Wednesday's Wonder: Half.Com

Let me apologize in advance for any bruises you get from this post. Because you're gonna kick yourself for paying full price for books, movies and games.

Half. com is this Wednesday's Wonder. (Please pretend like last Wednesday's was not just two posts ago)

Oh, how I love this website. Our friend told us about it in college. From then on we bought and sold our textbooks there and saved ourselves a ton of money. Probably even enough to splurge on the McDonald's Dollar menu--which was a big deal.

Now I buy Adi's books & movies there as well. And really I can only stand to watch the same movie or read the same book with Adi 5000 times. So it's helpful. Plus I have this weak spot in my heart for Disney movies...and have somehow convinced myself that we need them. All. Eventually.

And I've recently become ADDICTED to reading. My friend Jessica has a Wednesday's Read on her blog. I haven't been disappointed yet with a single book she's suggested. It's like having my own little literary researcher. I love it! But I don't always love to go to the library. Sometimes I can read a book in two days, sometimes it takes me way longer, so I like to just buy a copy. Plus, most of the books she suggests are keepers and I'd like to read them again and again. Whala! Half.com.

I've bought books and movies for under $3 and the shipping is usually only an extra $2 or so. Way way way cheaper than full price. And you don't have to bid like on Ebay. Just find the item you want, in the condition you want and checkout--with PayPal by the way, so it's totally safe.

Try it out. Let me know what you find!

Ziploc-This Wednesday's Wonder

I'll probably be buried in Ziploc. It's really the best option if you think about it. Ziploc's slogan is "Keep stuff fresh and secure".

Which describes my post-mortal requests to the T.

There's something magical about the stuff. Put something that would normally be old and nasty tomorrow in a ziploc and TADA! It's good for like the next thousand years.

Some things even seem to come out of the bag way better than they went in. Take cookies for example. Store those babies in Ziploc and you've got soft cookies for a month. Plus, it's relatively cheap.

So with any luck I'll come out of that bag looking like Megan Fox, and my family will be $9,996 ahead.

And it's only fitting, seeing that just about every other possible thing in my house is stored in gallon ziploc bags. Whoever digs up my remains and artifacts in 3057 will probably think I owned stock in the stuff.

Ziploc is definitely a modern wonder - the gallon size is my personal favorite.





Currently I adore them for corralling itty bitty felt cut-outs (for Adi's someday quiet book), keeping diapers out of sight and smell when I'm in the car and far from a garbage can, and storing glittery Christmas ornaments. But they've got countless endearing uses. Countless.


If you (for some insane reason that completely escapes me) can't think of uses for them, Ziploc made a nifty little interactive chart on their website to help you out. There's even "Incredible Ziploc Stories" tab. Storage bag gone superhero.


Check out lists of handy dandy uses from these doting fans:
M0rning Star (about halfway down their list)
Make Ice Cream In A Baggie
The Happiness Project
DiY Life
Associated Content


AND there are coupons here


What are your favorite ways to use ziploc? I'd love to hear them.

P.S. I also accept gallon ziplocs as gifts

Wednesday's Wonders

There are a few thousand reasons I could not have been a pioneer. Literally. Thousands.

And each time I learn about something new, that statement is confirmed. I just love having little conveniences, little clever do0-dads, and just plain smart stuff that makes life delicious.

Plus, it's Wednesday. Hump day. Middle-of-the-week-I-may-never-live-til-Friday day. I think it's appropriate to add a little sunshine on such a volatile weekly event. And so i'll share. In no particular order. Every Wednesday.

Number one: Laundry.

I barely survive as a non-pioneer doing laundry. I seriously can't imagine hauling it all to the stream when it's no doubt about a thousand times smellier than anything I wash now. And scrubbing. A lot. Knowing it's gotta get clean and last forever, or I've gotta get out my needle and thread -which is a whole different story.

So, in celebration of modern laundry here is something wonderful I'm currently in love with.I can hear the gasps of Tide purists already. I happen to be one of them. BUT I'm a sucker for smells. So after hearing about this fabulous-smelling soap, I had to give it a try. And in order to console myself, I checked to see who made it. Proctor & Gamble. The Tide people. Instant justification.

It's yummy all on it's own, but coupled with the secret ingredient I'm about to reveal (Tyra Banks' voice just flashed through my head) it's divine.I am not even kidding when I tell you I sniff my clothes at least three times a day. And my laundry room is just a delightful little place I'm now happy to visit.

So give it a try. You'll love it, I'm sure.