Help Us Clear Out The House

Spring has arrived here in Wisconsin and here at the home of The Megalomaniac Mommy, we are taking full advantage of it with some serious Spring cleaning.
We are cleaning out the house and prepping for a move (**FINGERS CROSSED WE BUY A HOUSE THIS SUMMER!!!**)
Since I hate setting up, organizing and advertising yard/rummage sales and have some great items to get clear out of the house I thought why not just sell them and put all of the money earned towards the down payment on our first home!

I also decided that instead of going the Ebay route where you have to pay fees and blah, blah, blah, why not just make our virtual yard sale part of this site?

And so, The Megalomaniac Mommy’s Virtual Yard Sale was born.

Right now, it is a work in progress.

I am currently photographing, uploading, pricing and making it pretty.

All items will be available for purchase via PayPal and the price for shipping will also be included.

Sales will only be open to U.S. Residents since it is so dang hard to ship outside of the U.S.

I will have baby stuff, books, educational materials, housewares, clothing, home decor and more!

I will also continue to add items as we uncover them as we begin to pack up the house and get organized.

Some items included in the sale are new and some are used and will be noted.

If you are local to the Green Bay area, I will arrange for you to pick items up and save on the shipping!

So, that it what I am working on. The minute we are ready to go live I will be sure to share!

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Poor Little Sick Boy

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My poor little Alexander is sick.
He hasn’t been himself since last Tuesday.
On Tuesday we all had a stomach bug that was not pleasant.
He started coughing really bad Wednesday night.
By Thursday he added a fever to the mix.
By Friday we had a cough, fever, running nose and puking.
Saturday night after a day of dosing with Triaminic for the cough and Tylenol for his fever he was coughing so hard he kept waking himself up and he his fever just wasn’t going away, he was sweating and he was freezing.
We found ourselves in the ER around 11:30 pm.
Diagnosis – Bilateral ear infection.
We left with a prescription for an antibiotic.
Here we are, Tuesday morning and he is not doing any better.
The cough is getting worse and he is just miserable.
Looks like mommy is calling the Dr’s office for an appointment today!

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As Far As The Eye Can See

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Half of the people in our home wear glasses.
This group includes myself, the Alex and my oldest son, Zack.
I have worn glasses since the 3rd grade and finally graduated into contacts my freshman year of high school. The Alex allegedly wore glasses before we met and then misplaced them and struggled with his vision until I forced him to go to the eye doctor and get new glasses in 2006.
I couldn’t have him squinting at the TV while he was playing video games with Zack.
This past fall, I caved and purchased contacts for Zack as well since he was playing football.
In January, Zack returned to the eye doctor to discover that his sight has declined and he now needed to have bi-focals at the age of 12.
For the past month we have been looking into getting him contacts as well and have been investigating what type of contacts he will need now that he requires bi-focals. One option I have found is biofinity toric contacts and I am thinking they might just do the trick.

After browsing around the net for the right fit for my boy, I decided to look into some new contacts for myself as well. For years I have wanted colored contacts to help enhance my blue eyes. I have dark blue eyes so I would need to find colored contacts for dark eyes. I stumbled across the brand that I currently use and found that they have a product that would meet my needs and they offer enhancers in a variety of blues such as ocean blue, aquamarine, sapphire blue and deep blue.

Now that I have found what I was looking for I just have to decide what color I want and then place an order for both myself and Zack.

Fingers crossed everything works out for us!

(Maybe I will finally convince the Alex to get contacts too!)

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TigTagz ID Wristbands for Kids

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Do you have a child who tends to wander off from time to time?
I happen to have a 4 year old, Alexander, who has been known to be hell on wheels at times.
The boy….he is quick!
You can be in the store, and in the blink of an eye he is off.
Now, things like this tend to happen more often when he is with others than when he is with me.
Not only does he like to check out the stores, we attend a lot of events for kids in our area.
These events can have thousands of children running around at one time.
In order to keep our little man safe, we like to do whatever we can to ensure that should he get separated from us, we are easy to locate.
No joke.
His name and my phone number are on a sticker in his shoe, in his jacket, in his backpack and yes, even in some of his clothes.
I like to make sure he will be returned to me.
Another great tool in case your child gets lost are TigTagz ID bracelets.
These bracelets are a wonderful (inexpensive) investment to help protect your little one. They come in a variety of designs for both boys and girls and can be personalized to include your information on them in addition to adding a medical alert in red or you can order them blank and write your own information in when you need too.
Another great thing about these bracelets is that when they are put on the proper way, they can only be removed with scissors. TigTagz bracelets are also tear-proof, sweat-proof, smear-proof, and water-resistant. I am happy that when we visit the local beach/pool this summer our little Alexander will be able to wear it in the water and we know that it will stay the same!

Kids LOVE wearing TigTagz bracelets and you can have peace of mind knowing that your child has such important information right on their precious little bodies!

You can learn more about TigTagz ID wristbands by visiting their website, or by finding them on Facebook.

Disclaimer: I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

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Educational Struggles

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Over the years as a mother I have learned that educating my children is not something that is done just at school. We do our best to continue to educate our children at home by challenging them everyday in their regular academics and other areas as well. Our Libby has faced a few struggles in school over the years and is still on a bumpy path but it is not something she can control. She struggles like I did in various areas but with math being her biggest struggle. We have worked along with the teachers and school over the years (since the first grade to be exact) and have chosen to try an adaptive learning platform as she continues to move on through school.

When we first started combating the problem I took the time to Google and educate myself on various sites such as the U.S. Department of Education site which offered a wealth of knowledge on different programs, web sites etc. that we could use to help further educate her at home and help her along her path.

In addition to the online learning, we also purchased different computer games, educational board games including math bingo, plus we made multiple games at home and tried to turn most of our every day tasks with her at home into a mathematical equation.

Out of all of the tools we used to help her along the way she has always had better success when using those that we online based and I think that is because computers are such a huge part of her every day life at school.

She still struggles with her every day academics and math is still a challenge, but we are doing our best every day to help her get to where she needs to be in hopes that she will eventually reach the point in which she no longer needs that extra help or push.