Theatre for Everyone

The Childsplay 2009 - 10 season recently started. The booklet that I got says Childsplay's 2009-10 Season of Strikingly Original Theater for Young Audiences and Families. It's at the Tempe Center for the Arts.

I have volunteered to help stamp and pass out books of upcoming shows twice before with the Target Storybook Season. I was able to help out again this past September when the new season began. This season began with a play adapted from the book Honus and Me. Us volunteers stamped/stickered the paperback book of Honus and Me and put an insert of Androcles and the Lion, which is the play to follow, and passed them out to the families that came to see the night's play. The bonus was that those of us that wanted, got to stay and watch the play.

I am really enjoying volunteering for these events.

Midwestern Meats

Me and a friend went to Midwestern Meats from a Facebooked recommendation that it is one of the best places to purchase meat here in the Phoenix Metro area.  So I checked out the website and it convinced me to go plus per their list online they say they have lamb. So we make a special trip that for us was about 35 - 40 minute drive. We walk in the door and the place was small compared to what the online photos make it seem to be. The selection of cuts of meat were not any different than what could be obtained at places near where I live and, unless it was hiding in the back, there was no lamb. Also, we were given looks when we were in there that seemed to say what are these gay guys doing in here. Oh well...

The following Sunday after this I got the Lamb my friend wanted from the Fresh and Easy that is just down the street where I was greeted with smiles.

Purex Insider

I submitted to be a Purex Insider back on 9/2/09 and received a response on 9/8/09 that said no without saying no. :) I was rejected... :) Something about them only having limited amount of slots. I'm thinking I may have not fit the demographic because looking at their site seems only females got accepted and all the reviewers of the Purex® Complete 3-in-1™ Laundry Sheets talk about the positives of the product. And lets be real, there are pros and cons to their product. So here's my two cents on that product that I have been using for the past several months.

What I like about the Purex® Complete 3-in-1™ Laundry Sheets is that they are convenient and simple to use for the everyday type of laundering. To use the product I drop one sheet in the laundry machine, turn it on, add the items to be washed, and let it do its thing. Then I transfer it to the dryer. It leaves the clothes with a soft clean smell. I found a fourth use for the used sheets. They are great to wipe dust off electronics. Specially the PS3 that seems to be a dust magnet.

What I do not like about the Purex® Complete 3-in-1™ Laundry Sheets is that they are not good at tougher jobs. For example, they will not take out the smell of cat pee and white socks will be clean but not white. Although, they do leave a soft clean smell I do miss the smell that using an actual fabric softener (Downy, Snuggle, Suavitel) and dryer sheet gives to laundry.

It is more than likely that I'll continue to use the Purex® Complete 3-in-1™ Laundry Sheets for small everyday laundry needs however for tougher jobs and for that great clean laundry scent I'll stick to the actual stuff.