eating my words

I love Scrabble, I love Cheez-Its, how did I not know about this sooner????

Woooo!

ipod for your baby

Who says iPod’s are for adults?!  Ok, yes, they absolutely are, but maybe your baby can work the iPod style?     I have a ton of friends who are expecting and I’ve been looking for some unique baby clothes.   I came across iPopMyBaby.com’s adorable line of iPod inspired baby onesies and tees:

They also have simpler iPod versions, each onesie or tee is about $19.95.  Now I don’t just want an iPhone I want an iPhone onesie for my friend’s babies!

 

photo via Shiny Shiny

slimy swamp creatures

Halloween is a really big deal in my house.  The first jack-o-lantern went out in early September.  The little one loves Halloween activities and recently found a great Halloween recipe book.  One “recipe” we tried out last week was for slimy swamp creatures.  I hesitate to call it a recipe because it involves Jell-o and gummie worms:

Take one packet of green Jell-o, prepare per instructions…once the Jello-o has set, break it up and stir in gummie worms (we added Swedish Fish as well) and voila…Slimy Swamp Creatures! 

great finds at cvs

Admit it, you’ve found some greatness in THAT aisle of CVS.  You know that aisle, it could have a foot massager, a Crock Pot, a Christmas Tree, or in my case a Snuggie!  

I didn’t cave to the Snuggie rush of late ‘08, but I could not resist the leopard Snuggie that I found for $14.99, or the the kids Snuggie, which was also $14.99.   That doesn’t seem exactly fair, but whatever I found Snuggie’s at CVS and that makes my weekend complete.

Now if we could just get going on a Snuggie Crawl for Albany…I’ve got the stylish leopard print..let’s make it happen.

mommy laptop, kid laptop

How old were you when you purchased your first laptop?   I was 24, it was a Dell Inspiron.   For about two years the Inspiron was enough to help me surf the interwebs, create graphics on Photoshop, and update my various websites (it bit the bullet it mid 2007, two years after my purchase).   

 Why so much pride over a laptop?

 I  grew up in a time of “portable” computer development.   The first “laptop” that my father brought home was a COMPAQ PORTABLE, it was bulky and totally DOS based, but amazing for the mid 80’s.   By the time I started college in the late nineties, laptops were much more advanced but ridiculously overpriced.   I went off to college without one, and most students at my school didn’t own a laptop or a computer.   I was lucky to have a roomate that had a desktop of her own, but laptops were quite rare in 1998.  Most students who were lucky enough to have a laptop my freshman year physically locked them down in their dorm rooms!  

 

 

Fast forward to 2009 and I’ve now acquired many laptops…including my favorite, the HP MINI!   I adore this tiny laptop.  The main thing you need to know going in on a HP Mini is that they are strictly for web use, understand that and you’ll be in love!   If you happen to have read this blog before, you’ll know of my adoration for the HP Mini Vivienne Tam Edition for 2009, it was absolutely goregous! 

   Well, it’s a new fashion season which means a brand new goregous HP Mini Vivienne Tam for 2010.  Very little has been known about this new HP Mini…until tonight, enjoy the new look of the 2010 HP Mini Vivenne Tam:

I don’t have details  on when this fab laptop will hit stores, or price, but as soon as I find out I’ll post em!!!!   This is yet another stylish, modern and portable (fits in a small purse) laptop from HP and I cannot wait to get my hands on it!

While the HP Mini is teeny, in my opinion, you shouldn’t assume this is a laptop to grab for your kiddies.   My child had been begging for a laptop for the last two years and last Christmas we decided to cave.   We went with the XO.  If you’re scratching your head because you aren’t familiar with the XO, no worries, it’s far from mainstream.   Long story short the XO laptop is the ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD computer that launched in 2007.  The machine was created for children in developing countries, but for the last two holiday seasons consumers in the United States have been given the opportunity to purchase one for themselves and one for a child in an underdeveloped community with the Give One, Get One Program.   It was a great way for us to give our child a laptop designed for children and also donate one to a child without computer resources.  I haven’t found information that has confirmed the Give One, Get One Program will launch again in 2009, but if you’re able to seccure the funds to donate a laptop to a child in an underdeveloped community, it’s a great way to give back.   You can learn more about One Laptop Per Child here. 

*photos via: inhabitots.com, HP Flickr, oldcomputers.net, notebookreview.com, mobilecomputermag.co.uk