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[quote=Anonymous]DH and I also share a Google calendar.  I hadn't thought about using it for tasks though.  We use it to deconflict activities and childcare and to ensure that each of us gets a block of "me time" on alternating weekends.

I do the vast majority of planning for the household -- financial planning, planning & registering kids care/summer camps, attending IEP meetings, selecting doctors, cub scouts stuff, vacation planning, arranging home improvement/maintenance, meal planning & grocery shopping, etc.  I did manage to completely hand off managing DS's therapy and medication management though.  It started with DH taking over getting the kids on the bus in the morning and taking DS to therapy.  Then I just left it all up to him and let him deal with it or not.  We've had a couple of times where DS has missed a day of medication due to DH not getting it refilled in time and we got charged a $75 no show fee when DH didn't call in time to cancel therapy when DS went to a birthday party.

The google calendar thing is a really good idea and I should take more advantage of it.  I use it for reminders of things that need to get done quarterly or seasonally, so I should also set it up to remind him of things like FSA/DCFSA enrollment.[/quote]

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