The Husband and I are the proud owners of two, brand new, bright and shiny tickets to see Ani Difranco at the House of Blues in New Orleans on March 16.
There is some chance that The Husband will be in Tokyo again on business during that time, so I will be taking applications for a fellow awesomeness aficionado to be my back-up partner in awesomeness. Good luck.
Showing posts with label things that are awesome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label things that are awesome. Show all posts
Friday, December 14, 2007
Sunday, December 09, 2007
A Considerably Crafty Christmas
Although I lack the dedication to Pledge Handmade, I am trying to choose as many locally handmade gifts for my family as possible, including a few projects I have on my own knitting needles.
Last weekend a couple of friends, The Husband, and I checked out the Urban Street Bazaar, and I came away with some excellent finds, most of which I actually intend to give away at Christmas. So, if you're related to me quit reading now or you might spoil the surprise.
I was about ready to walk away with Kraftivity Studios' entire inventory, but I managed to select three things, only one of which I plan to keep for myself. This cherry blossom plate is finding a home on my shelf.
This little pot is for my grandmother. I think I'm going to plant an African violet in it before I give it to her.
This sad sack Santa is for my mom's stepmother. She's the type of person who can't answer the question, "How are you doing?" without tossing off a comment like, "Oh, you know. The excruciating pain and paralysis come and go, but I guess I'm fine."
I'm giving this hand painted dishtowel to my mom to add to her chicken collection. It comes from MaggieDell's Designs, which doesn't have a website, but it does have a MySpace page. They'll do custom projects, so just drop them a line if you need a barnyard animal painted on your kitchen linens.
This last plate from Superchica is mine, mine, mine. It nearly leapt off the table into my arms. I don't know exactly why it strikes me like it does, but I keep hugging it because I just love it so much.
I picked up this candle from Shambhala Body Gallery to make our house smell all Christmas-ey.
Finally, the Kitchen Beautician (who also doesn't have a website; come on people, join the 21st century) put together this basket for my girly little diva of a twelve-year-old cousin. I've been keeping all the gifts in the spare room until Christmas, and the whole place smells like roses now.
Last weekend a couple of friends, The Husband, and I checked out the Urban Street Bazaar, and I came away with some excellent finds, most of which I actually intend to give away at Christmas. So, if you're related to me quit reading now or you might spoil the surprise.
I was about ready to walk away with Kraftivity Studios' entire inventory, but I managed to select three things, only one of which I plan to keep for myself. This cherry blossom plate is finding a home on my shelf.
This little pot is for my grandmother. I think I'm going to plant an African violet in it before I give it to her.
This sad sack Santa is for my mom's stepmother. She's the type of person who can't answer the question, "How are you doing?" without tossing off a comment like, "Oh, you know. The excruciating pain and paralysis come and go, but I guess I'm fine."
I'm giving this hand painted dishtowel to my mom to add to her chicken collection. It comes from MaggieDell's Designs, which doesn't have a website, but it does have a MySpace page. They'll do custom projects, so just drop them a line if you need a barnyard animal painted on your kitchen linens.
This last plate from Superchica is mine, mine, mine. It nearly leapt off the table into my arms. I don't know exactly why it strikes me like it does, but I keep hugging it because I just love it so much.
I picked up this candle from Shambhala Body Gallery to make our house smell all Christmas-ey.
Finally, the Kitchen Beautician (who also doesn't have a website; come on people, join the 21st century) put together this basket for my girly little diva of a twelve-year-old cousin. I've been keeping all the gifts in the spare room until Christmas, and the whole place smells like roses now.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
YWCA drive to aid struggling moms
From the Dallas Morning News today.
12:00 AM CST on Wednesday, December 5, 2007
12:00 AM CST on Wednesday, December 5, 2007
The Young Leaders
You can help by dropping off canned food, baby food and travel-size toiletry items at the YWCA's headquarters, 4144 N. Central Expressway,
The donated items will be used to fill holiday gift baskets for single mothers.
"When you consider that the YWCA's typical client is a single working mother trying to raise two children on less than $30,000 a year, you see how tight her budget has to be just to cover the bare necessities," said Cherika Latham, president of the young leaders board.
The board is made up of "emerging leaders" from 25 to 40 who are committed to serving as YWCA ambassadors and raising awareness of the YWCA's mission, goals and initiatives.
For more information about the board, e-mail or call Joyce Meyer at jmeyer@ywca dallas.org or 214-584-2312. To learn more about the YWCA, visit www.ywcadallas.org or call 214-826-YWCA (9922).
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
You Know What Would Be Cool?
It would be cool if there were some sort of website or application that would rank your potential "compatibility" with other bloggers by comparing the amount of overlap in each other's BlogRolls.
Does this exist, and if not, when do you plan to invent it?
Does this exist, and if not, when do you plan to invent it?
Monday, November 19, 2007
Something You Can Do For Good
Yesterday's post was a big ol' bummer, so here's a really dorky awesome way to do some good in the world. Click the button below and go play the Free Rice vocabulary quiz. Every question you get correct earns the United Nations World Food Program (excuse me, I mean "Programme") a donation for their global operations.
If the get a word wrong, the questions get easier. If you get three in row correct, you go up a level in difficulty. So far, I tend to top out at about level 43 of 50 , but I've gotten as high as 46. Y'all are super nerdy. Try to beat me, and feed some hungry people while you work out your big brain.
If the get a word wrong, the questions get easier. If you get three in row correct, you go up a level in difficulty. So far, I tend to top out at about level 43 of 50 , but I've gotten as high as 46. Y'all are super nerdy. Try to beat me, and feed some hungry people while you work out your big brain.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Another Thing That is Awesome
I feel silly for being this enthusiastic about a cleaning product, but the Scrubbing Bubbles® Automatic Shower Cleaner* is totally awesome!
We have been in our house for almost three months now and have never cleaned the shower, but it is still as fresh and sparkling as the day we moved in. All we have to do is push a button when we're done in the shower, and so far it looks like we'll never have to scrub it again. I tried the product in a spray bottle, but I am too lazy to squirt it by hand every day, so it never worked, and the shower got grody. That's how lazy I am, and I can still manage to keep my shower clean with the Scrubbing Bubbles® Automatic Shower Cleaner.
However, what is not awesome is the website for this product. When it loads up all these cheerful looking women in maids' uniforms pop out of the box and start scrubbing their cheerful little hearts out. What was wrong with the non-gendered Scrubbing Bubbles - after whom the product is named? Why does the product have to be compared to women on their knees?
Scrubbing Bubbles® Automatic Shower Cleaner: it's like domestic servitude in a box!
*I pledge that I have received no compensation, monetary or otherwise, in exchange for the product review I make in this post, and will not receive any such compensation within one year after this post, and that this pledge is a contract between myself and all readers, such that any reader(s) who can prove in a US court that I am in breach of the pledge is entitled to $10,000 US in damages from me, at which point the contract is void and no other parties have standing, which limits my liability to $10,000 total. (Non-Endorsement Contract lifted from Brainhell.)
We have been in our house for almost three months now and have never cleaned the shower, but it is still as fresh and sparkling as the day we moved in. All we have to do is push a button when we're done in the shower, and so far it looks like we'll never have to scrub it again. I tried the product in a spray bottle, but I am too lazy to squirt it by hand every day, so it never worked, and the shower got grody. That's how lazy I am, and I can still manage to keep my shower clean with the Scrubbing Bubbles® Automatic Shower Cleaner.
However, what is not awesome is the website for this product. When it loads up all these cheerful looking women in maids' uniforms pop out of the box and start scrubbing their cheerful little hearts out. What was wrong with the non-gendered Scrubbing Bubbles - after whom the product is named? Why does the product have to be compared to women on their knees?
Scrubbing Bubbles® Automatic Shower Cleaner: it's like domestic servitude in a box!
*I pledge that I have received no compensation, monetary or otherwise, in exchange for the product review I make in this post, and will not receive any such compensation within one year after this post, and that this pledge is a contract between myself and all readers, such that any reader(s) who can prove in a US court that I am in breach of the pledge is entitled to $10,000 US in damages from me, at which point the contract is void and no other parties have standing, which limits my liability to $10,000 total. (Non-Endorsement Contract lifted from Brainhell.)
Monday, August 06, 2007
I Gotta be at Work in Less Than Eight Hours
The Husband and I got home late Saturday evening and spent a couple of hours watching Reno 911 and eating take-out from Picasso's. I would like to offer in the first of a series of "Things That Are Awesome" Picasso's Pizza & Grill. If you live in Addison or East Dallas and you like good food, but hate to cook, call Picasso's. They have delicious salads, pasta, pizza, burgers, seafood, steak - all sorts of yummy stuff - and they bring it to your house. Check it out.
Anyway - I had a terrible problem caused by the plane trip each way to Tokyo. My ankles swelled up to at least twice their normal size. On the way there, I think I got up once during the whole 10-hour flight, so I figured that my ankle deformity was caused by inactivity. But, on the way back, I did everything I could think of to avoid the disgustingness. Actually, it looked gross, but it also really hurt. My skin felt like it would split, and my whole legs were swollen and stiff.
On the trip back I got up several times and did exercises and stretches in the aisle. I would even go into the bathroom and sit on the toilet lid and prop my feet up against the wall to elevate them above my head for a couple of minutes at a time. But when I got home my ankles were as big around as my knees. I've flown non-stop to Europe before and never had this issue, but just an hour or two into the flight home from Tokyo I could feel my ankles getting stiff and swollen. Very gross.
Anyway - I didn't get up until 4 p.m. on Sunday. I was just so comfortable that I couldn't drag myself out of bed. Second in my series of "Things That Are Awesome" is the Memory Foam 2-inch Mattress Topper. They also make a 4-inch version, but I don't think I'd ever - and I mean ever - make it out of bed if we had the 4-inch version. Seriously, if you like lying in bed at all, run out and buy this thing. Total heaven!
Anyway - I've been reading blogs and watching TV all evening, and I'm not the least bit sleepy even though I have to be up in five hours. In an effort to sedate myself I've had an entire bottle of Pinot Grigio by Zenato (also awesome, by the way - $11.99 at Central Market). 6 a.m. is going to come awfully early.
Anyway - I had a terrible problem caused by the plane trip each way to Tokyo. My ankles swelled up to at least twice their normal size. On the way there, I think I got up once during the whole 10-hour flight, so I figured that my ankle deformity was caused by inactivity. But, on the way back, I did everything I could think of to avoid the disgustingness. Actually, it looked gross, but it also really hurt. My skin felt like it would split, and my whole legs were swollen and stiff.
On the trip back I got up several times and did exercises and stretches in the aisle. I would even go into the bathroom and sit on the toilet lid and prop my feet up against the wall to elevate them above my head for a couple of minutes at a time. But when I got home my ankles were as big around as my knees. I've flown non-stop to Europe before and never had this issue, but just an hour or two into the flight home from Tokyo I could feel my ankles getting stiff and swollen. Very gross.
Anyway - I didn't get up until 4 p.m. on Sunday. I was just so comfortable that I couldn't drag myself out of bed. Second in my series of "Things That Are Awesome" is the Memory Foam 2-inch Mattress Topper. They also make a 4-inch version, but I don't think I'd ever - and I mean ever - make it out of bed if we had the 4-inch version. Seriously, if you like lying in bed at all, run out and buy this thing. Total heaven!
Anyway - I've been reading blogs and watching TV all evening, and I'm not the least bit sleepy even though I have to be up in five hours. In an effort to sedate myself I've had an entire bottle of Pinot Grigio by Zenato (also awesome, by the way - $11.99 at Central Market). 6 a.m. is going to come awfully early.
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