I'll Take "Things You'll Never See In My Home" For $1,000 Alex...

This is disturbing and adorable, all at the same time.

Rat + Cat

Some Product Reviews...

I am a product junkie...a little bit anyway. If I see a commercial or an infomercial for something that looks like it might make little parts of my life easier and run a little bit smoother, I might be inclined to purchase it and give it a shot. Not always. I am not a nut about it. I can, and have, ignored those infomercials that can sometimes be very hard to resist. But, on occasions, I find myself unable to ignore them. Since the new year, I have tried three products which I want to discuss with you now.

One of them is 30 years old and has always been intriguing to me. It is Proactiv Acne Treatment. I don't have the worst acne ever but, my chin is a bit of a battle ground for me. The problem is that I have very sensitive skin. It tends to dry and flake and be blotchy and red. And, it is the worst of combination skin. It is oily and dry, and sometimes, it is both in the same spot. I know. How is that even possible? If my skin could talk you could ask it but, since it can't, all I can say is that it is what it is and there is nothing that I have ever found that has been successful at treating it without causing me pain, discomfort and embarrassment. But, for more than a decade, I have considered giving Proactiv a shot. Well, I broke down and did just that. Thus far, I am not entirely thrilled with the outcome. My skin is redder, flakier and more irritated than it usually is. As far as the acne on my chin, I can't tell if it is helping that problem any just yet. I seem to be getting a new zit every day but, almost as soon as it is starting, it seems to be going so, maybe it is helping. But, what good is that if the rest of my skin looks and feels like heck? About the only part of my face with any bit of good results is my nose and even that isn't great. It just seems like I have smaller pores and less blackheads on my nose now but, it is redder than usual and a bit flaky at the tip of it. So, I will continue to use it for a little bit longer but, if I had to guess, I would say that I will be returning it soon enough and getting my nearly $50 back.

That being said, it doesn't mean it won't work for others. It just means that I have really overly sensitive skin and Proactiv is proving not to be as effective and right for me as it is for the plethora of celebrities and average Janes that have used it over the years.

Product #2 was the Smooth Away Hair Removal. They are these fine grain pads that you stick to a pink rubber tool and you are supposed to be able to quickly and painlessly rub and buff your hair away by rubbing in a circle wherever you want to remove hair. It is supposed to remove the hair and exfoliate in the process. And, it is supposed to do it pretty quickly. In the time that it took me to remove the hair from a 2 inch diameter section of my leg, I could have shaved all of the hair off both of my legs, bikini area and under arms and, probably gone on to shaving someone else's body parts too. Not to mention...but I will, when I used Smooth Away on my bikini area...OUCH! I ended up with red, inflamed skin and something worse than razor bumps. I returned it promptly and got my money back. I don't know if there is a specific hair type or color that it is more effective on. Perhaps the more course your hair is, or the darker your hair is, the better results you will have. And, maybe it will work wonders for others. It just wasn't right for me. The only real good thing about it was that, while it is marketed on TV in infomercials, you can buy it at Walgreens and, you can get it cheaper there too so you won't waste money on shipping should you have to return it.

Finally, product #3 was a winner. I hate to clean. Anything I can use to make cleaning easier and quicker is a blessing to me. And, if I can make it easier, quicker and less expensive, even better. So, I bought the Shark Steam Mop. And, again, I didn't have to order it online or over the phone because they also sell them at Bed, Bath and Beyond. I love it. Granted, I can't use it on my hardwoods because it is really a beast to push on them for some reason, I love it for my tile in my bathrooms and laundry room. All it takes is tap water and it comes with 2 washable pads. It has done wonders for the Hellacious floor in my laundry room. We keep the dog bowl and the kitty litter box in there so there is quite a bit of dirty traffic in there and that floor has always been a pain for me to keep clean. Now, every time I walk past it I have to stare at it and smile with pride that I finally have a clean floor that seems to stay clean longer. The only thing I am not crazy about with the Shark Steam Mop is that I have to plug it in which means working around a cord. But, I can tolerate it if it saves some money on cleaning fluids. For my hardwoods I use the Swiffer Wet Jet. I love that thing too but, with 3 less rooms in the house to use it on, that means the cleaning liquid and the pads that are necessary for the Swiffer Wet Jet will last 3 times longer costing me 3 times less money.

So, there you have it. My 3 big product tests of 2009. At least for now. Who knows what I might see later down the line and what may become my favorite product ever...or least favorite!

I hope you got some useful information here. Just make sure to take my opinions for what they are worth...just my opinions.

Let Me Count The Ways...

Oh Wentworth Miller how will I miss you on Prison Break? Let me count the ways.

1. I'll miss your beautiful face on my TV every Monday night.
2. I'll miss daydreaming about your beautiful face on my TV every Sunday.
3. I'll miss wiping up my own drool for an hour every Monday night as I watch you on my TV.
4. I'll miss wishing Monday night would hurry up and get here so I can get lost in your hotness on my TV.
5. I'll miss wishing I could be Sarah just once, every Monday night.
6. I'll miss wishing I could be any one of your fellow cast members so I could bask in the hotness that is you.
7. I'll miss wishing I could be any member of the crew and/or staff that works behind your scenes....oops...I mean behind the scenes of Prison Break.
8. I'll miss wishing I could be your jeans, your shirt, your socks...pretty much anything that gets to be so up close and personal to you. And yea...that includes your boxers.
9. I'll miss wishing I could be 9:00 PM on Monday just so you could fit in my slot.
10. Most of all, I'll just miss you.

I look forward to seeing the last episodes of Prison Break but, I parish the thought of not seeing you on my TV anymore. Please come back soon, to something else. Anything else!

Making Fun of Apple...

Ok, almost anyone who knows me fairly well knows that I am now a huge fan of Apple. I have a MacBook that I got about a year ago. It is my first Apple computer and I absolutely love it to pieces. It is easy to use. It took a little bit of time to figure out a few of the key differences between it and a PC but, all in all, I am a quick study and picked up on it with ease. And, getting your new Apple computer is a breeze compared to a PC. Basically, you plug the power cord in, turn it on, set it up to your network and go. I don't know if that is technically how it all panned out but, I can say that, if memory serves, my hubby had my Apple up and ready to use in about 5 minutes or less. It even finds your printer on your network on its own.

That being said, I have to laugh at the following video. So, enjoy it! It cracked me up and I am a Mac Head.


Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

All The Pretty Lights...

My hubby took these with his camera and they turned out better than the ones I took and posted previously. They still aren't perfect but, you get the idea. They are of my big, beautiful Christmas tree and my beautiful outdoor lights!

Frizbee Is A Loud Dreamer...

This is Frizbee. He's a loud sleeper. Really loud. This isn't even as loud as he can get and, this is still pretty loud. He snores. He barks. He twitches. He provides entertainment almost every night simply by sleeping. Enjoy and maybe someday I will get his whole act on camera to share with all of you!

Sorry for the abundance of pictures but, I couldn't pick which ones or one represented the magnificence of my tree. This thing is a beast. I love it! It was the first tree that caught my eye on the lot. The hubby and I wandered around for maybe 5 minutes to make sure that we didn't find a better tree and we didn't. This was the one. When I grabbed the tree guy to help us get it wrapped up and put on the car, he had some funny things to say about this tree. His first comment was "That's a huge tree." Then he said, "That's a chubby." I believe he even called it a fatty but, I can't recall.

These pictures don't really do it justice. But it is big and beautiful and it has made my entire house smell so pretty.

Thanksgiving Pies

These are my homemade Apple and Pumpkin Cheesecake Swirl pies that I made for Thanksgiving. I am so pleased with how they both came out that I had to share it with all of you. I don't like to brag too much but, while I cook well, I am not the best baker ever. I basically only have a few things that I bake well and these are 2 of them. And, they were as yummy as they were beautiful to look at. In fact, my 9 year old nephew was surprised that I made them because he said that he only sees pies that look like that in "factories". I think he meant bakeries. Either way, it was a heck of a compliment from a 9 year old boy!

Hot! Hot! Hot!

Just thinking about it makes me...ummmm...nevermind!
It isn't often that the boys of Supernatural have love scenes because the lady fans get all jealous and infuriated with the ladies that share love scenes with the boys. But, Eric Kripke threw Sam (Jared Padalecki) a bone and gave him one Hell of a steamy love scene in last week's episode "I know what you did last summer". Ruby (Genevieve Cortese) and Sam gave into their most primal urges and good Lord was it HOT! Seriously...I watch a lot of TV and have seen lots of movies and I would have to say that that scene was the hottest love scene that I have ever seen! Props to Jared Padalecki because he looks like he would be really fun to be Ruby with! Props to Genevieve Cortese because...damn girl...you must have needed a shower after that scene with Jared. I would have! In fact, I'm not so sure that I don't need a shower now after going back through that scene in my memory! Now I am regretting having deleted that episode from my Tivo.

Alien Cat

The hubby shot this photo of our resident Alien Cat, Martini. The room was dark and hubby just used the camera flash to light up the room and, WOW, what an effect! Creepy!

Needed My Camera...

I would swear that I stepped into the USA Channel during my trip to the mall today. The network's tag line is "Characters welcome" and my local mall was definitely living by that one.

From the tragically trendy young couple with a 4 or 5 year old daughter and another on the way. The problem with them was that Daddy needed to learn how to fit jeans for his case of Noassatall. (For those of you who don't get it...No Ass At All). To Steven Cojocaru's lookalike working at a Religious Decor kiosk. Then, the coup de grace was the girl who didn't look any older than 15 who came into the mall in a tank top, short booty shorts, "Boots With The Fur" and a sparkly, bright and shiny, beautiful, wedding-ring-looking gigantic Platinum set diamond ring on her betrothal finger. Her outfit alone was something to behold. But, the fact that it was only 46 degrees outside made it even more difficult not to give her the raised eyebrow to express, without words, "What were you thinking when you left the house like that?" And, given how young she looked, what were her parents thinking when they let her leave the house looking like she was working a street corner? Without a jacket...
There were women with too much makeup and one who nearly let her ladies (yes...her boobies) out to play. Or, perhaps they were trying to make a break for it. Either way...those girls were doing more greeting at her makeup counter than she actually was.

Today was very busy at the mall. Oddly busy for the fact that is was Sunday and, we still have just under 2 weeks before "Black Friday". Anyway, due to the fact that it was so busy, it gave me so much to look at. So many questionable wardrobe decisions.

I wish that I had brought my camera.

And, for the record, I am all for personal expression. I believe that you should wear what makes you feel comfortable. That being said, be prepared for people to laugh at you, raise eyebrows at you, and form opinions about you based on your choice of personal outward expression through the colors, fabrics and lack there of, that you choose to don your body with.

David Caruso...I'm Done With You!

Update:
I love the interest and enthusiasm that this post has brought! I love the passion that a few of my readers have shown me. Thank you so much for your comments!

I do want to apologize for having misspelled David Caruso's character's name, Horatio Caine. I knew better than to post without making sure I had his name spelled correctly. Forgive my laziness. I try to maintain some professionalism in my entries but, sometimes I slack off and, I did that here. Thank you to "Anonymous" for pointing out my faux pas.

And, last but not least, my hubby sent this link to me...I thought those of you who commented on this post would get a kick out of it too! Enjoy and, again...Thank you so much for your comments! Here is the link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27426369/


For as long as the CSI's have been on, I have been a loyal fan and viewer. Well, with perhaps one exception. I have always hated David Caruso as Horatio Kane on CSI: Miami. I just can't stand that guy. I really only watched that show because of each storyline. But, as time has gone by, I have grown to despise David Caruso more and more with each passing episode. For one thing, I hate the way he says the name of whichever character he is in a scene with, no less than 3 times per scene. And, the longer the scene, the more times he says the name. Two weeks ago, he said one characters name 3 times in one sentence. ONE SENTENCE! Then, there is the way he shifts back and forth never facing the person he is talking to, head-on. The on and off and on and off thing he does with his sunglasses. Enough! So, the straw that broke this camel's back this week was when he greeted a woman (suspect) with his back turned toward her. He literally stood there and greeted her with his back turned. What the Fedge? Who does that? What, are you too good to have her look upon your face when you greet her? For the past year or more, I have turned the thought of breaking up with CSI: Miami, around in my head. I consider it. I give in and keep watching it. I consider it again. I give in and keep watching it again. But, not this time! Not this week! Not anymore. When you are so distracted by the horrific acting and your own hatred towards one actor or character, how are you enjoying the show anymore? I'm not. Not only that, but I fell asleep under halfway through this week's episode and just deleted it from my DVR without going back to catch the last more than a half hour. I simply don't care to put up with David Caruso's crappy acting anymore. He has ruined a wonderful show for me. Good job dude! And, yes...I was really ticked off when it turned out that he wasn't killed in last season's finale cliffhanger but, I wasn't fooled into believing he really was dead. What bugs me so much is that William Peterson is leaving CSI (the original) and I will miss him dearly. Meanwhile, we can't get rid of David Caruso from CSI: Miami. What gives?

Party In A Box...

cat n box




You can buy toys that sometimes cost more than they are worth. Or, you can just leave a box sitting around on the floor and there will be hours more entertainment. I don't know what it is about boxes but, I have seen my cats do something similar to this in empty cases of beer, shoe boxes and delivery boxes. Even a pizza box is interesting to a cat.

Had Me Saying Holy S&*$!!!

I love this show and it is this stuff that keeps me hooked. On the live Halloween episode of Ghost Hunters, Grant Wilson was walking around in the tunnels of Fort Delaware, AKA Pea Patch Island. Suddenly, he was pulled back by the collar of his jacket. You see him react to it by nearly falling backwards but, you also see the collar of his jacket move as if grabbed. It is some freaky stuff! Some of the coolest evidence I have seen on this show.

History and A New Beginning!

This is a snap shot, from my TV, of the moment Wolf Blitzer gave us California's numbers basically proclaiming Barack Obama our new President!