Product Test

One of the things I was doing to pass the time, mostly so I wouldn't go crazy when Maddie was first recovering from surgery; I found online surveys to do. Some earn points to convert to prizes others earn points that convert to cash or gift cards. It has been a great way to buy presents from Amazon or just getting checks in the mail. It beats getting bills in the mail.


So every once in a while these surveys convert to being a product tester for cash or points. I have received everything from frozen food, facial products, you name it. My most recent product testing is dental floss. I like these type of product tests because they don't interrupt day to day life. However, some times my product testing creates a little humor and interruption in that day to day living.


A few months back I received a box from "the box man" (UPS) as Jack calls it. He loves when the box man comes. In the box was some frozen foods to test, some directions about the surveys after the food is tested and a little bit of money. The food was packed in dry ice, which I did not know. Not to mention, I didn't know anything about dry ice. I pick up the dry ice out of the box and my fingers start burning and toss it in the sink.


All of the sudden, my sink starts popping because the dry ice has come in contact with water. Not realizing what is going on I turn the water on. That was the wrong answer. My sink suddenly sounds like a popcorn popper. I grab what is left in the sink and toss it back in the box and toss it outside to smoke away to nothing. Later the more I thought about it I just laughed.


Well today was one of those days again. I am very particular about my bathroom and regularly boot my kids out of it. Because the lady that watches my kids comes to my house I try to make sure everything in my bathroom is put away so the kids don't get into; even though they have been told Mommy and Daddy's bathroom is off limits.


When I walked in my bathroom this afternoon I knew someone had been in it. I looked around and opened my medicine cabinet it was out of place too. I quickly tried to spy my dental floss I am testing and it was not there. the first out of my mouth were, "Katie, Jack get in here right now!"


They come running in with big eyes as I ask who was in my medicine cabinet. You could tell Katie was stunned and was wondering how I knew.


Back track to last night.........I gave Maddie a bracelet of mine I did not care if it got ruined and two minutes after I gave it to her, the string broke on it and all the beads were all over the floor. Katie and I picked them up but I never saw the beads after that.


Again I asked Katie who was playing with my dental floss. Katie admitted that she could not find my craft ribbon so she used the dental floss to restring the beads into a necklace. It was very sweet. I thought most creative. However, the necklace was only big enough to fit over Maddie's head so her fun bracelet last night is now a cool necklace today.


I am starting to think my products for testing are jinxed.

TTFN~