Simple Randomness

Thinking Again About Christmas Photo Cards

I know I wrote about this awhile ago, but now that it’s November, I’m really starting to think more and more about possibly doing some Christmas photo cards as gifts this year.

It would sort of go along with my wife and I’s theme of doing a homemade Christmas this year.  Christmas cards are nice and really do give more of a person touch to Christmas, which is why we thought about doing a homemade Christmas.

Some of our ideas: I might make a duct tape wallet for my Dad and one of my brothers, and my wife has a few ideas that she’s working on as well.  All going with the homemade idea!

I also know that I’ve talked about VistaPrint before, and right now they have a special going on for Christmas photo cards.  A lot of the designs are half off!  And besides, if you’re really going to do Christmas photo cards you’ll want to get them done early so that people at least get them before Christmas!

If you’ve never ordered anything from VistaPrint before, it’s really quite easy.  They have a lot of predefined templates you can use to make things even easier for you.  So if you haven’t, check out there site and see what they can do for you!

First Major Snow Storm for Winter 2008

So Winter is officially on its way. Today we had our first official snow storm here where I live in Utah.

It was bad enough that I had to go about 40 mph all the way in to work (I usually go 75-80 mph on the freeway). The roads were completely covered with snow, and whenever I went through an underpass I’d realize that I wasn’t even close to inside my lane!

I’m honestly not very excited about winter this year.  Maybe it would be better if I can possibly find some time go to skiing, but I’m not sure where I’ll find the time to go do that!

Is anyone else out there excited for Winter?  Did you get hit with this storm?

Ever Lose Your Power Steering?

Have you ever had your power steering go out?  I did once, and I was amazed and how hard it was to turn my wheel without that power steering!

I guess it’s one of those things that we take for granted sometimes, and then when we lose it we realize how lucky we are to have it!

So if by chance you’re having problems with your power steering, or just want to improve the power steering in your own vehicle, check out PowerSteeringPros.com!  They have all the equipment you need including: power steering box, steering rack, and everything else you need.

The Incredible Hulk Review

So last night my wife and I finally saw Incredible Hulk (Widescreen Edition).  I’ll say this, it was definitely better than the other Hulk movie that came out a few years ago.  That one was lame.

This one was definitely better.  The storyline was better, the action was better, but I’m not sure that the acting was much better.  I mean, Edward Norton is a great actor, but it seemed like this part was kinda flat.  Granted, he was probably told to play it that way, but I felt the character of Bruce Banner was a little weak in this one.

That and I thought Liv Tyler was kinda whiney throughout the whole thing.

I still liked it, but there are a few things that could have been much, much better.

Halloween Is Upon Us…

I have to first admit that I don’t really care much for Halloween.  Sure, it was fun as a kid to go around and get a bunch of candy, but after those years were over I lost interest.  But, there are some great memories that come from Halloween!

Trick or Treating

Here’s a tip for the kids: rollerblades!  We hit so many houses so fast when we did it this way!  It’s the best way to get around the neighborhood in a hurry and still look good in your halloween costumes. Just be careful that you don’t have one that’s too long or you might trip on it

Company Costume Days

About 6 years ago I worked for a company that really encouraged departments to dress up in themes.  One department was a group of pirates with their gold ‘booty’ (gold chocolate coins).  I can’t remember any of the other ones, but my department was Richard Simmons and his Fat Cronies!

Totally not politically correct, but when did I ever care about that anyway?  So we had the skinniest guy in the group dress up like Richard Simmons and then the rest of us wore sweats and stuffed them so we looked massively fat.  Then we’d all work out together following Richard’s lead.  It was a lot of fun!

For the Kids

Now I just do it for the kids.  It’s really cute to dress the kids up and see them get brave knocking on doors to ask for candy.

Have a great and safe Halloween!  If you need a good costume, check out HalloweenAdventure.com for some great costumes!

I’m Annoyed With Disrespectful Dog Owners

I should probably first say this up front: I’m not really a dog guy.  Sure, they’re fine and all, but I really don’t think I’ll ever own one.  They smell, they make a mess, and generally destroy everything.  I’ve honestly always been more of a cat person.

Now, normally I don’t have a problem with people that own dogs.  But for some reason all of the ones in my condo complex a bunch of disrespectful idiots.

As with most condo complexes, we have sort of a common area with a lot of grass that normally you can play on.  But instead it has become the dog poop zone.  Every morning that’s where all the dog owners go and let their animals do their thing.  And then don’t pick it up!

So can I play with my kids on the grass?  NO!  I’m too worried that they’re going to step in poop, or even worse pick it up!

It’s sort of a new complex, so we don’t really have an HOA yet, but once we do I’m going to be filing some complaints.

So please, if you’re a dog owner, PICK UP YOUR DOG’S CRAP!!!

Quality Skin Care Products

Skin care products really seem to be popular right now.  I know that my wife uses them quite a bit, and sometimes she’ll go from one product to another trying to find a product that works well for her.

I found this site that has some really high quality stuff.  It’s called iDerma.com.  Based on what I’ve read on their About Us page they really do put a lot of time and energy into making sure that they are only offering the best products.

Kinda random I know, but that’s the point of this blog!  So if you are looking for some new, good skin care proudcts, check out iDerma!

Some Really Good Salsa!

I’m a big fan of chips and salsa, or really just about anything with salsa.  What do you expect, my favorite food is nachos after all!

But I also like trying different kinds of salsa.  In fact, there is this Mexican restaurant up in Salt Lake City that has a salsa bar with like 8-10 different types of salsa, all of them good!

Anyway, the other day at the grocery store we decided to buy some salsa, and I ended up getting a mango & peach salsa.  I was a little hesitant at first cause I don’t really like mangoes, and peach salsa sounded kinda weird.  In fact, I was swayed by my wife to get it because she loves both of those fruits and so I was hoping she would try some.

Well, what can I say, that is one good salsa!

I’ve also had raspberry salsa before, and that was really good, too.  There’s something about fruit in salsas that just makes them good!

So do you have a favorite kind of salsa?  Share below!

You Have to Have a Good Host!

So a friend of mine recently has been complaining because he keeps getting some sort of database error from time to time on his blog.  I can understand his frustration!

Hosting is a huge deal when it comes to starting a website or really doing anything online.  And sadly, there are a lot of unreliable hosts out there.  That’s why it’s always a good idea to do some research and checking out different hosts through some good webhost reviews before you just sign up for some company your friend told you about!

That’s why it’s a good thing that companies like Web Hosting Geeks are around.  They’ll go through and do the research and give you suggestions on who the best web hosts are.  This can save you a lot of time and a lot of headache!

I’ve actually talked to tons of people that at one point or another were very unhappy with their webhost, and most of the time when i ask them who their host is it’s some company that I’ve never even heard of before.

Another cool thing about Web Hosting Geeks is that they have a webhosting blog that you can subscribe to that will keep you up to date on everything going on in the hosting world. It’s good to keep up to date!

So if you’re in the market for a new webhost, check out some of the companies that are being reviewed at Web Hosting Geeks. You might just save yourself from pain later :).

Tried a $1 Energy Drink Today…

As many of you probably know, at least if you’re read this blog at all, I’m a fan of the energy drinks Rockstar and Monster.  Now admittedly, I only drink 1-2 a week, but even then I feel like I need to cut back.  Anyway, this morning was a little different.

You see, usually i’ll buy these when they are like 2 for $3 or something like that because I don’t believe in spending the full $2 or $3 for one.  But this morning at my local grocery store none of my favorites were going for that price.

But there was one going on sale at 10 for $10.  I figured, “What the heck, I’ll try the $1 energy drink and see how it is!”  So I looked them over and picked up a Wired energy drink, some berry flavor.

All I can say is that I’m sticking with Monster and Rockstar!  This stuff really didn’t taste that good.  I think it has potential, but it tasted too much like a regular energy drink with just a hint of other flavor.  The reason that I like some of the Monster and Rockstar flavors so much is that they don’t taste like your regular energy drinks!

So I’m sticking with my Monster Khaos and my Rockstar NoCarb for now.  At least until I kick the habit entirely, which I honestly need to do….