Browsing all posts in September, 2009.
Cone of Silence
The Hoover Library has installed a “Cone of Silence” for cell phone uses to have a brief telephone discussion without disturbing patrons. It’s about time we started using an invention like this for something besides beauty pageants during the final question to determine the winner [...]
Holiday and Seasonal Outfits for Young Children
If you want to be in good shape for the upcoming holiday season, pick up outfits for Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas now while the selection is best. If you’re shooting for matching or coordinating outfits for Christmas card photos, you’ll need to get moving.
Seasonal kids’ clothing features an ever-expanding variety of themes and [...]
Easy Decorating Idea for Next to Nothing
The Pottery Barn Kids’ catalog seems to specialize in making art out of the simplest everyday items. I’m amazed every time I flip the pages and see yet another construction paper masterpiece merchandised like fine art.
I must have been in a Pottery Barn frame of mind lately because I was struck with [...]
Moms are Great Vacationers
I just returned from a “girls’ trip” in which nine moms slipped away from their daily routines and left the kids and spouses behind to fend for themselves.
We all checked in dutifully with home each day, giving shelf-by-shelf directions on where to find clean uniforms and frozen casseroles. We were also giddy at [...]
Find: Bold Print Notes for $1
Take a look at these irresistible foldover notes in sophisticated, bold color. With fabulous look-at-me patterns like these, there’s certainly nothing shy about them. This is the kind of note that will stand out in any desktop stack.
While they are saucy enough on their own, a [...]
Unthink Honey
This summer I hastily opened a packet of honey to put on a biscuit, took one bite and realized something was amiss. It wasn’t just the heavenly scent of honey or the mesmerizing drizzly texture. No, the problem was that I wasn’t even eating honey in the first place. I was eating [...]
Helicopter Toilet Training
I recently learned that Cottonelle makes a kids’ toilet paper that is supposed to help potty training youngsters learn how much T.P. is “just enough.” The sheets are printed with a puppy paw print on a run of four squares followed by the Cottonelle puppy on the fifth square, signaling that [...]
Tuition Ahead: Birmingham National College Fair
Since education and personal responsibilty are on topic these days, it only seems appropriate to mention the Birmingham National College Fair scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 20, from 1 – 4 p.m. at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex.
With tuition costs rising, schools are eager to attract students [...]
Cold or H1N1 (“Swine”) Flu?
It’s true that moms worry, and the H1N1 flu virus has got us more worried than usual. Let’s agree to stay helpfully alert, not helplessly worried, with information on how to recognize symptoms of a common cold vs. symptoms of the flu. This following information [...]
Find: Glad Steamer Bags for Perfect Potatoes
Get better results when you prepare a “baked” potato by using Glad Steaming bags in the microwave.
While restaurants bake their potatoes on high heat in commercial grade ovens, most of us don’t have the hour it takes to wait for them to cook nor [...]