The Perpetual Calendar

by Lois Breneman

This is the time of year when we try to have an ample supply of calendars for our home.

Years ago I bought more calendars than I really needed because they were super cute and very inexpensive.  Not a money-saving tip!  I thought I would use them as gifts, but then I changed my mind.  So I hung onto them, which IS a money-saving tip, because of the following information! Some of the nice calendars that we had used were not marked up, so those can be recycled.

I have four very nice specialty calendars with lovely pictures that I'll need to pass on to a younger person though.  Why? Well, because the next year they will match up, I will be one hundred years old!  I doubt I'll be needing them.  If I'm still alive, I probably won't know what day it is, even with a calendar!  Although I do enjoy saving money, sorry to say, this was *not* a money-saving measure!

Thanks to the perpetual calendar chart, we can find out other years that those calendars can used! http://www.vpcalendar.net/20th_21st.html

For the following five years in red, a calendar from those previous years listed will work, which means you don't need to buy more calendars if you have any from these corresponding years!

This link works even better when searching for a specific year so you can find out how it can be used again if not marked up:
http://www.whencanireusethiscalendar.com/

2017 - 1978 - 1989 - 1995 - 2006
2018 - 1973 - 1979 - 1990 - 2001 - 2007
2019 - 1974 - 1985 - 1991 - 2002 - 2013
2020 - 1964 - 1992  (Leap Year means less corresponding years)
2021 - 1965 - 1971 - 1982 - 1993 - 1999 - 2010

So don't toss out your old calendars.  Simply refer to a perpetual calendar.  I plan to label my old calendars to use in the future, since they're in perfect condition.