tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15963669090543841132024-03-21T06:27:57.703-05:00Naturally Domestic . . . NOT!Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-37124394032671501952012-06-05T12:18:00.002-05:002012-06-05T12:18:28.026-05:00[Sponsored Post] Private Selection Taste of Summer Campaign<br />
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<a href="https://www.bzzagent.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BZZAGENT</a> Alert :-)<br />
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I recently joined the Private Selection Taste of Summer Campaign on Bzzagent. Bzzagent if you didn't know is a website that you sign up for and then receive products which you then review to your friends and family and acquaintances. They usually send you a product, a coupon for a free product, and coupons for dollars off to share with friends.<br />
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I received a bag of Private Selection Sea Salt and Black Pepper Kettle Chips. They were pretty tasty. my son described them as tasting like french fries. It took me several tries to get my daughter to taste them as the 'black pepper' in the title made her take an instant dislike.<br />
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I thought they were very good. They are not too salty and the black pepper added a nice flavor punch without any added spiciness. <br />
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I also received coupons for a free pint of Private Selection ice cream, a free pound of Angus ground beef, and a six inch Apple or Cherry pie. I used the beef in spaghetti last night. It cooked up very nicely with too much grease to drain off. It also cooked up with a very fine crumb and that went very nicely with my spaghetti sauce. The apple pie was small but was enough for each of us to have a decent sized SMALL portion. I added some ice cream to mine to round it out.<br />
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This time around I have been pretty impressed with the quality of the offerings. last time I was involved with a promotion from Private Selection I wasn't impressed. I am glad that they are paying attention.<br />
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[I received free items either in the mail or in coupons to be used and then provide my honest review]Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-37616729106865121352011-12-07T10:39:00.004-06:002011-12-07T11:39:48.163-06:00[Sponsored Post] Kroger Private Selection store brand foods<img src="http://img.bzzagent.com/image/privateSelection.jpg?Type=activity&Activity=3221553847&Campaign=4752798868&Uid=432525&token=ead3ca671d3267c5ec1fe4869fba3302" alt="" /><br />I received coupons from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Bzzagent</span> to try a new brand of food at Kroger. Not just any brand either but a store brand called Private Selection.<div><br /></div><div>I think I had tried one or two things from this brand before, but with the coupons that Private Selection sent me through <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Bzzagent</span>, I was able to make a thorough dent in the product line.</div><div><br /></div><div>I will definitely continue buying things from this frozen line of store brand foods. They are less expensive and the same or maybe better quality than some of the name brand things that i have tried.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Bzzagent</span> for allowing me to try out this brand from Kroger.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-22201604306491205712011-11-10T17:04:00.002-06:002011-11-10T17:07:23.282-06:00[Sponsored Post] Kroger Truly Awesome Homestyle Chocolate Chip cookie<img src="http://img.bzzagent.com/image/krogerTACookies.jpg?Type=activity&Activity=2960275186&Campaign=3564413534&Uid=432525&token=474ad6de99ca2b1611d4bfea44990a9c" alt="" /><div><br /></div><div>I bought these at Kroger and found that they are a pretty tasty treat. When you don't have time to bake something, I think this is a great exchange. They were not too crunchy, and just the right amount of chewy. I loved the amount of chocolate chips too. I am glad that buzz agent got me interested in trying the cookies.<br /><br /></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-2294086982781166102011-08-20T10:06:00.003-05:002011-08-27T13:44:25.376-05:00Minor Plans for HomeschoolingI have been spending a lot of time this summer with my unschooling friends. This has had the effect of helping me feel satisfied about my children instead of hopeless for the coming year.<div>
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<br /></div><div>I am planing on using a little bit of a lot of different things this year. Here is a list of them.</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>Life of Fred Elementary Series</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Life of Fred is just awesome. I don't know any other way I could describe it. It is a story book set with a few questions at the end of each chapter to help the child work through and remember the lesson.</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>SOS Math for practice on the computer.</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>Cantering the Country (Unit study using the United States)</div><div>It Happened in America - True Stories from the 50 States</div><div>Travel the Great States - an Activity book</div><div>
<br /></div><div>You can probably tell from the above that I plan on focusing on US history and Geography this year.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>English will consist of working in the book Voyages in English #2 and #5.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>We will try to get more Museum time in as well as parks and meeting up with friends.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>In September we will be at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine during Home School week. If you see me come and talk to me :-)</div><div>
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<br /></div>Someone private messaged me about the wands in the picture in the post I wrote highlighting our trip to Nebraska. I found that craft online.<div>
<br /></div><div><a href="http://yourlifeuncommon.blogspot.com/2010/04/harry-potter-wand-tutorial.html">Harry Potter Wand Tutorial</a></div><div>
<br /></div><div> Next time I do this craft I will try silicone instead, and then finish off the tips and designs with the hot glue. </div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div>I filled the wands myself, but if you try it out I think that teenagers could do this pretty easily if they are the type to not hurt themselves randomly.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>I think this is a really cool craft and I am glad that we had a chance to try it out.</div><div>
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<br /></div>We just got back from the annual AP Jamboree last week. It was a week full of fun conversations, spending time with friends and loads of tea and toast.<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div><div>Highlights of the week we were gone:</div><div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div><div>The Unschool Bus!</div><div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div><div> No picture because I haven't liberated one from Tiffany yet, but here is a link to their blog.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div>
<br /></div><div><a href="http://kelly.halldorson.com/blog/">Unschooling Liberty</a></div><div>
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<br /></div><div>STORMS! We are in TX and going through a nasty drought so these while noisy, were welcome.</div><div style="text-align: left;">
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Lori<br>bruught it to the swap, I don't know where she got it...<p><br>Pork Chops Stuffed with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Spinach<p>Ingredients<p>   * 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus 1 tablespoon<br>   * 2 cloves garlic, minced<br>   * 6 sun-dried tomatoes, diced<br>   * 1 (10-ounce) bag of frozen spinach, thawed and excess water squeezed out<br>   * 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more for seasoning<br>   * 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more for seasoning<br>   * 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme<br>   * 1/4 cup (2 ounces) Feta cheese<br>   * 1/3 cup cream cheese<br>   * 4 (4-ounce) center-cut pork chops [or 8 THIN-cut]<br>   * 1 1/2 cups chicken broth<br>   * 1/2 lemon, zested<br>   * 2 tablespoons lemon juice<br>   * 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard<p>Directions<p>Warm the 1 tablespoon olive oil in a medium saute pan over medium<br>heat. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the<br>sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, salt, pepper, and thyme. Cook until<br>combined, about 2 more minutes. Transfer the mixture to a medium bowl.<br>Add the goat cheese and the cream cheese. Stir to combine and set<br>aside.<p>Use a sharp knife to cut a pocket into the thickest portion of the<br>pork chop. Stuff each pocket with 1/4 of the spinach and sun-dried<br>tomato mixture and close the pork around the stuffing. Season the<br>outside of the pork with salt and pepper.<p>In a small bowl combine the chicken broth, lemon zest, lemon juice, and mustard.<p>Warm the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large, heavy skillet<br>over medium-high heat. When the pan is hot add the pork. Cook until<br>golden and cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer the pork<br>to a side dish and tent with foil to keep warm. Add the chicken broth<br>mixture to the skillet over medium-high heat. Scrape up the brown bits<br>from the bottom of the pan as the chicken broth simmers. Reduce the<br>broth by half to make a light sauce, about 8 minutes. Spoon some sauce<br>over the pork before serving.Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-3241861793020684502009-09-18T12:35:00.004-05:002009-09-18T16:18:41.496-05:00(NOT) Homemade Sour Cream Enchiladas3/4 C. Sour Cream [about 1/3 of a 1lb container]<br />1 10.5 oz can Cream of Chicken<br />small can chopped green chilies<br />Shredded Cheddar [ I used a cheddar Monterrey Jack combo]<br />frozen chicken Taqitoes [I used El Monterrey brand]<br /><br />Mix the soup and sour cream. Add green chilies to your heat preference.<br /><br />Put the Taquitoes into a glass oven proof dish in one layer. Spread the sour cream sauce on top and then top generously with shredded cheese.<br /><br />Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbly.Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-48655458855638718952009-07-08T21:41:00.001-05:002009-07-08T21:41:02.402-05:00HAWAIIAN FALLS GIVEAWAY<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><div>This is a announcement from <a href="http://www.northtexaskids.com">http://www.northtexaskids.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>Giveaway: I Wanna' Make A Splash!<br> <br>It's summertime in Texas, which means I'm one HOT mama (literally!) and I could use a great way to cool off … without breaking the bank. My fingers are crossed (oh, the toes, too) that I can snag the North Texas Kids Splashfest fun pack for the whole family.<br> <br>This awesome giveaway includes four passes to Splashfest, a water-filled family expo at Hawaiian Falls in The Colony, and a rockin' cabana! Best part(s), well in addition to the total greatness that is free stuff? Radio Disney, 20 family-friendly vendors and Sci-Tech Discovery Center (hello, poolside science for the kiddos? Sweet!) will all be there.Event Details:<br> North Texas Kids Splashfest<br>benefiting Sci-Tech Discovery Center?Hawaiian Falls in The Colony<br>Saturday, July 18<br>11 am-4 pm<br>discounted admission tickets available at <a href="http://www.northtexaskids.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 51); ">www.northtexaskids.com</a><br> <br>While I'd love to win the golden ticket, I'm a sucker for dishing details—especially when other mamas can benefit. So, here goes. If you, too, would like a chance to soak in the sun, fun and latest in parenting support courtesy of North Texas Kids magazine, simply copy this entry (including headline and the above link to the pub) and repost it on your own mama blog, then shoot the magazine an e-mail at HYPERLINK "mailto:<a href="mailto:info@northtexaskids.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 51); ">info@northtexaskids.com</a>"<a href="mailto:info@northtexaskids.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 51); ">info@northtexaskids.com</a> to let them know you're participating (be sure to include a link to your post). <br> <br>Next Thursday, a winner will be drawn from the "inbox" and notified via e-mail … it's that easy!<br><br>Good luck ladies, may the "hottest" mama win. ;)<br><br>Thanks for your help!</div><div>Minette Riordan</div><div> Publisher</div><div>North Texas Kids magazine</div><div><br></div></span> Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-22655777264341347082009-04-08T15:28:00.000-05:002009-04-08T15:29:00.120-05:00Advances in RoboticsI read a blog today about this<br><<a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/08/japan's-child-robot-learns-to-walk/">http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/08/japan's-child-robot-learns-to-walk/</a>><br>it is abotu a robot learning.<p>I thought it was interesting :-)Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-62413618567929792292009-03-18T15:26:00.001-05:002009-03-18T15:26:35.325-05:00Easy Enchiladas (with home made sauce)Easy enchilada sauce<p>2 Tablespoon Oil<br>2 Tablespoon all purpose flour<br>2 Tablespoon chili powder<br>1/2 teaspoon ground cumin<br>1/4 teaspoon garlic powder<br>1 teaspoon salt<br>1 8 ounce can tomato sauce<br>2 cups water<p><br>heat oil in large 2 quart sauce pan. Stir in flour and chili powder.<br>Cook for one minute. add remaining ingredients. bring to a boil and<br>simmer for 10 minutes.<p><br>Easy enchilada's : preheat oven to 350 F<p>ingredients of your choice : shredded Mexican blend, or cheddar, or<br>Monterey jack; grilled onions (YUMMY!), grilled bell peppers, olives,<br>cooked meat of your choice...<p><br>Prepare corn tortilla's by softening them. The traditional way is to<br>fry them in hot oil for a couple of seconds. heating them in the<br>microwave will also soften them but the taste is slightly different.<p>place a small amount of sauce on the bottom of the pan before placing<br>the enchiladas.<p>insert the ingredients of your choice and then roll. Place in a 9x13<br>(or smaller pans separating out each family members choices). place<br>in the pans seam side down. Cover with enchilada sauce and sprinkle<br>with cheese. heat in the oven for 20 minutes for just until the<br>cheese is melted and bubbly.Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-30813598922931134082009-02-23T16:35:00.004-06:002009-02-23T20:23:21.113-06:00DID you KNOW that MAGICAL things HAPPEN every DAY?I want to do a blog highlight! <div><br /></div><div>I am a part of a group that was started by the founder of the website Magical Childhood. I am really blessed to be a part of her group. She is the <strike>in</strike>famous author of the article: <a href="http://www.magicalchildhood.com/articles/4yo.htm">What Should a 4 Year Old Know?</a> This article has been sited all over the web by people who believe that children will LEARN so stop forcing flashcards down their throat. She has a lot to offer, she is a mom of 5, she has wonderful ideas. Her main website is <a href="http://www.magicalchildhood.com/">A Magical Childhood</a> and it offers up articles on so many helpful things, like how to make homemade <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ooblek</span> to ideas for art and other wonderful crafts. <div><br /></div><div>She has started a blog to go along with the Magical Childhood site, and although it just started I know that there will be a lot of great and 'cool' things that will be coming through there. I definitely suggest that you add this one to your feed reader. <a href="http://magical-mama.livejournal.com/">The Magical Childhood Blog</a> will be one of your favorite reads, I promise.</div><div><br /></div><div>Find her website here: <a href="http://www.magicalchildhood.com/">A Magical Childhood</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Find the New Magical child Blog here: <a href="http://magical-mama.livejournal.com/">A Magical Childhood Blog</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Find her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Home school</span> Blog here: <a href="http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/">Magic and Mayhem</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Find a wonderful yahoo group of <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AP_Homemaking/">AP Mama's here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">EDIT: Alicia kindly let me know that she had 4 children and 1 husband, not 5 children as previously mentioned. </span></span></span></div></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-74402349099476304112009-02-09T13:50:00.003-06:002009-02-10T21:01:47.077-06:00Too much time (and Beer) on their handsI watched this youtube video today. I thought it was hilarious. I am glad I am not theone that had to clean up after them... <div><br /></div><div>If anyone that reads this can translate this to english I would be interested in know what the text says (just not interested enough to transcribe and input into a translation matrix LOL)</div><div><br /></div><div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8SMorJXe5l4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8SMorJXe5l4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-38911441960493655822009-02-09T12:51:00.000-06:002009-02-09T12:52:01.111-06:00Books for learningI use google feed reader every day. I subscribe to all kinds of feeds<br>from Mommy blogs to Frugal/money saver blogs, to home school and<br>Montessori.<p>Today on the blog Montessori for Everyone, She wrote about the books<br>she thought essential in an Elementary classroom (or home school<br>bookshelf).<p>I recommend going and reading her blog today I might just be about to<br>spend a lot of money on books lol.<p><<a href="http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/recommended-elementary.html">http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/recommended-elementary.html</a>><p>April<br>--<br>Turn off the TV and read a book. It is called thinking outside the 'box'.Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-67095875770856166172009-02-02T17:36:00.002-06:002009-02-02T17:56:58.049-06:00Shoe throwing: The new insultI was minding my own business browsing through my emails in GMAIL and up popped this news piece in the news feed.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/02/china.uk.shoe.protest/index.html?eref=rss_topstories">Protester Throws Shoe at China's Premier</a> </div><div><br /></div><div>It only reminded me of this:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/world/middleeast/15prexy.html?_r=1">Iraqi journalist hurls shoes at Bush</a></div><div><br /></div><div>and then I wondered, with all the shoe throwing going on, is there a lot of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">left wing</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">elitist</span> gits walking around limping because they only have one shoe on? I mean come on, I don't like you so I am going to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">throw</span> my shoe at you?? Therefore making my chances of running away (or rather GETTING away by running) unsuccessful.</div><div><br /></div><div>Is this one of those times where you award an 'I'm <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Stoopid</span>' sign?</div><div><br /></div><div>You might think that by calling some imaginary people 'left wing <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">elitist</span> gits' that I am a right wing moral upstanding citizen.</div><div><br /></div><div>You would be wrong. I believe in <strike>making fun</strike> equal representation of all political idiots.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-15203015724060529912009-02-02T15:19:00.006-06:002009-02-02T15:32:38.955-06:00Rice pudding is my nemesisSo every month or so, instead of SAVING leftover rice to eat, I decide I just have to make some rice pudding. Well I call it rice pudding, but growing up it was just called sweet rice. So whatever you want to call it be my guest. You take leftover rice and you dump a bunch of milk over it in a pan and you cook it for like 20 minutes at a simmer and sometime in there you add some sugar and spices of your choice. I like cinnamon and nutmeg. You simmer away and at about the 12-14 minute mark slowly stir in 2 beaten eggs. (See the addition of eggs makes it pudding because pudding has eggs. AND if it didnt have eggs it would just me some milky sweet rice mixture that was just thrown together but because there is eggs you totally meant to make this gloppy mess)<div><br /><p>But hell on wheels I just can't figure out why I make this stuff. Imean I make it, set it on the counter to cool, have a very small portion of it usually consisting of me walking by about 10 times and jabbing my finger into it and tasting it... then 24 hours later I come along and throw the stuff away because really I don't like it and no one else here will eat it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So why do I make it? I don't have a clue. I mean why does a man not ask for directions and why do Jehovah Witnesses ask you if you know jesus when obviously you are alive and they believe Jesus is the cause of all that so why do they go around asking unless they aren't sure in which case why are they asking me since I totally don't know.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if you hear me say I plan on making rice pudding please remind me that I don't like it.</p></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-61568531001946675302009-02-02T15:19:00.005-06:002009-02-02T15:28:51.562-06:00SENSA weightloss my my assSo I have been using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Sensa</span> for about a month (in a day or so). I weighed myself this morning and I weighed 211.5 and I was like <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">woohoo</span></span></span>, I am using this powdered white stuff that they say is 'just smells' to make my brain say "you're full, you fatty" but really is probably amphetamines in disguise because whoever heard of smells in white powder form?<div><br /><p>So I am brushing my teeth (at 12pm because when you <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">home school</span> you can totally sleep in and then do school after lunch) thinking about 211.5 and I think, "I wonder if I weigh again if it will be the same? Cause I mean I haven't been dieting or anything and I didn't zero the scale out so I bet it was a mistake." Well who is always right? WHO? Me that's who. I shouldn't argue with myself. I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">zero'd</span> the scale out and the new weight is</p><p><br /></p><p>217.5</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish I could say I was happy about that number but I have that body <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">dismorphic</span> disorder where you look in the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">mirror</span> and your eyes see a big flabby fat ass. The number is lower than<br />the starting number and I HAVEN'T done anything to lose weight other than sprinkle white powder on most of the food that I eat. OK so I am a little happy <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">and</span></span> a little pissed off because really free weight loss products should kick ass.</p><p><br /></p><p><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Ok</span> so almost 10 pounds in a month (226 - 217.5 = 8.5) 8.5 pounds is no laughing matter for a month.</p><p><br /></p><p>Congratulations to me.</p></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-62776362737033518532009-01-27T01:29:00.000-06:002009-01-27T01:31:42.590-06:00Mommy dating / Girl datesI was invited to go grocery shopping with Woman I met on freecycle.<br>This happened last week. I went shopping and afterwards she asked me<br>over to her house. Her husband (no kids) was out of town and I felt<br>really naughty for going.. I mean frozen food in the trunk, my hubby<br>at home with the kids.<p>But I did. I went to her house. I drank apple cider from a packet<br>and she drank something... not sure she mentioned it wasn't tea so<br>that it wouldn't keep her up all night.<p>We got there about TEN and I Left a little after midnight. I felt<br>exhilarated! I felt like I had been on a date.<p>Then today I read this article and realized, I felt that way because<br>pretty much it WAS a date.<p><<a href="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2008/11/06/the_perils_of_mommy_dating/">http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2008/11/06/the_perils_of_mommy_dating/</a>><p>It was a meeting of two people in a public place to initiate<br>friendship and find out if you can stand each other. That is what<br>dating is right?<p>So I went on a girl date.<p>I am so proud of me for making a friend. We have been emailing a<br>little about gardens and compost. Just what close friends talk about<br>right [GRIN]!Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-61211182449594315732009-01-26T13:47:00.001-06:002009-01-26T13:47:31.871-06:00Sensa media todo's and an updateI wanted to mention some recent articles that have been written on Sensa.<p>The first one is on the Daily Candy. I was checking the site out<br>after Amanda sent me the link and the Daily Candy seems like a hip fun<br>place. I like pages that have good articles and arrange them in such<br>an easy way to navigate.<p>The Daily Candy featured 2 articles about Sensa on January 7, 2009.<br>The links are below:<br><<a href="http://www.dailycandy.com/new_york/article/40986/Sensationally+Thin">http://www.dailycandy.com/new_york/article/40986/Sensationally+Thin</a>><br><<a href="http://www.dailycandy.com/new_york/article/40987/Sprinkle+Your+Way+to+Slim">http://www.dailycandy.com/new_york/article/40987/Sprinkle+Your+Way+to+Slim</a>><p>The two articles are good at distilling the main ideas about Sensa. I<br>like the Sensationally Thin one because it is all simply technical :-)<p><br>Today, Sensa is featured on the homepage on HSN and MSN. The links are below:<br><<a href="http://www.hsn.com/todays-special_xh.aspx?cm_re=billboard*SENSA_DietProgramTS_BB_and_Launch*background">http://www.hsn.com/todays-special_xh.aspx?cm_re=billboard*SENSA_DietProgramTS_BB_and_Launch*background</a>><br><a href="http://www.msn.com/">http://www.msn.com/</a> (Shopping Section on homepage)<p>This is a link to buy Sensa from HSN and there is also some reading<br>material on there about it. It is on Today's Special (1/26/2009) for<br>74.95 for a 2-month starter kit. If you visit the Daily Candy article<br>you can click through to a sale for 31 percent off on a 3 month<br>starter kit - the better deal.<p>I am on my 3rd week on Sensa. I feel ok, I am not constipated (more<br>of the opposite but not quite), my energy levels are good, and I am<br>losing weight... a little bit but still losing.<p>I want an electric treadmill but I don't want to pay $1000 or more. I<br>asked on freecycle but no luck. <sigh>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-27124601484060759652009-01-21T23:46:00.001-06:002009-01-21T23:46:45.587-06:00HS activities and posterityFor activities with the kids: I joined 2 groups. One 'free' group.<br>The kind you find on yahoo and etc. They do park days and started a<br>coop this year that I didnt join in on because it was happening while<br>I was busy when it started and they were fairly disorganized at that<br>point. They are pretty nice so I do hope to continue doing park days<br>with them and hopefully in the future maybe it might become something<br>more that 'those homeschool kids'.<p>The second is a pay to join group. They are organized (roberts rules<br>of order lol) and have a coop on fridays. I didnt join their coop<br>this term because the classes offered didnt quite fit into a workable<br>schedule. But they do have open lego play and pokemon league during<br>the coop day so I am welcome to bring the kids any time for that. I<br>plan on it and everyone is really nice.. maybe more crunchy than me<br>but maybe just the vocal ones lol. I think that this is one that<br>could turn into something that is a keeper too. The age range in<br>this coop is avg to younger than my kids so it is potentially a group<br>that we can grow with.<p>I went to a face to face meet with the above group a couple of weeks<br>ago (by myself) and it was nice to sit with a group of women drinking<br>tea and talking in coherant sentences, and not have to worry about the<br>kids. My kids are good kids by the way, or at least I think so, but<br>still being somewhere where the only person you have to worry about is<br>yourself is GREAT. I guess those meetings will be my version of Risa's<br>Thursday night yoga classes :-P<p>I think I will post this letter to my blog as well because I think it<br>is the kind of thing that will be interesting to look back on and see<br>hey I am doing so much better now than I was then.<p>AprilAprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-38105466876296851542009-01-19T10:15:00.001-06:002009-01-19T10:15:25.765-06:00SensaI weighed in this morning.<p><br>Oh you want to know?<p><br>220.5<p><br>I actually forgot to weigh in last week. so it has been 13 days since<br>my last weight check. 226.5 - 220.5 = 6<p>6 lbs in 13 days is almost half a pound a day. I am a cynic though<br>and think that it could be normal weight fluctuation.<p>To-do: take tape measure measurements. I will post these as a<br>separate post when I do them.<p>So that is the boring stuff.<p>How have I been doing with Sensa?<p>Sometimes I forget to use the sensa. I don't think it is very often.<br>for example, if we say 4 meals and 2 snacks a day, and I am forgetting<br>once every 2 days or so for a miss factor of 1 in 12 or 8 percent.<br>Not bad I think.<p>What kind of changes have I made in my routine because of Sensa?<p>using Sensa makes me think about what I eat / put in my mouth. How<br>can it not when everything must be sprinkled. In a controlled trial<br>of this product, I would think that there would need to be 3 groups.<br>The Sensa group, a group taught mindful eating, and a group that<br>didn't have a class on mindful eating. I expect that some of Sensa's<br>success has to do with being mindful of what you are eating along with<br>any science to the tastants.<p>I don't think I care. If it works then I am grateful.Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-25789988716069487972009-01-14T16:25:00.002-06:002009-01-14T16:33:05.344-06:00SO TRUE!!<div>The following is really true. There is a culture of rudeness and one-up-ness. Rarely do you find a group that you trully can feel like being open and totally yourself without being judged. I recommend you subscribe to the following blog. It is such a fun read and the pictures are wonderful. You can get a link to where she sells her Little Travelers videos on her blog. The videos are taken with the perspective of her children in mind and are truly cool to watch.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>excerpt from Angelina Hart's Little travelers blog. It can be found <a href="http://thelittletravelers.typepad.com">here</a>. The original blog article <a href="http://thelittletravelers.typepad.com/the_little_travelers/2009/01/cultural-mothering.html">HERE</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">My point here is that in our country we do not have a common mothering culture. We rarely tend to parent similar to other mothers around us and therefor don't seem to have a common connection to other mothers. It is a rare instance when I can share a smile and a gesture with a mother at a park that says, "I know how you feel." Sometimes I will look to a mother with a tantruming toddler wanting to just smile at her in a way that says, "I've been there." but rarely will that woman look at me for fear that she is being judged. I think it has much to do with our societies focus on competitiveness that drives much of this. If my children aren't in the middle of a tantrum and yours are that must mean that I'm winning at being a parent and you are losing. There really is not a sense of common ground in most cases. Within our own small groups sometimes that spirit of 'in it together' does emerge, but I'm talking about with strangers in the park or the grocery store.<br /></div></span></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-77330117113192564262009-01-13T12:17:00.002-06:002009-01-13T13:13:11.899-06:00Spelling Activity<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; white-space: normal; ">I made a stamping spelling activity for Judy. It is a set of alphabet stamps I got at Hobby Lobby on clearance. A recycled Fruit Roll up box, a stamp pad and note cards.</span><br /></span></div><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre; "><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vICNSG3Cz_zFFDDIisUNOw?authkey=Ox3K7kQyQ1o&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71KhXe1hgs8boZ7Bu5dg0_3y3sBoKY8SLVjFreKg1tEgZLRH3Q0n0P58CRm4Hp9amKWVy2bR15sqhGXxJVzK-V2NB9HlTu-8VUS3sQQsKQ5Eg4RDJpT0ZNtT67dIiDZ4pmTBcRP_EMtA/s288/P1060859.JPG" /></a></span><br /></div><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre;">Here is how it is supposed to work:</span></div><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/09YmKisonXddmUUKF02EsQ?authkey=Ox3K7kQyQ1o&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLzgC4AcI0f3PE5BQ53afB-dFkleU-Eq3SQsJTMkBfWUnObRl3R3Av0-OvIE9F635eGsTVpdBynNeeqfYLdpqbUtZRvCW7Vrn_9odvCeoCRr0rh75KcC-ZhCGG7f1f9hzWP328YYHK6o/s288/P1060861.JPG" /></a><br /></span></div><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre;">This is how the finished product is supposed to look:</span></div><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wbm0TzA6OMhqapdBx8MzrQ?authkey=Ox3K7kQyQ1o&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgui11XKRNJxzs0J-j3kG-HSZq1vo2W4mlh524HRGxqajwvkEMcEVJzJxFgbPAOHduVq-rnw-lJXhUeY1R1BY2FvgSvXyJLl3-SoCfkWBqhDeOC4EaY0BovOqI7rwP2HPB0ew94Itfpp5c/s288/P1060865.JPG" /></a><br /></span></div><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><br /><div><br /></div><div>I learned a trick for gleaning everyday spelling words from a mom I met on AP_Homeschoolers. Susan would (still might) take words which her children didn't know. When her children read out loud, she made a note of words they didn't know or stumbled on, and she would create ther weekly spelling list from those words. </div><div><br /></div><div>I select a poem in the morning and while D and J are working on their first work, I read it to them. Then When Davy is working on Voyages in English, I have Judy read the poem back to me. I have been collecting words from that and will give her a small list to stamp tomorrow.</div><div><br /></div><div>The poems this week have been really fun. The first poem was <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.burtonsys.com/isabel.htm">The Adventures of Isabel</a></span> by Odgen Nash, and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/poemsessays/jimmyjet.html">Jimmy Jet and His TV Set </a></span> by Shel Silverstein.</div></div></span>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-9947512566417695082009-01-13T12:08:00.003-06:002009-01-13T12:16:53.995-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMuxWCJvhsMwZWXzHDsBvGsbS0ineqOiLWc29sGb-rLTmqZtubYQNFHyicsBnym6JObGy-oWRRAxp5HsXESGkIPdKoluQFDJtFnhchLY7X_7Qal2VxNgRw5G_-9DyfG-oRIx_ZDbs5zc/"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 432px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMuxWCJvhsMwZWXzHDsBvGsbS0ineqOiLWc29sGb-rLTmqZtubYQNFHyicsBnym6JObGy-oWRRAxp5HsXESGkIPdKoluQFDJtFnhchLY7X_7Qal2VxNgRw5G_-9DyfG-oRIx_ZDbs5zc/" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>I have a Nutter. <strike>No I am not British, I just have a good<br />friend. Who is. British.</strike> Davy is my nutter, my crazy kid,<br />my boy who likes to think up impossible scenarios and then ask you<br />about them.<p>Davy: "How do you lick something that can't be licked?"</p><p>Me: I just looked at him.</p><p>Davy: "Like your tongue!"</p><p>Then he laughed madly and ran away. I am not sure what to think of<br />that. Is he French kissing himself? Is he just wanting to taste<br />something new and different? HAHA He is 9. and a half.</p><p>He is so silly and funny sometimes. I really love him a lot :-) I<br />worry that he is too exuberant for groups though. He is the reason I<br />home school. Judy is the reason I became 'AP'.</p><p>Together both my children have taught me a different way of living and<br />handling life. isn't that what growing up is all about?</p>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596366909054384113.post-58700446677209370762009-01-11T19:40:00.001-06:002009-01-11T19:40:04.094-06:00Sensa, doing its job however that isI started using Sensa and wanted to touch base with how I perceive it<br>to be working. My educational background is social/psyche so I will<br>probably also be analyzing myself too.<p>I didn't think that an over the counter product would have that big of<br>a non-amphetamine effect. I understand the concept, the Tastants(R)<br>are inhaled both through your mouth as you are chewing and through<br>your nose on the way in. They chemically interact somehow with the<br>center of the brain responsible for fullness and satiety. The above is<br>my take, please comment if you know different or if I said it in a<br>wrong way.<p>So I have been using this powder. There is sweet/salty. You use the<br>powder for what the food mostly is, salty on Pizza, sweet on a candy<br>bar. Salty on a Payday maybe and sweet on corn.<p>The thing I wonder the most, is about the psychology of mindful<br>eating. I used to belong to a yahoo group a couple of years ago<br>called no-diet. There are also books that address this topic [mindful<br>eating]. Does this powder work or does it make me THINK about<br>everything I put into my body? One of the things about successful<br>'diets' or eating plans usually is that you track everything that goes<br>into your body.<p>I am not counting calories. I am not tracking carbs, fat, or sugar.<br>I don't know if I am losing weight either because I haven't weighed<br>since I did the first 'before the diet' weigh-in. The thing that I am<br>doing now that is different than before Sensa is: 1) I stopped<br>drinking soda (approx 5 cans a week) and 2) I am actively thinking<br>about what I eat by having to remember to sprinkle the powder.<p>I am not eating as much. The materials for Sensa mentioned that it<br>wouldn't work right away, but that I would see results and to keep<br>using the powder. I think I am seeing results already. I am<br>thrilled. I have always been a foody. I like the taste of food and<br>hate to leave food on my plate. Yet since I started Sensa I have been<br>mindful of eating, and trying to stop and say to myself "Do I want<br>more?". I have surprised myself when I have chosen to stop eating, and<br>not felt like I was still hungry.<p>I think it's working and I am excited. Now if only they could come up<br>with a powder to make me WANT to exercise.Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874845054383835647noreply@blogger.com1