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Whether you live in the middle of a city or out in the country, giving your home a natural look can be extremely soothing to yourself and your visitors. Bamboo blinds, big windows, airy layouts, and natural colors can all help out with the look. Most homes are anything but natural, so even one room designed with nature in mind can offer a calming oasis in the middle of your home.

Have you incorporated any natural styles into your home? Did you get the desired effect? Let us know.

What would the holidays be without Egg Nog, cookies, diet pills, and The Grinch? Although you probably wouldn’t get much use out of this t-shirt in July, it’s perfect for December.  It’s truly the perfect gift for any (female) Grinch/Seuss fan in your life.  Note also that it’s a generous 26″ long, perfect for avoiding embarrassing butt cleavage when you bend over to grab presents from under the tree.

How The Grinch Tee
Price: $26.5
Cotton-poly. By Junk Food. Red. XS-XL. 26″ long. USA.

Every time I go out holiday shopping, it seems like I find a ton of “perfect” gifts for the people I’m not buying gifts for, and nothing for the ones I AM buying for.  Such is the case with the earrings below.  They’d be perfect for this lady I know who always wears a gold magnetic bracelet - though I’m a little concerned that if she lifted her wrist to brush back her hair, her ear and wrist would be pulled together.  Anyway, the point is that the earrings would look good with her bracelet.

14k Gold Oval Heart Hoop Earrings
A pattern of alternating polished and satin-finish hearts on 14k gold oval hoops. Drop measures 1 1/4 inch; diameter measures 1 inch.

I was not at all surprised today to find out that one of the top searches online is best diet pill.  If everyone else is eating as much holiday food as I am, they are going to need them.  Personally, I’d rather walk it all off at the mall, but that’s just my preference.  To each their own, right?

Speaking of holiday shopping, how is yours going?  I may have to showcase some cool items as I’m finishing up with mine online. I’ve seen a lot of cool items and the prices are great this year.

As I’m writing this, we’re getting some incredibly cold rain here in Illinois.  To avoid thinking about the horrific weather (and roads which will probably be awful tomorrow), I’ve decided to list the top 10 things I’d rather be thinking about.

1. Holiday Cookies

2. Cute things that animals do.

3. Outer Banks Rentals

4. Random acts of kindness

5. Puppies!

6. Fireplaces

7. Good computer games

8. Travel, in general

9. Christmas presents

10. Reading a good book

What about you?  How’s the weather?  And what would you rather be thinking about?

I’m quite positive that I would need to have everyone look into life insurance rates before giving anyone Stocking Stuffers: Homoerotic Christmas Tales around the tree.  Seriously, just look at the picture.  That is one filthy-looking Santa.

Of course, imagine the scene if someone didn’t realize how dirty it is, and a group reading ensued.  That would be a Christmas to remember.  The only thing worse would be if grandpa gifted everyone with boudoir photos, sans teeth.  Ewwwww.

I don’t like spiders, but Jeaux here likes them far less.  If it weren’t for the fact that she may still occasionally be checking in on this blog, I’d almost definitely stock up on some of these little spiders to place strategically around the Christmas tree.  Of course, if I wanted to be nice, I’d get her some spider glue traps instead. She might actually get some use out of that.

Plastic 2″ Spider (Assorted)
Price: $0.15
Includes spider. Assorted.

Although I’ll be dreaming of a sleep number bed for Christmas (I wish!), there’s no doubt in my mind that some people will be dreaming of this book, The Redneck Manifesto. Having lived in a small Midwestern town for many years, I’m afraid I’m too close to the subjects to be amused by the humor.

Even still, I can definitely imagine a few people who would love to get this, and quite a few more who would be amused by receiving it as a gag gift.

The Redneck Manifesto
Price: $10.3
A somewhat serious exploration and a somewhat joyous celebration of the white underclass–from within. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

As we approach the holidays, I thought I’d do a series of posts on crazy and often ridiculous Christmas gifts.  They’re not necessarily bad products, they’re just items that require a very specific taste.  This “Cats for Peace T-Shirt” is a perfect example.  I can definitely think of people I know who would love it, but the people who wouldn’t like it - well, they would REALLY dislike it.  You could always go with more traditional cat supplies, of course, but isn’t this thing fun?

Cats for Peace T-Shirt M-XL

T-shirts given as promotional items are great, but they almost never seem to fit.  Despite the fact that I have a closet full of free promotional t-shirts, I continue to buy better, more fitted t-shirts in stores.  Today, I came across this “Where the Wild Things Are” t-shirt and I just love it.

It’s made by Junk Food, so I’m guessing that it’s super soft and made of a thinner cotton than most regular t-shirts.  What do you think?

Wild Thing Tee
Price: $26.5
Cotton-poly. By Junk Food. Ivory. XS-XL. 25 1/2″ long. USA.