I am drawn to commercials that offer kitchen supplies, travel items, cleaning supplies and gardening equipment. Consistently you find them on every channel...Although I have yet to see one of these during the Superbowl.
Lindsay gets so excited when she see the add for the in-house greenhouse. You know, the one where you can grow your own tomatoes or lettuce or peppers. They do fantastic sales job, pushing the organic nutrition you would be receiving. For those of you looking for last minute Christmas gifts this year, I would suggest watching television between the hours of 11PM and 6AM. Any of the above mentioned goods make a great gift under the tree.
$19.95 for a set of Tupperware (retail value $3,450.95). But wait, there's more. If you call between the hours of 11PM and 6AM and talk to some towel head in India, you get not only one, but two sets...that's more that $6,900.00 for this one time, television offer of $19.95, and they'll even throw in a free set of bag clips.
I have learned to not get so excited about the home cleaning supplies as my dad has taught me that the chemicals are concentrated on the commercial, and what they are really selling is a watered down version of the raw materials he could purchase for pennies from a raw materials dealer...but here's the catch, you have to buy it in bulk.
55 gallons of Kaboom is perfect for any household. Or we will just settle for the home grower.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Catch the Blogging Wave
Here we go...
It's time for Lindsay and I to join the blogging nation...I will use this blog to post pictures of the family, ask stupid questions and just babble on and on. Please respond accordingly. I will start with a stupid question.
Do you ever call someone with no intention of leaving a voicemail, but still let the phone ring 5 times... listen to the entire voice message only to hang up one second after the beep? I often receive the "hangup voicemail"...it drives me crazy, but I am guilty myself. If you take the time to place the call, I would like to take the time to return the call, if I knew who you were. My imagination runs wild. I replay the message and analyze the minor details...was there any background noise? was it a mobile call? Did the caller breath heavy? This in turn causes me to place many pointless phone calls to family and close friends, desperately searching for that one individual. 90% of those calls go to voicemail, and yes, I mindlessly listen to the message and hang up one second after the beep. At times this has consumed hours of my time, but I enjoy the hunt.
I hope you enjoy our new family blog page.
It's time for Lindsay and I to join the blogging nation...I will use this blog to post pictures of the family, ask stupid questions and just babble on and on. Please respond accordingly. I will start with a stupid question.
Do you ever call someone with no intention of leaving a voicemail, but still let the phone ring 5 times... listen to the entire voice message only to hang up one second after the beep? I often receive the "hangup voicemail"...it drives me crazy, but I am guilty myself. If you take the time to place the call, I would like to take the time to return the call, if I knew who you were. My imagination runs wild. I replay the message and analyze the minor details...was there any background noise? was it a mobile call? Did the caller breath heavy? This in turn causes me to place many pointless phone calls to family and close friends, desperately searching for that one individual. 90% of those calls go to voicemail, and yes, I mindlessly listen to the message and hang up one second after the beep. At times this has consumed hours of my time, but I enjoy the hunt.
I hope you enjoy our new family blog page.
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