Browsing all posts in March, 2010.
Mom-Invented Childcare Products
I’ve been introduced to some mom-invented products that I’m sharing on NBC13′s Daytime Alabama.
The Tilty Cup is a sippy cup with a new angle on cup design. A chamber inside the cup forces liquids to flow toward the mouth piece so that the cup does the [...]
Couponing Seminar
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Beauty Schools “Trim” Your Grooming Budget
We BirminghamMoms are lucky to have several options for grooming on a budget. If you don’t have a regular stylist, stretch to afford the services of an established stylist, or just can’t justify a manicure unless it’s really cheap, you should consider the what our nearby beauty schools can provide. [...]
Young Women’s Empowerment Conference
Many of us learned our way around college applications, opening a savings account, and how to behave in particular settings from a slew of mentors including our parents, school counselors, or other adults. Even then, we certainly had a thing or two left to learn about the real world [...]
The Big Read: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are the original Bad Boys of American literature, the mischievous-minded trouble makers we can’t help but love. Mark Twain (i.e., Samuel Clemens) gave us these characters back in 1876 and they still define our image of childhood.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has [...]
Husbands Need Permission Slips to Pick Colors
I’d like to commend this flooring store on Oxmoor Road for its sensible approach to curbing maverick husbands.
They’ve obviously had some issues with men who dared to select home furnishing products on their own. Of course, such a slip-up would have disaster written all over it. How [...]
Save Your Girls from Max le Tampax
It seems that Proctor & Gamble, the marketing behemoth that owns so many of the consumer brands on our shelves, has launched an ad campaign in France for young girls age 13 – 17 who may have reservations about using tampons.
They’ve introduced a singing, talking tampon named “Max le Tampax” who offers [...]
Which Brown Bagger are You?
There are some people who are made for bringing their lunch and, in particular, eating the same thing every day of their working lives. I know moms who pack the same lunch daily for their kids (except on pizza day in the lunchroom) and I’m amazed that the kids [...]