Online Organizers for Busy Moms
Free and Useful Online Tools and Services To Help Organize Life
Dec 5, 2007
The Internet offers busy moms a wealth of information, but it also offers many free reminder and planner services that can simplify all of the things you need to do, including planning meals, vacations and parties.
Birthday Reminders
Hallmark.com has an email reminder service that lets you know when an important event, such as someone’s birthday, is coming up. You just enter the name of the event, the date and how long in advance you would like them to remind you i.e. a week before, a day before, etc.
Online Meal Planner
Myrecipes.com will email you a new recipe every day to help you plan that night’s supper with their service, Dinner Tonight. The recipes come from magazines such as Cooking Light and Southern Living. Each recipe is quick, easy and can be served in 45 minutes or less. Alternatively, you can also add MyRecipes’ Dinner Tonight to your Google, AOL, MSN or Yahoo home page.
Online Party Planner
Doodle.ch will help you save time organizing events with friends, family and co-workers. You set up a poll giving your guests a choice of dates, times and locations to get together and then email them the link. They select their choices and a chart is generated showing their votes. This saves endless emails going back and forth between all the parties.
Holiday Planning
GoodHousekeeping.com offers a Thanksgiving and Christmas countdown that sends you an email notifying you what you should be doing on each day in preparation of the upcoming holiday. The FoodNetwork.com helps you with your holiday baking by sending you a new Christmas cookie recipe every day for the first 12 days of December.
Weather Alerts and Advisories
The WeatherNetwork.com offers many services but two are particularly useful. First of all they will email you tomorrow’s forecast which can be helpful if you have plans that could be disrupted by bad weather. They also have another service called Weather Warnings, where they will advise you if bad weather is headed for your area. Great in the winter so you can be alerted if you need to leave early.
Shopping Deals Online
MSN.com Shopping's Scoop helps you stay on top of the latest bargains,discounts and sales.It is a free weekly newsletter sent directly to your inbox. It even allows you to purchase the sale item right from the email, saving you time and money.
Safety Recalls
With all the toy and product recalls in the news lately, are you worried that you may miss one? At cpsc.gov (Consumer Products Safety Commission) you can register for their free Recall and Safety News email, so you hear about new concerns when they happen.
Online Travel Planner
Expedia.com's Fare Alert service will inform you of their best deals daily on your Google home page. Travelocity.com lets you set up a travel wish list with their Fare Watcher Plus. You choose up to 10 destinations that you wish to go to and they will notify you of price changes, special offers, and more. They will even help you discover new destinations that you may like based on your interests.
Whether it is birthday reminders, weather alerts or finding shopping deals online, any of these free online services will definitely help moms organize and simplify their busy lives.
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