What a great Hot Stuff last week 
we had a record number of votes, and it’s another great line up this week. Vote for your favourite in the comments, voting closes on Thursday morning, in the wee small hours if you’re in the US of A. The winner will receive an ‘I’m Hot Stuff’ award and the envy of us all!
Babysitting
Ten tips for babysitting from a parent and former sitter, Sandy sent this one in to parent hacks. When I was a young teen I did a fair bit of babysitting myself. Numbers five, nine and ten would definitely make my list now that I am a parent, I just need to find a responsible teen 
Sickness
Sickness seems to be a hot topic at the moment. Vicky of Little Legends has ten tips for dealing with sickness *and* children simultaneously. Number 10. Now that’s what I would do
Money
Highlighted by Megin and coming from one of my favourite blogs, 23 ways to improve your finances (in a weekend) over at The Simple Dollar.
50 ways to save money on your grocery bill by Thrifty Mommy has been nominated by Megin. I cut my grocery bill by around 20% (not to mention what I save in time) from doing it online and getting it delivered, and that is taking the delivery cost into consideration!
Work/Life Balance
Career and Kids has a great post on transitioning between work time and family time.
Positive Parenting
Yes, yes, yes. Be a good dad is talking about the power of yes. A nice reminder for us all, I think
Random Hot Stuff
Stu has nominated this amazing folding chair. I so need one of these for that once a year occasion when you decide to invite way more people than you have space for (aka Christmas, Thanksgiving…)
Barb has nominated this video of a kitten who is struggling with her (?) first words, all say aaahhhh
[tags] babysitting, childminding, finances, save money, thrifty, parenting, work life balance, career [/tags]
19 responses so far ↓
Theo // Feb 6, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Hi Erica — I’ll *always* vote for anything related to Cute Overload.
Just wanted to make sure you were clear on the credit for that video Barb submitted to you; it’s apparently over a year old and belongs to someone called “Atahualpa1″ on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Atahualpa1
Cheers!
Erica Douglas // Feb 6, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Thanks Theo, the Hot Stuff Award is for bringing it to our attention. It doesn’t matter if it’s an old video either, it made Barb smile so that’s good enough for us. Good Luck.
Karen // Feb 7, 2007 at 3:07 am
Thanks. I am blushing. Good luck everyone.
Karen
http://www.thriftymommy.com
Gerald // Feb 7, 2007 at 3:53 am
I vote for thrifty mommy
Stu Mark // Feb 7, 2007 at 4:39 am
Madame Chairperson, I cast one Yea vote for the Simple Dollar link. The detail alone is worth my vote, not to mention that they do the math for you (like the first step of switching to CFL lightbulbs).
Kate // Feb 7, 2007 at 5:48 am
Thrifty Mommy is where it is at for financial advice.
carolyn // Feb 7, 2007 at 12:33 pm
I enjoy thrifty Mommy’s comments. She has some good ideas.
Melanie // Feb 7, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Thrifty Mommy has my vote, who knew there were so many ways to cut spending. As mom of 4 boys this information was very helpful. If you have not read this artcle, please scroll up and click on the link. You will be glad you did!
Karen T. // Feb 7, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Go thriftymommy!
Kellys // Feb 7, 2007 at 3:02 pm
I vote for the 50 ways to save money by Karen adn Thrifty Mommy.
Thrifty Mom- Karen // Feb 7, 2007 at 3:31 pm
This is my vote for Karen and Thrifty mommy! Go Karen and I hope you win! Love, Aunt Lou
Mommasworld // Feb 7, 2007 at 5:10 pm
I really enjoyed the post from Career and Kids so that one gets my vote.
Hsien Lei // Feb 7, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Karen put a lot of work into those 50 tips and they’re excellent! I vote for Thrifty Mommy.
Revka // Feb 7, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Thrifty Mommy’s post was awesome! She has my vote.
demondoll // Feb 7, 2007 at 9:52 pm
I vote for Career and Kids, please!
Libby // Feb 7, 2007 at 11:49 pm
I vote for Elizabeth from Career and kids–very relevant to my life. Good stuff!
Erica // Feb 8, 2007 at 10:09 am
VOTING IS CLOSED
Please send nominations for next weeks Hot Stuff to erica.littlemummy@googlemail.com.
Myron // Feb 8, 2007 at 11:37 am
Thrifty-momma is a great column. The basic down-to-earth stuff, with a lot of common sense involved. It’s amazing how many people have never been taught this sort of stuff. Great articles and pointed at what you need.
Aggie Mom // Feb 10, 2007 at 1:54 pm
I vote for the Career amd Kids article about transition from work to home. I just recently had this conversation with my sister in law because some of our relatives (without kids) were trying to convince her to change jobs because her commute is so long. I was the only one who understood why she likes her commute – I definitely need my 20 min each way to “shift gears” and relax. Now if I could just get him husband to stop calling me and wanting to talk during my entire drive to work…
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