The “You’re Leaving On an Epic Road Trip” List

by amber on May 10   ///   1 Comment

Road Trip!

You’ll have enough to think about on your road trip – like how much farther through Louisiana you can make it without stopping for gas and where on this vast green planet is a cup of coffee – without worrying about things like sunscreen. So I’ve prepared your perfect road trip list, complete with music.

Also, where are you going? Can I come?

The Goods

The Tunes

  • Houdini – Foster the People
  • Second Song – TV on the Radio
  • The Modern Leper – Frightened Rabbit
  • Pickup Truck – Kings of Leon
  • Permalight – Rogue Wave
  • Sleepyhead – Passion Pit
  • Burn it All Down – VHS or Beta
  • Mouthful of Diamonds – Phantogram
  • 40 Day Dream – Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

Stop before you get tired, watch out for cops, take lots of pictures, and have fun.

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The Official Work-From-Home List

by amber on April 24   ///   2 Comments

Working from Home

Maybe you’re starting your own business. Maybe your boss lets you stay at home occasionally so you can work in your pajamas and sleep through your commute. Maybe your kids have the death flu and you’re frantically trying to finish projects while they sleep. Whatever you’re doing, we’ve got you covered.

You don’t have an office supply closet at the moment, and the need for envelopes crops up at the most inconvenient times. Have them on hand.

Electronic lists are great, but I tend to ignore my to-do list unless I’m in danger of knocking it off the desk with my elbow. Plus, physically writing and crossing out items is satisfying.

To keep a handle on all those business write-offs, yo.

Don’t clutter up your home office with a whole mess of half-dead pens. Leave those in the cubicle. Have one good pen and use it until it’s dry. Then get yourself another good pen.

A good highlighter is invaluable. Have one. Or six.

You’ll be needing coffee and this is much better than the swill in the company kitchen.

You’ll also be needing snacks. Pita chips with parmesan and garlic = yum.

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First Barbeque of the Season Checklist

by Rebecca on April 16   ///   Comments

Barbecue

Barbeques are the reason for summer. Smoky air, delicious grilled meat, and drinking margaritas in deck chairs. Maybe even drunk Twister, depending on which way your friends roll. Since barbeques are even better when they’re easy, here’s your handy list for the first barbeque of the summer. Light ‘er up.

Be sure to send us an e-vite, because this barbeque sounds awesome.

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Beat the Spring Allergies Kit

by amber on April 13   ///   Comments

allergies

All those pretty green leaves and cherry blossoms should equal delighted frolicking in sunlit fields and maybe a picnic near a haystack. But in the real world, spring means a lot of airborne pollen that can make your nasal passages miserable. Here’s our Beat the Spring Allergies shopping list to keep your eyes and nose happy.

Usual Suspects

  • Kleenex for all the sniffling.
  • Eye drops for those red, scratchy eyeballs. These are my personal favorites – they’re also great for people who wear hard contact lenses.
  • If you want to partake of the miracle of modern medicine, here’s some Claritin for that twenty-four hour, no drowsiness relief. Hooray for pharmaceuticals! Less Obvious Solutions

Less Obvious Solutions

  • Try irrigating your stuffy nose with a homemade saline solution. Mix a teaspoon of salt in a pint of warm, filtered water and pour a bit of the solution into one nostril and allow it to drain back out through the nose or mouth. Doing this once or twice a day will keep your sinuses clear.
  • Peppermint also helps clear the sinuses, acting as a decongestant and has anti-inflammatory. So brew some peppermint tea and drink up.
  • Eat wasabi. It makes for a strange pairing with the peppermint tea, but wasabi has horseradish, to blast through the nasal passages and kick the tear ducts into high gear. Hint: These seaweed snacks with wasabi are deliciously addictive.
  • If you’ve spent a long time outside, shower off when you get home to remove anything that may have come in from the great outdoors with you. Hair is a major pollen-collecting culprit, so shampoo up.
  • You may also want to shampoo Fido. Outdoor pets will cheerfully roll around in piles of pollen and then you and your allergies are screwed. Even indoor dogs might irritate your allergies. But allergens dissolve in water, so a quick bath does the trick.

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College Checklist: Prepping for the Spring Break Party

by amber on April 4   ///   Comments

Spring Break Friday 002

Spring Break is upon you and, as we all know, this means one thing – time for a wall-shaking, everclear punch-spilling party. We’ve got you covered with snacks and post-party clean up. You’re on your own with the booze and dealing with any freshmen passed out on the floor.

Before = Stocking Up on Snacks

Take care of the people with a sweet tooth. Those people are usually girls. Yes, you want girls to come to your party and yes, you want to keep them happy.

After = All The Cleaning (Sorry, Dude)

  • Paper towels. (Yes, you’ll need a lot of them.)
  • All purpose cleaner. For those stains you don’t want to contemplate. Good luck with that.
  • Windex. If the windows aren’t broken, you’ll probably need to clean them. If they are broken, you have bigger problems right now.
  • Toilet bowl cleaner. You’ll need this. Sorry, it’s a college party truth.

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