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Most years, I’m a pro at getting my boys back to school with as little fuss and bother as possible. But this year I have to admit that I’m feeling a little unprepared. My boys are attending a new school for the first time in their lives. A month of back to back vacations meant I never got the chance to buy school supplies in advance as I usually do. And now, school registration is just a week away and I’m frantically stocking up on the supplies my boys will need for a successful year of learning.
As usual, every item my boys will be using this year needs to be labelled with their names and most years, that’s no problem at all. I love ordering printed personalized labels every year to save me the time of individually writing their names on each item they use at school. But this year, the constant bustle meant I never had a chance to order labels for the new school year. So what’s a mom that’s short on time to do? Head to Staples for the DYMO® LabelManager™ 160P label maker!
This sleek little handheld label maker is so easy to use and looked like the perfect solution for my back-to-school labeling needs. The QWERTY keyboard let me quickly enter the words I wanted to print, while formatting buttons gave me options including font size, bold text, italics and adding symbols. Then, with the push of a button, a crisp black and white label was printed, ready to be applied to school gear. But best of all, the reprint feature meant that I just had to keep pressing the print button to make multiples of the same label! [Read more…]
Like so many moms, spring is a season for organizing my house and my life. It starts with that day when I can finally pack away the bulky winter coats, snow pants and accessories. The uncluttered entryway that results always inspires me to spread my organizing to other rooms. Some are easier than others to get looking their best, but no area gives me a bigger challenge than my computer area. After all, I spend a lot of time there and deal with a lot of paperwork!
I really enjoyed the assortment of labels and tags, especially the Small ElastiNote Tags. These clever tags had stretchy elastic bands at the top so that they could be wrapped around the many cords around my laptop and our family’s computer. One of my biggest pet peeves is struggling to determine which electrical cord belongs to which device when I’m trying to charge up my phone or plug in another item. With the handy ElastiNote Tags, that’s no longer a problem! Labelling all the cords with their device names took a bit of time, but it was well worth it to eliminate the guesswork when I need an outlet! And the tags are even water resistant so they’re great for labelling plants or using outdoors too!
