Treat Yourself to an Organized School Year {giveaway, too!}
Ok moms (and ladies who aren’t yet moms, if you’re reading this). The “new year” of the school year is approaching, and do you know yet what you’re going to use to help keep schedules organized? I’ll help you out. You can stop researching all the life planners right now, and check out the Catholic liturgical academic year planner from Blessed is She. (photos by Susana Starbuck)
If you’ve seen the images already, but haven’t seen it in person, know that it’s been wow-ing women as they receive their planners. It’s so pretty with the rose pink and gold foil on the cover.
The monthly layouts are like the previous planner, but better. I love how the holy days of obligation are highlighted, and I still love the monthly saint and prayer. And did you notice the days are marked with that colored bar to show what kind of liturgical day they are? This is a liturgical girl’s dream.
Every week has a spread like this, with gorgeous script verses, a to-do list, grocery list, meal planning, notes, goals, prayer intentions, and follow-up box. What more do you need except for someone else to make those calls and emails for you? (and grocery shop, am I right?) Turn the pages again and you’re looking at the weekly/daily/hourly spread.
It’s incredible.
Guess what? I’m giving one away. If you don’t want to take your chances, go here to buy one.
Enter the giveaway below!
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I’m looking forward to the rhythm and routine of the school year. I love summer but we have difficulty staying consistent with so much time in our hands!
Since we are talking planners, I’d love to see blog posts about how you plan and schedule 😉
I’m looking forward to seeing all that my daughter accomplishes in kindergarten!
It looks gorgeous, I just can’t justify the expense. This coming year I’m probably most excited about teaching my middle daughter to read.
I am most excited about my daughter being able to attend religion class every morning before going to public school across the street. I am also excited to try and follow the liturgical year more closely.
My kids are too young for an academic year, but I’m excited about teaching my 2 year old more letters! I love reading blog content specifically geared towards moms raising their preschool age kids in the faith.
I’m looking forward to teaching online for the first time!
So neat! What will you be teaching?
I love the fact that it’s tied to the liturgical year. This coming school year I’m most looking forward to new volunteering opportunities at my daughters’ catholic school and assisting with their inaugural robotics team.
Robotics team sounds awesome!
I’m excited to have a year of my husband in PhD work under my belt so hopefully we can have a smoother year!
This planner is so beautiful! This upcoming academic year, I’m most excited to begin my masters in sacred art!
I am most looking forward to having the two oldest in school full time and seeing how much they grow!! They love school and just flourish there!
So beautiful!!! I’m really looking to continue helping my son to explore and learn, he is one year and half. I hopefully when the time arrives the homeschooling could be our choice.
I love your blog already, but I’d enjoy reading more about marriage! As a soon-to-be bride, I have spent my engagement looking all over for blog posts about living out that vocation.
I am very excited for our first full year of homeschooling this year! I’m a bit sad and nervous at the same time because my oldest is beginning high school… cant believe it! Im most looking forward to sharing great literature at home together this year!
I’d love to see more of your adventures in homeschooling in your blog!
This planner is so beautiful! Love the pink and gold! I’m looking forward to staying organized with meals and appointments this year!
I most looking forward to my youngest son’s First Holy Communion!
I would love to see a blog post actually showing your planner in use with your daily routine!
I will work on a post for that! I also have a son who will receive First Holy Communion this year.
I am looking forward to read alouds the most. I also like discussing history and science. Not the book work as much, the discussions that come about after reading the books.
I like to hear about what books you are reading with and without kids. Recipes and homemaking with a large family.
Great post ideas! I usually just double recipes, but I’ll work on some posts with my favorites!
I would love to win this planner! It looks so comprehensive and I love the liturgical dates pre-entered for me! This upcoming school year, I’m really looking forward to teaching my new Kindergartner to read (she’s even more excited than I am!) Thanks for this opportunity, Gina <3
TWO comments?!!? I always love your post that integrate faith and family life <3 More of that!
I am most looking forward to completing big projects at work! (With no kids and out of school the academic year doesn’t normally effect my life.)
I am looking forward to clearing my teaching credentials, and one step closer to my own classroom.
That is awesome!
I;m looking forward to exploring more with the kids. I learn as much as they do!
I am looking forward to my preschooler going to the same school as his brother.
I would love to see more content about celebrating feast days.
I’ll work on that! Feast days aren’t (yet) my specialty, but blogging about it might force me to do better. 😉
Looking forward to being more organized this year!
This is awesome!!
Looking forward to a fresh start and learning along with my kids as we begin homeschooling. A planner would probably be a good idea 🙂
Looking forward to starting pre school activities with my almost four year old :). We won’t be doing something every day, but she loves reading, learning letters, and learning about counting
I am looking forward to starting loose homeschooling with my 3 year old this year!
I’m looking forward to watching my kids learn! Love the ?moments:)
I would love to keep reading articles that help keep me feeling like I’m a good mom, I’m not failing, and I can do this!
I’m looking forward to starting K with #4. He’s already learned so much just by playing in the room while I taught his siblings, so I can’t wait to see how well he does when we officially begin! I’m also kind of excited (and scared) to see how I’m going to manage homeschooling 4 kids with a newborn in the house! ?
Whew, I know that feeling well. My best tip would be to take your time and allow yourself lots of grace. Patience and read-alouds go a long way to making a year pretty decent even with a newborn. 😉
I love blog posts with your reviews (and giveaways!), favorite big family recipes, and anything about your homeschooling journey!
Gina, this is so generous! I can’t swing purchasing one right now but excited about the chance to win! This year I’m not looking forward to tutoring religion at our homeschool co-op and I love everything you share. Your last post on praying for our children was so great! I always enjoy when you write about motherhood and your journey, whether it be family related or homeschool or day to day! Hugs!
Ha, well that’s supposed to say “MOST looking forward to” and NOT “not” 😛 gee whiz, autocorrect!
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What a beautiful planner. Thanks for the chance to win.
I should add that I am most looking forward to being more organized! 🙂 I have 4 in school and 1 at home and having teenagers and little ones is throwing me for a loop. I need to stay more on top of it all this year.
Whew, that has me exhausted thinking of it! I’m not to the teen years yet, but 2 in junior high and 4 kids in sports is making my head spin!
I’m so excited to see my oldest head off to kindergarted at our parish. I am both equally excited and terrified to see him go
I love hearing about your everyday moments with kids. Another favorite is hearing what others are reading.
I’m looking forward to the routine of school.
I’d love to see ideas for celebrating the liturgical year.
I’m looking forward to settling into a routine! We’ve been in crisis mode for several years and hoping it will calm down a little this fall.
I’m new here so I’m not sure what content I would like to see. I look forward to exploring your blog to see what is here. As far as the school year, this is our 12th year with 12 more to go. Our plan is to add more of the liturgical year celebrations into our school days so you can imagine how excited I was to see the highlighted liturgical seasons/saints/holy days/prayers in the planner! Very cool!
Wow! You must have a lots of wisdom. 😉 Working liturgical days into the school day is a work-in-progress for me!
I’m looking forward to another month and a half of summer…. seeing as how we just finished in the second/third week of June… but when we go back after Labor Day, I’m looking forward to my 1st grader making the final push into reading. Always my happiest moment when I’ve taught my kids how to read and to open a whole new world for them.
Ah, yes. I’m holding on to the summer days as well. Mine will start back in just over a month. Reading is such a great part of learning together. I love that!
I’m just starting so…I’m looking forward to just trying to homeschool my daughter for kinder!
I’d love to hear ideas about making real spiritual progress while being a mom!
Wow, great idea. I’m no expert, but I think I have a few ideas to share!
That planner is gorgeous and really does have it all! I’m most looking forward to my oldest to be in kindergarten and my 3 year old to attend a few days of preschool at our parish school. Excited to hear their ‘stories’ when they come home and see what they’ve learned and I’m also excited to spend some one on one time with my almost 2 year old daughter…even if it’s only for a few hrs a couple days a week. 🙂
Beautiful blog. So glad I visited! Hoping to win that planner too! ?
I’m looking forward to going back to school and makin Christ the Heartbeat of my work, and not just my prayers. St. Josemaria Escriva, pray for us! ❤️
I’m a fairly new reader and I honestly can’t even remember how I found your blog but you have so many wonderful insights. I love blog posts about day-to-day family “stuff” (meals that are easy, great books for kids, keeping the faith alive with children, etc.) Thanks for all that you share!
I’m most looking forward to my oldest learning to read. He’s right on the cusp and it’s just so exciting seeing those lightbulbs!
I’d love to see examples of how you implement the planner in your everyday. 🙂
This is so needed to keep organized. I’m looking forward to getting my LO into a routine that has learning activities.
Also I would love content on feast days and incorporating them into the curriculum
I’m dying for one of these, but can’t pay the expense. I really hope I win! I love Blessed is She. It’s my dream to write for their daily devotional someday…
Okay, so the two questions: I’m looking forward to my girly starting pre-K. She’s so excited! And, I’m new to your site, so I can’t say what I’d like to see more of, except that I’m excited to READ more of what you have up already!!!
So glad you found my blog!
I hope that there will be more blog posts about how to integrate prayer into our daily lives!
This upcoming academic year I’m looking forward to serving others to bring them close to Christ, and learning how to make Christ my main focus despite the craziness of senior year!
This planner looks so beautiful!!
I am new to the blog and looking forward to reading more about maintaining a strong personal faith life in the raising toddlers/babies period. I am very excited to incorporate my faith more closely throughout the year by celebrating some feast days and making our own traditions!
Hi Laura! Welcome! I’m going to try to blog about this, maintaining a personal faith life, very soon!