As a Mom to three kids of various ages, it takes everything for me to keep up with their schedules, my husband's schedule--not to mention my own. Oh sure, I am good at knowing that the teen has somewhere to be on a certain day and time, but many times I forget that it conflicts with the soccer practice of the tween which of course most likely coincides with something the little one has to do.
Enter Cozi Central. At first, I admit I was skeptical thinking that it would be one more way to partially keep my family organized. I was wrong! This product services everything I need in one place.
Cozi Central is a free organizational software product pioneered by some former Microsoft employees. You can use it to set up and modify family schedules (color coded!), task lists (far too many!), shopping lists (one list I can modify rather than continually write it over and over!), and even upload pictures (again, far too many to keep track of!). It even has an amazingly cool feature that enables you to make a screen saver of your pictures. (Love that!)
With web access, my husband can even log on to see what is going on during the week and whether or not it is a good time to work late or get home before Mom loses her mind trying to get everyone where they need to be (usually at the same time)!
I highly recommend this product! It is ideal for busy families that are on the go. Families can stay on track with each other. Stay on the same page, so to speak--literally and figuratively. I can actually keep track of the insanity of a family of five with the ease of an organized professional. And let's face it--we mothers are professionals when it comes to lists, schedules and photography. Now, I can prove it with this product.
Cozi Central can be downloaded from their home page - the PC version requires XP with Service Pack 2, and Macs can use the web access version of Cozi.
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