Make My Life Easier Thursday: Foldable Chaise Lounge with Wagon Pull Cart
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I just came back from our annual beach vacay. I hauled all our stuff in reusable grocery bags, so I was envious of other beachgoers who breezed along the sand with beach carts like this one.
This unique 2-in-1 wagon and beach chair folds flat when empty for easy storage. The large basket holds everything you need for a day of sun and fun, while the rugged wheels roll easily over pavement, grass, and sand. After you take everything out, the wagon becomes a comfortable lounge chair with a built-in headrest and adjusts to 4 positions.
Mac Sports’ combination chair and wagon is available at Amazon for under $140.
Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
Just putting this out there. Pretty sure my kid has some type of ND thing going on – he’s constantly making noises/yelling, loves fidgeting with things, currently is fascinated by looking at the microwave clock changing numbers, etc. I wouldn’t be surprised if OT is in the future because his pen/pencil/drawing skills and interest is just not there.
Likely on the milder/highly functioning side as he’s been in some type of preschool setting since he was a baby and doing fine for now, potty trained, no social issues that we’ve been told of, etc. DH thinks all is fine because of his age, sex, and since school or ped hasn’t noted anything.
I’m waiting to see what the school says with the next round of parent/teacher conferences before bringing this up again and suggesting any next steps if we need them. I also know there’s a chance that some of these behaviors may stop with age (he is 3-and-a-half), but I want to make sure if he needs it, we’re getting him the supports he needs.
Searching past threadjacks is failing me! Does anyone have a hotel recommendation for a family of five in London? Preference is not to have two rooms unless they are guaranteed to connect. Happy to pay $$$ for a great location and great room.
my 6 year old first graders have gotten super into audio stories we primarily listen to them through spotify on my phone. they have discovered a series where someone reads books out loud and shows the pictures as they read them, so my kids like to “watch.” i can’t decide if this type of screen time is as “bad” as watching tv, video games, etc. It is very very slow moving and has no moving images, but it does still involve looking at a screen. they seem to prefer it to me reading them books, which i don’t love, but it does seem to calm them down and prevent them from trying to kill each other at bedtime
To the prolapse anon from last week, consider joining the Prolapse Postpartum Mom’s Club group on Facebook. Facebook sucks, but this is a great group for younger women with prolapse. They can answer any question you can think of and then some. Also check out postpartum_pop_pt (she has a surgery highlight) and mypopsurgery on Instagram.
We host an annual gathering for our friends each summer. Usually it is around midday, and we grill brats and hot dogs, and the sides are potato salad, coleslaw, etc. Very easy. This year the party is shifting a little earlier due to one family’s schedule, so from 10 am-1 pm or so. Should I shift the menu in more of a brunch direction? People will be hungry when they arrive, because the drive is around 1 hour for everyone. Should we serve the brats and hot dogs for lunch but have muffins and fruit for when people arrive? It will be four families with mostly young kids.
The costs for sports or gear or hobbies won’t be that noticeable in kindergarten, in my opinion. The bigger ticket items will be summer camps and coverage for days off, if you don’t have that covered with some kind of after-school program.
How do you budget monthly for elementary school kids’ needs? Our oldest will soon be in public kindergarten. While I’m excited to drop the costs of full time daycare, I expect there will be more costs than I realize, like hobby classes and sports, more expensive clothes, more expensive gear like bikes, etc. I currently budget about $250 per month (some months less, some months more when he needs a new coat or seasonal gear) but I’m curious what others budget for slightly older kids.
I’m so enraged by JD Vance saying the “whole purpose of the postmenopausal female is to raise grandchildren.” It’s not enough for us to raise kids and deal with all the career setbacks that come from being a working mom to young children, now we have to drop out of the workforce as soon as one of our children has a baby??
Ugh…we were lucky enough to get an infant daycare slot for next year at a small daycare in the basement of a church with a nice, although not pristine, outdoor space and an OK location for where we live. We just heard last week that the daycare is moving to a “larger space,” which sounded great on face, but we drove by the construction site and it’s not only a longer and worse drive for us, but it’s in a strip mall with a saloon literally next door, a couple of drunk guys “hanging out” on the curb, directly on a major four-lane boulevard, and less than 1/4 mile from the freeway. I don’t know where the “outdoor space” is going (they say there will be something) and I’m now hoping the permit doesn’t get approved. I’m in the Bay Area where there are only enough infant spots to meet 10% of demand and there is NOTHING else, plus this locally owned childcare company does have a great reputation in the community. Going to hope for the best but why does it have to be this hard…
ooh, i love this! i bought a wagon way too late, really wish i’d bought one years before we did.