I guest posted about preparing your home for a first baby on Zulily's blog today. Share your thoughts... what are your must-have products? I was lucky. When I was pregnant with my first, I worked part time at Pottery Barn Kids. I had a tremendously helpful employee discount. And I knew everything about readying your house for baby. When couples came to me to register, I'd advise them: register for everything. Everything. When else will you get a chance to ask for exactly what you want? I'd … [Read more...]
Share first birthday milestones and enter to win with Tide and BabyCenter
April 12, 2011 By 1 Comment
Not everyone does birthday parties, I get that. And not everyone does big 1st birthday parties. I've always felt that the first birthday party is as much for the adults as it is for the kids. More really. I mean, Little won't remember her first birthday party. So if we invited her "friends" or had a costumed Dora show up... that wasn't super important to us. We look at her first birthday party to celebrate everyone who has helped us during the year. Everyone who stood by us. It was our excuse to … [Read more...]
PAPER! How can we manage our mail?
January 19, 2011 By 13 Comments
Dear Julie: I've been enjoying reading your posts about getting organized and menu-planning....I'm not sure if you take "requests" at all, but I'd love to hear if you have a system for organizing PAPER! that is what is over-running me here at home...piles of mail, bills, projects from school...what to save, what to trash...whenever i feel like I've gone through my pile, there is a new stack of mail, magazines, catalogs, school art projects, returned homework assignments, announcements from … [Read more...]
