Pregnancy Blog

I managed to scroll through a lot of posts this week - here’s what caught my eye:

Cereal & Milk Deal at Safeway @ Moneywise Moms - Gina’s got the scoop on an incredible milk and cereal deal that goes through July 9. I got three boxes of cereal and had a coupon for each, but the cashier read the fine print and didn’t double two of them. I used my milk coupon on a gallon of organic milk, so I paid a total of $4.44 for the milk, two boxes of Cheerios, and one box of Total. I usually pay $5.99 for a gallon of organic milk at Trader Joe’s, so this is an exceptional deal. Thanks, Gina!

I want to share two posts from Parent Hacks: High Protein Treat: Cocoa Fruit Dip, which sounds delicious and healthy; and Replace Shoelaces with Elastic to Transform Lace-up Shoes into Slip-ons, which is downright brilliant and has just changed the way I shop for the boys’ shoes!

University of Miami Law School Defers 1Ls: This is Not A Joke @ Above the Law - ATL is the best blog for news related to the legal profession, because of reports like this one: a law school frankly tells incoming students that (1) there will be too many of them so some of them need to defer to the following year; and (2) they should think long and hard before entering law school. I think the dean is really onto something, since even when I was in law school, I felt like a lot of my fellow students didn’t really want to be lawyers and were just there for something to do that didn’t involve getting a “real job” yet. In the current economic environment, I’d bet good money that a lot of these incoming students are hoping to wait out the recession – not thinking through the fact that firms are laying off attorneys nearly every day, and that even three years from now, there probably won’t be much of a job market for brand new attorneys with no experience.

Basics: Cold soba noodles with dipping sauce @ Just Hungry - This is the perfect summer dish.

What To Do When You’re Tired of Couponing @ Money Saving Mom - Crystal has some excellent advice for those who find couponing overwhelming.

Part 2: Fifth Birthday Deployment + Fort Pics @ Thingamababy - AJ’s daughter celebrated her birthday with an enormous and complex fort.

Pillow Talk: Sleep Apnea @ Baby Toolkit - Some potentially life-altering advice.

How to Make it Easy for Someone to Watch your Kids @ The Happy Housewife - These are some very practical tips that apply to everyone from the grandparents to teenage sitters.

The four(ty) hour workweek @ BripBlap - I’ve heard so much about the Four Hour Work Week concept that Steve’s view here was refreshing: why do we think of work as something that needs to be avoided, anyway? Perhaps it’s more important to find something that we enjoy so much, it doesn’t seem like work.

Rainbow Cake @ Sweetnicks - This is such an eye-catching, happy-looking cake. There were tips on making it in this subsequent post.

Sour Milk @ Frugal Hacks - This is the first time I’ve seen recipes that actually call for milk that’s slightly spoiled. Very frugal.

The Chocolate Chip Cookie Bowl Sundae @ Ruhlman.com - Food writer Michael Ruhlman shares a recipe he created with his son.

Be Successful by Learning Delayed Gratification @ Bargaineering - As a parent, I was struck by how important it is to instill a sense of delayed gratification in my children.

Over at CFO Reviews, you can find out how to get a free sample of Kotex Overnight with Wings and a free trial membership to Sitter City, a matching service for parents and sitters.

Here are a couple of giveaways for the Dyson DC25 All Floors:
Dyson: Cleaning your floors and cleaning up at the box office! @ 5 Minutes for Mom
Win a Dyson DC25 just like on Transformers! @ Seven Dogs and a Baby

And here’s a giveaway for a Crane Humidifier @ Two of a Kind - I recently got one for the boys’ room and it’s working great!

Finally, the stockpile pic of the week is for a ton of Tabasco and A-1 sauce, but milk, fruit and other perishables - all for $9.99, down from $126.84.

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Roundup: Huge edition