{"id":7846,"date":"2011-09-09T00:03:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T04:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/?p=7846"},"modified":"2011-12-14T19:58:07","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T00:58:07","slug":"the-super-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/2011\/09\/the-super-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"365 Days of Bliss – The Super Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi all! Shawna here and still fumbling over how to get into the swing of things with the school year upon us.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been counting the days \u2018till I could have a little distance and a little peace and quiet in my very little house this school year, somehow I\u2019ve managed to still be completely <\/em>overwhelmed with the hubbub that comes with the start of school and activities. Getting everyone up and ready, lunches, clean clothes and homework \u2013 not to mention all the \u201cextras\u201d appointments, activities, youth group, sports \u2013 it is more than someone with my organizational skills can handle. No one told me I needed to have my degree in administration in order to manage three children in school and plus little one in tow.<\/p>\n

Several months ago I posted on my personal blog<\/a> about my issues with keeping up with schedules and appointments, and since then I have been on a quest to find a calendar that would work for me<\/em>. I just don\u2019t think like everyone else, and when i have a tiny little square to represent days and weeks, i think it all just seems\u2026 unimportant\u2026 also, the whole concept of a calendar just seems too boring to me. Can\u2019t I just follow my whim and fly by the seat of my pants over here?<\/p>\n

\u2026umm no. Apparently I can not. The universe has spoken and it says I need to get my stuff together…<\/p>\n

Well, in come pinterest (the best invention ever!) and this absolutely brilliant idea:<\/p>\n

\"Pinterest\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This spoke to me right off the bat when I saw it. It is big and clear and hard to miss, plus it seriously looks FUN! Sometimes I think everything on Pinterest seems like a personal challenge<\/em> \u2013 I could TOTALLY make that\u2026 and I\u2019m all about diving in head first so we took this calendar idea and ran with it over at the Clingerman house.<\/p>\n

Since I have no huge bulletin board wall (although how awesome would that be!?!) I couldn\u2019t just tape the squares out, instead I just went online and found 12 by 12 cork squares and bought enough to layout 5 weeks worth (yep 35 tiles!). Then I just hung them on the wall with the double sided tape followed by one teensy nail in each square (because we all know how reliable double sided tape is!). After that I made 31 date circles and printed out each day of the week\u2026. For the month title I\u2019ve done different things, but right now I have my regular sized family digi-scrap calendar hanging up right on there too so that you can see the month and my adorable kiddos in the layout \u2013 here is what it looks like in action:<\/p>\n

\"Super<\/p>\n

Bare in mind, we live in a very small house, so this type of wall real-estate is not easy to come by – but it is worth it! I absolutely love it, it is really big and really fun and REALLY hard to miss! The brilliant part about The Super Calendar is that we can just pin appointment cards, fliers, even bills, right to the date they belong on. The boys have been able to pin the info from school that comes home, and EVERYONE can see what the game plan for the day is. Here\u2019s a closer look at a few days:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

In addition to papers\/fliers\/etc. that come home, I printed out a bunch of little strips for regularly occurring things, in addition I have a bunch of sticky notes and some sharpies on the counter to jot down anything as it comes up. I will even print out emails with event info and cut up the church calendar \u2013 anything to just make it quick and easy and to keep it all in one place. No more running around looking for where I put the directions to something that starts in five minutes \u2013 I just stick it right into the day I’ll need it! I also have a small file sorter on the counter next to The Super Calendar \u2013 I have a folder for each month of the year, so if i get information for something in a future month, it goes straight into that month\u2019s folder.<\/p>\n

Its funny, because in a way this makes our schedule seem rather consuming. Our super calendar is right next to our table so it stares us down while we eat \u2013 and I can\u2019t quite face the day with the blissful ignorance that I lived in in the past. But the truth of it is, whether I want to face it or not, those days are still there and they are still just as filled even if I\u2019m not looking at them head on. Having a family IS downright consuming, there\u2019s no way to change that! Life isn\u2019t really simple anymore for our clan, as they grow up the boys have a different set of needs, and here is my way of trying desperately to meet them head on.<\/p>\n

Oh, and 1 more thing! Earlier this week I wanted to be a part of sharing some \u201cLunch Box Blessings\u201d with my customers and blog readers, but I wasn\u2019t able to \u2013 SO here\u2019s a great chance to give them out. Along with several SSD designers I put together these easy to print little cards that you can put in your kiddos\u2019 lunches to let them know you love them even when they are away at school.<\/p>\n

Here are the ones I\u2019ve made for you:<\/p>\n

\"Super<\/a><\/p>\n

There are 4 designs and you can use them with the sentiment already included or use the blank one and write your own!! Simply download (click the image!), print, and cut out. After you\u2019ve got mine make sure you have the others. I know you can still pick up the ones from Libby<\/a>, Meg<\/a>, Darcy<\/a>, Melissa<\/a>, Allie<\/a> and then make sure to visit this thread<\/a> to pick up the ones from Julie and to see what other designers might still have theirs up for you to snag.<\/p>\n

Well, thats what I\u2019ve got for you. Hope you can laugh at my scheduling troubles, be inspired by my crazy solution, and enjoy this little goodie \u2013 here\u2019s to all of us finding a way to stay sane and to a GREAT year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi all! Shawna here and still fumbling over how to get into the swing of things with the school year upon us. I\u2019ve been counting the days \u2018till I could have a little distance and a little peace and quiet in my very little house this school year, somehow I\u2019ve managed to still be completely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[127],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7846"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7852,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7846\/revisions\/7852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}