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Just what I was looking for!

I bought two of these. I hot-glued several heavy-duty magnets to the back of each one so I could put them on my refrigerator. (The boards are magnetic to use on the front, not magnetic to attach to something metal - which is what I figured, so I’m not bothered by it.) I found some different colored dry-erase pens with magnets and tiny erasers on them so that I can color-coordinate my tasks, and they are right next to boards when I need them. I love being able to erase my tasks as they are accomplished.

I wasn’t sure what I’d do with the corkboard part, but it’s turned out to be a great feature. I cut a bunch of 1 1/2 by 3 inch pieces of paper, wrote out 3 or 4 dozen dinner ideas on them (they’re on another corkboard in the pantry when not on these weekly boards) and now I can have my dinners planned ahead of time. The rest of the family can easily ‘request’ meals for the next week so that when I do my weekly grocery shopping, I already know what’s on the menu and what I need to buy.

I chose two boards instead of one because I like to see what’s coming up, especially at the end of the week. I just take them down each Monday morning, copy the routine items from the coming week, and then use my other calendar to fill in the odd-ball stuff.

This works so much better for me than a whole month because there just isn’t enough room on those for all of the stuff that needs to be done.

The quality of these boards is great, nothing flimsy about them.

Update (5/19/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen.

The featured review for this product, Board Dudes 7.5″x23″ Weekly Planner Combo Board - Horizontal 44062UA-4 Office Product, was written by Mel Counts Beans.

The average rating for this item is 5 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.