August 2010

Practical Storage Ideas & Assembling Health Kits for Dorm Life

August 10, 2010 College

Here’s the last of our four part Practical Mom Guide to Outfitting Your College Student. This pieces focuses on setting up a health kit and finding storage pieces that not only work but will be useful for years to come. The Dorm Medical Kit Do you know the number one reason students do poorly in [...]

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The Comforts of Home In the Dorm

August 10, 2010 College

We’ll be working on the creature comforts of life as it relates to a dorm room – sleeping, eating and keeping clean. Your student’s world is about to drastically change. Whether you live in a 1000 square foot apartment or a 5000 square foot house, both are going to seem large compared to a dorm [...]

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This Caught Our Eye

August 4, 2010 Gifts

It’s DIY day for This Caught Our Eye! Have you inherited doilies from your grandma? No clue what to do with them? Here are some fresh, modern ideas. And here’s another beautiful use of doilies or old lacy tableclothes. Want to jazz up a present? Use a large circle punch and paint chips to create [...]

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Dorm Tech, Tools and Office Supplies

August 3, 2010 College

Technology Necessities Some of these are no-brainers, or your student might make it through freshman year without them, but this is our list of student “must-haves.” Cell Phone Wanna talk to your kid at college? Most dorm rooms don’t have land lines. Even a pre-paid phone will do the trick. Computer Enough said. USB “thumb” [...]

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The Practical Mom’s Guide to Outfitting Your College Student: Dorm Life

August 2, 2010 College

Have you gone to your student’s college orientation yet? What’s the number one thing on your mind? If you’re like us it’s not about the variety of programs the university offers, how fancy the rec center is or how to pay bills (a subject close to college administrators hearts.) No, the real questions most moms [...]

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Time to Replace Your Dinner Plates?

August 1, 2010 Home

It’s the first of August and time to kick into serious “getting my twins ready for their first college apartments” mode. As I’ve mentioned before, one of the reasons for having children is so that when it’s time for them to move out they can take your old stuff and you can get new stuff. [...]

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