Cows On the Couch

My kid loved the dino and I do not know why ?  but she would buy books and books all about dino and if she could read about dino everyday – she would.  She is so fascinated by dino – so when I saw this online at http://www.dinoprints.com/  I had to get one of these posters for her.  Printed on Epson photo paper – a wee bit expensive – I think it’s worth every penny for my dino loving kid.

Who doesn’t like to get saucy right? and yes even during the winter – we love a good BBQ when the weather permits and all good BBQ party needs something really saucy and paying more for a good sauce is nothing to us – who loved good food.    At $5.95 a bottle – yo8u can get this Big Ed’s Heirloom BBQ Sauce and Marinate.  I hear that it is robust and has a tangy vinegar BBQ sauce base.  Great even fro tofu!  now that’s a plus for I loved tofu to the max but of course, you can look forward to a good BBQ of ribs as well with this new BBQ sauce.

Yes! Keri Russel just gave birth to baby #2 on December 27.   Keri is well known for Felicity – a tv sitcom that I used to watch.  Can’t believed that she is 35 yrs old but look darn good!  Congrats, Keri and Shane!

Always looking out for new stuff for my home and found this lovely decal to for a clock in my kid’s bedroom and many designs for other part of the house.  At $36.50 at FAB -  you can buy this wall decal and one battery operated clock movement that you can put up directly onto the wall of your home – pretty unique I think.  I loved ! and if you use it – I know for sure – your friends would loved it too.

Seriously, I’ve never heard of Latex bed – and this is supposed to give you a better sleep because it is made breathable and sustainable natural latex.   It has a salt based solution that works to destroy common home odor like pets and body odor and laundry and more.  Has a built in stain protection – so even if you spill something on it – or you have your menses – at a time y ou weren’t expecting it – it is not gonna stain the mattress.  Also this mattress has an anti-micobial as well as hypoallergenic and prevents the growth of bacteria, mold and mildew.  Pretty neat – but how can one get a good sleep with such a think mattress i hear you say.   I too wonder – so I’m going to be doing a little investigation because I’m looking at getting a twin bed for my kids.  Be prepare to spend like $500 on a piece of twin size mattress.

I didn’t really want to watch this show – because it seems like a kid’s sitcom – so I left it till the last – till I had nothing to watch.  But it’s an alright show and great if you have pre-teen kids like mine.  It’s funny although a bit lame – about a single dad and his teenage daughter who was made to leave NY City for the suburbs just because he found an unopened condom in her bedroom.

The whole barbie doll mothers and daughters scenes just don’t really go too well with me but I believed that some place in the United States there must be moms and daughters and lame school councilors for real – so please give it a chance since they are only in Season 1.

For those Asian in the West – you have to agree with me that this is the best tv and movie snack ever! you can eat it even with your meals – it’s the chinese version of beef jerky that you all are used to but this is better.  Sweet, moist and aromatic – a taste only you can get from your Bak Kwa – and I’ve ordered it finally from a online store in the States called the little red dot kitchen.  One wonder if they are from Singapore because Singapore is also known as the little red dot by a lot of people.  I haven’t had Bak Kwa for many years now and these are even better than the ones the spouse brought home from Hong Kong one time.  I can’t wait to get them and try them out – in cases like these I wished I was living in USA and not in Canada.

This is the Ultimate Baby Food Center – also called the Baby Chef and I’m getting this for one of my girlfriend who is having her first baby next spring.  This is a must for all mothers-to-be if you want your baby to start off with the right kind of food.  This machine not only chops, blend, pure, reheat and steam your baby food -it can defrost your frozen food for the baby as well.  Or you can use it to warm your baby’s bottles.  I love how compact it is – and it can do so many things – so you don’t have to keep taking out more gadgets to get baby things done.   Not expensive either – only at $90 – and it is  BPA-free polypropylene.   Baby Chef can be found online at Zulily.

The spouse had just announced that he will be taking us for a skiing trip to Quebec in January when he is up there for a business meeting.  What a hoot ! it would be for me and the kids – they are so excited now – and already preparing for the trip.  One of them had asked for the Crescent Moon Gold 12 Snowshoes  last Christmas and it will be put to good use now.   I can’t wait to go back to take another lesson for myself – because I’m not very good at it if you must know – but I love skiing so much – and if there is one sport that will help one lose weight – it’s skiing.   Folks say that you burn fats when you are sweating – but skiing helps burn more fats I find.  I remember coming home with 5Ibs lighter a few years ago – just spending 3 days in a sk resort in BC.  But don’t forget to get the right type of skiing equipment and the right type of snowshoes and you will have so much fun – you won’t want to go home.  Check out the hot tubs in the middle of winter too.

There is a little cake shop that just opened in town – near my home and I had been to it’s cake tasting before it opened in the mall – and when I found out that she was opening her own store downtown I was quite excited because I loved sweets.  With some help from a small business equipment leasing  she was able to get the baking stove that she needed and with the help of another organization for the young women entrepreneurship – she was able to also buy a building that she is currently in.

Of course, like any new entrepreneur, she would be going thru’ some ups and downs in her small cake shop but I think she will do good if she continues to do what she is doing.  Thank God for all these help that she had gotten – because some financial institution in town is always asking for a lot in interest in repayment.  So I’m indeed happy for her – and wish her all the best – you really gotta admire all these people who are so brave to go into business in this economy – I for one wouldn’t be that brave.