowmen next week!
Now, I've chosen to use the planner to keep track of all things Parker, and the fridge grid pad for tracking the family.

But the beauty of the Busy Body Book is it's versatility. You decide how to set it up to best meet your needs.
And we have a Busy Body Book that YOU can win! Just go to the Busy Body Book site and take a tour. Then come back and let me know which Busy Body Book feature would best help you organize your life.
Want to up your chances to win? It's simple:
1. Subscribe to our feed
2. Write a post and link back to this contest on your blog
3. Spread the word to your friends via facebook, twitter, etc.
Simply leave your additional comments for each of the extra qualifying steps
This giveaway will be open from Saturday January 17th, to Friday January 23rd.
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Comments on Busy Body Book Giveaway! »
Another Piece of the Puzzle ยป One Lovely Blog Award @ 3:06 pm
[...] quick heads up, everyone, there is a great giveaway for a Busy Body Book over at 5MFSN this week. And I've shared about our current school issues in my post on [...]
Kelly Malloy @ 11:56 pm
I like the removeable shopping lists!
Lisa @ 7:52 am
I would love to win….it's perfect for a mom with 7 kids..
Lisa @ 7:53 am
I am a subscriber
susan varney @ 9:55 am
the removable shopping lists would help
laura owens @ 10:17 am
This would come in handy around here. Our household consists of 7 people, and sometimes it is hard to remember who is doing what and when. This Busy Body book would help me from having a bunch of little notes laying around reminding me of who is doing what on any particular day! And it's cool looking , too!
Deci Worland @ 10:32 am
The removable shopping list is a great feature.
Sandy @ 10:33 am
the grocery shopping list looks great and the medication schedule are what I like
shannon Baas @ 11:11 am
the shopping list.
Sharon Fairclough @ 11:48 am
I love the large grid space and the pockets in the front. Thanks for the giveaway
sharr1226 (at) yahoo (dot) com
Sharon Fairclough @ 11:48 am
I have subscribed
mindy @ 12:14 pm
the pockets in front are most useful as i always tons of small paper around thanks for the giveaway
Erin @ 12:28 pm
I think that this would be so useful for me. I am a homeschooling mother of three; I work three part-time jobs and watch three extra kids under the age of 3. Trying to keep track of everyones's needs and activities takes serious organization!The versatility of the Busy Body Book pages would allow me to set it up according to our weekly needs and plans, and I love that I could also plan ahead and even keep track of groceries as they need replenishing!
Carolyn Walsh @ 12:30 pm
The removal of shopping lists would be great!
Kendra @ 1:06 pm
would love to have to organize homeschooling plus work ! thnx for the opp
Michael Capp @ 1:33 pm
I'd love to win!
mum2brady @ 2:00 pm
Hey – I'm liking the 7 spots – that would almost do it for us
What will you do when Brant comes home LOL
Very cool – I'd love to try one out – if I don't win, I just might go and buy myself one – they're very affordable
Thanks for the link!!!
Sunday — Praying For Parker @ 2:34 pm
[...] are hosting a giveaway for your choice of a Busy Body Planner or Wall Calendar over at http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com Go and enter if you have a minute. Busy Body puts out a [...]
Jen S. @ 3:28 pm
I like the pockets on the front and back so that I can keep receipts and coupons in a handy place. Thanks!
Bethany @ 5:15 pm
I love me some BBB! I have the "portable" calendar, so I'd love one for the wall! I love having a slot for the schedule of each person in my family. Best organizer yet!
Linda @ 5:25 pm
I am a subscriber.
Sheila H @ 6:57 pm
The removable shopping lists would help me alot! Im always writing my list down on enveopes and losing thme!!
Sheila H @ 6:57 pm
I subscribed!
Denise @ 7:26 pm
Organizing my homeschooling and kid's activities.
Heidi @ GGIP @ 10:34 pm
The fridge calendar grid would help me create the daily schedule I want to but haven't been able to.
Heidi @ GGIP @ 10:34 pm
I subscribe!
Thanks.
LynnC @ 10:02 am
Everything about this planner is great – the pockets for notes and the large spaces to write in really stand out to me.
michele anne @ 11:10 am
What a great prize. It would be so helpful….would love to win it.
Karen Gonyea @ 11:57 am
Love the pockets
Sandra Worthington @ 12:36 pm
I plan to give it to one of my daughters teacher!
Sandra Worthington @ 12:41 pm
I could also give it to my sister…she got a daughter with cerebral palsy.
Sarah @ 3:05 pm
There's plenty of space to write…I have A.D.D and this is very helpful to people like me.
ellen cunningham @ 3:21 pm
I could definitely use this. Count me in.
Christina G. @ 5:07 pm
I think the spare column feature would help me the most. I've got too many things going on at once. Thanks for the giveaway!
Christina G. @ 5:08 pm
I subscribed to your feed.
Christina G. @ 5:09 pm
I blogged: http://wutgivs.blogspot.com/2009/01/5-minutes-for-special-needs-busy-body.html
Christina G. @ 5:10 pm
I posted on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=1195001489&ref=profile
Christina G. @ 5:12 pm
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/cmg94538/status/1131433471
Monique Rizzo @ 7:28 pm
I love the Calendar! Oh how I could use this!!
c. clemens @ 12:50 am
I love the removable shopping lists~ Neat
Tina M. @ 3:37 am
The feature where each family member has their own column is nice. That would really help to coordinate my family. Thanks for entering me!
Tina M. @ 3:38 am
I subscribed to your feed.
Tina M. @ 3:39 am
I blogged about the contest:
http://thecontestcrier.blogspot.com/2009/01/5minutesforspecialneedscom-busy-body.html
Tina M. @ 3:42 am
I posted on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/gettingstarted.php?step=join_networks#/profile.php?id=1390562426&ref=profile
Tina M. @ 3:42 am
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/tm042980/status/1132633438
Kathy Scott @ 9:14 am
I am trying to run a bookkeeping business and raise two kids. I need some help getting organized. The large spaces would give me plenty of room to record my time.
Kathy Conley @ 4:09 pm
The weekly grid would be awesome for my to keep track of all of the school activities going on!
Jennifer Hedden @ 4:48 pm
the Calendar
Jill Miller @ 8:48 pm
Removable shopping lists and the pockets would be really helpful to me.
Gabriel J. @ 12:06 am
I really like the Calendar.
nancy @ 3:51 pm
I saw those at the beginning of the year. I love them. I woiuld love to enter.
nancy @ 3:51 pm
I twittered it
nancy @ 3:52 pm
I subscribed to the feed.
Amy Tucker @ 12:07 am
Just to get organized!
Erma @ 8:15 am
like the removeable shopping lists! Thanks for the chance to win.
Timothy Sternberg @ 9:30 am
I like the removeable shopping lists!
Ginny @ 11:31 am
I love the grid format!
Ginny @ 11:32 am
subscriber
Ginny @ 11:45 am
blogged http://momcontests.blogspot.com/2009/01/busy-body-planner.html
Rebecca @ 12:01 pm
I subscribed.
Tina H. @ 1:03 pm
The removable shopping list and also a place to put my coupons as well. With kids, going here and there it would help me to be more organized.
Thanks for the contest,
sweeps4us@gmail.com
Angela Henderson @ 4:22 pm
I love how each family member has a space to write in his/hers activities. the removable shopping list to cool too!
Tisa @ 6:00 pm
The weekly grid would be great for keeping track of all the activities of my kids! ~
Thanks!
Ed Nemmers @ 6:20 pm
Removable shopping lists!
Diane Baum @ 7:03 pm
The removable shopping list… I like your web-site, thanks for giving attention to special needs people.
Estela S @ 9:53 pm
I really dig that it has pockets! What a great way to hold in all the paperwork that accompanies many of my daily tasks!
Amy A. @ 11:12 pm
I like that it has pockets and the shopping lists! I cannot leave home without it.
Doreen @ 12:47 am
1 entry is that I just subscribed. Thanks.
Doreen @ 12:48 am
Entry 2 : I am starting to cluttered with the old year stuff and the new year stuff. Please help me! This would put lots of things in perspective.
Melanie @ 1:11 am
The removeable shopping (or whatever) lists!
I LOVE writing lists.
Samantha Pruitt @ 6:40 am
i love that it has separate columns in the same day, so it's easier to see what needs to be done, really helpful for school assignments!
Samantha Pruitt @ 6:41 am
subscriber!
Samantha Pruitt @ 6:44 am
tweet!
http://twitter.com/samanthapayntr/status/1141641027
kathy pease @ 10:11 am
this would come in so handy for organizing all of our doctor appointments and things like that
Teresa @ 12:00 pm
I think the weekly grid would be a great help in making sure everyone knows where they need to be. Thanks!
Heather @ 2:07 pm
I like the removable shopping lists.
Cheryl F. @ 2:59 pm
The spare columns can best help me organize my life. *Thanks* for the giveaway!
Cheryl F. @ 3:00 pm
I subscribe to your feed in Google Reader
Cheryl F. @ 3:02 pm
I Twittered the contest :
http://twitter.com/LuckyLadybug/status/1142723578
Amy @ 3:18 pm
Oh I've been wanting one of these!
I twittered it too!
http://twitter.com/litfuse/statuses/1142762672
Suanne Giddings @ 3:54 pm
I like the removable shopping lists! The pockets would also be great to keep my coupons handy. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway!
Melanie C @ 4:17 pm
I would love to win this prize. I used to be a list maker and a journaler… but I haven't done any of that in many years. I think it would be a good inspiration.
Kelly L @ 4:38 pm
The fridge calendar grid would be perfect for posting so everyone knows what is going on. Thanks!
Audrey B @ 5:25 pm
I sooo need these items, I am going to consider buying the organizer and the calendar if i don't win because i feel unorganized right now. I'm also going to subscribe to your newsletter right now. Thanks for the info
Janet S. @ 5:33 pm
I am a mother, a wife, a business owner and a student. I would love to have something to make my life a little easier. I have tried planners but they are so bulky and there's never enough room to write everything. This would be great.
shackelfordnr@aol.com
susan @ 5:53 pm
the removable lists are great thanks
Christine @ Live Laugh Love and Bloggings @ 6:57 pm
The grid! With 5 young adults in this household, tracking who needs to be where, doing what, doctors, medication, school projects and trips. Firehouse functions, classes, my own work deadlines etc.. would be a lifesaver. Every feature of this book would work for me beautifully!
Thank you for the opportunity
Christine @ Live Laugh Love and Bloggings @ 7:00 pm
Tweeted:
http://twitter.com/LiveLaughLoveCj/status/1143303431
Christine @ Live Laugh Love and Bloggings @ 7:02 pm
I am a subscriber (alwaysalways(at)ymail(dot)com)
Patti S @ 7:14 pm
I am a subscriber. pattidriving (at) yahoo.
Mama Zen @ 7:47 pm
I like the To Doodles feature!
Candie L @ 8:14 pm
I like that each person has their own space. Thank you.
susan @ 8:25 pm
I think I am in love with the week at a glance and how you can really individualize it to your family or self!
susan @ 8:25 pm
I am a subscriber
Lily Kwan @ 8:26 pm
The feature that can best help me organize my life is the removable shopping lists.
Lily Kwan @ 8:27 pm
I subscribed to your feed.
Christine Viscomi @ 10:09 pm
like the removeable shopping lists
Laura @ 10:47 pm
This is to cool. Every family should have one.
Thao @ 11:04 pm
I like the 2 monthly calendars to record important dates and the other for appointments and events.
member (dot) thao (at) gmail.com
Tasra Dawson @ 11:06 pm
Starting homeschooling again…this would be very useful for tracking.
Veronica Garrett @ 11:32 pm
The Removable Shopping Lists would be a big help in planning my shopping each week.
Aubien @ 11:59 pm
I am a subscriber!
Donna Kozar @ 12:51 am
I like you can list your daily & weekly schedules.
Donna K @ 12:52 am
I am a subscriber.
Rhonda Clemens @ 1:24 am
I so need something like this to keep me on track, please enter me & thanks for the contest
Shelley @ 2:09 am
Between being a mother to a toddler, a dutiful wife and a grad student with a grip of to-do's….yes, I need this! I like the list feature on the opposite side of the calendar. I am SUCH a list maker and having a constant vision of my most important tasks will help to keep me on track.
Shelley @ 2:09 am
http://besosforpesos.blogspot.com/2009/01/week-3-january.html
blogged
Shelley @ 2:10 am
Tweet!
http://twitter.com/cheyli
Shelley @ 2:10 am
subscribed
Susan S. @ 9:07 am
Still hunting for some help in the organizing department. This looks very useful – thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
Cheryl @ 1:11 pm
Put it on my Facebook.
Cheryl @ 1:12 pm
I already subscribe.
Cheryl @ 1:12 pm
Love the large grids.
Lisa @ 8:23 pm
I subscribe to your newsletter and feed. I too love the large grid that you can actually see and have space in which to write. It is so much easier to plan when you can see everyone's activities.