Make My Life Easier Thursday: Picture Ledge
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3M Command Hooks were a dorm and rental necessity. But since my college days, 3M has moved beyond hooks into other decor such as these picture ledges.
We have a few traditional picture ledges, but they aren’t the easiest things to put up (especially if just one person is doing it). These ledges hang with removable adhesive strips so you can adjust, readjust, and redecorate as needed. They hold up to five pounds — perfect for small pictures, plants, or mementos.
The Command Picture Ledge is $19.99 at Target and comes in cream and black.
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
I find that the Command adhesive rips paint and even the paper off of drywall, especially if the tab snaps off during removal.
Recommendations for a balance bike for a soon to be 2 year old? He’s 80+% in height
Or is a scooter the way to go? We live in the suburbs and theoretically have space for both but dad is a big cyclist and leaning that way.
The picture ledges make a great picture book display in kid rooms too
How often do you get together with friends? It seems so hard to fit in the time between family time, work, and also the pain of coordinating schedules with other busy moms.
Have any of you done play therapy for your kids? I have an 18 month old foster who I think would benefit. He has big feelings: when he’s happy he’s very happy, when he’s sad he’s very sad. 30 minute tantrums where he hits his head are common. Mostly I want to parent him know a way that validates his big feelings while keeping him safe. Any advice is appreciated. I have an older kid who has big feelings too, but nothing this early or on this scale.
How do you spend your time when work is slow? Get the kids early from daycare? Relax? Find productive chores to catch up on? Trying to find good ways to spend time on those slow days which seem to come more often than not in the summer.
How do you spend your time when work is slow? Get the kids early from daycare? Do chores? Relax? Have had many slow days lately) and trying to find productive or recharging ways to spend the extra time (knowing it won’t last long).
How do you spend your time when work is slow? Have had many of those lately and trying to find good ways to spend the time (knowing it won’t last). Get the kids early from daycare? Relax? Get ahead on some chores? So many options!
Oof… just got back from 10 days with my son at my parents house and while there were some highlights, T was uncharacteristically clingy and crabby, with a night terror 8/10 nights. Rude when my parents got something “wrong”, whining for juice, etc. Last night, we were staying in a hotel and he just freaked out about taking a shower after swimming (thank goodness it was only my parents in the room next door)and we ended up having my parents drop off dinner, eating dinner in silence while listening to an audiobook. My son is super evenkeeled and polite, but it was like he had been replaced by a naughty gremlin. Lots of whining, grouching, and I feel really sad and embarrassed. I was tempted to hand him off to my husband at the airport pick up and get back in the plane for a proper rest.
He turns 5 and starts school in august, and I wonder if this is just some sort of weird transition moment. I think when we go next summer, he might need some more structure to his days so researching English language day camps.
Hi wise-hive. Okay – some questions on EIC vs. private therapy for my 18-month-old who is walking now very occasionally when he feels like it but not consistently (!!!).
We had a private PT eval, and sessions start next week. We also have EIC coming for an eval in the coming weeks, and based on that if they decide DS qualifies, we could have those services. I am realizing that cost-wise, it will likely be a wash – because of our income level we’d pay the full amount for EIC which will likely be similar to private therapy. Does this sound right?
I realize I’m in a very cushy position to have options and am thankful my state which sucks at 90% of things in this realm, seemingly has robust EIC capacity (it must be federally funded).
TL;DR: Am I crazy to think having my 5 and 7 year old kids at home for my last 1-1.5 hours of work is a good idea this coming school year?
This coming year I’m looking for ways to simplify/slow down our days. Toward the end of last year it felt like the kids (then pre-k and k) were going from bed to school to after-school activities/our nanny’s kids’ after-school activities to shower to dinner to bed. I would love for them to have daily down time, time to learn to “be bored”, to get time away from stimulation. I have a neighbor family we can carpool with to bring them home from school or after-school clubs. They would arrive home with 1-1.5 hours left in my WFH work day and I envision them being able to use this time to shower, read, play together or alone in their rooms, etc. They have done well with this a few times this summer and it really changed the atmosphere of dinner and bedtime routines. Am I romanticizing this option? Would it work? Thanks for any and all input!
random question – what do you put your kids in clothing wise to fly in the summer? i always wear 7/8 leggings + tshirt + sweatshirt. do you put your kids in shorts? i have girls who typically wear dresses most days. do i put leggings under their dress? just shorts? sorry – it has been a while since we flew in the summer
I am starting to have in-person meetings on the very casual end of business casual and need help with shoes. Last winter I wore black, white, or gray straight-leg jeans with a sweater and lug-sole chelsea boots, which felt current enough. Now I’m wearing a blazer and plain tee with the same jeans but am struggling with shoes. The stylish option seems to be lug-sole loafers, but I have tried more than a dozen pairs and they all fall right off my narrow feet. In the Before Times I wore Rothys, but those seem dated. Other ideas? Or sources for narrow-width loafers?
Our nanny is going back to her home country for 3.5 weeks (basically all of August). I do not begrudge her this at all as she has not been able to return home for the entirety of the pandemic, and we have the ability to get backup care through our employers.
Help me decide – should we do backup care the whole time, or take a week of family vacation in there? And if so where should we go? Relevant info:
– nanny watches the toddler (almost 2)
– other kid is 5 and will be in his summer program, already paid for, that we’d have to pull him out of
– we already took 1 vacation this summer (Cape Cod)
– we have not booked anything yet so pickins are slim
– we can definitely swing it work wise and budget wise
– we are in the Northeast and don’t want to fly
Another thing I’m thinking is staycating for a few days, and doing day trips w/ just the toddler & me & DH.
I am leading the charge to try to get my firm to stop prorating for maternity leave. Does anyone have any big law firm examples that don’t prorate for leave? So far I know of Debevoise, Milbank, and Weil. Thanks!