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Add to my to-do list: When you set a blog entry to auto-publish at a later time, check that it actually posts!!  I apologize to anyone who came back last week looking for this entry–I realized this morning it never posted.

My biggest wish list for Google calendar was a to-do list feature, so this was a major selling point on Cozi.  Like the calendar, to-do lists can be assigned (by color) to the different people or categories you set up.   You can create multiple to-do lists and either clear/delete them when you’re done or keep them for later use, like the FlyLady Zone calendars I imported from Cozi.

Include the date on your to-do list entry and it will transfer over to your calendar!  I just discovered this last week and I am THRILLED!  Less double-posting from me for items that I put both on the to-do list and the calendar.

The to-do lists can be retrieved as a text message or through mobile access as well as printable.

I have one more post about Cozi coming up–tips & tricks for using it.  If you have any questions about Cozi and what it does, leave a comment below and I’ll answer it in the last Cozi entry.  If you haven’t already done so, be sure to read the other Cozi entries.

All comments are my own, I am not at all connected with Cozi except as a satisfied user.

I covered the calendar feature in my entry on using Cozi as a menu planner, so I won’t go over it in detail here.  If you are already familiar with Google Calendar, this operates very similarly.  A few highlights and tricks….

In the settings area, you can add family members to assign calendar entries to.  I use that to also create entries for family activities, appointments, errands, house work, etc.  Each entry can be assigned to one or more color-coded categories, so I use the family member as the main “category” and then a secondary “category” to fit the activity.

Reminders can be sent via text or e-mail to the assigned e-mail address or phone number for each entry.  I don’t use this for most things, yet, but I think I will be adding reminders in the near future.  Since I almost always have my phone or iPod Touch with me in the house, the reminders could be set to keep me on track.

If you utilize Microsoft Outlook for your e-mail and/or calendar, you can download a tool bar from Cozi to keep the two calendars in sync.

Another really nice feature is the ability to import calendars from across the internet.  Your local weather, school calendars, family movie release dates, professional sporting events, and a variety of other calendars can be imported into your Cozi calendar.

Be sure to read my other entries about Cozi and my love for it!

All comments are my own, I am not at all connected with Cozi except as a satisfied user.

I am a bit of a nut in that I LOVE to make a grocery list.  And menu plan.  LOVE it.  I love taking a pen to paper, writing it all out, making my notes of which items are on sale, which have coupons.  It was wonderful in my pre-kids days.  And I could handle it when I had just one.  Now with three?  I’m lucky if I make it out the door to the grocery with all three kids AND my purse, nevermind a paper grocery list!

I tried several apps for my iPod Touch and then, when I upgraded to a smartphone, my Droid.  But nothing worked quite the way I wanted it to–namely, sync across multiple devices, enter items across multiple platforms, e-mail/text to my husband, house multiple shopping lists.  And then I found Cozi.  Be still my heart. It did all of those things!

After I use Cozi to plan my meals, I switch to the shopping lists.   This is one of the two features I really wanted from Google Calendar when I used it.

I like to keep running lists as I think of items and I like to be able make them store-specific.  Cozi makes it easy to create multiple lists and add to them wherever I happen to be.  I have a list for each grocery store I shop at, each drug store, the hardware store, etc.  Switching between the lists is as easy as clicking on the list name and you can create as many lists as you wish.  Well, I’m sure there is a limit…I’ve just not reached it yet!  Cozi saves your lists automatically, so no entering ten items only to later find that you forgot to hit save!  And its as easy to remove items as it is to enter them.

We don’t live close to base, so I rarely make it to the commissary.  But I have a commissary list that I add to and, when I need SoldierBoy to pick a few things up for me, I can send him the mobile website link, e-mail it to him or send it as a text message.  Very convenient!

I haven’t tried the 1-888 feature yet but I love the idea of it!  Upon calling the number, you enter your cell phone number and they’ll read the list to you or send it as a text.

Have I sold you on Cozi yet?  Is there something you want to know if Cozi does?   Leave a comment below!

To-do lists is the last feature that I wanted with Google Calendar….so come back Wednesday for my highlight of it!

All comments are my own, I am not at all connected with Cozi except as a satisfied user.