I went furniture browsing today. Hubby mentioned buying an electric fireplace for our living room because its a big room and can be chilly. I think its a great idea. The coziness of a fireplace without the mess of real logs. So I went browsing.

I went to the furniture store where we bought our carpet. They had 4 electric fireplaces. Beautiful looking things for prices between $1,000 and $1,600. But that’s not why this has become a blog worthy topic.

It’s because all four fireplaces came with (are we ready?) — a remote control!

Why do manufacturers think the best way to improve something is buy giving it a remote control? Do we really need to control our window fans, ceiling fans, fireplaces, TVs, cars, windows and who knows what else with a little black box that’s more than likely going to be chewed up, or lost? Yeah, I have dogs and kids. Things get chewed.

And as long as I’m ranting… Why would Mattel see fit to put dog food in the Barbie Pet Shop? As in more than a hundred teeny tiny plastic brown pellets? And if they are going to do this, why not include a resealable bag? I tried to convince Amanda to keep the dog food in the unopened bag. But noooooo…

Thanks for playing.