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Ellie Makes Christmas

Sometimes dogs make Christmas in late January.

Welcome Recyclie!

I don't really make New Year's resolutions, but one "hope" of mine was to drink more water. And I hate how most water tastes. A lot. I think the Brita filter is gross, and I wish that Perrier flowed freely out of my bathtub faucet.

I do however like Dasani, even though I know that it is probably the worst water out there, made by Coca-Cola, etc. I like it, so I bought a case of it, and also a recycling bin. We've always recycled, but in a more street-style, ghetto fashion (filling up a cardboard box or large trash bag). Now that we're married we need to be legit about this. Our trashcan (Trashie) is one of those cool metal ones that you wave your hand over to open, and since those are hard to come by a the price we bought it at, I found and decorated Recyclie. Still doesn't open by magically waving my hand over it, but it's a start!

Commercials These Days Are Gross

Whatever happened to the days of cute cartoon animals and Emmanuel Lewis selling me products? Due to my latest insomniac episode, I've seen some of the best and (mostly) worst commercials.

Worst (Not in any particular order):

1. The Charmin Bears - I don't get why it's ok to see a bear pooping in the woods and getting toilet paper stuck to its butt. It's gross. I love bears, but bears don't make it cool to poop.









2. The XBox "Live Your Moment" Commercials:

Smiling, vacant people with only half of head since there's already a band or a family living in the back of his head. My husband has an XBox and honestly, I fear it. Nobody wants that! I haven't read the instruction manual, but if it's listed anywhere "XBox 360 may cause half of your head to fall off and a random band to come live in it" I'm moving out. Sorry honey.

3. The "Marijuana Hurts" Campaign:

A cute little boy starts getting smoldering holes in his neck and wrist, and then his eye. He opens the door to see his sister smoking a joint. AHA! Marijuana hurts the people around you!

I'm sure if marijuana was so bad that it actually caused physical burn marks to people in your family that very few people would smoke it, even if it made Pink Floyd's The Wall and The Wizard of Oz seem to synch up. Nothing is that cool.

Best:

Amish made "Heat Surge" Fireplace:

Because even the Amish get cold. I'm pretty sure this only comes on at 3 in the morning, but if you ever get a chance to see this infomercial please tape it. It features the hard-working Amish people making fireplace mantles that are then used with flameless fireplaces.














2. The Slanket:

It's a blanket with arms, and if you wear it while standing you look like a monk.

Speaking of kids....

Names I would love for my future dogs:

Gompers

Stedman

Huxtable

Emory

Hey, if I can't use them on my human kids, I don't want them to go to waste.

I wish Tim Gunn was my neighbor

I wish Tim Gunn was my next door neighbor. I would love for him to be my cute little gay neighbor friend and my kids godfather. I can imagine him saying "Jackson, you know you can't match striped footie pajamas with that Mickey Mouse hat! Make it work!"

I heart you Tim Gunn, you are my favorite.

V.P. debate last night

I'm not going to get into the whole debate because I could take up a whole page, but I simply refuse to have another person in office who pronounces a word "NUCULAR". It's not charming, endearing, or down-to-earth, it's plain stupid. You'd think with all the coaching Sarah Palin is getting that they could teach her to say a word that she'd have to use for the next four years (GOD I HOPE NOT!!!!!!!!!) correctly.