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Cooking Mama: Cook Off
$19.99
I love you Mama, truly I do. I've tried everything in order to please you & in the past that seemed enough. When I succeeded, you were deliriously happy. When I failed, you got a little angry but you said that you'd help fix everything. It was out of the love of our previous relationship that I decided to continue under your tutelage again.

Now it just seems like our relationship has worn thin. Rather than encouraging me when I fail you now mumble untelligible statments towards me. I can't make it out entirely, but when you say "You're none of mine" & something about hitting me, a part of me dies inside & wonders if this is really healthy behavior towards me & my siblings. And I do fail more often now because the daggone utensils are so much harder to work than they were in the past. Maybe it's just the system keeping us down, but somehow I can't help but wonder if it's you. Did Father treat you badly this go round?

Yet when I do my work perfectly, you praise me... except for those times you jumped out at me in strange garb & makeup, shouting something in a language I just don't understand. Didn't I do good, Mama? Why do you have to frighten me so?

And then there's those foreign exchange students you keep introducing me to. It was a bit hard to figure out exactly where I was in the game, but eventually I figured it out. They weren't the brightest bricks in the bunch, so it was occasionally easy to best them.

I guess in the end, Mama... I still love you, despite your shortcomings. I'll continue to come back home every time I can & I'll buy everything you recommend that I do. It's not as good as it was in our old digs, but it's still fun for me. Maybe it won't be as fun for the other kids out there, but I think that most will still enjoy visiting you every once in a while.

Better Off Ted: Season One
$29.98
Horray for a show that is not a trashy teen soap opera!

Its quirky, clever, witty. I might even like it better than 30 Rock... hard call. All of the characters were cast well. This show is filling my need now that Pushing Daisies is cancelled. Its far more realistic than Pushing Daisies (though some of the inventions are a bit beyond realistic... or are they?), but it is both playful and imaginative.

I'm waiting for the DVD to be released so I can buy the season as a gift for a few people.

Teeze Me Junior's Party Tank Dress,Black/Off White,9
$79.00

SC Johnson 70319 Off Mosquitoe Repell Refill
$5.79
This thing works great. My wife is a mosquito magnet and highly allergic to their bites. In a crowd, the mosquitoes will flock around her. Then when bitten she itches for days and develops large red whelps. When she uses this machine, she has no fear of mosquitoes. They avoid her completely. And, here in Texas we have huge mosquitoes. If mosquitoes are a problem to you, buy this thing and get plenty refills.