Tony and I have been going to school for one full year.  We started last fall and will continue at the community college until summer 2012 at which time Tony and I plan on packing our family up and moving across the country to Arizona.

Well since we started school I find myself using our HP inkjet printer a lot.  Not only do I print stuff for my crafting but now I print a ton of stuff for school.  It would seem as though I am hp ink cartridges monthly.  That is a cost to us of $35.  I am not totally happy with that.  With us trying to crunch numbers and spend as little as possible and save as much as we can, $35 a month for ink is kinda pricey.  That is $420 a year that could be used for gas or food on our trip out to Arizona.  We decided to make a vacay out of our travels.  We will take 5-7 days to get out there. Stopping each day and doing something fun.  With 4 kids I am sure they would enjoy it.  Whether it’s just staying in a hotel that has a pool and going swimming or finding something else fun to do.  We will drive for 6-8 hours (400-500 miles) and then stop for the day.  We will also need to make sure we have plenty of stuff in the car to entertain the kids.

So anywho, Tony and I have been thinking of getting a laser printer.  Just a black and white printer to print my shipping labels and school stuff.  We found  one decently cheap, I think Tony said it was even a wireless printer which is super cool.  Now we just need to make the purchase.  I hope the $80 we spend on the printer will in the long run save us money. 

Well it’s not really new, I think I have had it for a couple months but I do love it.  It is the Samsung Captivate.  I used to have the iphone and I totally thought I could love nothing else.  My brother had bought the cell phone for me and I certainly could not have said no to a gift.  And I loved that phone for the 6 months or so that I had it.

Tony was up for renewal and was doing his research on new phones.  He knew he wanted a Smartphone but he didn’t know if he wanted to go with the iphone too.  I think the great thing about the phones we have is that it is really similar to the iphone.  It has a market place to download apps.  I guess the only thing I miss is that since the iphone is so popular, there are a lot of apps that are specific just for that phone, I can’t get it on the cell phone I have.

Oh well, I am sure when I am up for renewal I will find the newest cool phone out there. 

I can’t say enough about how cool this phone is.  From the ringtones that sound like someone is pushing a doorbell buttonor a barking dog to the cool applications.  Most of the websites I use have an application.  Like Godaddy so I can manage my online store or ebay to manage my ebay store there is an app that I can download to have instant access. 

I use the notepad function the calendar and now that I have unlimited data plan I use the internet a lot. 

I thought I would have trouble getting used to the touch screen but frankly it was an easy transition.  It has landscape view which gives the virtual keyboard a bit more space.  I love the iPod as well.  When I have it hooked up in my car and I am listening to the music, if I get a call it mutes the music and I can have the call on the car speakers. I am sure a lot of phones do that but I don’t think my Samsung Blackjack could.

Overall I just think the phone is badass!!

I was recently given the opportunity to review the power adapter from iGo.  We are a family of gadgets.  We all have cell phones, we don’t have a home phone at all.  We have a couple digital cameras, Nintendo DS, a laptop, and Zunes.  So this device is wonderful because it comes with a car charger and wall plug.  I love that it has the car charger because I don’t always remember to charge my phone at night and when I am out and about running errands, my phone battery dies.  So I have the convenience of using it at home or on the go.

They sell attachments for a wide variety of gadgets.  I was sent one for my phone, Zune and digital camera.

I also listen to my Zune in the car and when the battery gets low it is nice that I  could charge it.

I was sent the iGo Everywhere Power Adaptor.

This is the perfect item if you own lots of gadgets for a very affordable price!

Thanks again Mom Fuse and iGo for this opportunity.