DIY: How to Fix a Tunnelling Candle

I've recently gotten a bit obsessed with candles and it's a pretty expensive obsession, so it's really annoying when the candles don't burn evenly.  Bath and Body Works candles usually burn beautiful but once in a while, you get a bad one and it tunnels.  Tunnelling basically means, only the inside burns and the outside stays solid, which will eventually drown the wick and once the wick drowns, you won't be able to use the candle anymore!  

I always have problems with the 4oz, small candles (my 3-wick candles burn perfectly!) maybe it's because there's only 1 wick?  Anyway, here are pictures to help you guys solve the annoying problem!!

Get a piece of foil, puncture a hole and put it over the candle tightly.

Take another piece and wrap the whole sides of the candle too

Burn for a couple of hours and.. viola! :)  Just be patient and you will have perfectly even candles! YAY!

Book Review: "The Cuckoo's Calling" by Robert Galbraith / J.K Rowling

I don't really get the rave reviews about this book.  It's OK - good enough to make me want to finish reading to find out who the killer was - even though I already had a good idea who it was, but it's not a book that I would RAVE about.  I have a feeling people only like it and rave about it because it's a likable author using a pen name.  *shrugs*

 

Anyway, the book is filled with annoying, unnecessary characters.  Robin, for instance is completely useless.  I kept waiting for something to happen to her.. either hook up with the main character or get kidnapped or whatever, but she just kept serving tea and cookies and acted all "i'm so innocent but so good at this detective work thing".  UGH.  Sure she helped Strike with some detective work, but seriously, he could have done that himself.. he SHOULD have done it himself if he wanted to be called a "detective".  The other thing that annoyed me was the ending - it was way tooooooooooooo long.  It was so long, that the character was like "I was thirsty from all that talking" - HAHAHAHA!  Anyway, check it out if you want to read something light and easy, just don't expect too much.

 

Book Review: "Coming Clean - A Memoir" by Kimberly Rae Miller

It is posts like these that I wish I didn't have a kindle and had real books with beautiful covers instead, but I guess I will have to deal with it!  I love my kindle because it's sleek, handy and I can take it anywhere with me!

 

Coming Clean is a memoir about hoarders.  Unlike the usual stories and TV shows on the hoarders themselves, this focuses on the little girl (who eventually grows up) living with her parents who are extreme hoarders.  I watch the show Hoarders on AE a lot and I find it fascinating how some people can live under piles and piles of filth.  Some episodes, I think they are disgusting and once in a while, I feel bad for them because I remind myself that hoarding is a type of disorder.  Anyway, what I liked about this book is the relationship between the author and her parents.  You can tell that they really loved each other despite the fact that they lived in shame and secrecy about the way they lived.  Every time she would describe how their house looked like, I would think about the show and imagine piles and piles of junk in every corner of the house.  I can't imagine people living like that on a day to day basis.  :(   

 

Anyway, this is a really good read and it's something different.  I recommend this to everyone!

 

 

Book Nerd

At the beginning of the year, I signed up for the Goodreads 2013 reading challenge!  You set up a goal of how many books you want to read within the year and you try to reach it and if you can, exceed!  I've seen people with goals up to 100-150 books a year, and seriously, I don't even know how they do it!  Do they work?  Do they sleep?  Do they socialize?  Do they have 4 set of eyes?  I gave myself a modest 25 books for the year - that's roughly 2 books a month and I'm not struggling, but it's not the easiest thing to do, because I want to do SOOO much with my free time and I have to make a conscious effort to read instead. 

 

Anyway!  On my way to work this morning, I decided that I was going to start doing book reviews on this blog.  Definitely nothing eloquent and goodreads worthy (some people on there are hardcore reviewers) but I just want to have an outlet where I can let out my book hangover! HAHA!  I always talk about the books I finish to my friends who are not into reading and I always get the same "I don't give a shit" reaction! HAHAHA!

 

What are your book recommendations?  Let me know!

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