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The Amandas – A Birmingham Mom Shares Practical Organizing on Style Network
Tucked away in Cahaba Heights Village on an overcast afternoon, we sat down with Amanda LeBlanc of the Clutter Prescription to discuss her new television show, The Amandas, on the Style Network and how this professional organizer manages motherhood, a growing business and, well, being [...]
Find: Martha’s got an Easy Button?
What do Martha Stewart and and Easy Button have in common? Staples, the office supply store with the tag line, “That was easy.” Ironic, no?
You must beware of the vortex where the Martha/Staples forces collide to create the most dangerous aisle in the store, the Martha’s Home Office [...]
A Ratio to Solve Decorating Dilemmas
Math enthusiasts around the world celebrate Pi Day on March 14th (corresponds with 3.14…get it?). I don’t claim to be a math enthusiast, but the event did start me wondering whether there is a mathematical equation of some sort that I have found helpful. I’ve decided [...]
Volunteers Don’t Have to Take This
Every season I’m struck again by the difficulty volunteers face in meeting the exacting demands of their most outspoken critics, the non-volunteers. Like backseat drivers and Monday morning quarterbacks, non-volunteers seem to have all the answers and they’re happy to mutter their criticisms to anyone [...]
Signing Day: Attention Held Hostage by High School Seniors
Signing Day has to be right up there with the Friday after Thanksgiving in terms of productivity. Observe adults – who should have things to do – spending an entire day holding their collective breath awaiting announcements by some 18 year old boys. To think that we fall for that dopey routine where each kid [...]
People I Want to Punch in the Throat…Before I Die
Whose big idea was it to start these lists of dishes to eat, things to try, and places to see BEFORE YOU DIE?
As someone who battles a never-ending to-do list every day, I take these inventories of X number of things to try, see or own much more [...]
Could a Mom of Seven Run for President?
This week a presidential candidate had to cancel some scheduled campaign events because his three year old, criticallly ill daughter was hospitalized with pneumonia. (Oh, who am I kidding? You know it’s Rick Santorum.)
The daughter, who has the genetic abnormality Trisomy 18 and is expected to have [...]
Baby Gifts and Gear featured on Talk of Alabama
Here are some of the interesting baby gifts and gear previewed on ABC 33/40′s Talk of Alabama Thursday morning:
The gift for “You mean the baby shower for Julie in Accounting is today?”
Here’s the go-to gift for the day you walk into work and remember the baby shower [...]
Recession Coping Strategy: Pretend You’re Just Another March Girl
I’ve read lots of suggestions about how to live frugally, enjoy your family, and develop character during the Great Recession, but never have I heard of a more imaginative strategy than that of my friend, a mom of tweens. When the last grocery item rolled across [...]
Find: Coupon File for Non-Extreme Couponers
If you coupon but aren’t extreme enough to have the 5-inch binder and a spreadsheet to track all your deals, check out this coupon file. To see it in the store, you’d think it’s like all the other accordion file coupon holders, but look closely: the [...]