Miche Bags

Ok, you all need to see the coolest, most unual purse on earth. They are called Miche bags. Basically you buy a black or brown, seemingly boring purse then you can put on a "shell" and voyoli! You have something very pretty. You can change the outside of the purse to whatever you want whenever you want, without having to mess with anything inside it. It's a purse for every occasion just for fun without all the expense and hassle. So cool!

Anyway, my cousin Sandy sells them at this website: sallred@michebagshow.com

One day I shall have one. They have black and brown purses that you buy the shells to right now. Soon they will have creme and white colored purses too.

The best part about it is that the designer is from West Valley. So instead of paying around $130 for one purse and three shells (what they gladly pay everywhere else), we would only pay around $60 something for a purse and three shells. They are also going to be coming out with a purse organizer. I don't know why nobody did this type of thing sooner.

Anyway, my Mom has one, my sisters have one, everybody has one except me. But I will have one... some day. :)

You can have one if you want one, or get one for your Mom for Mother's Day.

Call Sandi at 801-560-0229 or visit her site sallred@michebagshow.com

Just so you know, I'm not making a dime or getting anything by telling you about this, I just think they're freakin cool!

So this:

becomes all of these and many, many more (tell me that's not cool):

Slumdog Millionair

I didn't know it was rated R. It was one of the best movies I've ever seen and I highly recommend it. It's kinda like Schindler's List. I dunno, it wasn't as awful as Schindler's List; I couldn't even finish that one. It was an amazing movie. I can't believe how the world can be sometimes.
Here's a tiny bit of info: You know the show Who Wants to Be a Millionair? Apparently they have that show in india or wherever the crap this movie took place. The difference is, in this other country if you win or get past a certain point apparently they beat the crap out of you to see if you've been cheating. That is where this movie starts, but it's not what the movie is about. the story is his whole life leading up to that point. It was something, seriously something.

Easy and inexpensive cleaning solutions

I think I've mentioned by now how sensitive my skin is to everything. No? Oh. My skin is sensitive to damn near everything.
So anyway, because of that, I am careful about my laundry detergent, my dishsoap, my handsoap, and my bathroom and kitchen cleaners too.
What does she use? You may or may not be asking.
Well, for those of you who were asking, I use a mixture of water and white vinegar. The truth is, you don't have to dillute white vinegar to clean with it. But watch out when you clean the microwave! (Stings the eyes and nose you know.)
Wait Michelle, you may be thinking, white vinegar will not kill every kind of dangerous bacteria that may be lurking around in my home. Michelle, some bacteria have a mucos coating around them that protects them from vinegar and even extreme hot and cold tempuratures.
Yes, you're right, that is so true. You know what I do for those really bad nasties that the white vinegar wont hurt badly enough? I mix 2 or 3 drops of bleach into 2 or 3 cups of water and put it in a spray bottle (don't confuse this spray bottle with the one containing the white vinegar, and DON'T mix them together.) After you apply this mixture, (after opening a window and while wearing gloves of course,) make sure you rub it around to make sure that it penitrates the mucos coating on the bacteria.
I always use the bleach mixture in the bathroom because bathroom stuff is gross. Everywhere else I only use the bleach mixture every other week or so, unless I've been working in the dirt (that happens to be where the worst mucos-covered culprits reside.)
Hey, wait a minute, you can't scrub inside the tap! What about that?
Oh yeah, that's right, the tap. I put the bleach mixture in a cup and submerg the tap into it for 2 min (that gives it enough time to dissolve the mucos coating) and that takes care of that.
You're so weird, Michelle.
Yes, I know. But I do what I have to do. My skin doesn't like most cleaners (which happen to be ineffective against the mucos-covered bacteria anyway) and my lungs don't like the fumes that come from them. You see, I've been forced to look into strange, but effective alternatives.
Aside from no dangerous fumes or skin irritation, another thing I like about cleaning my kitchen table and counter tops with white vinegar is the fact that I don't cringe when my kids lick stuff off the table. I don't have to worry if whatever they lapped up is laced with whatever's in the clorox wipes or disinfectant spray.
I save the clorox wipes for the grocery store carts. Thankfully, my kids have out-grown licking those. :)
Anyway, I got the white vinegar tip from the land of the healthy nerd people who drink weird green stuff with kelp in it and don't wash their hair with shampoo (I frequent that place.) I got the bleach and water advice from the show Kitchen Crimes. Now you don't have to belive me cuz you have my sources.
Have a good day! :)

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Happy Keester!

I ganked this picture from Shirley's blog. Thanks Shirley! It was just too cute to pass up. I love baby butts. I wanna pinch um! Oooo so cute! I wanna get those little legs too, squish squish squish. :)

Lagoon

Have you ever experienced the "no line" phenominon at Lagoon? Either had I until recently. If you ever do wish to experience "no lines," apparently the beginning of the season is an excellent time to go; especially if it was rainy the day before. We got season passes to Lagoon this year. This is probably the worst year for us to do such a thing, but there it is, that's what we did. That's how we roll! :)
Anyway, so we'll be going to Lagoon A LOT this summer.
Here are a few pics from the first visit, last week. Chris didn't take too many. I guess we have plenty of time to take plenty of pictures, which probably means there wont be any more after this. At least we got these ones. :)
Turns out, I highly recommend the "no lines" thing; as do my children. Megan went on Wicked. It is her favorite ride in the park. She's been on it many times now. The very first time, I asked her if she was scared. She said yes, "but it's good scared!" That made me giggle. "Good scared huh? Ok." Chris and I took turns taking Megan on a bunch of rides since she is just barely tall enough for most of them now.
Ashley was only tall enough for The Bat. So she went on that one a lot. She still loves the kitty park, though, so its ok. They've got a pretty decent kitty park; I even like that ladybug drop ride.
It was a blast to hear the girls giggle and scream and have a great time. I wonder how they're gonna react when see their first real line.

This is Jasmine. She is the only cat out of the three kittens that we have kept permanently. I think cats are gross, so I gave her a bath. I don't really care what cat lovers think about that. She was gross, and she had some... stuff on her back. Ick! She hated the bath. I took a picture of her while she was all wet and pathetic looking. She's pretty mad at me in this picture. Oh well. If she wants to live, she'll learn to accept the bath thing. Nasty cat.

She is pretty cute though. She's full grown and still looks like a kitten. AW! :) That's a plus for her. It certainly wont hurt her chances for a long happy life at my house. We'll see...