Monthly Archives: June, 2009
How to Apply Self Tanner and Actually Appear Tan
Over the years, I’ve experimented with many different self-tanning products. When they first came out, they smelled bad, made your skin turn a broad spectrum of orange tones (all on the same body part) and were generally miserable to handle and expensive. Today, many different options exist in the self-tanning realm. I’ve tried L’Oreal, Banana …
Tales from the Gym: Kenny Rogers
If you haven’t noticed by now, I’m an observer. One of the things that curses me regularly is my keen ability to spot lookalikes, whether they be of people I know or famous people. Today, I dragged my weary booty to the gym and as I trotted away on the elliptical machine, I glanced to …
Toad Chronicles: Chapter 3
It was a short five days ago that I decided to embrace the wildlife in my yard and somehow protect the toads from the vicious blades of my Toro. I created two toad houses, and asked my fabulous Manny to work with the kids to move any toads they encountered to the new neighborhood. True …
Toads: I’m Not Gonna Beat ‘Em, So I will try to Join ‘Em.
I have previously written about my traumatic encounter with a toad while mowing the grass. Almost daily, I see those buggers hopping around, and I continue to live in fear of stepping on one or much, much worse, mowing over one. MY friend VC suggested that I try to move the toad who lives under …
Product Review – Colgate Wisp
On a late night visit to Walgreens with my friend Gail, we discovered the Colgate Wisp. Gail bought a pack of them and we gave them a try on the way back to the car. Imagine a tiny plastic toothbrush with a hard bead of Listerine. We brushed and brushed, almost demolishing the brush part, …
pop?u?lar /?p?py?l?r/ [pop-yuh-ler], Round 2
As I was washing dishes tonight, Boo (4) approached me and said: “Mom. Marissa (a girl at daycare) is fabbyliss, and she is MEAN.” I said “Fabulous?” He said “I mean, popplyer. But she’s MEAN.” I said, “Well, if she is mean, then she probably isn’t popular.” “Oh, but she IS. Marissa TOLD US she’s …
The Great Home Haircolor Disaster of 2009
I have experimented with self-colored hair for my entire adult life. Intermittently, I go get a really solid pro job, using multiple foils and even low-lites from time to time. Recently, I’ve been focused on cutting expenses wherever possible, and over the winter I settled into a satisfactory solid color that wasn’t far from my …
Frick ‘n Frack
I often address my children as Frick ‘n Frack. Maybe it’s strange, considering those were the names of my childhood goldfish. (My Grandpa won them for Winny and me at Lions Fest in Thiensville (birthplace of Simply Safe products) by tossing ping pong balls into the fish bowls, and they lived for a shocking 2 …
Yardwork 101: Look Out for Toads
Today, I cut the grass for the second time with my lovely Toro Recycler. Not much of a fan of this chore, I am especially skittish about toads in my yard. Last time, I spotted two lil’ guys hopping around, and I just left that area of the grass uncut. This time, I didn’t see …
Denny’s Grand Slamwich
When I saw the billboard for a Grand Slamwich at Denny’s, I was intrigued to say the least. Drue’s first grade class put on a play the other day, so my mom, dad, Brett and I went to go see it. When it was over, I suggested we go check out the Slamwich. Basically, it …