I am all for changing the name of this Blog as my bag sewing days have quickly come to a close!!! Don't have any ideas though. Anyone?

My Two New Good Finds

Meet the Frog Pod.

This is actually something I have wanted for about two years, but couldn't justify it in our little apartment, plus I am not sure it would have adhered to the 100 year old tile in the shower. This frog is great. It sticks to the shower three different ways: adhesive, screws or suction cups. The back of the frog is a toy holder, and has holes for water drainage. The top of the frog is a shelf, and all the toes stick out so that you can hang things on them. My kids think it makes their bathroom "a frog bathroom."

There is now a bug version.

Meet The Boon Bug.

If you want to see more of their cool stuff, including a bean bag that you fill with stuffed animals or blankets, check out Boon.

This next one I didn't actually find, unless you count finding it at Becki's house and deciding I want one as finding it myself.

Meet The Kaboost.

This is a good solution to having lots of straps hanging from your chairs in the dining room. Instead of using a booster seat that needs to be strapped to the chair, we decided to get this for Annie. It raises the chair high enough for her to eat at the table without any help. It's adjustable, and very sturdy. The chair doesn't move at all, and now I don't have to worry about her rocking back in the chair. It comes in green, brown and a natural color.

Cool Blog Stuff

Some of you may have discovered this already, but it is new and exciting to me. I have a sister-in-law that changes the background on her blog all the time. She has a cool Olympic one right now that is very cool. Anyway, I have always used Pyzam for my backgrounds, but it erases all the wigets on the side. Well, never fear, you can now change them because of a wonderful site: The Cutest Blog on the Block. That is were I found this background that I thought you would all love. Anyway, all you do is pick one of the basic layouts from blogger and then you add the backgrounds in the layout section with the html/javascript widget. Easy peasy

I also found these cool things on there too.



Okay, I am sorry, but I don't care whether you liked the book or not, that is funny!

I also recommend getting your husband a BBQ if he doesn't have one, for reduced cooking frequency all summer long.

For Silky Smoothness

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