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The Walking Dead: ReStockIt Redux

What if some of your favorite characters didn’t have to die?

andrea

When the Governor handcuffs you and leaves you in a room with a dying man, it seems like a pretty impossible situation right? Wrong. If Andrea had only been carrying a handy multi-tool, she would’ve been able to pick her way out of the cuffs right in time to use the knife tool and save herself from Zombie Milton.

t-dog dying

T-Dog didn’t stand a chance in the dark. If he and Carol had been carrying a flashlight, they might’ve spotted the zombies in the dark in time to get away!

lori

Nobody said that being pregnant during a zombie apocalypse would be easy. But poor Lori had to suffer through giving birth with just Maggie’s dirty knife and hands to help. They needed a first aid kit, desperately…and some Purell sanitizer wouldn’t have hurt either.

amy

Defenseless Amy didn’t give that zombie much of a fight. Even a steak knife could’ve given her an ounce of hope! You would think that the show’s writers would have granted her a fighting chance!

Daryl-carrying-Carol2

Daryl and Carol both wished they had walkie-talkies when she was trapped in a room, leaving Daryl to think the worst. That was very selfish of you, Carol. Next time let him know where you are, over.

sophia

All the time spent looking for little Sophia might’ve prevented her zombie demise if they had a nice pair of long-distance binoculars to spot the girl. Even ultimate-tracker Daryl could’ve used a little help!

crazy-rick

There’s no denying that Rick fell off his rocker right after Lori’s death. But maybe he was envisioning his dead wife’s presence due to malnourishment and dehydration. Everybody in the zombie apocalypse could use some water bottles and good ole’ cereal.

michonne

Michonne is a very angry and hostile woman. Give her a break though, she’s been fending for herself during the whole zombie outbreak; She was stuck in the middle of a forest with just Andrea and some armless, jawless zombies as companions. That’s no fun! Maybe she could use some comfort, like a good roll of toilet paper to cheer her up.

merleMerle is constantly making people mad. He is always isolating himself from the rest of the group with his ignorant comments and behavior. If anyone could use a fresh roll of duct tape, it’s Merle. If he doesn’t have the self control to know when to stop talking, maybe some tape over the mouth could do the job.

governor

The Governor isn’t having the best time since Rick and the crew became his neighbors. He lost his zombie daughter and his right eye within 30 seconds of each other, and at the hands of his enemy Michonne. Maybe if you had been wearing a pair of safety glasses this could’ve all been prevented, huh Philip?

 
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Posted by on June 10, 2013 in Just for Fun

 

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Monday, Monday…

I love my job, I really do. It’s a great place to work, we all get along and have fun together, but when Monday rolls around, the last thing I want to do is get out of bed.  Monday’s have a bad reputation, really. It’s no different than other days though, and even Wednesday can win a Murphy’s Law award occasionally. So today, I want to cheer Monday up a little, make it fun. Monday has feelings too, and probably feels left out, like that last kid that gets picked for the scratch baseball game. That’s never a fun feeling, not that I’m speaking from personal experience or anything…

Did you know…?

That on Monday’s, over 50% of employees are late for work

The average amount of time spent on complaining that its Monday is 12 whole minutes

Workers average only three and a half hours of producible work

Monday is the best day to buy a car (note to self)

The term “Blue Monday” actually comes from the fact that laundry was done on Mondays, and bluing was used (a precursor to bleach), so it became Blue Monday. And you thought it was because it depressed everyone.

And just think, you could have come to work on Monday and this is your cubicle:

 

 

 
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Posted by on June 10, 2013 in Just for Fun

 

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Hurricane Season

It’s no secret, Southeasterners are procrastinators. I have no doubt there are people that live in my area of the country who are Johnny-on-the-spot prepared for hurricane season in March, but for the vast majority of us, that is just not so. I’ve weathered 7 hurricanes, three of them Category Four or Five, and STILL don’t get my stuff together until a storm is bearing down on me. I was without power for almost two months after the season of 2004, which saw four landfalling hurricanes in Florida (I was in all four), and yet…I still wait. Most of those of us who have been through it, grown up with them, know how to improvise when we haven’t braved the long lines at the stores when warnings go up.

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For those of you that DO like to be prepared, here is a handy list of things you should have available in your house if you are in a storm path. This works for all manner of storms, even northern storms (you just have to add alternate heating sources and blankets to yours), and some of the things are handy to have around in the middle of the year as well.

  • Flashlights (fun for scary stories as well)
  • Spare batteries for all battery operated items in your home
  • A car power converter/inverter – they make your car lighter or power outlet into a regular household outlet
  • Non-perishable food for three to four days (canned meats, fruit, dry cereal, non-perishable milk, etc)
  • Bottles and bottles of water (for drinking only. Fill up tubs and sinks for cleaning purposes).  A rule of thumb is a gallon per person per day. Figure three to four days.
  •  A first aid kit, with prescription medications for illnesses.
  • Extra gas for your car
  • A generator. I really can’t stress this enough. Yes, they can be fairly expensive, and you may not even use it in a season, but I learned to appreciate mine when I was standing in a line at Grainger for 12 hours in 100 degree weather, waiting to purchase one after Hurricane Charlie.
  • A portable fan. No, people in the south don’t always have portable fans. We always have ceiling fans.

Terry

 
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Posted by on May 14, 2013 in Company News, Working Smarter

 

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GoJo – Not Just for Mechanics Anymore

I remember growing up, my father always had the orange, gritty GoJo in his construction trailer. And at home on the sink, for that matter. Although he was a general contractor and not a mechanic, he learned from his mechanic friends how well the stuff worked, and it really did get the grime off. My mother loved that my dad no longer had grimy hands at the dining room table. Later, when I ran a horse barn, I used GoJo in the stable bathroom to clean up after riding or stall-cleaning.

GoJo has come a long way since then. In 1983, GoJo broke out of the heavy duty hand cleaner niche and created a new one- that of dispensers (which they originally patented in 1952) and sealed refill soaps  for washrooms everywhere. From there, they set their sights on new markets and countries, and their products only got better as the years passed.

I was at the gym the other day (okay…maybe it was more like a year ago…) and in the locker room showers, I happened to notice that they had installed new soap and shampoo dispensers, which I thought was a nice touch. To my surprise, it was GoJo products. I say that because I had only known GoJo, up to that point, to manufacture hand-washing soaps and as the company behind Purell hand sanitizer. Lo and behold, they now had a line of luxury soaps for body wash and shampoo! AND IT WAS GOOD!

Since we sell them on the site, I figured I would try them at the house. Smart move! They last forever in a home, and the dispenser makes it so nice! I don’t have to worry about little slivers of soap getting underfoot in the shower and no more soapy residue under body wash bottles; hey, anything to make cleaning my house easier. AND they also manufacture body lotion too! And it’s just as great as any you get at the drugstore.  It also comes with a dispenser, so it’s a cinch to apply! What are you waiting for? Go, get some GoJo and make life easier!

 
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Posted by on May 10, 2013 in Working Smarter, Product Reviews, Brand Partner News

 

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Rugged, Reliable Rubbermaid Receptacles

See what I did there? For anyone that reads this blog, it’s apparent that I don’t do things normally. Well, normal for the average home owner. I pick up tips and ideas from businesses and incorporate them into our home. My Rubbermaid kitchen storage is straight out of the restaurant kitchen. My husband is a chef, and he uses the workhorses in the kitchen at work and swears by them!

We use three different types at our house; round, square, and rectangular. All are heavy duty, and all keep our food so fresh! The square containers are my favorites, and I use them for flours (of which we have five different types), baking powder, corn meal, coffee, etc. Not only does it eliminate messy, bulky bags, but keeps the critters away. Unfortunately in Florida, weevils are a big issue. Also, they have convenient measurements on the sides, so I can pull out how much I need accordingly, with minimal fuss.

The round containers I use for pastas. Like flours, we have a lot of pasta in the house. I’m Italian, so it’s what I do best and because of these fantastic containers, I buy a lot of pasta! Plus, I’ve used them for cereals, granola, flax seed and things like that, and they keep everything from going stale. I’m also keeping all of the Halloween candy that was left over in a spare. Shhhh, don’t tell anyone.

The last one that I use is rectangular ones, and these are really my all-purpose containers. I store marshmallows (in the bag, air removed), granola bars, energy bars, Pop-Tarts…any kind of boxed item that is packaged separately. I just empty the packages into the containers and voila! instant organization. I’m all about organization, if you haven’t read some of my other blogs. I highly recommend, especially for you organizational brothers and sisters of mine, to purchase some of these gems for your house as well!

 
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Posted by on May 7, 2013 in Brand Partner News, Company News, Working Smarter

 

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Thanks Mom!

May 12th is Mother’s Day, and I hope that you already have the perfect gift in mind for your mom! If not, I’m here to help. I have a few ideas, especially if your mom is a classy, stylish CEO or VP. Or really, any mom that has an office…

MD Blog Complete

Terry

Special thanks to:
http://www.seejanework.com
http://www.careerbags.com
 
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Posted by on May 3, 2013 in Fun Brands, Just for Fun

 

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Cinco de Mayo!

Planning a party for Cinco de Mayo? What a better place to get your party supplies! No matter what type of party you’re planning, we got the goods for you! Wine glasses, margarita glasses, plates, servers…we got it all, and probably stuff you didn’t think you needed.

I’m not a “big” party planner, meaning I like small, intimate affairs, but summer parties (yes, early May is considered summer in South Florida) tend to get bigger, because we’ve got the pool, and the sun, and outdoor grills going, so Cinco de Mayo is usually the first big party of the year for us.

This Cinco will be no different. If I could invite you all, I would, but I can show you what I’ll be using at the party and it’ll be just like you were there!

Cinco_COmplete

 
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Posted by on April 29, 2013 in Fun Brands, Just for Fun

 

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