Kids Falling Out Of Bed

It freaks me out when I'm up late blogging in my office when suddenly the ceiling goes BOOM! Especially since my toddler daughter is supposed to be asleep in the room right above the office.

Ever since we took down the baby bed rails, I've been scared she'll fall out. And even though she's getting bigger (almost 4), and can easily climb in and out, she still occasionally falls out.

At first this terrified me. I run through the house and fly upstairs and burst into the room to rescue my darling, only to find out that she's still asleep...on the floor in a jumble of stuffed animals, pillows and blankets that she took with her when she fell. I put her back in, and she's right back to sleep, if she even ever woke up.

Now I laugh. I mean, seriously, these kids sleep like the dead. If I fell out of bed in the middle of the night, I'd have enough adrenaline pumping through my veins to lift a car. Forget going back to sleep...that might happen in a few days. My son usually wakes up long enough to look around groggily, say something completely random, and then crawl back in bed.

Ah, the sleep of the innocent!

Building a Cheap Desk

If you want an inexpensive desk, you can build one yourself for much less money than even the cheapest pre-made desks out there. All without any construction skills whatsoever.

Go buy two cheap 2-drawer file cabinets, and an unfinished door. You can find a door at a local hardware store. It doesn't matter if the doorknob hole is there or not. Just make sure the door is flat (like an inside door).

Put the two file cabinets about 4 feet apart and place the door on top. It's as simple as that!

This type of desk gives you the perfect height, a lot of space to spread out your papers, and 4 drawers for storage.

If you want it to look a little classier, use a wood file cabinet instead of a metal one.

Wizard 101 Blog

There's a new blog about Wizard 101, and I'm enjoying it already. You can tell it's a real dad, writing about his real experiences with his son playing Wizard 101...and you can tell he's got previous MMO experience.

You can find the site for Wizard 101 Hints, Tips and Help at http://wiz101.net.

I plan on following this blog, to see what he's up to next!

Buying Office Chairs

When buying chairs for the office, there are several factors that you should keep in mind.

If you are buying stacking office chairs, you need to consider options like:

• casters or foot pads
• arms/sides
• cushioning
• how high they stack (how much room you have to store them)

Pricing for these types of office chairs varies widely, from as low as $25 per chair up to a few hundred per chair!

Also, keep in mind the fact that when you buy online, you will pay big-time shipping and delivery charges...sometimes up to half the cost of the chair!

So, weigh what you really need, how often you will be stacking them, how much use they will get, how long someone will be sitting in one at a time, etc., before you start shopping.