|
|||||
 Baby shopping |
OOO! Wook! Wook atta da wainbow! *glances out the window* MMM muhum, lovely imaginary rainbow, Bodie Uhh, hun? Yes? There really IS a rainbow, look up!
Now if he was REALLY smart, he would have told me that what we saw was not just any rainbow but a cirumhorizon arc and a circumscribed halo but I’ll forgive him for the mix up. I mean afterall, he is only 2.
~*~*~*~*~*~* Summer has come to an end and once again, I face another battle with the school system over the free and appropriate education that Mira is entitled to. She has missed the first 3 days of the third grade because I refuse to lay down and let them do whatever they want with my child’s education. Hopefully, we will find some resolution to this problem tomorrow or at least prior to day 10 (at which point she will be considered truant). The only thing I know for certain is that she will not be returning to the school she has attended for the last 3 years. I’m done dealing with them, particularly the principal whose style of leadership I find appalling. On a happier note, I’ve been keeping myself busy working on photography. You can keep up with what I’m doing here but here’s a peek at what Ive been up to
With the recent release of Toy Story 3, Levi and Bodie have gone bonkers for Buzz. Levi is so passionate about Buzz now that he’s willing to consume foods he’d never ever touch simply because they are branded with Buzz (hello Mac n Cheese… yeah my kid is WEIRD, he won’t eat Mac N Cheese). Well, you can imagine the chaos that ensued when I mentioned that we were offered an opportunity to go see Disney On Ice presents Toy Story 3 in Orlando.
Wait, wait, Mama. I get to SEE Buzz? When do we see Buzz? Can I see Buzz, NOW? Can Buzz come have a sleep over? *Big sigh* Mama, I LOVE Buzz Lightyear. If you want to get in on the fun too there is a special ticket price offer: $11 ticket price for select performances: opening night, Friday at 7:30 pm; Sat. at 7:30 pm; and Sunday at 1 and 5 pm. Simply visit the box office or ticketmaster.com and use promo code “MOM” at check out! Note, this price isn’t good for rinkside or VIP seats and there is a 6 ticket maximum. GIVEAWAY ALERT! Even better? You have a chance to WIN 4 tickets good for any Orlando performance. You must live in or around Orlando/ Central Florida to take advantage of this prize and all you have to do to enter is leave a comment below. Contest will remain open until 11:59pm Monday August 16th. For more info and too find out if the show will be coming to your town check out: *this is a compensated post, we recieved 4 tickets in exchange for hosting a contest and writing about this upcoming event* A little over a month ago, The Hubster and I were cruising online sites for bulk oatmeal. Yes, our life is exactly that thrilling. Buying oatmeal is a tricky thing though. Since I’m gluten free, any oats I eat must be certified gluten free or you will surely find me doubled over moaning in pain. We bookmarked several sites with the intent to Google the heck out of each company before deciding who to order from- $76 worth of oats is not small potatoes for this family. Here’s where it gets weird. The very next day, no honestly less then 12 hours after bookmarking, one of the sites we visited contacted me with a review opportunity. They were looking to spread the word about their gluten free offerings (over 400 products!) and wanted to know if they could ship my family a sampler package. Um, yes please! In a few short days, a package arrived from Nuts Online arrived brimming with Nuts Online’s gluten free goodies. Of course, we immediately tore into it. The Hubster made a bee line for the Cajun peanuts, while the kids and I munched on chocolate covered sunflower seeds (oh.ma.yum.)! Over the next few days we tore into all sorts of tasty things but Im going to admit, my most favorite item of all took me some time to get around too. I have this thing… this problem with most baking mixes. I don’t like them. I have found that 99% of the time, I can produce a better result for much less cost. I would say 100% of the time but truly, Nutsonline.com ’s gluten free pancake mix changed my mind. PRETEND THERE IS A PICTURE HERE Why must you pretend? Because as soon as these pancakes slid out of my pan, they were G O N E. I may have eaten 6 of them myself… maybe… ok .. I did. I ate SIX pancakes. I ate SIX pancakes that I made with A MIX. And I plan on ordering more mix- all the kids are already complaining that we haven’t had nearly enough pancakes around here. I will say that the recipe as directed was a bit too thick (hard to flip without breakage) but I just added extra milk to thin the batter out. Only one other thing bothered me and that was the fact that the recipe for using the mix was not on the package. I had to bring up the website to make the pancakes. It’s a small fussy thing but I like to have instructions at the ready. Overall impressions of Nuts Online? Shipping was quick, items were well packed, and everything that claimed to be gluten free was (I had no adverse reactions what so ever). We were so impressed, we plan on ordering several gluten free things in the near future including the gluten free pancake mix, chocolate covered sunflower seeds, Cajun peanuts, and bulk gluten free oats. And brace yourself here folks, I liked the pancake mix so much, I might- just maybe- order some of their gluten free bread mix to try. *GASP!* ***I recieved free products in exchange for my honest opinion*** 
He ate every last bite. |
||||
|
Copyright © 2010 Finding Yourself Despite Yourself - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
You said