A to Z Blog Challenge - Round 2 - Letter C

Today's word is ... Calendar

First... here is the link to my post back in 2010 - Click HERE

I like the way I looked in the first photo! I can tell that I was a lot thinner. Wish I could be thinner again. Siiiggghhh....

Anyway..... I have a "thing" for Calendars. Whether it be... wall calendars. Desk calendars. Planners with calendars. Pocket size calendars. You name the type and I'll most likely have one! Well... actually.. I'll have one of EACH!!! LOL 

Right now, I have the following... 

- a wall calendar in my kitchen. I got it for a Christmas gift last year from my youngest daughter. She made it online and it has family pics for each month. I love it!

- a desk pad calendar. It is one of Susan Branch's OH-SO-CUTE! designs. I love it!

- a BIG daily agenda planner with monthly calendars. I don't use this one like I should. I will write out my agenda (if I have one) for the day and 9 times out of 10... I won't even look at it during the day! But... I love it!

- a pocket sized calendar for my purse. I haven't been using this one as much this year because I haven't had as many doctor's appointments and other "appointments" as I was having. I'm sure the main reason that I'm not using it as much as I am at home more now than I used to be. -- Thanks, Covid-19!! 😠

I feel like I'm forgetting one. But.. that's all I can think of. 

Calendars have always been a love of mine. I keep a lot of my calendars and agenda books because they usually have so much information written on them. They are kinda' like a journal in their own way. 

One of my favorite calendars that I have is one from my teenage years. I think it's from 1981! I dated several different boys that year. ( I was like.. 16 years old!) I colored coded each boy because I I kinda' saw dated more than one at a time. (oops!) 

I don't remember what color each boy was... but, I can remember which boys were on there! - Timmy, Mark & David. And... maybe... Jimmy & Darryl. I can't remember for sure. LOL! That was a fun year. 😁

New Year, New Calendars!

I have an obsession with calendars.

I look forward to getting a new one (well, actually... several!) when the new year rolls around.

I buy one for my kitchen. I try to look for a "nice" one that matches the colors in my house. On it, I only write the birthdays of our family and friends. This year, I bought this one to hang on my wall ---

Last year, I had one that was similar, but buy a different artist.

I also buy one for my office. I gave up on trying to find one that "matches" the room, and just look for one that I like instead. For the past few years I have gone with one that was "cute". This year, I picked one that has pretty photographs, instead. Here's a picture of the one that I picked to hang in my office.

I love porches and the beauty that comes with them! Like the calendar in my kitchen... I will only write birthday's of my family and friends. I may add a few "other" friends to this calendar, as well.

I usually don't carry a "pocket calendar", although... I should! I have just never liked having to write in those tiny little boxes that only pocket calendars can provide. This year, I received one from one of my students. We'll see how I do with it!

My favorite calendar is the one that I write EVERYTHING down on!! I like for it to have big blocks in which to write, but I also like for it to be portable. This past year, I had this one....



I liked how it was "spiral bound" and that it had tabs and big blocks to write in. It also had a beach theme, which was nice. I use this calendar to write down ALL of my appointments and upcoming events. These are the calendars in which I SAVE, because I can look back years later and it is kind of like a "diary" of our family's life for that year. I have calendar's from way back when I was in high school, believe it or not! I can't say that I have one for every year since then, but I have many of them!

This is the one that I bought for my EVERYTHING CALENDAR for this year.

I really liked the look of it, (and... it was cheap!) but, I am kinda' wishin' it was spiral bound like last years was. I don't know. We'll have to see how it goes. Last year, I think I bought three before I was finally happy with the one that I actually used! LOL!

I have tried using "daily" and "weekly" calendars, but always go back to the "monthly" ones.

What about you???

Do you enjoy buying a new calendar each year?

Do you buy or use more than one?

Which kind do you prefer?