Browsing all posts in December, 2009.

Find: Bottle Cap Necklaces

What do you do when you want to donate money for a favorite cause but have taken a hiatus from paid work to raise your kids? This was the dilemma Abby, a BirminghamMom of three faced when she wanted to give more than her time to the causes she supported.
This [...]

Find: Plate for a Picky Eater

I feel for the parents of picky eaters. After all, it’s understandable when your child has a medical need to avoid certain foods, but it has to be exasperating when your kid is just plain unwilling to step out of a comfort zone.
On more than one [...]

Birmingham’s Holiday Home Tour

There must be some sweet-talkin’ ladies at the Independent Presbyterian Church on Highland Avenue.
This is the 60th year they’ve persuaded owners of some of the most beautiful and interesting homes in Birmingham to give us a peek inside their private world for the IPC Tour of Homes. Most of these homes would [...]

Find: Alabama Goods

I know firsthand what it’s like to be homesick, and I don’t just mean the summer camp variety of homesickness. I mean the kind where there is no sun like the Alabama sun, no breeze like the Gulf breeze, and no barbeque that can satisfy.
My first “real” job [...]

More Elf Tricks

The elves are back and some BirminghamMoms have reported strange happenings in their homes.
Like last year, the elves seem to like vis-a-vis markers for leaving greetings on bathroom mirrors, shower doors, and even aquariums.  This year they have been working double time:
One morning an elf appeared wearing its kid’s Silly [...]

Find: Car Butler (Aluminum Frame Tote)

It’s true that I’ve probably never met a tote I didn’t like. However, this one is unique simply because it suits such a heretofore unmet purpose. I’m calling it the car butler.
Several months ago I read a a book about organizing that suggested creating an “errand box” which would work [...]

Pajama Jeans

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I’m totally intrigued by this product: Pajama Jeans. They’re billed as “Pajamas to live in. Jeans to sleep in.”
Where were these back when I was on maternity leave?

They’re sold by PajamaGram.com, which says they’re made of Dormisoft, a denim consisting of 95% cotton and 5% spandex. They don’t [...]

Find: Purse Hook

Whether you schlep around a cheap purse or carry a fine designer bag, you probably can’t avoid placing it on the floor from time to time, especially in a restaurant. Chances are also good that when you bring a load in from the car you drop everything on the [...]