Diaries and calenders. What do you use to keep track of you and your kids activities?

[Dragonbutter]

I've had a look at the organised mum stuff, but the family diary looks a bit big to carry around all the time.

Do i need one with a column for each member of the family?
Do i need a calender and a diary?

I used to use a palm pilot but am not sure how it would adapt to keeping schedules of four people?

Help!
TIA

Crikey

I have a ring-binder A5 size diary and cram all four persons' activities intp it.

I cross-ref with my CM wallplanner

Can't work out the calender thingy on my mobile

[old-fogey]

BALD - you're still alive then?

My phone doesn't do anything fancy. I'm not sure where my palm pilot is, somewhere in a box from my previous life where i had a career.
Not sure i've got time to fiddle around with it now.

For the last couple of years i've just run things from a calender in my kitchen. But i just started a new job and the hours vary and there are other hours up for grabs but i can't decide on anything unless i'm stood in my kitchen.
That's the dilemma.

Admittedly this isn't the most exciting mn thread and is unlikely to make it to classics.
But help me. I need to be more organised.

Google calendar. It sends you email reminders and you can print and view events by day, week and month. Love it.

i think i'm going to need a calender and a diary.
am seriously considering a filofax.

I have a spiral bound diary, a page to 2 days. There are so many of us I need a big box to write in.

The downside is that I turn the page and am suddenly confronted with my Mums birthday and I've not got her anything.

I have the organised mum family life book, and the wall calnedar. Like others have said, if it isn't put on the calendar thentough if we are double booked.

I go with a family calendar in the kitchen, which we all live by, and have a small diary in my handbag which I copy it into. Then I copy it from there to my work calendar, so no-one can book me a meeting when I'm going to be leaving early.

Thanks everyone who posted.
I've got a filofax now and so far so good. I haven't decided between a dodopad or an organised mum calender yet, but as DH never looks at the calender we already have, I'm not 100% sure it's necessary.
For now, everythings' in the filofax and very portable so that's good.
As long as I don't lose it