Float this desk on by

by Mir | Apr 3, 2013 | Hot Hot Hot!

I sort of love this… did you know you can get a “floating desk?” It just means it’s a unit that attaches to the wall and has no legs. Kind of nifty. Right now Best Buy has this white Prepac floating desk available for just $116 with free...

To Grandma’s, and beyond

by Mir | Apr 3, 2013 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!

Most of the time I am positively delighted that my children are now large enough to do things like go places by themselves and prepare meals. But then some days I see things like this adorable space shuttle rolling suitcase and I wish my teenagers were still small and...

World Autism Day = app discounts

by Mir | Apr 2, 2013 | Hot Hot Hot!, Quick Tips

Today is apparently World Autism Day—something I can’t even say with a straight face, because plenty of us don’t get to just pick one day (cracking myself up, imagining this as a sort of “Okay, today you get to be autistic” kind of...

Finish the dishes with another deal

by Mir | Apr 2, 2013 | Hot Hot Hot!

So yesterday we were talking about this new annoying thing with Subscribe & Save where you only save extra if you have 5 shipments in a month. Total drag, granted, but I still find myself looking for ways to pad my monthly shipment with something I need anyway to...

Winner of the Parenting: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures contest

by Mir | Apr 2, 2013 | Contests

Hooray, tons of you were excited about Amber Dusick’s new book, and the competition (and by competition, I mean “people commenting”) on the post to win a copy was fierce. Fierce, I tell you! Sadly, I have but one copy to give away, and my WordPress...