Home Run Inn Frozen Pizza....Good As It Gets

Who doesn't like pizza?  Nobody I know, that's for sure.  But as sure as people digging pizza is a given, so is finding a really good frozen pizza.  Well stop the presses, the search is over.  May I introduce Home Run Inn Pizza.  This is Chicago style pizza in a box & is so rich & favorable  it is sure to become a favorite of yours.  Home Run Inn Pizza has what a would classify as a "regular" crust, but also comes in the thin crust variety.  The tomato paste & seasoning combined with the toppings of your choice combine in a rich robust taste that is sure to please your palette & melt in your mouth.   What more can I say about pizza?  Nothing.  We know it.  We love it.  Now you do not have to go out to get a good one.  Next time you are at your Grocers, stop by the frozen foods department & pick up a Home Run Inn Pizza (or two).  Buy it. Try it.  You won't deny it.  This pizza is as good as it gets.  Enjoy!

www.homeruninnpizza.com

OK, so I am a sucker.  I still believe in Reality TV.  I love Survivor, The Amazing Race, Big Brother, The Bachelor, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Teen Mom, etc, etc, etc.  I have to admit as much as I am obsessed with Reality TV, Auction Kings, Hardcore Pawn, American Pickers, Storage Wars, Baggage Battles, Cash & Cari, Pawn Stars & more have taken my obsession to a whole new level.  I may be a hopeless romantic, but my obsession started with the Bachelor.  I watched em all.  Bachelorettes in Alaska,  For Love or Money, Paradise Hotel, Shipmates, Next, Joe Millionaire, Excused, The Farmer Takes a Wife, Cupid, The Cougar.  You name it, I watched it.  I have watched every season of the Bachelor & the Bachelorette going back to Alex Michel's season.  I have watched families in motion such as the Kardashians, Paris & Nicole, Anna Nicole Smith, The Simple Life, Rock Of Love, The Osbournes, The Hogans, Megan Wants A Millionaire, Daisy Of Love, Dog The Bounty Hunter...to name a few.  I love the courts drama of Judge Judy & The People's Court & and he rest.   I watched Celebrity Rehab, Scream Queens, The Tool, Celebrity Fit Club, I Love New York, Wife Swap, The Biggest Loser, Trading Places, Americas Next Top Model, Toddlers & Tiaras, Flavor Of Love, Temptation Island,  Charm School...well you get the idea.  I am pretty sure there is not a reality show that exists hat I have not watched.  Fear Factor, Dog Eat Dog, Minute to Win It....  In conclusion, I must say, It does not matter to me if reality TV is actually "real".  I want to be entertained & I have been.   Keep them coming, and I will try to keep up.

Twizzlers - Yummooooo!

Not sure how I ever came into trying these flavorable treats, but I am sure glad I did.  Twizzlers are fruit flavored treats that look like licorice & are made by Hershey.  Not bad credentials.  4 twists are 120  (or so) calories & have virtually no fat or other bad things in them.  Despite their sweet taste, they have very little sugar.  Enjoy..I do!

Twizzlers

Columbia Tennis Shoes

  I am sure beyond a reasonable doubt that nobody needs my recommendation to buy anything with the "Columbia" label, however, I am just as sure that of few of you, like myself  still do exist who cringe at paying the price shown on that price tag.  Not being a big tennis shoe wearer, despite the fact that I am an avid walker, I could never imagine shelling out the price it would take to buy Columbia shoes.  After all, shoes are shoes...right?  As you know, I am a bargain shopper.  In one of my numerous trips to the thrift shops I frequent, I ran across a pair of slip on grey Columbia tennis shoes in good shape for $3.99.  I bought 'em.  That was about 10 years ago.  I have worn them, and worn them & worn them since then.  The only thing that has worn out is the laces.  I have ridiculously wide feet & the comfort I experienced in them was unparalleled.  You have to realize that I really don't mind spending money on something, if it is a quality product.  Columbia is.  I bought another pair about 5 years after I bought my thrift store bargain & spent the amount on the price tag without hesitation.  Columbia, you have won me over (no easy task)!  Way to go!

www.columbia.com

 

So what is Rumchata?  I didn't know that myself until about a year ago when I visited my local liquor store & the proprietor was offering samples of this drink.  Via google, Rumchata is a cream liqueur that has become very popular since its release in 2009. It is made from a blend of five-time distilled Caribbean rums with Wisconsin dairy cream and flavored with cinnamon, vanilla, and other 'secret flavors.'

The inspiration for RumChata is horchata, a very popular drink in Mexico and Spain that actually dates back to the time of ancient Egyptians. In Egypt and Spain the chufa nut was ground with water, cinnamon, and sugar to make a drink that has the look of milk. When the recipe came to Mexico rice was used in place of the nut. Traditionally, horchata does not contain dairy products, though RumChata liqueur does.

RumChata contains homogenized cream and does not need to be refrigerated. An open bottle can be stored at room temperature for about 6 months.  While all that is mildly interesting, all I know is that damn...it taste's good.  It retails for about $20 a bottle and is one of the best drinks that you can drink straight I have ever tasted.  

If you enjoy a cocktail from time to time & are a rum fan, be sure to check out Rumchata.  It will not disappoint.  

www.rumchata.com 

Spot Shot - Miracle in a Spray Can!

If ever or ever there was a miracle in a can, it has to be Spot Shot.  We all know it's hard to know what to believe when we hear about products that that remove stains.  I had always hoped for the best, and gotten the worst.  I grew used to it.  After all miracles don't really happen do they?  I had all but given up on them until my Mom told me about a product my aunt recommended to her, Spot Shot.  According to her, all you has to do was spray this miracle in a can on the spot & it virtually disappears.  Yeah right.  I had long been a skeptic to these ridiculous claims, but, my auntie was the source & I figured she would not tell me about something unless it had worked for her.  The next time I was at Walmart, I plopped down my $3.59...or whatever it was, on a can of this miracle.  Only a few days passed before I had my chance to test this product.  I made shrimp cocktail as an appetizer with dinner, and my loving, but clumsy. significant other dropped one, cocktail sauce & all, on the carpet.  I followed the directions on the can, and then sprayed the indicated amount onto the awful red spot.  In less then a minute, the spot was gone.  Disappeared.  Poof.  I kid you not.  I could not believe my eyes.  I have tested it over & over since then, and it never fails to impress me with it's effectiveness.  I am so passionate about this miracle in a can, that I even recommend it to complete strangers.  I have bought it at Home Depot, Menards, and Walmart.  It is also very reasonably priced.  Take it from Hippie Dippie Goodie Grandma...this one works.


http://www.spotshot.com/

Well, it's official.  My name is Denise, and I am a picker!  I always have been a "picker" even before the term was fashionable.  In case you don't know what a "picker" is, let me explain.  I scour thrift shops, garage sales, flea markets, auctions, and estate sales for reasonably priced items that I can resell for a profit.  I never  really knew there was a name for what I love to do, until Mike Wolfe & Frank Fritz brought it into popularity with the show American Pickers.  Garage saling had always been a part of my life since I was a little girl.  My late Grandfather Christopherson was a garage sale fanatic & I went with him every chance I could.  His love for the "sport"  was passed on to my Mommy & we continued our adventures into my teenage years.  At first. I really wasn't into reselling, I was just looking for things I liked & I had an art for negotiating, so I bought my treasures & loved them.  I expanded my territory into thrift stores & junk shops as I got older.  I educated myself as to what was what as my journey continued.  It wasn't long before I realized my specialty, if you will, was vintage jewelry.  I immersed myself in it & bought all I  could.  I would buy bulk bags of jewelry  pick out what I liked for myself, toss the junk & save the rest.  I also discovered eBay & started selling things I had previously acquired during this time.  eBay was like a dream come true for me!  As I continued to obsess over jewelry, I sold off a lot of other things I had acquired & refilled my spending kitty for my beloved jewelry.  Picking was an ongoing education assisted by watching different antique appraisal shows.   Let me talk about a few of my most memorable finds...  I bought a Bessie Pease Guttmann print called "His Majesty" for $5.00 that I sold for $125.00.  I bought an untagged Steiff cat for .29 cents that I sold for $83.00.  I bought an old Schick razor for $1.00 that I sold for $51.00.  I bought a Gigali bronze statue for .89 that I sold for $56.00.  That's just a few.   Mind you, I knew the names Bessie Pease Guttmann, & Steiff, but I had no idea what the items were actually worth when I bought them.  It was a hunch & it paid off.  To this day, I still have no idea what the appeal of the Gigali statue was, but, I had a hunch, I followed it, and I was right.  I guess I just have that instinct.  I also bought a box of Tiger Beat magazines from the 70's for $5.00 & sold them for over $250.00.  Those were kind of hard to let go since they were filled with pictures of my own idols...  :)  My most favorite of all my acquisitions was when I finally got around to selling all the jewelry I had picked out from my bulk bags of jewelry & sold all 1700 pieces for $2800.00.   Everything I had wanted from these bags was in my personal collection, so that sale was pure profit!  Yup.  My name is Denise, and I am a picker & a grinner.  This is my passion & I will do it until I no longer can.