Browsing all posts in October, 2009.
Shop, Save & Share Around Birmingham
Get a jump on your Christmas list with the Shop, Save & Share card (try saying that five times fast) from the Junior League of Birmingham.
The card costs $40 and gives you 20% discounts at over 500 merchants, from Alabama Outdoors to Z Galleries. Several [...]
Giveaway of Family Health Products
October is Family Health Month and I was lucky enough to be contacted by a publicist sharing several products that BirminghamMoms might find of interest. I thought the best thing to do would be to give them away to fellow BirminghamMoms in hopes you can benefit from these products and perhaps [...]
Digital Immigrants Raising Digital Natives
I’m struggling a bit with raising wired children (and thriving myself) in a wired society. Maybe you share my issues. Do any of these sound familiar?
Your son is playing Club Penguin on the computer in the kitchen; your daughter is simultaneously playing Club Penguin in the same “virtual world” from a computer in the [...]
Find: Humor for the Couple You’ve Become (Thanks to Kids)
When you have kids you can’t maintan the luxury of personal illusions. When our daughter casually pointed out my husband’s mildly thinning hair, there was no malice intended. Likewise, when my son noticed one of my strained buttons, I knew I couldn’t keep blaming the dryer for shrinking all my clothes when we continue [...]
Women Wear Uncomfortable Shoes. This is News?
Check out this recent headline:
Vital Signs: Study Finds Women Wear Shoes That Cause Pain
This is so obvious to me that it is laughable. These researchers could have saved a grant’s worth of money by asking almost any woman on the street about her footwear. She would likely admit that, as fabulous [...]
Halloween Snack Coupons
Your can treat your halloween visitors or be prepared for your own cravings this fall.
At participating Wendy’s, a $1 donation to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption will be met with a gift book of 10 coupons, each for a Jr. Frosty.
At participating Burger King [...]
Voices Against Violence in Greater Birmingham
My closest personal encounter with domestic violence was during college, when a roommate and good friend locked herself in her room for hours. When she came out we noticed her swollen eyes (from crying) and a bump on her head. She finally confessed that she and her boyfriend had [...]
Ugly Office Chair Makeover
This is a basic $60 office chair of the sort sold at any large retailer or office supply store. For few years its black leather upholstery has been like a pair of sensible shoes, servicable but not any fun.
With nothing to lose, I decided to give this [...]
Find: Make (Most) Anything Into a Pen
As the memory keeper for the family, most of us have hung on to objects for sentimental reasons even though there is no hope of them ever having a practical use for us again. Here’s a novel way to retain an item in a tangible form without cluttering up a [...]
Mommy Money Worries
Patti Black is a Certified Financial Planner and BirminghamMom of twins who advises high net worth individuals. She has some practical advice for rest of us as well.
It’s no surprise that moms of average means are having to carefully budget and allocate resources during [...]