How Cute Are These? Dress Up Your Keyboard with Keycals (15% off Thru April 30)

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So this is totally fun - stickers for your otherwise boring keys on your keyboard!  It's $14 for a sheet of removable adhesives called Keycals that will fit one keyboard.  Kind of love this - how many hours a day are you staring at your keyboard/computer on any given day?  Probably a lot more than your cell phone or other item you have a decal … [Read more...]

LifeProof nüüd – Keeping Your iPad Safe From Life

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We picked up an iPad this last Christmas for our family and my first concern was keeping it safe while in the kids' hands. I looked at a number of cases geared for kids, and while many of them looked like they would indeed keep the iPad safe, they didn't always look like a case I'd want to be seen with. Neon colors. Huge foam padding. They loudly … [Read more...]

Affordable Keyboard for Your iPad: This Thing is the Bomb!

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For the first time ever this month, I ordered something off Groupon. Not a restaurant or some sort of coupon deal but an actual product. It was this Aduro Liqua Sheild iPad Keyboard Case and I paid what it's listed for on Amazon. (It retails for $59.99 but Amazon has it listed for $29.99. Should have known Amazon would have it at a great … [Read more...]

Personalizing Your Pregnancy Photos with Belly Snaps iPhone & iPad App

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Pregnant?  I thought this was such a cute app worthy of a mention: BellySnaps.  You can take a maternity photo and then use the app to decorate it with cute borders and tag it with how many months pregnant you are! They have cute borders for photo birth announcements too!  Get Belly Snaps on iTunes for $.99   … [Read more...]

Fun App for Preschoolers: Peppa Pig

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Any Peppa Pig fans out there? If so, you definitely have to check out this new app - Peppa Pig - Happy Mrs Chicken. It's $2.99 and available on iTunes; it released this month. It's a cute little app with sharp, engaging images for the tablet savvy and smart phone using preschooler. My Kindergartener has been testing out this app and having tons … [Read more...]

VINCI Tablet: Learning System for Toddlers

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Our children are growing up in a whole new world, people! Smart phones and amazing technology are providing our kids with an entirely new means of being educated than we once were. It's pretty incredible! With so much technology readily available, there are tons of choices. Here's a great option for your younger child who is learning how to … [Read more...]

Cute Smart Phone Speaker – the X-mini. A Gift for the Person Who Has Everything!

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Still shopping for that hard-to-buy for person on your list?  Here's a cute little item I think most people of all ages would love - the X-mini Mono Capsule Speaker! It comes in a variety of colors - the orange here is $16.99 on Amazon.com, others are up to $24.99 (blue).  Either way, it's an affordable and fun gift for the person who has … [Read more...]

Banish Paper Clutter with Fujitsu ScanSnap & Evernote

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In a post a few days ago, I revealed my latest organization secret to managing the clutter of motherhood - Evernote. From important emails to holiday gift ideas, work notes to beauty products to try, Evernote lets me keep all of my random bits information for work, life, house, friends and motherhood in one easily searchable place. But it gets even … [Read more...]

Getting Organized with Evernote

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I consider myself fairly organized. I juggle three kids, a freelance writing career, activities, exercise, a house and a social life. I cook most meals, clean my own house and make it out of the house in the morning with matching shoes (well, usually flip-flops). But this is what my work area looks like most days. Part of the problem (aka my … [Read more...]

Back to School with Our New Computer: the HP ENVY 23

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No wires, no clutter and an awesome looking design greets me each day when I come down to the kitchen and look upon our new HP Envy 23 All-in-One desktop PC. See this photo on the right? That's ALL there is besides the small power wire in the back of the machine. That's it. No big tower, other extra wires or any other nonsense. We've put this … [Read more...]