Free Toilet Paper

What's better than free TP?  Well, there's one thing better: delivered-to-your-door free TP!

Click on: https://www.scottbrand.com/Offer/ProgramOverview for Scott Tissue Shared Values program.  For a limited time, you can get a roll of free toliet paper sent to home.   

If the toilet paper offer has expired, you can still get coupons and other Scott product special offers.  Check back periodically for more savings!

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Free Shampoo

Here's a link for a free sample of L'oreal shampoo  (while supplies last!)

http://www.lorealparisusa.com/en/Brands/Hair-Care-Styling/Advanced-Haircare/Smooth-Intense.aspx?notification=success

Target Free Samples

http://samples.target.com/#81

Check this website periodically...right now there is only one free sample, but I'm sure they update it?

Free Coffee!

Need a little pick me up?  Ok, get this...it's caffeine and it's FREE!  What more can you ask for?!?    Go to this link and fill out the information....in a few weeks, you'll have your free steaming cuppa joe .

http://www.tasterschoice.com/sample/form.aspx

I'm Not Small...I'm Double-D Challenged.

Bras, the women’s bane.  Flesh diggers.  Uncooperative straps that conveniently slip down when someone happens to be looking.   Impossible to coordinate with a tank top.  

I think women of the late sixties had the right idea.  Burn, baby, burn. 

But, I have resigned myself of the necessary evil and the time had come for some new ones.

Sigh.

I’ve bought them for roughly 30 years, I should be an old pro at this, right? 

Haha.   

I steer my shopping cart towards the lingerie department, or as I like to call it, the "Department of Naughty Bits with Fancy Hangers."  Actually I never call it that, but that's what you do in a blog...try to sound clever.   Which was obviously, as my daughter would say, an epic fail.

As I stare (and try not to stare) at all the rows of boobless boob holders, I feel slightly overwhelmed.  So, I take a deep breath and start the search for my size.

This I can easily locate and I feel a little sprinkle of relief.  And then, very quickly, disappointment and frustration.  So I move on to the next color or type...find the size...more disappointment and frustration.  This continues for about 20 minutes.

Why are you so vexed, Emily?  Well, I'd like to say I'm too sexy for my bra, but that would be just another clever epic fail.   My main problem with these bras...well, gripe.... is, it seems that society has deem that my size is inferior. 

It needs fixed!

It needs pushed up!

Padded!

And…. gelled?   What the-?

It’s extremely difficult to find a bra in my size that isn’t one of these three things.   And I don't want any of this....why?!? 

Guess what, bra manufacture?  I LIKE my size!  Huh.  Go figure!  (No pun intended).

Nothing against you big busted ladies….trust me, there is more than a few times I longed to be busty, hypnotizing guys with my cone-like banzgoas (or whatever you call them).

But over the years, I learned to accept and love myself for what I have.   Trust me, it's been a long and winding road.  

I’m me people….unpushed, unpadded, and most definitely ungelled!

Am I the only one in this world that doesn’t feel the need for “breast enchantment”? ( poof...ta-da! It’s the magical breasts!)

Apparently so, judging by the unholy selection of fake boobie bras.     

So, what does it mean, Ladies?  It means, Susan B. Anthony is spinning around in her grave for the umpteenth time, that’s what.     There she goes again folks, the Great Twirling Corpse.    If “50 Shades of Grey” wasn’t enough for the poor ol’ gal….

But we have to face facts: our self-esteem is still and probably forever linked to our boobs.    

Anyway, after I dismiss the fantasy of a flamethrower in the lingerie department….  I sigh heavily, pick out the damn bra and toss it in the cart. 

Only moderately padded, but the least padded I could find. 

And yes, it was pink and lacey, if you must know. 

Sorry Susan. :(

Fluoride-Not the Super Hero We Thought He Was.

Is Fluoride necessary?  Now before you say I'm one of those environmental crackpots, read this excerpt from the EPA's own website:

What are fluoride's health effects?
Exposure to excessive consumption of fluoride over a lifetime may lead to increased likelihood of bone fractures in adults, and may result in effects on bone leading to pain and tenderness. Children aged 8 years and younger exposed to excessive amounts of fluoride have an increased chance of developing pits in the tooth enamel, along with a range of cosmetic effects to teeth.

This health effects language is not intended to catalog all possible health effects for fluoride. Rather, it is intended to inform consumers of some of the possible health effects associated with fluoride in drinking water.

Err...ok?  And what is excessive consumption?  A couple of glasses of water a day???
If that doesn't alarm you, maybe this might:

Fluoride ingestion has been associated with adverse health effects such as IQ deficits in children, depression, weight gain and heart disease. The "Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics" reports that "high fluoride intake has a damaging effect on intellectual ability," and human studies from China, India, Iran and Mexico found that elevated levels of fluoride in children resulted in reduced performance and impaired development of intelligence. The U.S. National Research Council has also found that fluoride affects normal endocrine function, which may contribute to hypothyroidism, or reduced activity of the thyroid gland. Hypothyroidism can lead to fatigue, depression, weight gain, hair loss, muscle pains and heart disease. Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/133760-side-effects-fluoride/#ixzz1aV66TOJh

It seems that Fluoride, you've got some explaining to do. 

You got too much oxygen in your blood. Here, let me put a giant leech on you.

Leeches.  They suck.

By the way, what do you think of the new show “Terra Nova?” 

Yeah, the whole living-with-the-dinosaurs thing is cool and all, but more specifically, what do you think of their grim portrayal of FUTURE Earth? 

My first thought was pure disbelief:  There is NO WAY we would let the environment get that bad!

But, here’s an even scarier thought that I had:  Even if we try to reverse our current environmental problems, maybe this is a snowball that we can’t stop rolling…maybe the damage we have done is irreversible and no amount of pollution control, CO2 emission control, or massive recycling efforts are going to change that...

Now before you start spitting facts and figures at me, trying to prove me wrong…I’ll admit right here and now…I could be wrong.   

I hope like hell I’m wrong. 

Here’s another personal musing:  There are people out there that care about Earth and they are trying like the dickens to do the right thing.  They recycle, they compost, they are conscious of the environment, and they aren’t wasteful.   However, I would say that’s only 20% of the population.  Ok, this is only a personal estimate, just by observation of my community.

But what I’m saying is, I think 80% just don’t give a damn.   That’s disconcertingly high, don’t you think?

And I have to admit, on occasion, I don’t do EVERYTHING I should to help the environment.  And I’m sure the other 20% of the people slip up occasionally. We have lives after all…we can’t constantly fret about where the recycle bins are located, or whether or not that juicy turkey that our mom cooked so hard to cook is cruelty and hormone-free, or even better, tofu! (Ok, BETTER is debatable!)

My point is:  20% caring most of the time and 80% caring NONE of the time…that’s a recipe for doom.  

Ok, look at this way, one person is diligently trying to save money for retirement.  He puts aside a good bit of money every week, hoping to have a nice nest egg for his golden years.  However, his wife and kids are pissed at him. ”Hoarding money, what an idiot! What about TODAY?   We want this, we NEED that,” they cry.  So they constantly make trips to the ATM, withdrawing from the husband’s nest egg, never putting back in.  The husband keeps contributing, but it’s totally useless; he and his wife will have nothing to retire on, because the family spends it faster than he saves it.

I’m sorry, folks.  The world is not your endless ATM.  Resources WILL run out.    If you don’t believe me, believe the savvy, rich people, like T. Boone Pickens.  You know, the oil tycoon?  Anyway he’s started buying WATER rights!  Yes, I said W-A-T-E-R.   Check it out:  http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_25/b4089040017753.htm

Yep, Clear gold.  Texas Pee.  (Ok, that’s gross. It’s not pee.   But I needed a substitute for “Texas T”…ok, moving on).

Trust me, I hate doom and gloom more than anyone.  I refused to watch “2012”.  In fact, I’m boycotting the whole year.  

I’m also pretty cynical, and I can sum up my feelings on “Terra Nova”, with one sardonic remark:    “Great.”  I said to my husband.   “Now they can get a million year head start on ruining another planet.”

So…what do you think?  Is my guess of 20% too low…too high?  Is the future Earth of "Terra Nova" inevitable?