I read the following over at tipnut, and totally agree with this philosophy.
I intend on setting myself these goals.

11 Goals To Enhance Your Life This Year

1. Choose One New Thing To Learn: Take a class for something you’ve always wanted to know how to do…knitting, woodworking, embroidery, gourmet cooking, first aid, oil painting, wine making.
2. Eliminate One Negative Distraction: Media gossip capturing too much time from your day? Spending too much time complaining with others? World news haunting you hourly? Cut the negative noise, focus on weeding out one distracting habit at a time.
3. Embrace One Positive Influence: Focus on making room for more time for something positive in your life. Nurturing friendships, seeking uplifting discussion or information, spiritual reflection.
4. Honor Your Family: With your time, laughter, forgiveness, respect, generous acts, support and encouragement…then enjoy what blossoms from that.
5. Nurture Your Home: Determine areas that need improvement–cleaning, baking & cooking, organize. Make pretty the best you can with the resources you have. Appreciate.
6. Develop One Healthier Lifestyle Habit: Exercise, eat better, cut fatty foods and snacks, quit smoking, cut the soda pop, walk more.
7. Stretch Yourself–Do Something Terrifying: Public speaking, belly dance class, volunteer for your political party of choice, fundraise for a good cause.
8. Teach Something: Volunteer to teach a community class, start a blog and share your experience or knowledge, share family recipes, history and traditions with younger family members.
9. Reduce Something: Clutter, debt, overspending, household waste (recycle).
10. Focus On One Area For Increased Independence: Make more instead of buying ready-made (food, gifts), learn how to fix more instead of hiring or purchasing replacement, grow more of your own food–even if it’s just kitchen herbs, work on debt reduction.
11. Stretch Your Generosity: Regularly do something a bit painful that helps someone else–give a co-worker a ride home, offer a helping hand to an elderly neighbor, donate clothing and household items to a struggling family–all with no strings attached.

Some goals you may let go of over time, but some will flourish. The fun is appreciating the journey–and where it leads you to next :).

Although I have had NUMEROUS problems with drinkstuff in the past, I love this thing!

If you’re the kind of person who likes their privacy or just likes a laugh with your friends then this is the gadget for you. Simply place this motion activated fist near your door or in a place where people walk past often and wait. When someone walks past the sensor on the front of it the finger magically raises and lets out one of 14 foul phrases.

14 Foul Phrases:
• Go f#?k yourself
• Mother f*@ker
• A$$ licker
• S#!t for brains
• F*@kin’ idiot
• Screw you
• F#!kface
• F*@ker
• Fat a$$ ba$#ard
• Sit on this
• A$$ bandit
• Hey lard a$$
• F*#k you a$$hole
• Hey d!€khead

Rob gave me the Nikon D40 for my birthday, and I thought I would share my first images taken with you:

They are all in the Gallery Section!

Suggestions would be great!

If you love makeup as much as I do, you MUST get over to home Ec 101 and share your secrets!

I love my electric toothbrush, but never understood how scary that can be for a small child until I read this article on Dooce.

Poor Leta!

When your boss peers at you from that chair that’s obviously too big from him (because he enjoys the feeling of being in that damn oversized chair even if he looks like a balding dwarf in it; the same way that dirty old men in flashy sports cars assume that fast, colorful, and noisy machines would fool people into believing their schlongs are any bigger than a tube of Chapstick), don’t you notice that he wears this expression that’s a combination of skepticism, sheer loathing, and a painful look of holding back from passing gas? Well, chances are, 1) he indeed doesn’t trust you; 2) he hates you to death; and 3) he’s fucking keeping himself from farting in front of you.

If you’re lucky, though, it’s possible he doesn’t abhor you (on the flipside, though, who knows if he has a crush on you?). It’s just that he’s so dying to break wind (that suspiciously smells like rotten eggs) but couldn’t do it in front of his good ol’ employee. If so, pity your boss and give him the best Christmas gift you could ever give him:

“You no longer have to be embarrassed by the untimely passing of intestinal gas among your friends or family. GasBGon has been designed and tested to absorb the odor and sound of flatulence. Malodorous gas is a naturally occurring event, obviously affecting some people more than others. Yet, clinical studies show that the average person produces one to three pints of gas and passes gas 14 times a day… Clean the air, not the room.”

well, well, since my ickle sister and I have such broad differences of opinion when it comes to Politics (I hate Bush and think he should be impeached, and she voted for the war-mongering bastard) I decided to get this for our holiday break - and possibly as a Xmas gift for her.

Everyone starts with the best intentions. Then things start to get cramped. Then you notice your neighbour has more oil than you. Before long, war is waged, nukes are dropped, revolutions are fought and terrorists are doing your dirty work, before turning on you…

The first holiday I have spent with my family in over 12 years - will prove an interesting one!

Click here to buy one for your favourite war-mongering bastards!

Everyone loves pressies, but all that wrapping/unwrapping malarkey can be a right drag, can't it? Because let's be honest, the vast majority of gift wraps are about as exciting as granny's scented drawer liners. Yes, there is some posh paper on the market, but glittery snowflakes, poncey patterns and badly drawn cakes are enough to make anyone want to rip their gifts open in a frenzy and chuck the screwed-up debris in the nearest bin.

For this reason we've been hunting high, low and everywhere in between for wrapping paper that conforms to the Firebox ethos of style, sophistication and high-brow innovation. Sadly we couldn't find any. That's why we've decided to stock up on a consignment of Raunchy Wrapping Paper. And no, your eyes do not deceive you: each supersize (84cm x 59cm) sheet of this amusingly risqué gift wrap really is printed with a montage of stunning ladies in varying stages of undress. But - and here's the clever bit - only on the reverse side. Brilliant, eh!

To the casual observer Raunchy Wrapping Paper appears to be innocuous yet stylish gift wrap with a stripy blue motif. But when recipients tear into their presents they'll come face to face with a bevy of jaw-droppingly attractive beauties in the almost altogether. It's enough to make Benny Hill blush! What's more, the tasteful but provocative poses struck by these scantily-clad sirens are certain to stimulate the most jaded of present opener. And even if nuddy ladies don't float your boat, Raunchy Wrapping Paper still represents a fabulously glam alternative to regular gift wrap.

In fact, Raunchy Wrapping Paper is so delightfully distracting friends might even forgive you for presenting them with novelty socks for the umpteenth year on the trot. So come on, what are you waiting phwoar? We reckon Raunchy Wrapping Paper is going to fly off the shelves faster than you can say 'Oo-er missus, I've caught me double entendre in your ribbon rosette.' Grrrr!

Raunchy WRapping Paper is available from Firebox priced at £2.95 

Everyone's got their vices - whether it's tobacco, alcohol, chocolate, videogames, narcotics, or simply biting your nails. Here at Firebox it's coffee, but that isn't really habit-forming. And we should know because we've been drinking twenty cups a day for years. Okay, so we're being facetious. But the point is, facing up to an addiction is often the hardest part of beating it.

So assuming you've got over that first hurdle, how do you go about actually giving up? Well, if you're anything like an increasing number of penitent celebs and savvy habit-haters, you get hold of The Big Cold Turkey. And no, it's not a dead bird that you shove over your head, Mr Bean-style (although that might work for a while). No, this inspiring little kit has been created to help you show those nasty addictions and bad habits who's boss. And by all accounts it really helps. How? By using a proven motivational system of reminders, targets and rewards - similar in many ways to the training methods used by top athletes. Allow us to explain.

This beautifully packaged kit contains a sleek silicone wristband, four stainless steel 'trophies', a Getting Started booklet, two badges and a diary to chart your progress through a 42 day program. The idea is that you wear the chic little wristband as a constant reminder of your resolution, and you clip on a reward trophy - charm bracelet-styley - on the 5th, 10th, 21st, and final day of the program. As you complete each stage of The Big Cold Turkey, you can even download certificates to commemorate and celebrate your achievements.

Yes, we know what you're thinking, but you can scoff all you like because The Big Cold Turkey is causing a very positive stir in the media and its charitable foundation donates 10% of all profits to young people at risk from addiction. So why not give The Big Cold Turkey a go? You've got nothing to lose except your nasty habits and £9.95 - and you'll make that back in no time if you stick with the program. For those about to quit we salute you!

The Big Cold Turkey is available from Firebox priced at £9.95 

Much as we love card games like poker and blackjack, there's still much to be said for ones involving a bit of raucous rivalry. The problem is, unless you're a pre-pubescent internet entrepreneur, you'd look a bit foolish playing Snap and Happy Families in the staff canteen.

And that's why SET is all…er, set to take the games-world by storm. Because although this ingenious little card game is just as nerve-jangling and addictive as the random no-brainers of this world, it requires some serious mental agility.

SET is a bit like a like a Mensa test mixed with a fast-paced kiddie's card game, and once you get the hang of it you'll be totally hooked. The object is to quickly identify 'sets' of three from the cards dealt out on the table. Allow us to explain. Every card contains one of three symbols (squiggles, diamonds, ovals) in varying numbers, colours and degrees of shading. The dealer arranges 12 cards, face up, and all the players frantically scrutinize the images for logical sets in which each feature is either the same on each card OR different on each card. For example, a trio of paired ovals with increasing levels of shading between cards, or three unrelated symbols in different colours which increase in number on each card. Points are awarded and deducted for correct/incorrect guesses.

Yes, we know it sounds confusing, but once you know what you're looking for the race to mentally match up shapes and colours and yell 'Set!' before opponents is unbearably tense. It's quite easy to get stuck and see no matches at all, but then the penny will suddenly drop and you'll see sets everywhere. And because there are no turns, it's always your go!

Trust us, despite the cerebral nature of the game, you don't need Stephen Hawking-style brainpower to enjoy SET - fast reactions and keen observational skills will suffice. Indeed, using your brain has never been such a hoot!

The SET Card Game is available from Firebox priced at £9.95