You know you want it - XI

I subscribe to Real Simple and it is my absolute favorite magazine! Here's a few links that caught my eye in the past few issues...

Summer is here...well sort of (in Michigan anyway), but here are some Five-15 Minute Workouts to help get in shape!

Want to know what other tasks you can use a plain old coffee filter for? Well check out 101 New Uses for Everyday Items to find out.

Are you a list type of person? These checklists for everything will excite you then! Also, check out Jott and Evernote to help keep your life in order.

Aren't we all looking for the best bargain? Well learn how to live life on less.

And here are The Best Lip Balms as road tested by Real Simple.

I thought this next product was pretty cool. EasyBloom Plant Sensor shows you what types of veggies, fruits, herbs, flowers, trees, shrubs or houseplants will grow where you live. You put the sensor anywhere, inside or outside, where you want to grow a plant or have a plant you want advice on. The Plant Sensor will measure sunlight, temperature, water drainage and humidity. Then you plug the sensor into a USB port on your computer and easybloom.com adjusts the raw sensor data with your local growing zones, climate, and hourly weather.



And here are a few chairs that I thought were cool...

Resin and Aluminum chair from Cozydays

Osaka Round Back Armchair from World Market

I love these Bamboo Folding Chairs from Ballard Designs

Oh, and this is sweet. Iceorb...the first vertical ice tray that makes, chills, serves and stores

My new netbook

So the only computer we have is a desktop and it's upstairs in our guest room. That means that if either of us are on the computer in the evening, we basically don't see each other for that time. So I came across these little netbooks and just had to have one! I wanted one for awhile, but I waited until I got my bowling winnings before I went out and bought it. Well it got here yesterday and I love it!! I got the Asus Eee PC 1000he.



We also got a wireless router and tried installing that last night, but no such luck. I was about to lose it and throw the damn thing through the wall last night! Well I got home quite early from work today so I decided to call Linksys to figure it out. Of course I got some dude I could barely understand, but he got it to work for me and now I'm blogging from my couch in my living room...yay!

Why was I home from work so early today? Well I had to help out another group from work and they wanted us there at 6am (normally I start at 9am) so I've been up since 4am...so ridiculous!!