Have you heard of Weathercall? I just renewed this service after subscribing to it for one full year. It is well worth the $9.95 per year fee. Weathercall is affiliated with your local TV station, and according to its website, the yearly fee will depend upon the local TV channel hosting the service. If you are unsure if you are able to subscribe to this service, you can contact them by phone at 800-260-6695, or email info@weathercall.net.

When the National Weather Service issues a severe weather alert in your area, you are notified by telephone, email, and text. It is specific to a two-mile radius of your home, not just a countywide warning. When the alert goes off in my area, my home phone rings, my cell phone rings, my husband’s cell phone rings, and we both get a text message and email message. There is no way to miss a warning. My local ABC weatherman records the warning messages that are sent to me, advising what specific warning I am under. I have his name entered in my phones – it cracks my friends up when they think Pete is actually calling me. It can be annoying when that phone rings at 2:00 a.m., but better safe than sorry. And you just cannot beat the price. So if you want some added peace of mind please subscribe to this service.

I love looking at websites for items I have purchased in the past, because I always find out new information on the sites. Take thewritedesigns, for example. I thought they just made styrofoam party cups, but they have so much more on their website. I’ll get to that in a minute, but first, since summertime is fast approaching, let’s get to some fun cups you can order for any of your parties or gatherings!

You order by the sleeve, and each sleeve contains 25 styrofoam cups, each 16 ounces.

Not only can you select from an abundance of premade cups, but you can also customize. How cute would this be for a wedding, or even to customize one for an upcoming graduation?

Forgive me for the last three photos, they do have a lot of colored cups, I seemed to have focused only on the black and white ones!

We have cups that I use for Thanksgiving and Christmas; it saves on washing all those glasses that seem to multiply in your house when you have guests! My husband and son each have their own stash of their alma mater (Texas Tech and Texas A&M) that they use when tailgating.

Now, as if that isn’t enough cuteness to share with you, when researching the site for my dear readers, I found that in addition to custom cups, they can do custom napkins, embossers, stampers and stickers! Plus they have an array of koozies. Party on!

A few years ago, I heard that Sharon Osbourne used a line of products manufactured in the UK called “Boots”. Her skin is flawless, so I immediately purchased and have used ever since. I have three to four go-to moisturizers I use at night; and eight, or ten, or a hundred eye creams, so I am not exclusive to Boots.  With the exception of a few things, most of the products I use on my skin are inexpensive.  My dermatologist gave me some great advice years ago, “if it does everything that they say it does, it would have to come with a prescription”.  I feel I have really good skin for an old broad, and I think one of the reasons is that I mix it up a bit so that different products are on my face doing their magic at different times. That being said, these are the Boots products I use, and am very happy with.

Boots No7 Advanced Hydration Night Cream (less than $15 for 1.69 ounces)

Boots No7 Lifting and Firming Eye Cream (you know I’m a sucker for keywords like “lifting” and “firming” – I use this for nighttime eye cream, less than $20)

Boots Expert Sensitive Hydrating Eye Cream (daytime use, $7)

Here’s the Boots’ website, for a complete list of all their great products.  In addition to skincare, they also carry bath and body products.  I recently purchased a scrub and will review that after a few more uses. I have tried their foundation as well but it didn’t do anything for me, so there will be no review of that!

There are a lot of weird quirks about me, some are cute, and some, my friends/family will tell you, are very annoying. The one thing that I get the most teasing about is my germophobia. You know what? It’s okay because I never get sick. I wash my hands like it’s my job, and use my Zadro Nano UV Disinfection Light on everything. Keyboard, mouse, phone, and door knobs. And you don’t even want to see me when I get to a hotel room or a public restroom. I’ve had mine for years and have had no problems with it. It stays in my purse so I can whip it out any time, anywhere. You just flip it open, and scan over anything.

It is the size of a small flip phone. Here are all the particulars to gross you out and convince you that you need one too!

Safely Kills 99.99% of Bacteria & Virus within 10 Seconds.  Surfaces Become Virtually Germ-Free After a Quick 10 Second Sweep. Simply pass within 1/4″ of the Surface to Disinfect.

Proven to Eliminate:  Bacteria: Escherichia Coli (E-Coli), Staphylococcus albus, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella, B. Parathphosus, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Ebertbella typhosa, Dysentery bacili, Streptococcus hemolyticus and many others.  Viruses: MS2 and H5N1 viruses

• No Toxins
• No side-effects
• Certified testing
• Compact portable design

Use for daily prevention:

• Public bathrooms
• Contact lens solution
• Toothbrush
• Food utensils
• Telephones
• Airline trays
• Shopping cart handles
• Shared pens
• Bus rails/armrests
• Movie theater armrests
• Computer keyboard
• Children toys/Baby pacifiers
• Door Knobs

Estimated bulb life at 4000 hours.  Two AAA Alkaline batteries for an estimated 300 scannings. 10 seconds auto timer

• How it works: Nano UVA + UVB + UVC Light Uses Multi-Wavelength between 185-365 NM (Nano meters).   Ultraviolet C Light is the same technology already proven effective in hospitals, water treatment plants, food processing plants, air cleaners, toothbrush sanitizers, etc. Regular Ultraviolet takes 1-3 hours to eliminate germs while the Patent Pending Nana UV produces sufficient energy to destroy DNA of Microorganisms in 10 seconds.
• Facts: Indoor air can be up to 70 times more polluted than the outdoor environment.  90% of colds and flu germs are spread indoors (US Environmental Protection Agency). These virus-causing microorganisms can be behind as many as ten colds per year for the average school-aged child.  In fact, some cold and flu viruses can linger on surfaces for up to 72 hours – giving them plenty of time to be spread among family members.