I’ve seen a lot of commercials for Olay Quench Body Wash, and my mom swears up and down that it’s the next best thing to sliced bread and diet pill reviews, so I decided to try the stuff. I was in Target last week for body wash anyway, and since I had a coupon that entitled me to a free bottle of Olay Quench Body Wash with the purchase of a Venus Embrace razor, I decided to go ahead and get it.
Olay Quench is definitely heavy on the lathering and bubbling, and it definitely moisturizes as it goes along. I was able to shave my underarms, girly parts and legs with incredible ease, and without having to re-lather, as I have had to occasionally do with other brands of body wash. It has a nice, light scent to it, but more importantly it rinses cleanly, while leaving my skin feeling smooth and soft to the touch. And that shaving I did? It was a close shave, without any skin irritation or stubble.
Bottom line, I really like Olay Quench Body Wash. It’s a good deal, too — just $5.49 for a large bottle of it!
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Ooh, I just stumbled across a handy coupon code for babystuffgifts.com. The coupon code is march10, and it knocks 15% off of your purchase (provided that it’s being shipped to your home via ground shipping!). Sweet! With that discount you’ll definitely be able to afford personalized baby gifts, or whatever other baby item you have in mind for you or someone else!
I am very, very, very happy with my Acuvue Oasys. I have been wearing them (they’re bi-weeklies) since February 13th, 2010, and even today, on the day that I should have replaced them with a fresh pair, they’re still going strong. I can definitely detect the tiniest bit of wear, and for the past three nights my eyes have been a bit dry, but other than that they’re perfect! There hasn’t been any of the protein deposit build-up that I dealt with on my previous contacts (Bausch & Lomb PureVision), and no premature breakdown of the lenses themselves. Thank god. Nothing is more irritating than working at computer — which I do for all of my employment — and having to stop mid-sentence or mid-design because my contacts are blurry and foggy.
On a related note, Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism, which I use for my right eye, are absolutely incredible. They’re a little thicker than the standard contact lenses, which took some getting used to, but they position themselves automatically, don’t rotate out of position, and my vision is crystal-freaking-clear. For the first time in two and a half YEARS I am able to view my laptop monitor AND my desktop monitor comfortably, and from any angle. I couldn’t be happier. 
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I can never resist the allure of Target’s endcaps, since that’s where clearance items are placed. There are a lot of good finds to be had, though there’s also a lot of things that I have no interest in, like powdered detergent, natural testosterone boosters, candles, etc. Anyway, I spotted a bottle of Renewal Vitamin Conditioner marked down to $3.98, so I thought, “Why not?” and tossed it in my shopping cart. My hair is thick and somewhat coarse, so I treat it with rich, nourishing conditioners. The Vitamin Conditioner advertised itself as providing nourishment, re-energizing and renewal properties for hair. I was only disappointed that there wasn’t a Vitamin Shampoo available.
I have used the condition a few times, and so far I really like it, but I want to use it for at least another week and give my hair a chance to respond to it before I write up a full review on it. But so far, I like how it’s working.
“What’s for dinner?” is a question I deal with once a day (more if my husband or kids ask!), and sometimes it can be a challenge. I don’t mind cooking, hell, I don’t even mind taking the time to prep a totally awesome meal. I just hate having to think up ideas for meals, because I suck at it. When I go to the grocery store, I’ll generally purchase several different types and cuts of meats, a bunch of sides (potatoes, rice, a few instant sides, the occasional bag of French fries, etc.), loads of veggies, and whatever our pantry/condiments rack/seasonings cabinet could use. But then I don’t know what to do with it all!
So lately I’ve been turning to the internet for suggestions and meat-specific or preparation-specific (slow cooker, for example) meals. The other night I was watching TV, and while I ignored the commercials about insurance quotes, I sort-of listened to ones about Pillsbury. And… I’m happy to report that Pillsbury and their awesome bread bowl beef stew was more than able to help me out. The meal was cheap, fun and easy to prepare, and the results were superbly delicious!
Prep: 15 minutes (cutting meat up, dicing potatoes, preparing the gravy & water mix, measuring out spices, etc.)
Cooking time: 15ish minutes in the pan, 30ish minutes in the oven
Total meal time: 1 hour
Have I really had my Swiffer WetJet for a month now? It looks like I have! And in the last month my Swiffer has certainly gotten a lot of use. Once a week I use a regular mop and a sink full of hot water and floor cleanser to do a thorough scrub-down of my kitchen floors and bathrooms, but the Swiffer definitely gets plenty of use for the minor in-between spills. Dog accidents (1), hairball residue (2), random spills of milk and juice (too numerous to remember), and bits of this and that — the Swiffer has taken care of all of it with gusto! I wish I had its energy when it came to finding a free life insurance quote, since that’s one thing I keep putting off doing!
I really like the mop pads that come with the Swiffer. I also really like the fact that they stay put. One thing I remember about the old Swiffer WetJet that I had five or so years back is that the mop pads tended to come loose, particularly if they were wet. So far I’ve gone through six pads, and none have shown even the barest hint that they were about to go AWOL.
The cleanser that comes with the Swiffer WetJet is also very nice. It cleans nicely, has a light and pleasant scent, and doesn’t leave behind a sticky residue, as other floor cleansers are often wont to do.
In summary, I’m very happy with my Swiffer WetJet, and it’s a permanent addition to our household.
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Say hello to Ares. He is a stray cat that my husband and I took in last week. My husband found him pawing at our front door last Friday night, and he returned to our back door on Saturday afternoon. When I brought him in (he wanted to come in on Friday night, but our children, two of the cats and our dog crowding at the door scared him off), he was cold, dirty, matted with a bit of road grunge, and his fur was infested with flea feces, a few live fleas, and general outside debris. I isolated him in our bathroom while my husband and I decided what to do with him. Obviously, we decided to keep him. The next day I bathed him, picked off the few semi-alive fleas that I found on him after his bath, cleaned out his ears, applied a bit of Neosporin to a small wound on his ear, clipped his nails, and put a flea collar on him.
Obviously Ares was a stray, but I dutifully put up a few signs around our neighborhood. Surprise surprise, those signs will have been up for a week tomorrow, and not one person has called to claim him. Meanwhile, he has settled in nicely in our home, and gets along with the other four cats and our dog. He’s outgoing, friendly, and is very affectionate to my husband and I, and our two children (who are three and five). He sleeps in our daughter’s room or with us most nights, though he usually heads into the kitchen and lets out some random meows and howls in the middle of the night.
Anyway, the point I’m getting to is that Ares is most likely the result of stray cats, or pet cats that have been let out of doors (something I don’t agree with; but that’s another blog entry altogether). When he came to us, he wasn’t neutered (something I intend on rectifying this week), and clearly wasn’t owned. He’s also young; I’d say no more than a year old.
SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS, PEOPLE. Even if your pets are indoors-only, you should still have them sterilized, because there is always a risk of them getting out. I have unfortunately seen the firsthand results of unfixed cats reproducing, and it isn’t pretty.
From The Humane Society:
Stopping pet overpopulation starts with you!
Spaying or neutering your pet is an important decision for pet owners. As animal lovers who value our pets, it is important to understand the impact of this decision.
In every community, in every state, there are homeless animals. In the U.S. as a whole, there are an estimated 6-8 million homeless animals entering animal shelters every year. About half of these animals are adopted, and tragically, the other half are euthanized. These are healthy, sweet pets who would have made great companions.
The number of homeless animals varies by state—in some states there are as many as 300,000 homeless animals euthanized in animal shelters every year. These are not the offspring of homeless “street” animals—these are the puppies and kittens of cherished family pets and even purebreds.
Many people believe that their pet’s puppies or kittens would never become homeless shelter animals. But the reality is that every time the dog finds his way under the fence to visit the neighbor’s female dog, or the indoor/outdoor cat comes back home pregnant again, the result is a litter of dogs or cats. Even if they are placed into homes, it is still possible for them to end up in shelters once they become “hard to handle,” or for them to reproduce further and for the next generation of puppies or kittens to wind up homeless.
Many people are surprised to learn that nationwide more than 3 million cats and dogs are euthanized in shelters. Spay/neuter is the only permanent, 100-percent effective method of birth control for dogs and cats.
