It's time for me to post an update of my new favorite things. I've done this once or twice before, but I've started to notice lately that there are quite a few products I'm starting to wonder how I've done without. Among them:
Emergen-C: I got hooked on this stuff while I was back in Illinois. I swear it works. It's got 1,000 milligrams of Vitamin C, lots of B vitamins and other minerals and vitamins too. It comes in individual packets and dissolves quickly in about six ounces of water. And it doesn't taste like chalk or glue like some of those other "powders." I've tried tangerine, but I see they have raspberry, which might need to be next on the list.
Case in point: I woke up this morning feeling like a little cold was coming on and took some of this stuff and I feel fine. It's either great medicine or a placebo. Either way, I don't care. It works.
Lamp timers: Whoever thought of these things created one of the best inventions of our time. Or perhaps of all time. I got one of these for Christmas (because I had been complaining about forgetting to unplug the tree), plugged it in a few nights ago, and now our living room light turns on at 5 p.m. and off at midnight.
When I come home the lights are on (both good for crime prevention and so Lucy isn't sitting around in the dark), energy-efficient since it doesn't have to stay on all day to accomplish those goals, and I don't have to remember to turn it off at night or in the morning. Plus, they're easy to use and cheap. As in less than five bucks. How cool is that?
SIRIUS: This is my new guilty pleasure. Our Jeep came equipped with a satellite radio and we decided before I drove home for Christmas to explore how much it cost to actually activate the thing. (Turns out it's just a few bucks a month.) I still stick to a small group of music channels, but it's so nice to be able to listen to the radio without commercials or all that jibber-jabber of the morning talk show hosts.
On the way back to DC, I kept myself awake from 11 p.m. - 2 a.m. with the 90's channel while Chad slept. Then he listened to the "all AC/DC station" while I slept--or tried to. It paid for itself in about fifteen minutes, as far as I'm concerned. I can't imagine going back!
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A side note on Emergen-C, you can go to their website and request a free sample. Best part is they send you multiple packets so you can figure out what flavor you like best. Genius!
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