When we first finished off our lower level, we outfitted all of the lighting fixtures with (then newly released) CFL bulbs.  We had heard that they were very energy efficient and would save us lots of money.  They were expensive, but we figured that they were an investment as we were told that they lasted about 7 years.No sooner had we screwed the last one in when we began discovering a few things ...

As someone who runs a business from home, my days are often full of conference calls and other important tasks on the phone.  Nine times out of ten, I need to be able to type on my computer while I'm busy chatting away.  I very quickly realized that the whole tuck-the-phone-between-your-ear-and-shoulder move was going to result in some serious chiropractic appointments if I kept it up.  I tried ...

Well, at least in my house they do!I'm not sure what has happened to us, but suddenly we are having a much harder time getting going in the mornings.  We've had a few of those "run out the door as the bus is pulling up" kind of mornings and decided things needed to change. Yes, that lump under the covers is LJ! My son, who used to wake up at the crack of dawn, is now sleeping in. (He's also ...

It's been a few months since I used my Brother P-touch Label Maker to help me organize my home office. I'm sure it wouldn't surprise you to learn that the labels I made aren't showing any wear, right? Most are on organizational boxes or on file tabs. They really don't take too much of a beating. However, once I fell in love with the label maker I started labeling everything in the house. I hit the ...