1) Philosophy’s Raspberry Sorbet body wash: Or, really, ANY product from this wonderful company. But when my pal, Joy, got me this body wash last month, it took but one sniff and a good scrub to fall in love. There’s a recipe for raspberry sorbet on the bottle and every morning in the shower, I re-read it. One of these days, I’ll have it memorized and go make it 
2) My Keel’s Simple Diary: Another fab birthday present that offers a twist on traditional journaling, it’s had me giggling lots in recent days. Consider the first entry, in which you’re asked the following:
Your day was (only choose one): ( ) a party. ( ) a U-turn. ( ) a smarty.
Or discovering quotes like this:
You like potato, I like potahto, we like French fries.
If you get one of these for a friend, I promise you you’ll be that cool gal who gets remembered as the person who giveth the best gifts. In this case, Michelle, this happens to be you
3) Jamie Oliver & his Food Revolution: I know what you’re thinking … it’s not healthy for me to say I love another man the way I love Jamie Oliver ’cause, you know, I’m a MARRIED WOMAN. But when I make meals for Nick from Jamie’s Food Revolution cookbook, well, he’s all “I LOVE JAMIE TOO!” I’m working on getting him just as psyched as I am for Friday night’s 2-hour premiere of Jamie’s Food Revolution reality show on ABC. (and great news for non-cable folks, you can watch it online too!) I am a HUGE fan of what Jamie is trying to do in this country. Now that the First Lady is right there backing him up, I hope we start to see real change in this country as far as what we put on our tables. It’s time to teach everybody to cook for themselves. I’ll get behind that!
4) She & Him’s Volume Two: Good grief if I talk any more about this duo, I may have a restraining order slapped on me by Zooey Deschanel’s attorneys, but for real, I.cannot.get.enough.of.their.sound. If you swap out Bret and Jemaine for Zooey and M. Ward you’d have me as Mel from Flight of the Conchords. Stand-out tracks on their new album, Volume Two, (which dropped today): Thieves, Don’t Look Back, Home, Gonna Get Along Without You Now (ah-huh, mm hmm)
5) Fantastic Mr. Fox: I know Up took home the Oscar, and I loved that film too. But in the high school cafeteria of the cartoon world, Up’s the school body president who’s also captain of the football team and pretty predictable in his Pixar-ness. Fantastic Mr. Fox, on the other hand, is that quirky fella with the guitar in the corner, who draws cool stuff in art class and comes up with the one-liners that make you laugh. I don’t purchase a lot of movies (let alone cartoons) but this one, out today on DVD, will make its way into the Werners’ DVD collection. One of the best films I saw in the theater in 2009.
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