Oh my, Allison I am sorry! I wondered how your DD2 became engaged and married so fast :-( I should have known you would at least have posted a dress issue or something on the conversations board with all that wedding talk! Very sorry for that misunderstanding. But initially the posts that crossed over to houzz were not dated, so I had no idea the thread was four years old. Now I see they are dated, although in the faintest possible ink color. (Houzz must have mostly 20 and 30 something users with better eyesight.) At any rate, the groom may not have been a keeper but the flowers were lovely!

I remember being crabby with them when they did a makeover for a mom who had family members involved with 3 schools--dad was a principal one place; kids were students in different grades. Lots of activities, etc. Their calendar solution was a write-on, wipe-off calendar. Because it was a PRODUCT, and it *looked* cool. But you can only track one month at a time. I thought, Where is she supposed to write down that she's got a dentists' appointment in 6 weeks? Or where is she going to write all the school plays, team practices, big games, school-board meetings, for 4 busy people, months in advance? She'll have to track them on a paper calendar, and then re-write them once a month. So, it was done by a *stylist*, who looked at what is available int he market and looks cool, but didn't really seem to consult anybody who knew anything about how to organize your life. I work at a magazine, and that often is how it is, unfortunately. Not always, but it happens often enough, especially w/ photo-driven and product-driven magazines. Which Real Simple is.

I was at Target today and I quickly looked through some of these items. (I was pressed for time.) I bought the "Notepad with Grommet". It also has a heavy-duty magnetic back, but I see myself using this more on a horizontal surface so I likely won't hang it. The web site lists it as $10. Yikes! I hesitated at $5. and change. What I like about it is the paper quality and that fact that it has perforations. When perforated, each list is the size of a bookmark -- which I liked too. I think that the "organizing products" are worth a second look, the next time I'm in. I didn't get a chance to look at any of the "cleaning products" items. Maura Here is a link that might be useful: notepad

Not sure about fiance's side, but my friends mostly loathe cell phones and few are into social media other than occasional FB posting. But many of them do like and enjoy looking at photo's of loved ones since we are separated by hundreds of miles, if not a thousand in some instances for those overseas. This would be a private site for wedding guests to view only. And since were are mostly in our 50's, very few kid photos. Most of my friends are teachers or professionals who deal with people, so have at least a modicum of technical know-how. Yes, I am aware that technical savvy knows no age, I work at a college and am often astounded at how technically un-savvy some of my students are. Particularly with ideas about online privacy and information literacy. I just got back from my high school reunion, and one of the features that was quite enjoyable was they made some big frames and cute balloon signs for taking and sharing photos. It was fun, did not overshadow or detract from the party and time spent socializing in person, and there was a modicum of sharing mostly through Facebook, some to a private FB group that was just for our class. I'd like to do something similar but not using FB because I don't want a FB group for all eternity based around my wedding.