The Banana Guard – Guard Your Banana

This plastic case is meant to guard and protect your banana from squishage or premature browning in transport from home to work or school.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s probably a good idea…I mean hey, I can’t even count the number of times that my banana has not made it safely to it’s destination…really, I honestly can’t remember one instance TO count…

But hey, if you have severe banana issues, then this is for you.  No more premature ripening or banana ooze in your lunch bag.  Because nobody wants that.

The Banana Guard – Guard Your Banana.  (yes, that’s their tagline…I can’t take credit for that genius at all.)

Fabulous Finds Friday – The Tervis Tumbler

I love Arizona.

I love living here.

I even love the heat…except….

Sometimes the heat makes it impossible for me to enjoy a glass of ice water (or anything cold for that matter) unless I drink it very, very quickly – and we are talking superhuman quick here…Ice headache quick…and I’m just not willing to do that.

With Tervis, I don’t have to.

These things are awesome.

That’s right, they go beyond fabulous.

They are insulated so they stay cold.

They are double walled – so they don’t sweat (which is good, because I can never find a coaster when I need one anyway)

And…

Drum roll please…

The come in this FABULOUS Design…


This thing has just overcome fabulous and awesome and has reached Bodacious.

I have two – one in 16 oz and one in 24 oz.  They come with awesome travel lids, are super heavy duty, dishwasher safe, microwave safe, and keep my drinks filled with ice water for hours on end…that is if I don’t drink it too quickly.

I got mine at Bed Bath and Beyond (I had a COUPON!) But you can get them at http://www.tervis.com too.

The only thing that would make these perfect?  If they DIDN’T sell them with these on them…



Just sayin’.

Towel Oragami – Just In Case You Wondered…

Ever have the uncontrollable urge to fold your towels into exotic palm trees or graceful swans and then thought, “darnit – if only there was a book out there somewhere that gave me step by step instructions with beautiful color photos…”

Wonder no more.

Yes, it really is a lost art.  I’m not going looking for it either.  (from our friends at Sky Mall..)

Automatic Everything…

Have you ever seemed to notice that almost everything is going “touch free” these days? 

Take the toilets and water faucets in public restrooms for example…they are activated by a tiny little motion sensor which when it no longer senses you – or in the case of the sink it DOES sense you it activates the running water.

Personally, one of my favorite past times is standing in the ladies room watching people do the “turn the water on” dance in front of the automatic faucets…trust me…this is good clean fun.

Now, while I agree, these things are very cool in a public (and admittedly germy environment – hence the “touch free” appeal)…at home, I just see this thing being a little out of place.

This is an automatic paper towel dispenser from our friends at Hammacher.  Maybe it’s just me (which I’m totally okay with) but having this thing in the kitchen would no more save frustration than it would money.  Here are my reasons:

1) I have five children.  A cool thing like this in the kitchen?  Right…enough said.

2) Because of number 1 I’m pretty sure the darn thing would always be empty.

3) I like to get up in the middle of the night from time to time to get my children drinks of water…(wait, did I say I LIKE to do that? huh…)  I can just see this thing “seeing” me and scaring the living daylights out of me at 3 AM.  I’m also pretty sure that the resulting hole in the window (from me throwing it through it) would not go over well with the HOA.

4) The motions of flailing my hands furiously in front of the motion sensor may immediately dry them…reducing the need for the paper towel in the first place.  On the plus side for me – less paper towels used.  On the plus side for my family – free “Mommy’s finally lost it” entertainment.

and finally 5) My husband is an engineer.  The chances this thing would end up as spare parts within a week of removing it from it’s packaging is pretty high.  Although, it might be entertaining to watch him attempt to attach the motion sensor to the television set for Jedi Mind tricks channel surfing….

There IS a How-To Guide For Everything…

Ever been to the book store and browsed through the “How-To” or “Self Help” section? 

There are guides for EVERYTHING!

Want to know how to knit?  There’s a book for that.

What to know how to program your VCR? There’s a book for that too (it’ll be right next to the one that’s called “Bringing Yourself Into the Twenty First Century”)

I have to say, however – this book caught me off guard.

I mean…Why didn’t I think of this one?

That’s right, Miss Vera’s Cross-Dress for Success.  Because there IS a How-To Guide for absolutely EVERYTHING!

Not Your Every Day Cookie Press…thank goodness.

This one is definitely sold as a gag gift.

At least, I sincerely hope and pray with all my might and with all that I am that this is considered part of the gag gift market and not part of the “serious and useful inventions” market.

Using the same idea that is behind your kitchen cookie press I present to you ….

The Turd Twister.

Yes.  I am not kidding.

Now you CAN poop four leaf clovers and then call in the family to marvel in it’s splendor.

Oh, and don’t forget – they are dishwasher safe…because that’s um, sanitary.

Itty Bitty Bible

Call me crazy, but I always thought the purpose of owning our own set of scriptures was to be able to read them, gain inspiration and knowledge from them, and to learn…

I’m pretty sure the men and women that were considered Heretics for translating ancient scripture from the Latin form were not thinking of this type of result…

That’s right – a Bible – microscopic so you can carry it with you everywhere, just don’t try and read it…unless you carry a pocket microscope as well.

I’m just guessing, a simpler (and cheaper once you factor in the cost of the portable microscope…) way to carry (and be able to READ) your scriptures might be to get an iPod or a Blackberry..but you know – whatever.