Sorry, I'll have to ask my husband...

Just one of the wonderful perks of being married. I do NOT like door to door sales. I guess it used to work back when people didn't use the internet, or grocery stores, but I will not buy anything door to door. (unless it's girl scout cookies-they are THE BEST). I will not buy your magazine subscriptions to help you go to college, I will not buy your cable packages so you can get commission, and I will not buy any meat that you have in the back of your truck. I don't trust random people trying to sell me meat out of their truck. I don't think it's sanitary, and I don't know the last time you washed your hands. SORRY.

This afternoon I went outside to get the mail, and some guy ran up beside me and asked if I have ever heard of Ponderosa. I said yes - (there was a restaurant back home called Ponderosa SteakHouse), but I didn't realize it would lead into a discussion of him trying to sell me meat. He handed me a brochure and asked what types of meat my family typically eats. I should have said waterfowl and nothing else so that he would leave. Of course I am dumb and too nice, so I told him we typically eat chicken. He then ran to his truck and brought out a huge box of chicken. Inside were individual boxes of chicken (frozen) marinated in different sauces. He told me that I would get 72 pieces of chicken for $350, but since we're friends (um, NO we aren't), he would give it to me for $150. So then I asked him how much that costs per pound, and he just avoided it. Of course I am scrambling trying to think of anything to get him to leave me alone, so I simply said "Well, I am supposed to talk to my husband about big purchases like this one, so I will have to talk to him about it and I will give you a call if we decide to do it". Thanks to Jake for marrying me. I use this excuse ANYTIME someone comes to my door. Of course, I have to try to think of something else when it is a small purchase ( like dumb magazine subscriptions), and I usually say I don't read magazines (i know i am totally lying), and no one I know wants a magazine subscription. Last time I used that one I got the worst dirty look ever. I don't even remember what excuse I used to use. I am grateful I'll be able to use this one from now on :)

Goodbye 2009, thanks for the Good Times...

I was on a call today with someone who had these sentiments: "I am glad 2009 is over, it was the year of people swindling me left and right." Sorry if your year felt like this, but mine was pretty good. Lots of good times, I'm sure there were some down times, but the good ones outweigh them. As 2010 comes full swing, I just wanted to share with you some of my favorite discoveries (new to me) from 2009.

Clorox Disinfectant wipes. I love these. I just wipe down the bathroom counter, or whatever and it looks clean and beautiful and all the germs are gone. While everyone was getting the swine flu, I was wiping down with clorox wipes. I don't ever want to go to life before I knew the clorox wipe.

Yes, I have had peanut butter before 2009, but what I didn't know was that it is an AMAZING agent to get construction adhesive out of a coat. Jake was bravely fixing a frozen water pipe and got construction adhesive all over one side of his coat. I did a little research online and found that if you let peanut butter sit on the adhesive for a little while, you can just scrape it right off with your finger nail. I sprayed the area first with Shout so that the oil from the peanut butter wouldn't stay on the coat. It worked like a charm! I heard you can also use this for stickers left on certain clothing and other sticky things...

3M command hooks. I love these babies too. I have a new found love of putting wreaths on the front door, but the heavy magnet wreath holder was ripping the paint off the door when taking the magnet off. I think Jake was the one who suggested using these, but I didn't think it would hold a big wreath, especially a heavy Christmas one. It worked! It has been holding my big Christmas wreath on the door for about a month and a half now, and it hasn't even fallen once. I used the other one that came in the package to hang my necklaces on in our bedroom. I will keep buying these for any hanging needs I have.

Good old Pumice stone. Not just useful for making your feet nice and smooth, but also for cleaning your toilet. The toilet downstairs had a nice ring around it and I tried cleaning it with normal bathroom cleaner, magic eraser sponge, and anything else I could think of, it still wouldn't come off. After some research on the internet, I found that if you use a pumice stone it will scrub that ring right off, and it won't even scratch the ceramic. Worked beautifully! I thought we might have to buy a new toilet, but It looked as good as new. Oh the wonderful things you find on the internet.

Thanks 2009 for the great discoveries, please provide some more in 2010...