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Noxzema hair minimizing shave gel. It says it is "specially formulated with Capislow to help minimize hair regrowth and reduce shaving frequency." Need I say more?

I've totally been holding out on you guys.

Here are the two things I must have in my pantry. I eat them for one out of every two lunches. Maybe it's an acquired taste, I don't know, but I would like to introduce

Rye Crisp Bread & Finnish Mustard!









Imported from Finland (and Sweden), these two elements of an open-faced sandwich do not disappoint! Rye crisp bread is kind of a cracker-like unleavened bread that is sugar free, fat free, and cholesterol free. The two most popular brands of crisp bread available in the U.S. are Siljans and Wasa. Siljans comes in huge disks that you break apart in pie-like pieces. I prefer this kind because it is what I grew up with . Wasa bread comes in small pop-tart sized squares and has a "light" version that is a little less dense. Both are available in the international or health food sections of most grocery stores.

Finnish mustard, or Sinappi is the best mustard ever invented by anyone anywhere. It is sweet and tangy and goes well on anything. After using this mustard, I turn my nose up at every other kind around. The catch is that it is hard to get (my supply usually comes when someone I know travels back from Finland) and expensive. If you buy it online it is about $10 a tube. BUT SO WORTH IT. Tip: only buy mild, the green cap. Don't touch strong or hot. Hot is instant death.

How do you eat it? Take a piece of crisp bread, spread some butter or light mayonnaise on and then some awesome Finnish mustard. (That is key.) Put on some cheese, good lunch meat, tomatoes and cucumber. Fabulous healthy filling lunch. Hailey and Nora love it too.

Pandora Radio

John just introduced me to this and I have to say I love it. It is a radio station catered to you. You type in a song or an artist and they will play songs that are related that they think you will like. If you happen to not like a song they play for you, you just hit the thumbs down button and it will skip it. The more you tell, supposedly the more it "understands" your music taste. You can also see why it picks the songs it does and read how the songs you like relate to the other it picks for you. Anyway, check it out:

Pandora Radio

No More Ironing!

Okay, it may be just plain laziness, but I have always hated ironing. John's mom actually introduced this to me a few years ago and it changed my life. (Okay, it just changed my clothes. Before, I just wore them wrinkled, now, not so wrinkled.) It is Downey's Wrinkle Releaser. Fabulous product. You can also by a travel size. This really appealed to me because when we were on our honeymoon, I thought I would try and impress my husband with my "ironing skills" at our hotel and what do you know, there was something melted on the bottom and it got all over my shirt. See what I get for even trying!

No More Lost Kids

So, I was watching TV and saw a commercial that mentioned something about a child locator. Of course, this peaked my interest because, well you know, I have a child who disappears quickly. So I briefly checked it out, and the prices are high, but they have some good ideas. So check it out, maybe for a trip to a busy area or something. I am definately considering the purchase.

Child Locator

Another Reason to Have Aspirin

Noah got his very first bee sting today. Actually he got two at the same time, lucky boy. I was visiting with my grandparents when it happened, and since I have never in my life been stung by a bee, I didn't know what to do. Good thing my grandma did. She crushed up an aspirin and mixed it with a little water and covered the stings. The swelling was gone in about 5 minutes. I was shocked! I know baking soda does the same thing, but who wants to carry baking soda in their diaper bag? So, I will now be carrying an aspirin with me, along with all the other "just in case" items.

Short Term Health Insurance

I hate moving. I don't suggest it, but since we all have to some time, here is something that we wish we would have known about before we did.

SHORT TERM HEALTH INSURANCE!

Especially for all you soon-to-be dentists out there, getting your own insurance stinks. There is lots of paper work and lots of info to collect. (Those of you on medicaid, you know how slow their office works and getting the "previous coverage" paper needed, ya, doesn't come so fast) This short term insurance was easy and quick to fill out and it was effective that day. It isn't great coverage, but at least you have some coverage. You can sign up for a month or 6 months. If you sign up for a month and need more, sign up again. Luckily we were safe on the drive out here, but if I would have known about this, I would've had one less thing to worry about (2 whiny kids was enough).