Well, summer is almost over.  Fall will be upon us all shortly.  Don’t you worry dear readers; we will have lots of fall recipes to come. Today is one last light summer recipe to enjoy. You can enjoy all year but it does seem to be one of those summer desserts. If you live in Texas, you will have about two more months of summer to enjoy.

My friend Rhonda made this for me once at the lake, and I loved it and insisted she give me the recipe or I would hurt her.  She complied.  And note all the dietetic ingredients!

RHONDA’S STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

1 Sugar Free Angel Food Cake  – cubed

1 8oz tub of thawed Sugar Free Cool Whip (or Light)

1 Fat Free Cream Cheese – softened) (or Light)

1/4 cup Powered Sugar

5 cups fresh strawberries (I use 2 containers that you buy in the store)

1/4 cup Splenda

Slice strawberries, sprinkle with splenda (set aside)

Combine cream cheese, powered sugar.  Fold in cool whip and cake

Spread in the bottom of a 9×13 pan.  Chill 2 hours.  Cover with strawberries.

You can add more whip cream if you want!……………we always want!!!

Remember a few weeks ago when I told you about Sally’s Beauty Supply Generic Brand? This will be the opposite of that.  Kerastase is the most expensive of all my hair care products. Pricey, but like me, darn well worth it. As I told you before, I like to switch it up a little in the shower.  I have about four shampoos and four conditioners at all times on hand in my shower. The Kerastase line is mainly for color treated and/or damaged hair. Much like my mascara addiction, I think each serves its own purpose.  Kerastase is a division of L’oreal, and can usually be found in all high end salons.  I’m not a high end kind of girl, so I buy mine from drugstore.com.

I use the Kerastase Resistance Age Recharge Lipo-Replenishing Shampoo, which gives me a lot of body and shine.

Kerastase Nutritive Lait Vital Proteine Conditioner 

Kerastase Nutritive Oleo-Relax, Smoothing Controlling Care    A teeny, tiny, itsy, bitsy amount of this oil will leave your hair silky and shiny.  I have used mine almost daily for two years and I still have over 1/4 left.

I have also tried the Kerastase Nutritive Oleo – Curl Definition Cream for Thick, Curly Hair, and must tell you I was a little disappointed in it.  Hence, I have not purchased any of their other styling products.  Let me know if you have tried any of the Kerastase brand or if you have a favorite hair care line in the comments section.

This will be the most fun you will have all week.  Quirky.com is one of a kind.  Think of it as a storefront for inventors.  So many innovative things for sale.  On the individual item’s page you can read about the inventor.  Be aware that there are three stages of items listed for sale.  1) Presale, which means they need a certain number of committments before they start production.  If you order your credit card will not be billed until it is ready to ship, and you get a discount for ordering early.  2) In production, which means that they have received the requested number of commitments, and the product is now being made, and 3) Shipping now. Which means what it says. Here are just a few of the items:

Boil Buoy Buddy $14.99.  (in production) “Floats in the pot and rings when it’s hot”.  Genius.

Aroma Coffee Pod Organizer $39.99 (presale)

Digits Conductive Pins $20 (shipping now). When winter comes, you can still text in the cold AND wear gloves.

From quirky.com website:

We make invention accessible.

For centuries, becoming an “inventor” has been a hard gig to crack. Complexities relating to financing, engineering, distribution, and legalities have stood in the way of brilliant people executing on their great ideas.

Since launching in 2009, Quirky has rapidly changed the way the world thinks about product development.

We bring two brand new consumer products to market each week, by enabling a fluid conversation between a global community and Quirky’s expert product design staff.

The world influences our business in real-time, and we share our revenue directly with the people who helped us make successful decisions.

For all my travel buddies.  No one should leave home without these!

Help Remedies

Contains 7 help packets.

Or you can buy each individually for $4. Great stocking stuffer.  Great to have at the office too.