Moon Sand

Moon Sand has got to be one of the coolest new toys out there.
I had never even heard of the stuff until my Nephew- who we will call Monkey Boy because it amuses me- asked for some for Christmas (well, he asked for a lot of things. I actually believe he thinks my name is Auntie Iwant)

Moon Sand is kinda like Playdough except it never gets hard and it looks and feels like play sand. You can mold it using pretty much anything (and they have about 9 bizillion mold sets out. We went old school and used stuff from around the house). In a day and age where there is a video game or web site to do anything you could possibly want or imagine it was a really simple and basic toy, I think that's what I liked about it. It was just fun and all you had to do was open the package and go.

And to Monkey Boy's delight Auntie Iwant has now decided we need more sand...

The Best Version Of "Jingle Bells" EVER!

Frankly, I don't even want to know how much time that took to put together but I am always greatful for people nerdier then me!

Oh Please Don't Let This Show Up As A Theme Ingredient On Iron Chef

Yes, my friends that is a real book. And no the author is not joking.
I read about Natural Harvest on Slashfood (read they're post HERE) and honestly I thought it was supposed to be tongue in check. However, the author has his own blog (HERE)and seems pretty serious about it.

I guess my question is, just how bored do you have to be to even come up with this idea?
I have never been making a batch of cookies and thought to myself "gee, these could really use some seman!"

Believe me I get the whole "waste not, want not" philosphy. I am just not sure it applies in this case.

It's Black Friday!

So did you go out and hit the stores at some ungodly hour of the morning?
Personally, all I hit was my snooze alarm.
Maybe it is too many years on the other side of the register, maybe it is my intense dislike of crowds, or maybe it is just because I am broke but, I myself stayed home.

What I am wondering is if you did go out in to the sales what was it like this year?
Did you see or hear anything crazy?

And most importantly what did you buy for me?

Best Kotex Ad EVER!

Only our friends Down Under could get away with this

That is ad for Australian Kotex. Could you again the "outrage" if they tried to run that here?

A Reason To Floss!

If that isn't the single cutest floss holder EVER there is something wrong with you!
With the holidays coming up I thought I would start to feature cute products I find around the web. This being the first.

I have to wonder if this could also be re purposed for the crafters in your life? I am thinking these may be usable for embroidery floss or fine beading threads.

Check out the product page HERE

Read This If You Are Flying For The Holidays

With the holidays here I have cemented my New Years travel plans to NYC
As I have family there I make this trip yearly (and I love it!) this year I am making that trip totally across country from L.A. I knew when I made the reservations that there is now an industry wide fee of $25 per second checked bag. What I didn't find out until AFTER I bought my tickets is that there is now also a standard fee of is $15.00 for the FIRST checked bag!- now granted I place the blame for my finding out that late completely on myself. I just never expected that corners had been cut that much.

I can live without the bad food, I don't care about in-flight movies. I can even deal with the minimal amount of leg room (granted, I am under 5 feet so it is not like I need a lot of it) but it takes nerve on the part of the airlines to no longer include at least 1 piece of luggage in the ticket price. Yes, for the moment 1 carry-on bag is still included but you know that means that more people are just going to try to get huge bags into the overhead compartment or under the seats.
I understand times are tough, travel is down, gas prices are up but it seems to me that nickel and dimming those that still travel for every little thing is just adding to the overall dissatisfaction.

Honestly, I did get a pretty darn good deal on my tickets- and even with the added fee's I am probably still coming out a head but I have a feeling that my case in this situation is the exception rather then the rule.

What do you guys think? are you willing to pay less for a ticket if the differance is made up everywhere else? Do you think the fee for the first checked bag is fair?