Healthy eyes, even for the lazy

by Mir | Sep 7, 2010 | Contests

If you (or someone you love, particularly a tween/teen) wear contact lenses, today’s contest is for you. When I reviewed LensAlert for Cool Mom Picks, I’m pretty sure that rainbows appeared and cartoon bluebirds sat on my shoulder whistling happy tunes....

Not that kind of gross

by Mir | Sep 7, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!

I’m pretty sure I learned what a “gross” was by reading the Oriental Trading Company catalog. Really, who else consistently offers you a dozen dozen of the things all kids look at and go “ooooooh!”? OTC has long been synonymous with...

Back to school, back to portable snacks

by Mir | Sep 7, 2010 | Groceries, Hot Hot Hot!

There are certain things I just don’t buy when I don’t have to pack a couple of lunchboxes every day, and I suspect many of you can relate. (See also: Milk boxes, excitement over. Heh.) And this tends to be where I find things on Amazon in bulk that I...

Still a few hours left to snag the softness

by Mir | Sep 6, 2010 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!, What to Wear

My apologies for not getting this one posted sooner—this is what I get for spending the day traveling—but for the remainder of today (Monday, September 6th), Soft Clothing is offering 15% off and free shipping on all orders with coupon code laborday. If...

While I get back home

by Mir | Sep 5, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, What to Wear

I hope you’re all enjoying the holiday weekend! I am going to be traveling for most of Monday, so just wanted to pop in and say I’ll be back a bit later in the afternoon than usual. In the meantime, I don’t know how I missed seeing that 6pm.com is...