Mom's Gadgets

My husband doesn’t get very many opportunities to buy me gifts - not because he doesn’t want to or doesn’t remember. I just don’t let him. Long story.

Yet, he surprised me one birthday with a set of wireless headsets. They aren’t those high quality Sennheiser ones but they do the job. What do I do with it? Well… my office is right next to my girls’ bedroom. Some nights when working late, I like to keep the TV.

Being a touch deaf, the TV often gets turned on a bit loud and I don’t want to wake the kids (oh it’ll be a sleepless night if I did). The wireless headphones are super helpful here. Another one of my favorite uses is to be able to exercise and listen to my TV or computer.

My elliptical is in my office too (sounds like I live in my office huh?) it gets kinda loud when you’re on it. Which means I’d have to turn the TV or the computer even louder in order to listen while exercising. Wireless headphones to the rescue again.

Skype, its a handy downloadable program that allows you to talk to anyone, anywhere from your computer.  Plus it can save you a ton of money on long distance phone calls.   You can talk to people around the world whether they are on landlines or cell phones, all from your computer.

If the person you’re calling already has Skype installed on their Mac or PC then the two of you can talk absolutely free.  Skype also offers affordable pay as you go plans or montly plans to use in calling those who do not have Skype or do not have access to a computer.

Now you can even get Skype phone, headsets and other accessories, making it easy to use and a great way to communicate.  Visit Skype on the web to learn more.