Special thanks to Sue Hooley for providing copies of the planners for review purposes.
Planner Description:
This easy-to-use Daily Planner is designed especially for homemakers.
As a mother of six, Sue has learned that her day can seldom be scheduled the same as the previous day. She can’t fit every task of her day into the time slots offered in other planners. Her 2015 Daily Planner is versatile and it helps a homemaker to organize her days and duties effectively.
About the Creator:
The Daily Planner was designed by Sue Hooley, wife of Dan for 24 years and mother to six lovely children, two girls and four boys ages 5-21. The planner was developed after several years of motherhood and homemaking. Sue understood that a homemaker’s day can rarely be scheduled and structured the same as the one before – not every task can fit neatly into the time-slot allotted by other planners. Since her first publication in 2010, thousands of homemakers have benefited from the daily planner.
2015 Planner Details:
- List Price: $13.99 with free shipping on three or more|
- Format: 6×9 Spiral bound|
- Order at: http://www.homemakersfriend.com
My Thoughts:
The Daily Planner is a beautiful, easy-to-use planner that has a bunch of thoughtful extras that I love. First, I want to tell you a little about this planner in general. As I go along, I’ll highlight some of the specific features that make it different from many of the other planners out there.
The 2015 Planner features a lovely glossy, laminated cover showcasing a gardening scene with Exodus 33:14 written out. Each section (year, month, week, tasks, projects, info, and shopping) has a tabbed page that features the same image as is on the front of the planner. It has a place for notes and gives a little word of encouragement.
The Year Section has mini calendars for both 2015 and 2016 as well as a place to write down the important dates for each month of the year.
The Month Section has a two page per month calendar that has a note section as well as mini calendars for both the previous and the next month. If desired, you can cut away the extra paper along the dotted lines to create tabs for each of the months.
The Week Section has a two page per week calendar that has a location for the menu plan for each day. It also has a spot for writing down the tasks for the week. It includes a mini calendar for the month as well as an encouraging verse for the week. Each of the right-handed pages has a dotted line in the corner where you can snip off the corner which allows quick access to the following week once you have concluded the current week. I love that it’s super easy to find my place in the closed planner thanks to this simple but brilliant feature.
The Task Section simply features two column lined pages with a header line at the top for creating task lists.
The Project Section has two lined blocks per page with a header space at the top of each block for recording your projects and events.
The Info Section has 3 columns per page for recording name, number, and address of your contacts.
The Shopping Section has one of my favorite special features. Each page features 3 lined shopping lists. The unique feature is that these shopping lists are perforated, so you can easily tear them out of your planner for easy use at the store. By making these lists perforated, I actually use these lists on a regular basis.
I’ve been using the 2014 version of this planner since July, and I can honestly say that I wish I would have been using it all year because it works for me. While I do use an online calendar to sync all the family happenings, I prefer to use a paper planner for my every day use. This planner has been particularly useful due to the thoughtful little touches including the removable shopping lists. I look forward to using the 2015 planner this coming year.
