Things I Love Thursday! aka TILT.

I've decided to start a new series of things I'm loving called, you guessed it, Things I Love Thursday!
It's going to consist of the following:
- five beauty related products
- five food items
- five et cetera items

I hope that if you have a blog that you'll link up with me and do it too! Send me the link to the things you love so I can read it! (:

Five Beauty Products
- Simple Smoothing Facial Scrub
- Naked 2 Palette by Urban Decay
-VS Gorgeous Fragrance Mist
- Moroccan Oil Treatment (I have the "Light" version. White cap.)
-Burt's Bees Lip Balm

Five Food Items
-Frosted Flakes
-Green Vegetables
-Pepsi
-Boudin (the restaurant/bakery) bread
-Dasani Water. I'm a water snob.

Five Et Cetera Items
-Delirium by Lauren Oliver
-Bath and Body Works 3-Wick Candle in Lemon
-Joshua Steven (:
-Erin Condren Life Planner
-my Mint Incipio iPhone 4 case

I was totally going to explain why I liked all these items and started to, but whoa, it was going to be really, really long. When I start working again, I will probably add one more category that will showcase my favorite kid/baby product or something of that sort. It will only be one product, so I can explain why I like it so much for it to be a favorite for the week.

If you have any questions about any of the items I picked or want to know where I got them, feel free to email me or comment below.

xoxo-

When Things Change...

Things are changing on my end of the computer screen. The job I have been working at for a mere two months is also making some large, and quick changes to their family.

They have decided to put P in school full-time. He is struggling socially. I see it everyday.
Whenever we go to the park or pool and the other children don't want to play with him because they don't know him and already have other friends, it breaks his heart. I see it in his eyes.
He doesn't even know the names of the kids in his class because he's not as school often enough to learn them.

I'm not mad. I can't be.
I know they are doing the right thing for him.

This means that there is no need for me in their new dynamic. My last day is September 20th. They gave me plenty of notice and I already been looking for something else. I've had an interview. I'm sure if they google my name this blog will pop up and they'll read through my posts. [heey y'all (:]

Just wanted to fill you in.

xoxo-
E

P's Video Monitor: A Review

After coming into work one morning, my boss described to me the horror that was finding P screaming in terror in the hallway after he'd had an accident. 

Their monitor had gone out. 

I was immediately sent to Babies R Us and was told to buy the best monitor I could. Given the lack of time, I stood in the store for a good forty-five minutes trying to look up reviews on all the different options. There were a few that I liked but that didn't get good reviews, such as this one. In the end, I decided on the Summer Infant Privacy Plus Series Touch Plus Digital Color Video Monitor. I also picked up the Summer Infant Baby Touch Plus Power Pack, as we would need one charger in the master bedroom, as well as one for the kitchen/my room. 

All set up! So simple.

I got it home and installation was a breeze. Took everything out of the box, plugged in the camera, synced it with the monitor, and that was it. SO EASY. 

I love the pan and tilt feature and that I can zoom in and out by controls on the monitor. It also comes equipped with a microphone. I'm assuming that it would normally be used to 'virtually' soothe a baby, but I use it to tell P that he needs to lay down and go to sleep. You know, preschooler issues. ;)

It works well for our needs, BUT I have noticed that it doesn't charge all the way and sometimes loses connection, especially when it's near my computer. I don't know if its an interference issue or what...

It always regains connection right away but I fear that one day the monitor will lose connection while I'm asleep, P will wake up, and I won't hear him. 

Now that we've had this monitor for a decent amount of time, I would have to say that if it was my money being spent on the product, I wouldn't repurchase it. But alas, it is not. If I had it my way, I would have done THIS. I think it's a genius idea and actually talked to Emily {her blog} about how it works. She still uses it and has never had any problems.

xoxo-