Reflections of genius

Wireless color mirror camera

This is a great product for the money (only $499.95 plus shipping!!), but placement is CRUCIAL. My house was broken into last month and I feel certain I would have cracked the case if only I had hung the mirror in a more central location.

It was smart of me to assume that the thief would need to use the bathroom after pillaging my home. However, I should not have assumed that he would use the downstairs guest bathroom. I did not capture even a glimpse of him walking down the hallway because we usually keep that bathroom door closed so our Belgian Lakenois does not drink the toilet water. I ended up with a lot of footage of the door, and some of my sister-in-law urinating and picking at her teeth, but none of the criminal who entered my home, drugged my dog, stole my passport, cash, rare coins,  and electronics, invaded my privacy, and shattered a sliding-glass door. He or she also tracked mud throughout the entire house. It took our housekeeper over two hours to clean the rugs–and might have taken even longer if I hadn’t made a point of telling her that I was not going to pay her for extra time that week if I thought she was deliberately being slow.

I have reinstalled the mirror, and I am confident I will take footage of any thieves who dare to invade my home in future, assuming they stop at some point to enter the pantry and gather ingredients for a nice torte or risotto. I now keep my Williams & Sonoma tart pan out on the counter at all times, as I feel certain this will tempt any criminals to stop and cook something. I have also advised all of the other members of the Hunley Ridge Homeowners’ Association to do the same.

Protect what is yours–that is your right!!

More convenient than the mini headstone necklace

Ashes Pendant

This is a pretty necklace, and I like that it is easily engraved and comes with a funnel. However, you can barely fit anyone inside of it!! It’s not like I had a tadpole cremated–grandpa was a big man. It is an affront to his memory that I can only carry around a tiny piece of him.

I think this is a conspiracy by the company to get people to spend more money. When I calculate how many of these necklaces I would need to do my grandfather’s memory justice, I figure I would be spending over $2,000 of my hard-earned cash. I could have had him buried for that much!! What a rip-off!!

I like what I like, okay?

Mens open toe over-calf sock

I bought several pairs of these for my man, and let me tell you they are working.

I love it when he lets those piggies out to play.

XOXO

Personalized Dog Kiss Bracelet

As an EMT, all I have to say to this is: FINALLY!! Like most people, I have been waiting for a Medic Alert bracelet that will tell me when I need to carefully line somebody’s mouth with plastic wrap before attempting resuscitation. You can tell if someone kisses their dog on the lips by the way they taste, but at that point it is much too late to protect yourself. 😦

Mmmm, sweaty feet

Herbal Concepts Herbal Booties

These booties are so cool. You can easily heat them in your microwave oven and make your feet toasty warm! In fact, some would say they make your feet TOO warm. They are filled with herbs–I smell peppermint, lavender, rosemary, and some other spices I can’t name. I have often wondered what it would be like to be able to stick my appendages inside a warm bag of damp tea leaves, and now I know. The herbs are unnecessary, but I like knowing they’re in there protecting me from bubonic plague and other such horrors.

I bought them in blue but they are also available in pink–handy if you are a lady, or if you halfheartedly support the teachings of communism.

Just bought a dozen of these

Pro-tech’s concealed Seat Buddy for Trucks and SUV

I bought a couple of these for my car. They are the perfect size for my semi-automatic handgun, but more importantly they are also convenient places to store drumsticks, popsicles (wrapped, of course!), gorditas, pretzel rods, hot pockets, little debbie swiss cake rolls, chicken kabobs, bean burritos, chocolate marshmallow sticks, decorators’ bags of frosting, corndogs, vegetarian corndogs, chicken tenders, pickles, twinkies, cans of sugar-free red bull, corn on the cob, beef jerky, or folded up pizza slices.

Now I’m looking for a larger one for turkey legs or rocket launchers.

Do you see how great this would be?

Plantronics Voyager 520 Bluetooth Headset

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Read the description carefully!
By Bored Girl (Charleston, SC) – See all my reviews

I ordered this without reading much about it. I relied entirely on my instincts, and my instincts said “Dang it would be sweet to be able to attach a pair of nail clippers to my head so they’re always close at hand.”

Imagine my surprise to learn this is actually some sort of speaker device.

Why not nail clippers??!? Somebody owns the patent for clippers attached to a headset, yet they are nowhere available. I smell a conspiracy!

At any rate, this thing looks like it might come in handy if I ever buy a cell phone, and I continue to carry nail clippers in my pockets like a rube. The Search Continues…

Proud to be germ free

Sling Couture NIOSH Certified Fashion Face Mask – Women’s Silver Glitter

Price: $9.95

The ideal accessory, April 12, 2010

By	Bored Girl (Charleston, SC) – See all my reviews

This review is from: Sling Couture NIOSH Certified Fashion Face Mask – Women’s Silver Glitter – A17413 03

When you work with the public, it is important to protect yourself from disease. Getting sick is awful, mostly because you have nobody to blame for your folly but your own self!! I have found that I very rarely suffer from such maladies as food poisoning, drug addiction, leprosy, dropsy, hives, cat scratch fever, or dandruff because I wear a face mask wherever I go.

I work as the night watchman at the largest Bible repository in the Southeast. It is of the greatest importance that I hide my mouth and nose from germs because if I saw anyone at work it would likely be a member of the criminal element, a.k.a. the filthiest germ incubators known to mankind. Who knows what kind of diseases run rampant in our country’s prison system? After all, it’s not as if jailbirds have access to medical care or face masks.

I like the Sling Couture brand in particular because it comes in such a wide array of colors (however I have only purchased the Silver Glitter color, since it matches my work uniform). I also enjoy the rhinestone SC logo on the front even though it does not match my initials, which are BJBTA.

I have noticed that my face masks tend to smell after I wear them for a long time, but that is nothing that a bit of sandalwood cologne can’t fix. Certainly it is a relief not to have to smell the Bibles anymore as I am sure you can imagine.

Look at her go!

Walk-O-Long

Price:

$59.95

Verified, bonded

April 9, 2010

By boredgirl

Pros: good for walking

Cons: makes hands smell funny

Baby Walking Services, Reasonable Rates!

Drop your child off at my home and I will walk it for up to an hour at a slow to moderate pace. If you don’t want to come to my home or do not know where it is, you can usually find me at the Albemarle community park, near the tire swings. I will be the one with the red carnation pinned to my lapel, holding a dozen baby leashes. I usually walk children in large groups, there is a fee if you want a one-on-one session. I will keep your baby securely fashioned in a harness to make sure it gets lots of exercise, does not become obese, yet is safe and protected from falling if it doesn’t know how to walk very well yet.

Snacks are not provided and don’t think they can give me cute looks and I will share my dry Cheerios with them that’s not how I roll.

Please make sure your children are wearing shoes, preferably slip-on or velcro shoes. I do not like seeing feet or tying laces.

There is a fee if your child gets its filth on my clothing. I will not teach it the alphabet or play with it on the jungle gym, so do not even ask. My services are for child walking ONLY!!!!!

Call today for a price estimate typically I make $100-200 an hour because my time is valuable.

Looks so real it’s creepy!

I would buy this product again and again

By BoredGirl from Raleigh, NC on 4/1/2010

Pros: Good Capacity, Sturdy, Easy To Carry

Best Uses: Family

Describe Yourself: Avid Cook

Gift: No

Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

This basket is a godsend! My eight-year-old son, Bryson, was cast as Henry VIII in his school play and somehow I wound up on the props committee! Finding children’s Tudor-era costumes is always simple, and I have enough antiques in my collection to turn Bryson’s cafetorium into a credible facsimile of the Palace of Placentia.

I spent a lot of time looking at various mannequin heads for the execution scenes, but none of them looked realistic enough.

This basket was perfect when it came time to re-enact Anne Boleyn’s final moments–I created a wig out of yarn and sewed it over the handle, and when the executioner brought his sword down over Kayla Wilson (she played Anne), that was her cue to fall down and fling Diego’s head upstage. It caused quite a stir amongst the audience and school board!!

The prices on this site are so reasonable that it was no strain on our props budget to buy a second basket to use during Catherine Howard’s execution scene–as a matter of fact, I am already planning to buy several more basket heads for the spring production of Apocalypto. I will definitely shop here again. 🙂