Archive for the 'Life' Category

20 Mar

HockeyVille

So the town is going crazy about winning the Kraft Hockeyville contest and I don’t blame them because if the town wins – it’s not just trophy cups  they will be bringing home but a good $100K from Kraft.  The town gets to upgrade the Mariner Center with the money – even though money had [...]

15 Mar

Angry Bird DIY Cable Holder

At first I thought you have gotta buy them but nope  – it’s a DIY using Sugru from Instructables store – for $18 a packet – which reminds me that I can use Sugru to prevent my kid from accidentally tripping and cutting herself from the corner of our coffee table.  Anyhow, if you want [...]

13 Mar

No More Wrinkles

When you are traveling or if you are like us and don’t use an iron and ironing board – check out this Wrinkle Wiz – spray – leave it to dry and your clothes becomes wrinkle free – now how easy is that.  For $5.95 – I want to order it just to try it [...]

10 Mar

Insurance For Family

My dad’s insurance agent had been around since last month asking us to get insurance for the entire family not just myself – I am insured but the spouse and kid isn’t.  But I find that the insurance he was recommending didn’t really fit my needs – so I went to  http://www.wholesaleinsurance.net/  to check what [...]

05 Mar

Hello Kitty Microwave

Yes, you are seeing right – the kid had seen this in one of her karate friend’s home during a playdate and wants one for herself and our home.  She claimes that it’s the prettiest thing she had ever set eye on.  At Target for only $79.99 – I just couldn’t bear refusing her.  This [...]

03 Mar

KettlePizza For The Best Kind Of Pizza

The best pizza has got to be a woodfired pizza – and you can’t get this here in our small town.  And since I do loved the woodfired pizza a lot – I am game to try the Kettle Pizza but I’m not keen on using charcoal or wood fire at home but for those [...]

01 Mar

Self Stirring Microwave Bowl

Yes! we certainly hate it when one part of the soup is still cold and another part is scotching hot and burn your lips and tongue and maybe even your throat because you swallowed too quick.   So comes this invention from Quirky a self stirring microwave bowl – which I must say is quite [...]

16 Feb

Less Gaming & More Exercises

The spouse had ordered that there should be less gaming on the home front and more exercises – so that she will be motivated too – to get healthy and lose some weight.  With a yoga center right on top of our business – she said that there is no excuse for not going for [...]

15 Feb

The Ultimate Old Gamer’s Bedsheets

Now it would be awesome to get a bedsheet of the same pattern for any gamer who loved the old type of game system.  I for one am into it – unfortunately, this were hand made and I can’t seems to find it anywhere else to buy them.  You would think that some rich entrepreneur [...]

12 Feb

Kids and Their Electronic Games

Since I owned a game store – people asked me all the time how much do I spend on my own kid when it comes to gaming and electronic games and consoles.  Truth be told – I rarely let the kid have any new stuff – the stuff she gets are those we get at [...]

11 Feb

Entertainment Room

Our living room is also our entertainment room but since it’s where the sun rises in the morning – we can never watch tv or play a game in the entertainment room in the morning.  Well, not until the spouse decided to get some  roman shades for french doors  that we have.  Now we have [...]

04 Feb

Her Idea Of Spending Money

While most people’s idea of fun is to buy games, music cds or musical instruments or gadgets for themselves – the spouse  buy gold bullion  because it makes her very happy.  Whenever I spend money on a new video card or a new toy – I know in her mind she thinks it is a [...]

28 Jan

Music Festival & Talented Young Musicians

As I sit and watched the music fest that happened a few months ago  in our town – and remembered some young kids doing things and smoking weed like they didn’t care if there were people around – I wished the town would have a better counseling or rehab center for these kids.  While heroin [...]

10 Jan

iPhone 5 This Summer?

Not again – I hear you saying – hahah! don’t blame you – the rumor has it that the iPhone 5 is scheduled to be released this summer and it is supposed to be slimmer and better of course than the iPhone 4S – and a slightly bigger screen.  Now should I go get one [...]