Julie & Julia

Howdy you few remaining blog readers. Since we lost our camera(s) blogging has been a drag since no one wants only text. But then I realized that most blogs are just people posting pictures of their kids and family and "blogging" about why their kids/family is better or cuter than others'. Well in this literary funk I decided I would use my camera-less blog space for something good. The title of the post here refers to a slow paced, lame movie which resulted in an Oscar nomination for Meryl Streep. The premise of the movie is that Amy Adams (hot stuff in Night at the Museum 2, but more on that later) cooks her way through Julia Childs cook book and then blogs about it. The movie was boring so I don't recommend it but it made me stop and think, what can I blog about that will change the world? What do the people want to know about? What are the core issues in America? What can I contribute to our society, much the same way Amy Adams changed history with her iconic "cookblog" work? The answer came during Doppleganger week on Facebook...

As you may know I have a life's dream to be the last person on Earth to not have a Facebook page-too many perverts. However I live vicariously through others' Facebook pages. During Doppleganger week I asked my buddy Nate who was my Doppleganger. The answer- The
ShamWow guy.





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I can see the relation I guess. A Bit of a stretch. Anyway a la Amy Adams- I've decided to blog my way through television infomercial products, 1 per month.

Seeing how there is a remarkeable similarity between the 2 of us, The Shamwow is product #1.

First off, it should be mentioned that I actually own a Shamwow. I got it for Christmas 2 years ago. I did not order it off TV, but through the magic of Target I got one. So as for category number one, elapsed time from ordering until delivery, this one is top notch. 10 out of 10. As soon as I opened the present I had my Shamwow. High Marks.

Next effectiveness.

I remember around this same time last year we had our annual freak March blizzard. We got 36" of snow in 4 hours. Big heavy, sloppy wet snow, piled knee high on my driveway. I begrudgingly went out to shovel the snow when I had an idea...

Shamwow.

I took it out of the box and laid it on my driveway. Almost instantaneously, the Shamwow absorbed all 4 feet of the snow on my driveway and began to pull up the moisture from my neighbors driveway. I said "enough is enough."

I brought it into the house and wrung it out into a plastic dishwashing trough I keep around the house. When I wrung out the shamwow, sure enough all that snow it absorbed, wrung out as Dr. Thunder soda.

Now that's effective. "I mean look at this thing, it practically sells itself."

So that's the Shamwow. I promise you I own one though the above story might have been embellished. A little.

Please read this blog and pass it on to your friends to read, otherwise you won't get to hear the Snuggie (Weezer snuggie) review next month.

Water coolers and two years old don't mix

I've decided that having a water cooler on my nightstand combined with a two year old who always wants to "sleep in mommy's bed" is a bad idea. Twice this week I've discovered my side completely soaked. The first time Jared was already asleep so I had to sleep on the very edge to stay dry. Tonight Joseph came out of our room a few minutes after laying down. I noticed the cup under the cooler was gone. Didn't take me long to find it under my pillow and a huge wet spot right where I sleep. Honestly if Joseph is going to soak the bed at least do it on daddy's side!! I guess I should be grateful it's just water. I really should stop being such a softy and make him go to his bed first. But he's so cute when he asks to sleep in mommy's bed that I always let him lay down in our bed until he gets up. Most night he only lasts 5 - 10 minutes before losing mommy bed privileges.