I have found my new favorite place to shop online.  Why do you ask?  I just found the best deal ever on a Leapster 2 by using Shop.com.  Now, Leapster 2s on their own run around $79.99, so when I saw this one, I got super excited.  See, this one with a game is $79.99!  This gets even better too!  If you look closely at the Leapster, it is Star Wars!  Now, Madison is a Star Wars freak, so I can only imagine how excited she would be to see this under the Christmas tree from Santa!  I am excited, and this isn’t even for me.  Also, because it black, this can easily be passed down from Madison to Will.  I don’t have to worry about hearing that it’s a girl color!  (Yes, I am thinking that far ahead).

Now, Shop.com has over 2,000 stores, so you can definitely find something for everyone there.  You can type just about anything in the search engine on there, and it’ll pull it up.  You will see all the stores that carry that item plus how much each one wants for it.  I also love that purchases can be made using one universal “shopping cart” to buy everything at one time or by clicking over to participating merchants’ sites.  You can easily get all your Christmas shopping done at one site and know you are getting the best price!  I love that this takes some of the time and stress off me.  I love that I found her present, and I was just browsing through the toys! Shop.com also has expert advice, shopping tips, and articles.  My only complaint is that you can’t search through the toys by age (which is important when you have an 18 month old, since he still sticks everything in his mouth).

If you want a one stop shop for your Christmas shopping this year, Shop.com should be it.  See you there, because I am going to do some more shopping!

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For those who have been to my place, you all love the size of my kitchen.  I will agree; it is big.  However, my kitchen is set up terribly.  I wish it would be as easy as refacing my cupboards to solve the problems in there.  However, it is not that easy.  The first thing I hate is the color of the cabinets.  They are a dark wood.  We personally are an “oak” family, and it just doesn’t go with our style.  My second issue is that my cabinets are tiny.  By looking at them, you would never guess.  However, the way they are set up, is really crazy.  To put plates in the cabinet, you have to turn them sideways.  Let me tell you, that is royal pain when you are trying to empy the dishwasher.

I often wondered if we would be better off installing some kitchen islands or even some kitchen island carts.  My only worry with a cart is that because it is not anchored to the floor that it would become a new playtoy for my kids.  However, it does have the advantage that it can be moved when the kids are playing in the kitchen.  My kitchen is big enough that I do not have to worry about space in there.  I wouldn’t even mind getting a butcher block kitchen island.  I think with little ones the butcher block counter would probably hold up better.  Plus, my hubby loves wood and has often showed me butcher block counter tops (our laminate counter top now sucks.  That is about as nice as I can put it.  It is white and stained and just ugly).

From the research I have done, even doing a simple remodel like this can definitely add more value to your house.  With the economic climate the way it is, we need all the help we can get to add value to our homes.  Let me know what cool things you have done in your kitchens!

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I got this in an email and I thought I was going to die laughing:

Do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?

Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough money?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why doesn’t glue stick to the bottle?

Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an “S” in the word “lisp”?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, “It’s all right?” Well, it isn’t all right, so why don’t we say, “That hurt, you idiot?”

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that’s falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?

In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?

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Yes, it was 70 degrees here last week.  Heck, yesterday it was 50 degrees.  I woke up this morning to SNOW!!!  I mean we have ground cover snow, and it is still snowing.  We just planted grass too!!!  I am debating if I should call Bill and tell him the commute home tonight is going to be terrible.  I know he probably already knows that, but I would like him home before midnight tonight.  I also need to grocery shopping.  We need important things like eggs, milk, bread, ice cream, etc.  Taking Madison shopping with me is like shooting myself in the foot.  It is a big pain.  She does not sit in the cart and wants to push the cart by herself.  However, she is too little, and it ends up being a huge fight in the store.  Not a lot of fun.  I just hope it stops, so we can get some stuff done today.

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