Tip of the Day

I have been spending a lot of time in my new kitchen; cooking, cleaning and having my trusty laptop nearby.

I just learned a new trick that I wished I'd had when all the drywall dust was flying.

Did you know if you place "Press N Seal" cling wrap to your keyboard, everything-including the mouse-trackpad still works?

But, no spills. No spaghetti sauces. No flour sifting through the keyboard at the same time!

I was just making bagels and afraid of having the flour go right through my macbook.

No worries anymore!

Cheap Travel Tip of the Week

Since we just got back from the beach, I have a little cheap vacation tip to share with you that I haven't read about on the internet.

Before we left to go to the beach, I hit Blockbuster to pick up a few new DVD's for the kids to watch while we drove 9+ hours to Florida. One of the movies that I really really wanted to get was "Return to Neverland" otherwise known as "The New Peter Pan" round these parts. Disney just put that film back in the vault not to be seen for a few years and I neglected to buy it.

So I rented that movie and a few others. I asked when I was checking out if I could just go ahead and buy "Return to Neverland" and the clerk informed me that I could NOT.

Sadness.

But I went on my way.
Then the next day, when I busted the movies out on the way to Florida...I noticed on my receipt it said,
Return to Neverland: Rental charge-$3.99
Buy it on April 1st for $19.99.
Well okay then. I will do that.

But I also rented Disney's Robin Hood.
Robin Hood: Rental Charge-$3.99
Buy it on April 1st for $3.99

What? $3.99?
And it said the same thing for Cinderella.
Wanna know how much Cinderella costs at Target? $19.99.
Same thing for Robin Hood.

I just went ahead and DID NOT RETURN THE MOVIES.
I am SOOOOO CRAZY.


So future lesson learned. Buy all movies from the rental store that has to be going out of business. FAST. Also, the markup on those things must be unbelievable.

Best Tip of the Year

Sometime ago, I read that if you text Google (466453) with something that you want to look up, they will text you back with the answer.

On our way into Columbia last week, Matt was trying to find the phone number for a golf course, he called 411 and they couldn't figure it out. I texted google with "Charwood Golf Course."
30 seconds later, they texted me back with the address and phone number.

It was really easy. I am pretty sure that Google is going to take over the world.

But it's okay to buy into that if it helps you out! Try it, you'll like it!

high school boy hair tip

One of the high school boys on our trip to Saranac gave me one of the greatest hair tips I have received.

He said, "Use conditioner BEFORE you shampoo. Let it sit for about 30 seconds, rinse and then shampoo. Your hair will be conditioned without being greasy."

It works like crazy!

Now why was a high school boy handing out hair tips? You had to be there.