This is one of my favorite books to give to a friend as a birthday present: it’s quirky, silly, creative, a little bit Wrong.
Each page is a photograph of a dollhouse-type still-life. The characters are…well, they’re chickens. A typical page shows a photo of a bunch of little chickens on tiny yoga […]

After 191 entries for the Cuisinart giveaway, the random number generator chose Lane, who left comment #105. Congrats, Lane!
Thanks for entering, folks! I’ve got a few more giveaways to hand out (some gift cards and jewelry and maybe one or two other things I ordered and already forgot about), so stay tuned. I’ll post […]

When Paul and I were expecting our first baby, we used to spend a lot of time in bookstores (*drifts off into reverie, remembering those days*). I always went straight to the shelf of baby-care manuals, reading one after another in the hope of finding one I wanted to have on hand during the […]

I used to write for the ClubMom website, and as part of my compensation I received a bunch of shopping credits that I could use towards a small inventory of gift cards and consumer products offered through their site. I cashed them in recently and plan to give away a few of the items I […]

I love grapefruit scents, but some of them can smell STICKY instead of crisp-bitter-fresh (I’m looking at YOU, Method). This hand soap by Softsoap smells so much like real pink grapefruit, it seriously makes me thirsty. Plus, it’s a neat shade of pink. —Swistle
Link: I bought mine at Target (it’s […]