I can't remember the name of the program, but there is a program designed specifically to give you a countdown towards an event or events. If I remember it, I'll repost, but I'm sure someone out there knows it.
VBirthday Deluxe 4 is intended to remind you about annual events you always want to remember. You will not forget the birthday of your friend and the anniversary of wedding of your brother. Simply bring in all your events to the database and VBirthday Deluxe 4 won't forget about them!
You need just to install VBirthday 4 on your device! VBirthday 4 will collect birthdays & anniversaries from your Contacts & Calendar. You may also bring in the events to own VBirthday database. The backup copy and import/export features are available.
The events collected are shown on the today screen (the program has built-in plug-in) and also in the unique «birthday browsers».
Features inherited from VBirthday 3 GOLD Edition:
Scans your Contacts database and Appointments database for birthday/anniversary events
Has own database for events
Checks dates up to 1 year back and ahead
Highlights events that occur today (optional)
Shows number of days to the event (optional)
Able to take contact details by simple tapping
Selectable date display formats
Selectable name display formats
Selectable icons for every event
Selectable font size
Selectable icons for events
Displays Age and Anniversary year (optional)
Uses minimal amount of space on your 'Today' screen
Invisible when no events present (optional)
Full support for Pocket PC 2002 themes!
Fully optimized direct-access database engine
Compatible with all Pocket PC/PocketPC2002 devices
Can be installed from different systems: Windows95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP