Anne Hogan

Have you been to Target lately? I know, stupid question. Of course you’ve been to Target lately. Have you seen all of the cute new Justice League merchandise they have? Target has a new partnership with Warner Bros and oh my word it is all so great. I’m obsessed with all the Justice League summer gear! When Target asked if they could send me something from the new collection for my nephew, I jumped on it. I mean, look at this stuff!

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I got him the Batman hooded towel, and he was all over it as soon as I showed it to him. It’s great for the pool, or just lounging around the house.

I suppose I could have given him a bath to see the towel “in action”, but that seems an awful lot like work, and Aunt Bunny doesn’t do work. I do the fun stuff. He loved playing in it, and I wish I had been able to get some better pictures. Seriously, photographing babies is much harder than dogs. At least Teddy knows how to sit and stay.

I really don’t know what he’s doing here. Maybe hiding from the crazy lady with the camera?

Decent photos or not, the cape towel was a big hit. And not just with my nephew, his dad was thinking about snagging it for himself. I’m 97% certain that before the summer is over I’ll be buying one or ten more things from this collection. I mean, who could pass up an inflatable Batmobile? Or a Batman camp chair? I know I can’t.

We all know super heroes aren’t just for boys, and Target knows it too. Not only is there super cute Wonder Woman stuff, but it’s purple. My inner five year old is dying. Okay, forget my inner five year old, my outer twenty-seven year old is most likely going to be rocking a purple Wonder Woman cape towel at the beach this summer. Don’t judge, you know you want one too.

The Batman cape towel retails for $14.99. Thank you so much to Target for sending this – you made me very popular this weekend!

I don’t know how well known this little hack is, but a few people at the office asked me about it so I figured I would share. There’s a quick and simple way to capture still images from videos on your iPhone – no special apps needed! This is great for events where you don’t want to switch between photo and video, but you want to capture both!

I’m going to let the video do the explaining.

See? I told you it was easy!

I was doing my usual magazine cover reading this week when this one caught my eye and made my jaw drop.

Best and Worst Moms? With letter grades? Seriously?!

Alright, I am the last person who will say that we should stop snarking on celebrities. Fashion snark is, after all, the highlight of awards season. And I’m cool with mocking people for personal decisions that they chose to make public. (I’m looking at – and judging – you, John Meyer.) But someone’s kids? Their parenting choices? Nuh uh. No way. Off limits.

Shockingly enough, this isn’t the first time Star has given celebrity moms a report card. I found this cover from last year too.

Looks like Angelina’s made some vast improvements.

So, the other night Clueless was on Nick at Nite, and my handy on-screen guide let me know that it came out in 1995. That’s almost 20 years ago, making it old enough to be on Nick at Nite. Ouch.

But wait! There’s more! It took tonight’s episode of Hell’s Kitchen for me to put these pieces together. Remember Elton?

You know what he’s doing now? He’s the father of a teenager on Suburgatory.

That’s right. Not only does Elton have a kid, he has a teenaged kid. Talk about a kick in the pants.

I have all these great ideas and big projects I want to do, but I find myself lacking the time to implement all of them. Okay, fine, any of them. But I finally figured out the solution to my problems! I just need one of the following things.

Teleportation

I’m not sure what normal people fantasize about, but I frequently find myself day dreaming about being able to teleport. It would free up a lot of my time – especially considering Southern California traffic. Plus, it would let me sleep in, and I do so love to sleep in. Oh yeah, and I could visit my mother more. That would be nice because she cooks my favorite foods and washes my delicates. And because she’s a super awesome lady. (Fun sidenote, I still can’t do delicates. I save them up and bring them to my mother when I visit. I’m a delightful house-guest.)

Housekeeper

And by housekeeper, I mean a live in housekeeper. Someone to make sure the dishes are done, the cabinets are stocked, the laundry is finished and folded, Teddy is bathed, dry cleaning is picked up, and on and on and on. All that boring day to day nonsense that seems to eat up entirely too much of my time.

27 Hours Per Day

How great would it be if there were 27 hours in a day? Think of the possibilities! I could get caught up on housework, write more, exercise, maybe even blow dry my hair! I don’t think it’s asking for too much. I don’t need ten more hours, or six more, just three. Just three measly hours. It really would make all the difference.

Naturally, I won’t be getting any of these things any time soon. And yet, I’m writing about them instead of actually doing any of the things I claim I don’t have time for. Gee, why am I always so pressed for time? Also, this is what my kitchen sink looks like right now. Sorry, Mom.

So what about you? Which of those three things would you want? Or something else entirely? Or are you capable of managing your time appropriately like some kind of functional adult?