The ToiBocks Blog

I stopped adding the “of 365″ because it’s been quite a year lol and I got terribly behind

A friend of mine was finally able to quit smoking after almost 30 years of daily smoking. Apparently her doctor asked her to go for a chest x-ray due to a cough and on the referral she wrote “COPD.” This was a big slap in the face to my friend, who’s only 41, COPD at 41? That could mean she’d need an oxygen tank to tote around eventually…

Anyway, I saw her recently and was thrilled to hear that she finally quit smoking for good a few months ago. She said she found these cool disposable cigarettes that she used daily in the beginning but she now admits she can go days without using it… but when she really wants it, she wants to know where it is… when she can’t find it, she told me, she goes to the ‘spare’ in the ToiBocks. She said she keeps it in the ToiBocks because it looks “fun” to her kids – push a button and it lights up and then you inhale the water vapor and blow it out like a real cigarette, hers is even flavored with mint…

Electronic Cigarette

Trying to quit yourself? You can pick it up at 7-Eleven or the website has a retailer locator at http://www.squaresmoke.com

E Cig, the 136th thing you can keep in your ToiBocks so that while you’re trying to quit smoking real cigarettes, you’re not tearing up the house looking for the darn thing

I remember not long out of high school I got a job as a receptionist at an optical place. I liked it. I remember hearing the exasperation in the people over 40 coming in complaining that they couldn’t read anymore. At least once a shift I’d hear the optician ask “Arms not long enough for you anymore?” Then he’d reassure them, it happens to EVERYONE over 40. It’s called presbyopia and it is evil lol. Reading glasses to me always conjure images of grandmothers. I don’t want to be thought of as a grandmother yet for cryin in the mud! That said, it’s not time just yet but as teeny things on my blackberry become more difficult to make out and my 11 year old delights in… “let ME see mom” I find myself feeling the time is not far off… I wear glasses when I drive. I leave them in the car most of the time and when they’re in the house, they’re on a little dish by the door – set there the moment I walk inside. So I always know where they are. That’s a habit that took me two years to really get working properly after many years of being sick of having to ask “Has anybody seen my glasses?” The thought of needing glasses to READ? Scares me lol, I’ll admit it! The thought of having to know where those glasses are in order to see something leaves me wanting to superglue them to my head…

I have a friend, also an inventor, he’s always losing his reading glasses too. I tell him, “you’re the reason reading glasses come in packs of three.” I have a feeling it won’t be long before he’s making me eat my words

Reading Glasses

Reading Glasses. 135 of 365 things you can keep in your ToiBocks. One around your neck or on your head, one in the top for reading in bed and one in the bottom for when the other two disappear. Just remember to add “Reading Glasses” to the grocery list when you pull the last one out of the bottom.

Back to treats… shocker lol

Picked these up at Costco. They’re totally crackalicious and even have some nutritional value. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. So, I give the kids their allotment and the rest slink off with me

Dark chocolate covered acai

Dark chocolate covered acai. 134 of 365 things you can keep in your ToiBocks because you might not know how to pronounce it but you’ll sure enjoy eating it… make sure when you want them, there’s some actually left in the bag!

This post is about erectile dysfunction and a medical instrument that could help people who suffer from it, if it offends your sensibilities to read about that, please enjoy another entry. For the rest of you – we all know that ED is no joke. Sure there are guys who pinch a Viagra off a friend for one of those crazy nights but let’s think about the poor dude who really really needs the medication to enjoy himself.

My grandfather, who is no longer with us, stopped taking his blood pressure medication because it took away his erection and even in his 70s sex was an important part of my grandfather’s life. I recently, and humorously to be honest, discovered a product that would’ve been able to help my grandfather and it would not have interfered with any of the meds he was taking. Our society is constantly bombarded by things to ingest to help you get an erection and I bet most people truly find those stupid emails just annoying… for me, it takes away from the fact that there are men who simply cannot get an erection on their own and aren’t able to take the meds or supplements for whatever reason, and that, is just sad.

This product may seem ridiculous to you if you don’t have this problem of ED in your life – but for the man who does and the woman who loves him or just wants to have sex with him lol this could be a very real solution. So for that reason I giggle at it – but I also see the true value in it without shame or stigma. I talked to the guy who owns the place and he knows what he’s talking about. He’s really excited to be offering this to people for the same reason I’m excited to talk about it – it’s a solution to a real problem that doesn’t involve meds. I’m quite sure the Viagra makers aren’t gonna be real happy about that… I mean you buy this thing once and you’re good to go as opposed to the cash-cow society pharmaceuticals is… I digress…

The company’s website Reflexonic.com offered up these features:

• No medications, herbs, needles, vacuum, or surgical implantation.
• Effortless operation. As easy as an electronic toothbrush with one hand. For personal use only
• Cost-effective. Built to last for years.
• Easy maintenance and care. 100% warranty.
• Intelligent rechargeable battery system For on-demand (prior to sexual activity) use, or daily as part of rehabilitation regimen.
• No local or systemic side effects with proper adherence to the operation manual

That and I’m quite sure, someone adventurous enough to try it might feel uncomfortable if this item was discovered…

Viberect

That’s some hair straightener you got there Bob!

This product is not on the market yet so I could not get exact dimensions but based on what he told me… I’m pretty sure it will fit in the ToiBocks.

Viberect – 133 of 365 things you can keep in your ToiBocks. Sure you could say it’s a hair straightener… but when your kid gets her hair stuck in those little disks and comes out for help just as your mother in-law shows up… someone’s gonna have some splainin to do… avoid that lol I would…

Here’s a great article on the product – there are anatomically correct images on this page so NSFW and NSWKIR (Not Safe With Kids In Room): http://www.gizmag.com/viberect-device/19312/

PS: Thank you to my friend Adam for making me aware of this product

Having a teenage daughter really gets you thinking outside the box on your privacy. Not everything people want to hide is embarrassing… consider the mom on a tight budget who wants to do something sweet for herself so she takes her $5 off coupon to Bed, Bath and Beyond and picks up something practical for the house and decides to indulge herself because hey, it’s only $5 with the coupon

Earth Therapeutic socks

132 Earth Therapeutic socks just one more thing you can keep in your ToiBocks so they can serve their intended purpose of softening your feet, rather than providing your sneaky teen’s latest fashion statement.

I always love to gain a new perspective on something and last night a friend shared one with me and it involved my ToiBocks, which of course made me smile and item 128 – 131 make the list of every day things you can keep in your ToiBocks.

It happened to him riding his bike… hey, it’s LA a lot of people here ride bikes… for the sake of realism for your own personal experience, you can imagine you’re in your car if biking is just unfathomable to you… anyway, you’re traveling along and at some point you become separated from your wallet. Now there is a chance it will be returned… I read someone’s Facebook status the other day and a cab driver returned his wallet with $1,000 cash in it (he was in Vegas), so it’s not impossible that you’ll get it back and the chances probably decrease depending on where you lost it… either way, your wallet is lost.

My friend was telling me that he went to the bank and couldn’t even deposit a check! I told him that my bank will take deposits without ID and he said it was because I was a girl lol. I don’t know if that’s true or not but honestly, I don’t want to find out. His entire wallet had disappeared and with it his ID, credit cards, cash and photos of his kids. Creepy that someone now has that information… Anyway, so my friend decided from that point on that he would keep some new things in his ToiBocks next to his other personal items…

Expired ID

128. Expired driver license
129. Expired credit card
130. Expired passport
131. Photocopies of what is currently in your wallet, front and back.

Several more things you can keep in your ToiBocks discreet storage box, so if you lose your ID you’ll have a better chance (no guarantee though, sorry) of being able to cash a check, vote in an election, not be cited for driving without a license on you, get into a night club, go to costco (assuming you have a membership already lol), buy booze, get into a rated R movie, get your senior discount or simply be able to prove that you are who you are… because your ID may expire but you will always be you.

Contemplating broken hearts inspired this post. While you can’t keep your actual heart in your ToiBocks… you can keep these in there…

candy hearts

127 of 365 things you can keep in your ToiBocks, because the only thing worse than a broken heart is a missing one…

The more often I do this blog the more I realize that I am a big treat hider lol. I have treats out for my kids and they’re pretty good about rationing them but I’m not a sweets all the time kinda gal and when the mood strikes for something sweet… I definitely have my preferences and I definitely want to know that I still have left what I’m currently salivating for… and with 3 kids and a roommate, it could be challenging, if it weren’t for ToiBocks

fishy crack aka Swedish Fish

The packaging says Swedish Fish but I call these fishy crack. Every Christmas my mom ships them to me from NY in a 5lb bag. I shake a few handfuls of them like chicken feed on the table and I tell my kids… those, are yours. Then clutching the bag to my chest I slink off toward my boudoir to protect the rest…

126. Fishy crack aka Swedish Fish. Just one more thing you can keep in your ToiBocks so that when the urge to indulge in sticky, chewy fishy crack goodness strikes – you know they’ll be there.

The concept of ‘naughty’ varies wildly not only from person to person but area to area, with some areas like Los Angeles and New York City being more open to g-string bikinis and tramp stamp displays and someone in the heart of the bible belt might feel like her world was ending if someone discovered she liked to wear g-string panties. So this is for her, the one who would just die on the spot if her kid decided to be Zorro on tea day with the reading group gals…

125. Tiny panties. Just one more thing you can keep in your ToiBocks because opinions of what constitutes naughty varies as wildly as what constitutes privacy and some women would rather eat glass than reveal they like a little naughty to anyone other than the one she wears them for…

Are you a chocoholic? Do you sometimes feel there are things that can only be comforted by a sweet creamy piece of luscious chocolate? Yeah, me too.

Having three rugrats running around makin a mess and eating everything that’s edible and sometimes some things that probably shouldn’t be, you have to get creative with your personal stash of chocolate. The wrong place and it’s discovered, melted or worse… forgotten until it’s white and no matter how desperate you are you can’t taint your pallet with rotten chocolate… snob that you are. Hey, you’re good to your kids… they get their treats, but you need to have yours too. You never know when you’ll have a chocolate emergency.

Sweet Symphony Goodness

124. Sweet Symphony Goodness. Just one more thing you can stash away in your ToiBocks to be recovered, at your leisure, or devoured in the event of a serious chocolate emergency.