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2011-2012 DAY PLANNERS
I’ve been a big fan of the day planners available from MomAgenda and I’ve just received word that their new 2011-2012 day planners are available. What I love about their products is not only their great attention to detail and thoroughness in the planners, but the great quality and design of all of their planners and journals. Definitely worth a look.
MOTHER’S DAY JOURNALS
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With spring cleaning on everyone’s lips, there’s going to be a lot of junk tossed into dumpsters in the coming months. Although the idea of de-cluttering is a noble goal, one person’s clutter is another person’s gold. For example, that tacky sweater your aunt gave you last Christmas may keep someone less fortunate warm next winter, and a lot of toxic waste—to include batteries, used CFLs, and other things that contain chemicals harmful to the environment—needs to be dealt with particularly. They don’t belong in landfills, and in fact much of our spring cleaning refuse can be recycled. Here’s how. Read More→
It’s Spring time already? Where has the time gone? Daylight savings time will be springing forward soon, the leprechauns have got their clovers ready for St. Patrick’s Day and Easter is hopping closer and closer. Some where in between all of these things, there’s one more Spring time essential that must be done: Spring cleaning! This year will be no average year for spring cleaning in my household. I’ve been doing some research and this spring, I’m on a mission to bust my winter clutter.
- Safety
Many people may think, “What? You’re talking about power cleaning and clutter busting and you’re going to start with safety? It’s just cleaning, Do I really need to worry that much about safety?” I don’t mean to scare anybody, but every year there are 20,000 deaths and 21 million hospitalizations from home-related injuries so the first and foremost item on my list is to stay safe! Here’s a few safety tips: When you’re going to be spending a lot of time bending, kneel instead and wear some knee-pads to keep yourself comfy. When clearing and re-organizing clutter, make sure you leave any doorways, hallways and stairs clear of objects to trip on (about ½ of those injuries I mentioned are from tripping and falling). When carrying arms full of household items, make sure that you can see the ground and the path you’ll be walking over or around your load. When you have to use a step ladder, don’t take any risks. Lastly, before you doing anything strenuous, stretch yourself out and warm up a bit, like you would before exercising. You’d be surprised how much that will improve your energy and attitude while cleaning, while at the same time reducing your chance of injury.
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Are you getting ready for a big family vacation and need some new headphones for the kids? Or do you like to listen to music while you’re on the computer and can’t every hear because the kids are playing too loud?
Well, the good folks at iFrogz recently sent me a nice set of their EarPollution CS40 Headphones in order to give them a try and I couldn’t be more pleased.
Headphones in our house have been a bit of a problem for awhile. We’ve tended to use the little cheap earbuds that come with whatever equipment we’re using and they’ve never worked out well. The kids never really liked wearing them since they were uncomfortable and the sound was never too strong. When I used those types while on the computer, I could still hear a lot of background noise and would have to turn the volume up to an uncomfortable level.
With the CS40s, however, these problems have largely been eliminated. The sound quality is simply amazing. Nice and clear with plenty of bass. The beauty of these headphones, though, is that they block out external sounds, leaving you with nothing but the output from the headphones. And, when the kids are listening to their music or playing their games with the headphones on, you can’t hear the sound leaking out from the earpieces.
These headphones are also extremely comfortable. I’ve found myself wearing them for an hour or more and I’ve simply forgot they’re still on my head. I can watch my favorite shows on the laptop now while the kids play noisily around me or watch TV and the CS40s block out the sound.
Here’s my little guy practicing his keyboard with the CS40s on. He likes to play the practice tunes over and over and now we all don’t go crazy hearing the same song all day…
We’re all looking for clever ways to get our kids to participate around the house, especially when it comes to getting organized and cleaning up clutter.
Well, the Les Mess Organizing Card Game is just the trick to help accomplish these oftentimes difficult tasks.
According to their website, “LES MESS, a fun interactive card game that teaches children how to clean up after themselves and manage their possessions.”
Les Mess recently sent me a deck of these cards to try out and my kids have had quite a bit of fun with these.
The game is set up so that your child draws a card and then does the task in the allotted time. There are also “Bonus” cards that allow the child a free day or some other twist. You can then set up the game to offer a prize or reward when the task is completed.
This game seems like a handy way to get your kids involved in tidying up his or her things as well helping out around the house. Ideally they will then become a bit more aware of keeping things organized and develop a habit of picking up more often.
