Influenster Featured May Dish Product

I got an e-mail today that says I have been selected by Influenster to receive a surprise in the mail.  I am really hoping it's just dish detergent.  I don't have a dishwasher and I only have 1 pot and 1 pan.  Both are the nonstick variety.  Here's what the e-mail looks like.

Hi Tammy,

We scoured Influenster Nation for the perfect people to test an exclusive new household product, and guess what? You outshone the rest!

This product is all about give and take: it gives a little TLC while taking away the grime....but we won't give any more clues, because your product is already on its way!

Where: Your product will arrive to the address you provided in the pre-qualification survey.

What: Once you receive it, find the badge in your profile and check-in your box.

What Else: Like us on Facebook & Follow @InfluensterVox on Twitter

We can't wait for the fun to begin!

Pots & Pans,
The Influenster Team

Welcome Back

I realize I have not posted on this blog in about 2 months. I did post on my other blog and I was thinking about moving the posts from this blog to that one, but I changed my mind and now I'm moving posts to this blog. I will also be creating new content. I realize I've switched blogs and/or stopped posting at least 2 times this year. I do not plan to do that again. I will be updating The Peridot Cricket on a regular basis from now on. I will be deleting entries on the blog which is currently listed as http://cricketsbay2.blogspot.com as soon as I have them all moved to this blog. It should be easier making the move than it was from my LiveJournal blog to this blog, which is not complete yet, because I can just pull up the editor in Blogger and copy and paste the entire blog entry, including the code for the photographs I have been posting lately. I'm @cricketsbay on Instagram. Follow me there, if you like. Thank You for Reading, Everybody. Have Fun and Blessed Be.

Icicles On Trees

These icicles were on the trees along the South side of the Council Bluffs Public Library on March 13th, 2013.  I posted this picture on Instagram on March 17th as 1 of a series of 5 different angles on these icicles.  I think they are beautiful. 

I'm thinking of doing something called Series Sunday on my Instagram page.  However, my account was heavily spammed last night when I posted a series of pictures of glitter nail polishes I bought from ILoveNP on Etsy.  The spam continues intermittently today.  There are at least 25 different accounts posting nearly identical spam comments on my pictures, and those of others.  It's a pain in the ass, but every time I get a spam comment, I just click on the poster's username and then report them for spam. 

I have pictures of the icicles on the North side of the Library taken a few days later.  I plan to post them on Instagram next Sunday. 

Thank You for Reading.  Have Fun and Blessed Be.

First Look: Up To Snow Good Glitter Nail Polish by ILoveNP on Etsy

Up to Snow Good by ILoveNP on Etsy.com.  Winter Collection 2012. 

Up To Snow Good has square teal glitter, a couple different shapes of white glitter, and translucent aqua glitter in a clear suspension base.  I can't wait to try it over a silver nail polish.

Photographed on my windowsill on 3/24/13.  I like it. Of course, I like them all, except they smell kinda like Seche Vite.  Ick.  1st of 9 glitter nail polishes I purchased in February 2013.  I have not used any of them yet. 

Check  out my Etsy Shop. http://www.etsy.com/shop/theperidotcricket/

Bug! On the Rose Theater Window

In 2010 I found this yellow bug on the window of the Rose Theater Costume Shop.  I recently posted a series of 5 pictures of different angles of this bug on Instagram.  My username there is cricketsbay.  I don't know what kind of bug it is. I've never seen another bug like it.  I do like taking pictures of bugs.  The photo is cropped and I added the word CricketsBay.  There are no other edits and no filters applied to this photo. 

First Look: Bad Mogwai Glitter Nail Polish by ILoveNP on Etsy

Here's the first of the pictures of 9 glitter nail polishes I bought from ILoveNP on Etsy in February.  Bad Mogwai is a green glitter polish.  I can't wait to try it.

The light was going this evening and I  couldn't get a good picture. The camera on my phone wouldn't show the proper green color again, so I set Bad Mogwai on the windowsill.  The phone camera, the light reflecting off the bottle, and the setting Sun combined to make the streaks of light in the picture.  The photo has not been edited.

I got a much better picture than I was looking for.  I just wanted to show the nail polish true to color.  This photo captures the green color of Bad Mogwai perfectly.

I also bought ILoveNP's entire 6 polish Winter Collection as well as The Deep Sea and Pumpkinhead from other collections.  I will post pictures of them soon.

Thank You for Reading, Everyone.  Have Fun and Blessed Be.

Crazy Polka Dot Easter Nails

This was 3/5/13.  I had an interview the next day.  Time to take off my nail polish.

What's In My Shower: Strawberry Edition

What's In My Shower: Strawberry Edition

The new Fresh-Picked Collection is out at Bath and Body Works. I was there on Monday and Wednesday. I got shower gels--2 of each--in Fresh-Picked Strawberries and Fresh-Picked Tangerines. I'm using the Strawberries shower gel right away.  I was in Target and I saw the Suave Sun-Ripened Strawberries shampoo and conditioner on an endcap, so I bought it, too. It seemed like a good idea at the time, and it's cheap. 

The Fresh-Picked shower gels are $8.00 for 16 oz. The Suave products are $1.99 each.  I love the smell of strawberries for my shower.  The shower gel smells amazing and it works great. Tye verdict is still out on the Sun-Ripened Strawberries shampoo and conditiinert.  I've only used it once so far.  I have to say it's not the best at detangling and the conditioner has almost no scent, which is very disappointing.

I bought all products mentioned. All opinions are my own.

Thanks You for  Reading, Everyone.  Have Fun and Blessed Be.

The Line Up 3/1/13

The Marquis for The Weekend of 3/1/13.  It appears the Omni Centre 4-Plex is only open 3 days a week.  They change the marquis on Thursday, sometimes Friday, and movies are shown Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.