Comments for WAHM BAHM http://www.wahmbahm.com Work at Home Mom Busy and Happy Mom Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Dude, Where’s My Shoe? by Cindy http://www.wahmbahm.com/dude-shoe/comment-page-1#comment-1179 Cindy Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:19:00 +0000 http://www.wahmbahm.com/?p=1185#comment-1179 I have some bad news.  My girls are all older and the problem still exists.  until your child grows out of your shoes, you'll never find them.  I have 2 left at home and up until about 6 months ago both the 10 year old and the 14 year old could be found in my shoes.  I was wondering why they were wearing out so quickly.  Now the 10 year old has passed us all up and simply needs more of her own.  Boxes on top shelf is the best place for those you don't want on their little feet, I have some bad news.  My girls are all older and the problem still exists.  until your child grows out of your shoes, you’ll never find them.  I have 2 left at home and up until about 6 months ago both the 10 year old and the 14 year old could be found in my shoes.  I was wondering why they were wearing out so quickly.  Now the 10 year old has passed us all up and simply needs more of her own.  Boxes on top shelf is the best place for those you don’t want on their little feet,

]]> Comment on Cool WAHM Business Tool: Boogie Board Rip LCD Writing Tablet by Ivette Muller http://www.wahmbahm.com/cool-wahm-business-tool-boogie-board-rip-lcd-writing-tablet/comment-page-1#comment-1178 Ivette Muller Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:02:00 +0000 http://www.wahmbahm.com/?p=1705#comment-1178 You're right Kim, not exactly an apples to apples comparison with the iPad.  (Pun intended).  However, this would be so much more professional and streamlined for client meetings and presentations! You’re right Kim, not exactly an apples to apples comparison with the iPad.  (Pun intended).  However, this would be so much more professional and streamlined for client meetings and presentations!

]]> Comment on Cool WAHM Business Tool: Boogie Board Rip LCD Writing Tablet by Ivette Muller http://www.wahmbahm.com/cool-wahm-business-tool-boogie-board-rip-lcd-writing-tablet/comment-page-1#comment-1177 Ivette Muller Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:01:00 +0000 http://www.wahmbahm.com/?p=1705#comment-1177 Yes, I know you love yours!  Would love to see your file on scrapbook layouts :) Yes, I know you love yours!  Would love to see your file on scrapbook layouts :)

]]> Comment on Cool WAHM Business Tool: Boogie Board Rip LCD Writing Tablet by Kim Rhodes http://www.wahmbahm.com/cool-wahm-business-tool-boogie-board-rip-lcd-writing-tablet/comment-page-1#comment-1175 Kim Rhodes Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:44:00 +0000 http://www.wahmbahm.com/?p=1705#comment-1175 Hi Ivette, I had entered to win one of those too. Like you I didn't win. :(  However, I do love the idea of it! I carry a notebook in my big ole' purse and it weighs it down something terrible!  Plus, you take the notes on paper and then you have to transfer them to computer most times. This would be a huge time saver! Now, I don't think it is a good alternative to an iPad or any tablet for that matter. The Boogie Board can't surf the web, read a book, check email, etc. However, I don't own a tablet so I don't know if it can be used like a Boogie Board. I am assuming there are apps out there that would let you write like on paper and save upload to your computer.  I would look at the functions of each and then make my decision. You may need both an iPad and a Boogie Board! Hi Ivette,

I had entered to win one of those too. Like you I didn’t win. :(  However, I do love the idea of it! I carry a notebook in my big ole’ purse and it weighs it down something terrible!  Plus, you take the notes on paper and then you have to transfer them to computer most times. This would be a huge time saver!

Now, I don’t think it is a good alternative to an iPad or any tablet for that matter. The Boogie Board can’t surf the web, read a book, check email, etc. However, I don’t own a tablet so I don’t know if it can be used like a Boogie Board. I am assuming there are apps out there that would let you write like on paper and save upload to your computer. 

I would look at the functions of each and then make my decision. You may need both an iPad and a Boogie Board!

]]> Comment on Cool WAHM Business Tool: Boogie Board Rip LCD Writing Tablet by Ravish30 http://www.wahmbahm.com/cool-wahm-business-tool-boogie-board-rip-lcd-writing-tablet/comment-page-1#comment-1174 Ravish30 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:38:00 +0000 http://www.wahmbahm.com/?p=1705#comment-1174 As you know Ivette, I absolutely LOVE my Boogie Board! I use it for sketching out scrapbooking layouts, honey-to-do lists, business meeting notes and all kinds of things! As you know Ivette, I absolutely LOVE my Boogie Board! I use it for sketching out scrapbooking layouts, honey-to-do lists, business meeting notes and all kinds of things!

]]> Comment on Is Extreme Couponing the New Hoarding? by Alfred Dadda http://www.wahmbahm.com/extreme-couponing-hoarding/comment-page-1#comment-1173 Alfred Dadda Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:37:00 +0000 http://www.wahmbahm.com/?p=1204#comment-1173 I will disagree with you on the hoarding aspect of this show; one distinction is the reason for compiling up so many things if you will. A hoarder uses the things they keep as a barrier to a traumatic event in their lives. For example the man who turned his whole house over to the rats, he did this because he lost is fiancée to a cancer I believe. So the rats represent life to him and he becomes emotionally attached as well, associating the rats with the love he lost. Extreme couponing would fall in the category of obsessive compulsive disorder. The need to keep the stock pile is key in that they see the fruits of their labor. In the case of the man who had like over 1000 tubes of tooth paste and prized his collection could be viewed as a type of OCD. for some people it is cleaning, performing subtle hand movements before entering and exiting a room. They also keep their stock piles very well organized again displaying traits of OCD. If you could correlate a link that is true for both the hoarder and the extreme couponer I would agree then but it would be a new type of hoarding. I may use this for my next thesis. A theme I see in most of the blogs about this couponing is many feel they should give a portion of their goods to charity. There is some logic to that but in the mind of one who has OCD, and you did imply they would say no to it, parting is hard to do and it can leave the person feeling a bit empty. But to force someone to give up some of their stockpile is like telling someone who has a job they need to give up a portion of their pay check to one occupy protester. It really makes no sense, but I do understand the angst with it. The antics that take place on the show are just for the show and ratings, as well the grocery stores do give up the recoupment on the coupon to get their brand out there to the public. Finally, the days of this type of couponing may be coming to a close sooner rather than later. Currently you can use a coupon that gives $2.00 off, for example, on a 10oz. jar of pickles for the smaller cheaper 2.5oz. Jar of the same brand of pickles. The couponer can get away with a bigger savings this way.  The scanners in the grocery stores just recognize the family of brands not the specific size. This is an effort to reduce extreme couponing but it does pass on the cost to all consumers the same as shoplifting. I will disagree with you on the hoarding aspect of this show; one distinction is the reason for compiling up so many things if you will. A hoarder uses the things they keep as a barrier to a traumatic event in their lives. For example the man who turned his whole house over to the rats, he did this because he lost is fiancée to a cancer I believe. So the rats represent life to him and he becomes emotionally attached as well, associating the rats with the love he lost.
Extreme couponing would fall in the category of obsessive compulsive disorder. The need to keep the stock pile is key in that they see the fruits of their labor. In the case of the man who had like over 1000 tubes of tooth paste and prized his collection could be viewed as a type of OCD. for some people it is cleaning, performing subtle hand movements before entering and exiting a room. They also keep their stock piles very well organized again displaying traits of OCD.
If you could correlate a link that is true for both the hoarder and the extreme couponer I would agree then but it would be a new type of hoarding. I may use this for my next thesis.
A theme I see in most of the blogs about this couponing is many feel they should give a portion of their goods to charity. There is some logic to that but in the mind of one who has OCD, and you did imply they would say no to it, parting is hard to do and it can leave the person feeling a bit empty. But to force someone to give up some of their stockpile is like telling someone who has a job they need to give up a portion of their pay check to one occupy protester. It really makes no sense, but I do understand the angst with it.
The antics that take place on the show are just for the show and ratings, as well the grocery stores do give up the recoupment on the coupon to get their brand out there to the public.
Finally, the days of this type of couponing may be coming to a close sooner rather than later. Currently you can use a coupon that gives $2.00 off, for example, on a 10oz. jar of pickles for the smaller cheaper 2.5oz. Jar of the same brand of pickles. The couponer can get away with a bigger savings this way.  The scanners in the grocery stores just recognize the family of brands not the specific size. This is an effort to reduce extreme couponing but it does pass on the cost to all consumers the same as shoplifting.

]]> Comment on Extreme Couponing Question: Are the Savings Really Real? by Super Saving Coupon Son http://www.wahmbahm.com/extreme-couponing-question-savings-real/comment-page-1#comment-1172 Super Saving Coupon Son Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:37:00 +0000 http://www.wahmbahm.com/?p=1529#comment-1172 Coupons for meat and produce are hard to find, however there are always many great deals when looking through your local advertisements on those items. Coupons for meat and produce are hard to find, however there are always many great deals when looking through your local advertisements on those items.

]]> Comment on Is Extreme Couponing the New Hoarding? by Someone http://www.wahmbahm.com/extreme-couponing-hoarding/comment-page-1#comment-1170 Someone Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:57:00 +0000 http://www.wahmbahm.com/?p=1204#comment-1170 Sad but true!  A friend bought enough toilet paper to last a family of 5 for 10 years....stored safely in her basement.  They went on vacation, the sump pump didn't work.  The super absorbent tissue sopped up the water beautifully.  They were able to save a few packages.  (Even the plastic outer wrap is not totaly waterproof.) Sorry, but I laughed!  Shelves could have saved some...... Sad but true!  A friend bought enough toilet paper to last a family of 5 for 10 years….stored safely in her basement.  They went on vacation, the sump pump didn’t work.  The super absorbent tissue sopped up the water beautifully.  They were able to save a few packages.  (Even the plastic outer wrap is not totaly waterproof.)
Sorry, but I laughed!  Shelves could have saved some……

]]> Comment on Is Extreme Couponing the New Hoarding? by not a waster! http://www.wahmbahm.com/extreme-couponing-hoarding/comment-page-1#comment-1168 not a waster! Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:41:00 +0000 http://www.wahmbahm.com/?p=1204#comment-1168 With the way people are so "use by date scared" most of the foods in their "hoarding" inventories will be tossed in the garbage at some point.  Don't say they won't because YOU KNOW....most people will put food in the garbage the day of the use by date!!!!  Selfish hoarders...just because it is free does not mean you need it or will use it!  You are giving to a false economy for the companies, filling the landfill and getting morbidly OBESE in the mix!!!  No one needs to have more than 3-4 months of supplies....for god's sake there is a grocery store on nearly every corner. If you shop with coupons and get mostly everything free, why not donate half of your purchases to the food shelves!!!  You won't be losing money, you will be giving away some thing you got free or very very cheap!  Think of the children who maybe get one meal a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With the way people are so “use by date scared” most of the foods in their “hoarding” inventories will be tossed in the garbage at some point.  Don’t say they won’t because YOU KNOW….most people will put food in the garbage the day of the use by date!!!!  Selfish hoarders…just because it is free does not mean you need it or will use it!  You are giving to a false economy for the companies, filling the landfill and getting morbidly OBESE in the mix!!! 
No one needs to have more than 3-4 months of supplies….for god’s sake there is a grocery store on nearly every corner.

If you shop with coupons and get mostly everything free, why not donate half of your purchases to the food shelves!!!  You won’t be losing money, you will be giving away some thing you got free or very very cheap!  Think of the children who maybe get one meal a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> Comment on Thirty-One Gifts Casual Cargo Purse by Jan Hatchett http://www.wahmbahm.com/thirtyone-gifts-casual-cargo-purse/comment-page-1#comment-1167 Jan Hatchett Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:39:00 +0000 http://www.wahmbahm.com/?p=1692#comment-1167 Love it!  I am just afraid that I will load it up until I hurt myself carrying it around!  LOL! Seriously, it looks perfect! Love it!  I am just afraid that I will load it up until I hurt myself carrying it around!  LOL!
Seriously, it looks perfect!

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