Organizing Thursday: ‘Caroline’ Travel Jewelry Case
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I received a travel jewelry case as a bridesmaid gift from a friend, and it was something I never knew I always needed. I actually lost two very important necklaces to me because I stupidly put them in my sunglasses case for “safekeeping.” Now that I have one of these cases, it’s so easy to bring jewelry on vacation or even if I’m just going somewhere for one night. I like to switch up my jewelry to match my outfit and this makes it so I can always locate it in my bag, or just throw the whole thing in the safe at a hotel. Even after the sunglasses case incident, I don’t know if I would have even sought out a product like this, but now that I was gifted one, I wanted to pass along how useful it’s been to me. It’s $79 at Nordstrom. Wolf ‘Caroline’ Travel Jewelry Case
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- Talbots – 25% off all tops, pants, jeans, and shorts + 25% off all markdowns
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
Thanks for the update. Thinking of his family.
This is a completely random question, but I see a lot of references to “net worth” on the main site and sometimes here. I am Canadian and don’t hear that term tossed around often but maybe it is a feature of who I hang out with. When people refer to net worth, are they by definition including their home equity? I live in a high cost of living City (Toronto) where the average price of a detached home is I think around $1.2 million Canadian.
I’m really struggling with my 15 month old needing to touch me at all times when we get home from work/day care in the evening. He will play happily as long as I’m within his (chubby little) arm’s reach, otherwise he has a total meltdown: to the point of sobbing tears, snot running down his face, 15-20 minutes to stop hiccuping. For a little background: he’s still teething, not walking yet Conventional advice to ignore/walk away seems to escalate the meltdowns/prolong them. I don’t want to keep giving in to his demands and/or carry him around constantly. Any advice?
Okay, so this is a seriously first world vent. But, here goes. I’ve been really annoyed lately that I feel like my husband and I make good money (just over 200k HHI in a low cost of living area), but by the time we do all the recommended saving and pay for pretty average expenses, it just feels like there is so little leftover that we can use for more frivolous wants (vacations, a new (to me) SUV instead of my small sedan now that DD is in the picture, etc). Being responsible is so annoying ;-) Especially when we see friends who we are as confident as we can be should be in a similar situation constantly spending money on fun stuff. We figure they’re not maxing out 401ks, saving significantly for kids’ college, etc. like we are. But it just gets old and sometimes feels a little isolating.
What passes for excitement for me today: will my Target pick up order be ready in time for me to grab it before the pediatrician’s appointment, or will I have to tag in DH to do the pickup after work?
I did not calculate the window correctly, and we’re out of coffee, so this is a dire emergency.
I don’t know if I would use the hard zippered case for jewelry, but I got a soft satiny fabric jewelry roll from a good friend as a gift maybe 5-10 years ago from J. Crew and I love it and it is the best thing ever. I haven’t really seen anything like it since, which if I had I would have snapped them up for my sisters in a heartbeat – the other ones I see have ties that seem too little (mine has a nice wide grosgrain ribbon that’s easy to tie and stays tied), don’t have the right mix of pockets or are leather or other harder material.
For all the complaining I do about my husband, I am heading to an outdoor event tonight and mentioned to him that I forgot the bug spray at home this morning. He set up an amazon prime now order to be delivered to my office with bug spray without me even asking, including some “baby safe” repellent as well. TBD on whether the babyganics spray works, but I think he also included “real” bug spray too, so we’re covered either way. I need to remind myself of the helpful, spontaneous problem-solving he does when it starts to drive me crazy that he has loaded the dishwasher less than 5 times our entire marriage.
Can someone explain closed toe water shoes? Just got a letter from daycare saying water day is coming and we should send kiddo in her swim suit and closed toe water shoes. We have the shoes linked below. Please tell me those count?? I would hate to have to buy another pair of shoes she’ll outgrow in a month.
Thanks for keeping me sane.
Sending my thoughts for comfort and health to you and your family.
TJ: my toddler is currently getting a needed MRI under general anesthesia(trying to distract myself). It would mean a lot to me if all you moms could send good vibes our way, for the procedure and the results.
I may have missed it, but I’ve been thinking of a poster who mentionabout a child who had a choking accident and potential brain injury. Any update? I’ve been thinking of this child and her friends and family.
I’ve noticed a trend with my toddler (2 1/2) lately. When she gets in trouble for something, she gets embarrassed/upset that she got in trouble and acts out more for the next 15-30 minutes, and it just turns into this cycle that we have to work extra hard to get out of. There are always warnings before she first gets in trouble, and she understands consequences when she doesn’t listen, but sometimes impulse just takes over. Suggestions?
I was the OP from yesterday who got into a fight with her husband after sharing the Ask Polly article with him yesterday. I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who commented. I thought about our fight and your comments all day, and realized two things. First, any conversation with my husband that starts by me sharing an article that says I hate my husband in the title is never going to go well. Second, I think I did want him to acknowledge that I do everything, just for principle’s sake. I wasn’t offering solutions to him. At the time, I thought that presenting my list of duties and asking him to share his with me felt like it was productive, and a possible solution. I just became angrier and angrier when he kept disagreeing with the “math.” I know my “math” is right, but that’s not the problem. Like Lana Del Raygun said yesterday, if I was doing 99% of the work, but I was happy, we wouldn’t have gotten into a fight. I think I’m just going to create a chore list and we’re just going to have to split it up. I worry that he won’t keep up with his half, but at this point I have no other solutions. Anyway, thanks to everyone for your input.
Thanks all for the anecdotes about shared kids rooms yesterday! It really shifted my thinking from ‘this is a puzzle we have to solve’ to ‘this is going to be so fun!’