My three kids are the apples of my eye, the jewels in my crown, the lights of my life…
I love them and I love decorating and lighting up my home with designer lighting fixtures, so why not combine my two passions with these Giclée Art Lamp Shades from LAMPS PLUS?
Seriously, they’ll take my favorite photos of my offspring and make gorgeous custom lamps out of them.
Now my kids will always have it made in the shade.
I have always been considered directionally impaired. Whether I’m on wheels or on foot, headed right, left, southeast or north by northwest, I’m usually found a few miles shy of my ultimate destination on the phone with my Mom or asking a gas station attendant for directions.
Now I can keep from getting lost while locating the best routes whether I’m driving, walking, biking or segwaying with my Kapten Personal GPS Voice Navigation Device from ILA.
This innovative mobile navigation system also allows me to chat on the phone thanks to the hi-tech Bluetooth technology, listen to my favorite Mp3 tunes or FM radio station and find my way home when I’m a half hour away from being reported as a missing person.
Twenty-six years ago my college boyfriend gave me one of my all time favorite gifts, one of the most coveted cookbooks ever written – Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child. I poured over every word in that cookbook as though French cooking was a religion and this book was my blanching, boiling and braising bible.
In short, I loved being with Child.
Fast forward to what seems like four score and seven years ago and I’ve mastered 60% of Julia’s recipes (still working on the remaining 40), became a goddess in the kitchen whether I was cooking Boeuf Bourguignon or Brisket, married the guy who brought Julia and I together, and the rest is history.
If you want your own happy ending, both in the kitchen and in life, pick up your own volume of the bestselling Julia Child cookbook from Organize.com. You’ll learn the art of preparing French cuisine even if you consider yourself culinarily challenged, because as Julia herself once said:
“If you can read, you can cook.’”
I’m taking the entire Catalogs.com team out for a group yoga lesson, so I’m making my yoga list and checking it twice. Sports bra? Check. Yoga mat? Check. Water bottle? Check. Comfy yoga pants? Check. Yoga jacket?…Oops. I knew I was forgetting something. I have a drawer filled with the cutest yoga clothes, but the temperature just dropped so I need the cutest yoga outerwear to compliment my sassy yoga look. Horny Toad Activewear’s Women’s Fleece Jackets totally fit the bill.
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There’s no doubt about it, I’m into jewelry. If you’re talking bling, I’m all ears. Unfortunately for my daughters’ future husbands, they inherited my love for all things that go bling in the night as well.
During these tough economic times, I may not be able to bling my girls with carats, but I can bling them with cats thanks to this Glass Earring Bead Crafts Kit from Oriental Trading Company’s Sensational Beads.
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172 women are physically assaulted ever hour. I don’t like those statistics. I have more than enough stress in my life being a successful business woman and Mom without having to worry about looking over my shoulder every minute. Once the sun’s gone down, whether I’m leaving the mall or the grocery store by myself, I always feel like somebody’s watching me.
Maybe I’m paranoid, maybe I’m just the right amount of paranoid. Thankfully, I have the power to punish unruly criminal suspects, mete out street justice and quell civil unrest when I’m armed and dangerous with this tube of Lipstick Pepper Spray from Defense Pro USA. Read the rest of this entry »
I would love nothing more than to spend a leisurely afternoon in a Color Me Mine store, sipping tea, painting mugs and vases without a care in the world. Unfortunately I can’t. I have a job. I gotta bring home the bacon, and unless they pay me for my pottery and crafting expertise I’ll just have to find another way to express myself artistically…like with these Silly Scents Arts & Crafts Crayons from Nasco Arts & Crafts.
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I promise to love, honor and obey my husband, as long as he promises to hand over all his credit cards and hold my purse while I’m in the fitting room trying on designer clothes for all eternity. The ultimate in quirky wedding reception ideas, this Gone Shopping Wedding Cake Topper from Marilyn’s Keepsakes should’ve topped the cake of my wedding. I am a Shopaholic after all. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve had a bad month. Besides all of this Hurricane Gustav/Faye/Ike anxiety, I must’ve dropped a mirror under a ladder while holding a black cat without knowing it because bad luck has been following me around like a stray puppy. Thanks to Potentials Unlimited, I can relieve all of my stress and anxiety for only $19.94 with this Self Hypnosis Instruction Stress and Anxiety MP3.
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My husband and I decided to try something new and celebrate Purim this year. Oh what fun we had celebrating how Queen Esther saved the Jews of Persia from annihilation. We got decked out in costumes, loaded up on noisemakers, food baskets, had a festive meal, and finished up by knocking the candy out of this Purim Mexican Piñata!
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If you’re a Mom (especially one of 3), you make a whole lotta chocolate milk. That’s why this cool Moo Mixer from Room Service Home is always on my counter. It’s only $15 and makes mixing chocolate milk more fun than cow tipping.
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We are family, I’ve got all my address labels with me. Sending mail doesn’t have to be a boring chore. These Family Address Labels from FamilyLabels.com are all the rage in my house. We can personalize everyone in our clan, including the family dog.
