Organizing Thursday: CableDrop Adhesive Cable Clips
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All the cords lying across my desk inevitably end up in a pile on the floor. These dare-I-say cute cable clips might be the solution.
These self-adhesive, little clips hold your cables in place. You can use just one at the edge of a desk or a bunch to snake your cables across a table or up a wall. The adhesive backing comes off easily, so no worries if you need to rearrange things.
Bluelounge’s CableDrop Adhesive Cable Clips are $11.99 for a pack of six at The Container Store. In addition to a bright color assortment, they come in black and white.
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
Tips for helping young elementary children cope with frustration? I am at the end of my patience. Help!
How do you motivate yourself to do home/life stuff when you just don’t want to?
My husband recently got promoted and is in line for another big promotion in 2-3 years that’s a career-making role. He’s working 50+ hours a week to make this happen and coming home exhausted. I’m in a very stable role that offers flexibility and am not looking for changes anytime soon.
Logically, I totally understand that now is the time for me to step up on the home front so he can lean into work and make this happen. Whining-ly though, I just don’t want to. I don’t want to fix the leaky toilet and clean up after dinner and make sure the trash can is at the curb every week.
There’s also a huge part of me that’s nervous about doing this while our kids are so young and cementing these roles. I know my husband didn’t choose the timing of this and openly wishes this had gone through pre-kids, but Covid messed up the timing and it is what it is.
Dumb question: what on earth do you feed young toddlers for dinner?
Our 11 month old is usually exhausted after daycare so we get home at 5:30, give her a pouch and then go straight into the bedtime routine. I feel like all the instagrams I follow give examples of wonderful home made meals shared as a family which ain’t happening on week nights at our house.
I absolve you of all pouch guilt – bonus points if you put a piece of fruit and a broccoli tree on the tray. Give baby table food at the weekend.
Tips on picking a diaper bag or backpack? I want something gender neutral that dad will want to carry too. I’m not sure if I should just go with a regular backpack or get something with special diaper bag features (built in changing pad? Insulated pouch?) I plan to BF but who knows. We are city dwellers but have a car and will probably toss it under the stroller or in the trunk most of the time, but still want something reasonably light if we’re walking around.
Similar question about home help. Right now, we have a grandparent temporarily staying with us which is a HUGE help, but eventually they will get their own place (near us). Between this grandparent, my parent, preschool/daycare, other family, and a backup babysitter, we have good options for childcare. We have a cleaning service that comes every 3-4 weeks.
Where I think we will likely need some help in the near future is a housekeeper/house manager – someone to handle our dog walks, daily clean up/wipe downs, not cooking but maybe chopping/prepping stuff, etc. I have the episode of Best of Both Worlds where they discuss this queued up – but has anyone done something like this? How often did this person come and how did you arrange it?
How is everyone doing these days?
I have little kids (not yet school aged) and I’m relieved to have a more consistent schedule and normalcy with daycare coverage the last few months. I also have been really loving being able to see people again (yes, I know the pandemic isn’t over.) But I also feel like the last couple of years and the current state of the world (politics, war, gun violence, etc) have left me feeling a little bit angry, worn thin, and like I’m constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop. Objectively, we are fortunate, but 2022 has been more draining than I expected.
How are y’all doing out there?
Brutal honesty time — does anyone really and truly have a kid who is not a picky eater (over the age of 3), and if yes, did you do a lot of the “take one bite” and coaxing to eat stuff with them as toddlers?
I’ll answer below.
My toddler wakes up at 5:30 with regularity. Some days it’s 6:30. Since he is unlikely to change, I need tips on how to make myself a morning person. (Other than go to sleep early). I am a grumpy terrible human being at 5:30 but much more amicable if I wake up at 7am. Please help!
For those of you that downsized their careers or changed jobs when you had kids– what was the thing that made you make that decision and how old were your kids?
Has anyone had a kid with a tongue thrust swallow?
The background is that we took our 4 year old to occupational therapy for issues unrelated to eating, but since she’s a pretty picky eater we also discussed that and they suggested doing some feeding therapy as part of it. They were pretty confident her eating issues were sensory, which made sense because she had other issues that seemed maybe sensory-related like hating to get wet. That was several months ago. The other issues (including the water stuff) have basically completely resolved and the picky eating does seem to be gradually improving, although she’s still pickier than average for her age. We have a few more appointments scheduled through the summer but the plan was that we’d be done after that. Today they told me that she has a tongue thrust swallow and that’s likely the cause of all her food issues and she needs to continue regular OT to work on that. I have to admit I’m kind of skeptical. The timing seems suspicious with us getting ready to wrap things up (why didn’t they notice this earlier – they’ve been watching her eat for months?) and what happened to the alleged sensory issues? They also said she’s likely had this issue since birth, which doesn’t track since she ate a much wider variety of foods as a baby and young toddler, as is fairly common. But I don’t want to ignore a real issue. We’re seeing her dentist at the end of the month and I plan to ask them about it then, but curious if anyone here has any experience with this. She is a finger sucker (at this point, only while falling asleep and calming herself down from tantrums) and has an over bite which the dentist wasn’t concerned about at the last visit.