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I like to sit with my laptop on my lap on the couch. Yeah, yeah. I know they aren't really supposed to be for your lap. They get hot and blah blah blah They should have named them something else then! :)

But I also love my heated blanket. And I REALLY can't use my laptop when I have that heated blanket on. And given the choice between the two, the heated blanket wins. (Hence why I haven't been posting much lately!)

I had been thinking about getting something to put under my laptop so I could still use my heated blanket...even if the blanket wasn't on. But then, in true Andi form, I promptly forgot about it. Thankfully, my hubby has a better memory than I do and picked this little guy up for me.

You can plug it into your laptop via USB and it turns on a fan to keep your laptop cool and prevents overheating.

So now I can use my laptop AND my heated blanket! That makes one happy Andi!

Posted by Andrea on Tue, 05/25/2010 - 7:24am. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | Add new comment

I am always cold. Therefore, I need sweaters in my wardrobe. Not just a couple. A lot. In every color preferably!

The ones I bought 2 years ago to wear over everything are getting worn out. So I was in the market for some new ones. And then I came across these beauties...ON SALE!

I love them! I have received many compliments on them. I love the girly feel to them. They go with everything! I found these at Macy's a few weeks ago in case you are in the market for something like this, too!

Posted by Andrea on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 8:40am. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | Add new comment

I love my new heart rate monitor! I recently mentioned that the previous one I had met it's death. Well, the chest strap for the one I had did not have any way to change the battery in it. So after having it for a number of years, it died. Chuck decided to see if he could get it open and replace the battery. This is where the chest strap died. Chuck very carefully cut his way inside it, but it just wasn't feasible to change the battery and get it back together. Now I could have gotten a new chest strap, but after trying out Chuck's while I was running, I knew I had to have one that counted the calories you burned.

So Chuck did some research on them and gave me a few options (the ones that seemed to be best for what I wanted). So I looked them over and decided on the FT40 from Polar! Isn't it a beauty!?

Yes, it's green! It also has little flowers on it! I think it's adorable. Mind you, my arm is SO tiny that it looks huge on it, but I still love it!

I have used it a number of times for running, bike riding, a walk around a lake. I can't say enough good things about it!

Posted by Andrea on Wed, 05/05/2010 - 9:35am. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | Add new comment

Chuck recently got me a new camera. We had been talking about getting a small camera that you could throw in your pocket. So he did some research and we ended up getting this beauty!

It's so pretty. It's a Canon SD3500. I love it! It has a touch screen and a bunch of other fun features. Chuck decided on a Canon because my previous camera (which still works, just a little bulky) was a Canon and I was already familiar with the features and the way it works. He was going to get me a pink one! But I said I would rather have silver so this way he would use it, too! (It also make a nice matching sibling to the other one I have!)

I carry it with me all the time! I love that it doesn't take up much space and I can have it on hand should a picture moment arise!

I am also terrible about uploading my pictures and taking them off my camera. So I had Chuck look into EyeFi.

It is a memory card for your camera and it miraculously uploads your pictures via WiFi and puts them on your computer. It can also upload it to a few websites, too.

So when you turn your camera on and your computer is on, they will link up! It's amazing to watch! It's so fast! And I have all my pictures uploaded to use when I get around to posting anything on my website! :) And I never have to take out the memory card! I always hated taking out the card to upload pictures because inevitably, I would leave without it in the camera. Ooops!

So overall, I am ecstatic about my new camera. If you are in the market for a new camera, I would definitely consider giving this one a look!

And if you aren't in the market for a new camera, I would go out and buy one of these EyeFi cards ASAP! You won't regret it!

Posted by Andrea on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 5:01pm. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | Add new comment

One of my New Years resolutions was to drink more water. This is being aided by the couple of water bottles I got for Christmas. One of them was this one:

I love it! I use it all the time. My goal is to drink 5 bottles full a day. So far I have done quite well. Since I like using it so much, I told myself I would only fill it with water and nothing else. This way, if I want to use the bottle, I need to drink water.

Hopefully I can keep this up all year!

Posted by Andrea on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 7:15am. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | Add new comment

This is the other pink glitter color I found. I just love it. It is much more pink looking in person. It's a bit darker than the other one I have, but I am not afraid of color on my nails.

I also found a great website called Polish Mayhem and she posts pictures of all sorts of nail polish colors on her hands. This is where I got this picture. It's nice to see the colors on instead of in the bottle. It will also make you want every color in the rainbow! :)

Posted by Andrea on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 7:47am. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | Add new comment

I got a new phone case recently. Mine tore on one of the corners and around the same time, a friend of mine got this case and I knew I had to have it!

It's a soft case, but is made of a very hard gel. It's fantastic. It's also very thin and not bulky. And of course, I got it in pink! (Surprise surprise!)

If you are interested, you can see more pictures of it HERE. I bought mine online from the AT&T store and they had free shipping and it came really quickly. I was very pleased. You can find it in the store, too (that's where my friend got her's), but you may have more color options online.

Posted by Andrea on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 12:08am. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | Add new comment

I found a new nail polish I like. It's called Strobe Light by Sally Hansen. It's full of glitter....

See! I love glitter! So this was made for me. There's one other I have seen online that I hope to find. I'll be sure to share that even prettier, pinkier one if I find it! For now, I am blinded by my fingers and this all the sparkle of this one!

Posted by Andrea on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 7:09am. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | Add new comment

My friends recenly showed me the joy of Sephora. It's a wondrous makeup mecca. I found some makeup by TheBalm that I love.

I got this great eye shadow that gives off the most stunning shimmer.

I got it in this pink color, but I know I want to get more of the shades they sell.

I also got this! What a glorious glittery palate!

I love that it's called "Shady Lady"! Ha!

I recommend buying this for the holidays and for everyday wear if you love glitter and sparkle as much as I do!

Posted by Andrea on Sun, 12/13/2009 - 7:23am. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | 1 comment

If you know me, you already know my love of all things pink. Well, I have accumulated more pink things! So wear your sunglasses...I'll be blinding you with pink!

When I went on my birthday shopping spree, I got a pink vest!

It's from Gap an I love it. It's so puffy and squishy! And it has fuzzy pickets....two sets! I just love it. I would recommend this vest to anyone!

My mom gave me this jacket for my birthday.

I sent her tons of subtle not so subtle reminders that I wanted it! :) She also got a matching pink scarf and hat to go with it! (Wearing the jacket, scarf and hat is when I am most blinding!)

I also got myself the purse I had my eye on after a few people tld me they looked really hard for it and couldn't find it. (I also got it in cream!)

During the shopping spree, I found a cute, pink clearance wallet and bought that and it matches the pink purse wonderfully!

So basically, I am all decked out in pink...and I love it!

Posted by Andrea on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 6:37am. | Permalink | Andrea's blog | Add new comment