1st Giveaway EVER! (EdenFantasys)

UPDATE: Over now folks!

I am so excited to be hosting my very FIRST giveaway and with Valentine's Day just around the corner I am so glad that the giveaway is for EdenFantasys!

A few months ago I placed an order on EdenFantasys and purchased these fortune cookies (now discontinued). My family loves to go to any one of the various Asian buffets in our area and we love to play jokes on each other. My brother in law is also super gullible, so this was a prank waiting to happen! At some point while he was out grabbing a plate I alerted his wife that I had some naughty fortune cookies and that I wanted her to play along. She was all for it! I placed the cookies on the table and encouraged my brother in law to eat them right away. He opened one and read it. It said something like, "You will get lucky tonight". His jaw dropped. They have a thing where they put weird or funny fortunes on Facebook and he said immediately that this one was going on Facebook. We opened a few more and all had a laugh. It was even more funny when we told him that they were "fake" and I had brought them in with us.

Not only does EdenFantasys have cute party items but they also have everything you could ever possibly need to make Valentine's night and every night extra special. EdenFantasys makes it amazingly easy to find the right products by offering some pretty neat features.

They offer an option for you to view the actual size of the item on your computer screen. All you do is get a credit card or a $20, match the size of the card or $20 with the on screen slider and then your item is viewable in actual size. How cool is that?! This works for most of the products on the site. Now you can see how big that sex toy will be or even the actual size of the candles, lotions and other products. It really helps to have a visual of what you are purchasing. I wish all sites would have a feature like this. :)

Another one of my favorite things about EdenFantasys is that every single product has a ton of reviews! It is so helpful to have quality reviews of each product. EdenFatasys has really put together a quality site offering a wide range of adult products. 

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No Taco Bell!

Really Taco Bell? I think this is a bit bold. How weird is it to get this on the damn taco sauce? 

What's got me Raging this Week?

As Xmas passes by, I can't help but think of the recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. I am truly saddened by this and like most of us, the what if's have crossed through my mind. What would I have done in this situation? What should anyone do in this situation? I am working on a teaching degree and hope to take on a teaching role in the future and I think that adds to my strong feelings on the situation.

I came across this article and I'm not so sure I completely agree with it. In the beginning he talks about tripping the fire alarm or turning the lights out to slow down or stop an attacker. These ideas seem ok at first thought, but tripping the fire alarm would cause everyone to leave the building and be in plain site of an attacker. Not so sure about that one. Turning out the lights might not be that bad though. It is likely that the attacker will not be as experienced in the building as the school personnel, which he does mention. Setting off the sprinkler system would certainly be annoying but would it stop an attacker?

The next part is where he completely looses me. He basically is saying that teachers should be required to directly interfere with an attacking criminal by using a trash can, a stapler, maybe even a gun, or a fire extinguisher  At one point even says that if this system were in place and you didn't want to participate then you shouldn't be a teacher. I think we can all agree that most teachers are women and most are not aggressive or confrontational. Requiring teachers to interfere, would most likely be more dangerous. The way the article is worded makes me think about how a doctor is required to help a dying person. A doctor however would go through YEARS of training to save peoples lives. So sure if I were a doctor and I saw someone dying I wouldn't mind running over to help. A teacher goes through years of training to teach. Yes, that does include fire safety and other forms of safety but requiring them to obstruct a situation like this is not the same thing. By all means if you want to step in and if you feel it will not make the situation worse, then go for it!

So what should we do? If sitting in a corner is not helping, then it is time to find a better answer. I know having an actual police officer in every school could get pricey and they are probably better put to use elsewhere but what about a security guard? They serve a similar function and would be there if ever needed in a more serious situation. How about giving all teachers tasers or pepper spray? You could attack the attacker with those types of things before they even realized it.

I guess the point that I am making and that the author of the article is making is that the current system doesn't quite work. We need to have a better system and more training in place in hopes of saving as many of these precious lives as possible.

Xmas 2012!

Ok, so this should be the last post about Xmas until next year. Here are the rest of the Xmas related things we have done.

Here is our tree again! I LOVE the black and white but I think it might be time for a change. I want to keep a white tree. NOT this one thought. I HATE it. It is thin and leaning and the branches are ugly. What I really wanted was the white Xmas tree at Garden Ridge with the glitter on the branches. That bitch cost $200 bucks and apparently anyone else who wanted a white tree wanted that one too because my local Garden Ridge sold the last one right in front of my eyes. :( I was hoping to catch it on an after Xmas sale.

Hopefully I have made it clear at this point that I am a couponer! I love to coupon and also request free samples. What you see above are 3 gift bags for family members completely made of things I have gotten for free with a coupon or a free sample. I collect these things through out the year and at the end of the year whatever I dont think I will use I give away. These can include all kinds of things toothpaste, deodorant  hair brush, cosmetic bag, baby shampoo, make up and even socks. I never do this as the main gift but so far they have been pretty well received by my family. Last year because I was a bit more into couponing and less stressed about my job status and home buying, I was able to give a filled stocking to each person about 7 people. This year I did a bag per house.

So this is pretty random but I just thought I would share it. I could not think of a cute way to wrap batteries or to give someone batteries. I mean who wants to open batteries any way? Well, I decided to just tie them together with a little ribbon and toss them in on of the bags above for my brother in law and his wife. Nothing special but I think it looks better than 2 loose batteries. Come to think of it why the hell did I give them just 2 batteries? I mean that was all the toy need but still maybe I should have wrapped the whole pack with ribbon? Any other suggestions for batteries? Do you even give the batteries or do you just let the parents work that out later?

We also went to look at all the pretty lights in the neighborhood. I hope that we can do this every year! It something that is free (or mostly free becuase of the gas) and it is nice to ride around and listen to Xmas music and look at the lights. This was by fay my favorite house! You could see it from a few streets over and  all of the lights in the tree twinkled in and out. Look at those giant statues with glowing eyes! 

One of the most fun things Zoey and I did was make Xmas cards. Inside of each one I drew an Xmas tree and had her color the "ornaments" on or we glued different shaped sequins on for the ornaments. I had lots of fun being completely random and attempting to be creative. I hope the recipients liked them!