Journals - Calendars - Diaries
and more

Our advice to jot down notes in journals - a calendar - or in your diary was not given lightly.

Of course, it's just a suggestion, but we are very serious about you keeping track of your health as well as your emotional well-being. We feel this is such a handy - quick and convenient way for you to do it.

When you follow the Healthy Living Guide and the Yes List of good healthy food and the No List of Unhealthy foods. And if you decide to use some of the recommended vitamins and health supplements, you will want to know how each and every thing you are doing is effecting your health.

By taking notes, you can quickly see if something is working - that goes for positive as well as negative reactions.

It is also a good idea to write down as much as you can remember in the past few months or so - go back in time and write down all that you can think of.... For instance, "Went to Rachel's wedding, had the chocolate cake and sampled all the goodies - my fibromyalgia symptoms went through the roof all week".

By taking notes and looking back you will be able to see the "BIG PICTURE".

In our house we have calendars and journals for several different uses. We have the obligatory one in the kitchen for family stuff - and we each have our own personal calendars. I keep a little engagement journal and so does my husband. And I have a separate diary for thoughts and notes on health matters. People use their "Blackberries", for similar reasons, but we find it easier and more private to keep notes. (and you don't have to worry about the battery going dead)

It's a good idea to have a family calendar as well as a personal one, for yourself. If you are using the family calendar, it's better to use it for matters relating to everyone and not your own health and well-being. It helps tremendously to avoid the questions from well-meaning family members. "Wow, Mom , I didn't know you felt terrible when you were at my soccer game last week ! etc. . .

Personally, I don't like to go calendar/journal shopping. The selections are strictly limited and I always had to settle, and choose from limited choices, until we found Calendars.com. They have an almost unlimited selection of calendars, journals and they also have diaries.

They offer Calendars - Journals with nearly every imaginable theme. Lots of Dog related ones, with most any breed you may be interested in. They are printed on very high quality paper. One of my son's framed some of the old movie posters from his last year's calendar.

Most all of their gift items are dog related, but their calendar/ journal selection is unmatched.

They have this year's - 2008 - as well as - 2009 -
Journals and Calendars.

We picked our favorites and you can have a look below. Just click on any link and you will be at Calendars.com and you can have a look at their huge selection.

Don't worry, when you click BUY you aren't buying anything - you will just open another page and then you can take a look around.

While you're there, you might even get a few gift ideas. Unique - Fun things - and the prices are very reasonable. Let us know how you like their site.

Nearly everyone we know has a dog, so if you know one of those people (we know a few) - " that has everything"and it's nearly impossible to come up with a gift idea . . . They become easier to shop for when we look for dog breed related items.

Calendars - Journals and Diaries make good creative gift ideas for just about anyone, (including yourself). We have given the Scrapbook Calendars to several family and friends with great success.

We are trying to help you get started on your new Healthy Living Program and by giving you the links to the different products and companies we use and recommend, we hope to make it a bit easier for you to get started. When we started our healthy living program, we had lots of questions along the way. We hope to save you some of the tedious search hours and since we have had good experiences with the different companies, we're passing the information along to you. You can purchase the items you need anywhere you choose, but please get them. And let us know how your natural health and healthy living program is coming along. And how your symptoms are improving. Click here to give us a comment-suggestion-or your own health tip.