COZI, my friend

I love keeping lists and calendars.  For years, I had a paper planner that I carried all around with me in my large purse.  Now, I have a small purse and a large planner will not fit!  But, no fear, I found the Cozi app.  We love the way it works for our family.  Shannon, Addie and I have it on our phones and can update whatever we need to and all of us can view/edit and get reminders.

Calendar at a glance.

As of now, we have the free version and it really works just fine for us.  I am sure that Cozi Gold could bring us a wealth of new stuff.  But, I like free, so for now, I am sticking with that.  I kind of have the view that if I don't know what I'm missing, it's not that bad.  Although, there may be a blog post down the road that I upgraded.  There are ads that pop up at the bottom, but that doesn't really bother me.  We have been using it for over two years and it's been great!  And now that there is finally a Windows app, Shannon can use it more efficiently.

Menu within app

The normal color of Cozi is orange, but it's like a little palm tree moment for me when they have sponsors colors on there from time to time.  The other day it was a lot of pink and purple and it made me smile so much!

Shopping List

I like how it will send reminders to whomever the calendar has listed for that particular appointment/meeting, etc.  I also like how you can have several different lists.  Shannon is pretty much the best husband because most weeks when he goes into work (he works 4 days from home and goes in one day) he goes to the grocery store on his way home from work.  I can add to the list; he can pull it up and get what we need.   

Just a little side note... we live on a farm and are about 25-30 miles from the nearest mall/Target/Walmart/large grocery store.  Side note within a side note, we are actually 14 miles from school, so yeah, we have to drive to get to anywhere.  So, to save time and gas we don't go but usually once a week to places like that.  And actually depending on the week, I might not get there at all.  Shannon picking a few things up each week is a LIFE SAVER for me.  It is pure joy, really.

One more thing that Cozi has that I use and enjoy is the journal.  I am really not very good at it, but I try very hard to record little things that happen that we want to recall and remember.  I like that it's not a huge commitment on here. I can post a single picture and then a story.  It then lets you share/send it at the end of the month if you would like.  Anyway, I like how simple it is, because that's just the best I can do without getting overwhelmed with that sort of stuff!

Cozi is that happy, little, functional thing!