Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Love my IPhone

I love my IPhone.  It is just the 3GS, no 4 for me.  I love it and as those who know me know I am addicted to it.  I mean come on right now I am blogging from it.  No, Blogger doesn't have an app yet; however it does do mobile blogging or blog uploading via e-mail (which is what I am using).  You have to just love it.  It is great for people like me who can't sit still no matter what.  This way we can be sitting sill on the couch with our feet up but still doing something.  I can Facebook with it, I can find crochet patterns with it through Ravelry.com's mobile site, and I can order movie tickets through the Fandango app or find a good place to eat while on the go.  I can even surf my Etsy shop (SoapsNSstuff.etsy.com) through Safari.  I take lots of pictures with it and video (thinking about creating a photo blog next).  I can then text these to family and friends or do a mobile upload to Facebook for everyone to see.  Brian and I have our calendars link through the Apple Mobile Me software which makes it near impossible to forget to tell the other about appointments or plans made.  I have games for Josie that keeps her occupied in waiting rooms.  Oh and it goes without saying that I am linked to all my e-mail accounts.  If I didn't have the IPhone most of my e-mails would go unanswered.  Once I get home from work there isn't much time for responding and chatting with friends.  Even my parents have IPhones and love them.  I know I scoffed at them in the beginning but I am a full on convert now!.  So when you see me with my IPhone or I pull it out while we are talking face to face don't feel like I am being rude because I am not.  I am paying attention to you but multitasking at the same time.  It is just who I am. 

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Love it - Yarn Winder

Yarn Winder
I love this yarn winder.  I got it half off at A.C Moore the other day plus I had a $10 reward coupon.  It was a steel and I really wanted it.  It winds yarn into center pull skeins.  It is great to organize left over skeins that have become a tangled mess.  It is also good for hanks of yarn that are not wrapped at all and for those skeins that aren't center pull.

Love it- Shampoo Visor

Shampoo Visor


This Shampoo Visor really works.  It really keeps the water off the face.  I really recommend it.  Just wish Josie would wear it.  She wore it once and then never again.  But don't take that as a slight against the visor.  She is just very fussy with regard to bath time.

Love it - Bottle Tops for Babies

Bottle Tops for Babies

I got a set similar to these sometime before we left for Disney last January.  They cam in really handy while there.  The fit over standard water and soda bottles to turn them into spill proof bottles.  They were great while we were in disney since sippys would get dropped, lost, dirty or spoiled while in the park.  With these we were able to still keep the babies hydrated with water but not have it all over the place.  They also thought they were hot stuff because they could have a bottle like the adults.  Just be wary on the Aquifina bottles they don't always fit tight.  :)

Love it - Car Seat Snack Tray

We got this car seat tray for Josie for Christmas and love it.  It is great on car trips since it has sides so her crayons can't roll off.  She has a place to put her cup and any snacks.  Plus there are mesh pockets on the sides to hold stuff.  I thought it would be firmer but it is really just made of foam and is firm enough to handle the load but soft enough to compress if in an accident.  In fact it has been tested in a crash and past with flying colors.



Snack Tray from One Step Ahead

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Love it - Imatrex

I have to say that I love Imatrex the migraine medicine.  I was very reluctant at first to try it.  I was worried how it would make me feel  and worried that it wouldn't work.  But I am really glad that I tried it for me it really works.  I need to sleep for the first two hours after I take it normally to get through the sleepy side effect but then I am good for the rest of the day.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Hate It-Perdue Ready to Roast Chicken

Time for a "Hate it". Perdue ready to roast chickens. They are sold already in the roasting bag. I have bought two, and neither of them have cooked through when following the package directions. 100 minutes at 400 degrees should get a chicken well on its way to roasted. Neither chicken even came close. Both were about half cooked through at the 100 minute mark. That was with two full days of thawing. I've roasted a lot of poultry and never had problems like I do with these birds. It's almost like the bag insulates the chicken rather than roasting it. It's not baseball season yet, so I can say two strikes and this convenience product is out!