L'anza

after living with a hair designer for years, and playing with hair like i knew what i was doing for decades before that, i feel like i've experimented with a lot of product.  this line has made my hair feel like the hair in commercials look.  trauma treatment, just a dab, will smooth out everything.  with this mop, you know that's no small feat.  i can run a wide tooth comb through my hair and it doesn't snag.  the conditioner is weightless but it actually conditions my hair; doesn't just clog up my drain.  and my hair feels healthier and looks healthier.  after years of coloring, i think any shampoo and conditioner that can do that is beyond amazing.  i have been a paul mitchell, tigi, redken, aquage girl ... and all of that stuff felt like i was using some homemade combination of dawn and lord knows what, in comparison.  it's fantastic.  get a trial size - you will not be disappointed!

CLWO #4

Click here to link to: Bob Revolution Stroller

I run a few times a week.  I can't call myself a runner ... it's a thing.  I wouldn't consider myself a runner unless I was die-hard.  And I'm not.  But I do love a challenge, and if anything running always is for me.  Especially when I have 20 pounds of stroller, and 40 pounds of boy.

I like to call him Bob Lexus.  Bob is a dream.  Lockout wheel, should you choose; ample stride space; convertible in the event you just want something to shop with; recline if your child will let you (ahem); padded seat, easy and quick to fold and put in the trunk of your car (keep the brake unlocked so you can roll it in and out quickly).  It's pricey.  But I promise you spending money on this once will keep you from buying something half the price, and then again when you find out how disappointed you are with your first purchase.  With an optional rain cover, and a sun canopy that borders on overkill, your child can only complain so much about the three miles you're trying to log because you don't have a sitter and they have to come with you this one time!  So hand them a DVD player or a toy, load up the snacks, and get rolling.  Mine is chocolate and blue, and other than tire wear, it looks as good as the day I bought it.  A really nice step from a Pilko P3.

CLWO #3

Click to link to: Blackberry Curve 8530

currently there's a lot of deliberation and question regarding our contract and coverage for our cell provider at work.  in the interim, i managed to land a plum colored curve (8530) while the details of a possible switch are ironed out.

in the meantime, i can't stop playing with my phone and figuring out all the new tricks and features.  they don't call it crackberry without reason.  make that reasons.

once i can hook up my work email, i will be in business!

CLWO #2

Click to link to: VS The Nakeds Demi Bra

so i've been a VS fan for years.  they're marketing geniuses that speak to me, anyway.  it seems every time i'm ready to try something new, they come out with the next best thing.  i've been on the dream angels kick for a while now ... a big fan of the solid microfiber, wet suit bra - whatever that one was.  and now, drumroll please, The Nakeds have arrived.  i think VS works for you or it doesn't; sort of like nike and running shoes.  but if you're a current client, you won't be disappointed in the $45 you drop down on this bra.  it's light but not overpowering in the padding department at all.  it's supportive without being toddleresqe on your ribcage.  the straps are just right.  you've got to try it.  oh - and my three-year old conveniently experienced his first trip into VS and raves about the bronze metallic one.  at least that's the one he picked out for me.

CLWO #1

Click for: CB2 Cora Carafe

Forgo your next Chik-Fil-A lunch and order this instead.  The glass is solid and heavyweight without feeling like you'd break a toe if it slipped.  And amazingly, it might even survive the fall.  You come up with 17 reasons a day (and night) to not drink more water and your skin, organs, and attitude suffer because of it.  For $10+shipping, your body will thank you for making this purchase.  Suggestion: order one per adult as these things will grow legs in the middle of the night.

Today, this is the item I Can't Live WithOut.

the oprah effect.

apparently oprah guides the USA with her omniscient perspective of life.  oprah for president?  i'm all for it.  people become famous for mocking her, imitating her, just mentioning her name next to a product speaks $$$.  she is a strong economy booster, and even a five-minute google search on the oprah effect will provide you enough reading to understand that this woman is a force.  she might even be The Force.  but however voluminous and bigger than life this Democratic Queen is over her followers, there are two things i can't get past.

1. she appears on the cover of every one of her own magazines.

2. she once said at the end of the day from taping a show, sometimes she can't even remember what the show was about since she's dealing with so many things at once.

nevertheless i'm going to pretend to be oprah for a while, and post anything and everything i think you should think, own, experience, feel, and perceive.  i mean, you can't knock it 'til you try it, right?

easter recipe.

today with the fam was wonderful!  being outdoors for two days in a row, smelling like sunscreen, watching ashton run around and get filthy ... life has been good!  the house is a wreck but amazingly i care less and less.  if you know me, you might have just fallen out of your chair.

today my recipe was the embedded link.  since i've never done this before i don't know what it's going to look like.  if it doesn't post right, foodnetwork (pineapple, lime, coconut) and it should be the first thing to pop up from rachel ray.  not a huge fan, but this was fairly healthy, and easy, and super delightful on a day like today!  since i've developed weird food things, that i will save for another day, it was ashton-safe and 100% organic.  yum.my.