October 4, 2008 - Posted by 
Kathy - 2 Comments
…I can hardly believe I’m typing this. You would not believe the plumbing issue we have going on in our basement as I write.
We have a very finicky sewer system to begin with. My husband regularly has to use what we affectionately call the “clog buster” to root out our sewer system from the house to the street. He has this lovely job to do perhaps every other month.
We’ve been flirting with the issue again for the last week or so. He ran the clog buster a week ago and it did not clear up the problem this time. So last night he ran it again. Unfortunately, when he went down to the basement after letting it run for a while, he was horrified to find standing water several inches high filling the entire room. A pipe has broken somewhere outside the house underground and water that should have been flowing out was NOT.
Basically running water in my house has come to a screeching halt until this is fixed because instead of water flowing out, the broken pipe is dumping it back onto our basement floor.
Now…my extremely frugal husband has already called Digger’s Hotline and is planning on rounding up his work crew (Daniel, David, and himself) and beginning to dig outside the house in search of the broken pipe with the hope of finding it and fixing it…all before we are scheduled to leave on Friday morning. THIS on top of everything else that was probably physically impossible for him to accomplish before we leave!
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…
October 4, 2008 - Posted by Kathy - 0 Comments
Buying a car is a hard process! Most people would take any extra help they could get. Well…here is that extra help. Vlane.com was created to help people through the buying process by helping them make good decisions. They have put together some neat features that will allow people to learn from the research and decisions of others. The idea is that this will make the process of shopping for a car easier and less stressful.
Check out my poll and tell me what you think!
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October 4, 2008 - Posted by Kathy - 3 Comments
Well…Lora will be 40 weeks tomorrow and has been significantly dilated for at least the last 4 weeks. At her appointment today there was no change. She has the option to induce next Tuesday, but is not too keen on that idea. Really wants him to come on his own.
She had her membranes stripped today for the 2nd time so maybe that will kick her into active labor over the weekend. We are supposed to be at their house in a week and if he isn’t here yet I’m going to chase her around the block a few times!
October 3, 2008 - Posted by Kathy - 0 Comments
The utility room in our home is right off of the kitchen and is the room that we use for our “school room.” It is actually the original kitchen in our house. A previous owner was a wedding cake baker and remodeled the existing diningroom into a new kitchen and used the original kitchen as an extra baking area for her cake baking.
This room is actually ideal as a school room because it has a standard counter area, good lighting, lots and lots of cupboards, an open area for a work table, and double stainless steel sinks. It’s a very well-used room by us and it’s definitely seen better days, I’m afraid. A part of me would like to update certain things about this room. I’d love new cupboards and new flooring in there. I’d love to update the double sink and the countertops as well. But then…if we did all of that work I’d have to start worrying about how the kids used the room and it is nice just to be able to give them the freedom to create in there without ruining anything major.
Someday…when our nitty-gritty homeschooling days are over I would love to do something interesting to this room. Who knows what it will end up being? The possibilities are exciting!
October 3, 2008 - Posted by Kathy - 0 Comments
One of my very oldest and dearest “cyber” friends is going through some very serious health trials right now with her husband. I’ve known this dear lady ever since we were pregnant together back in 2001. We had babies within days of each other (Ruthie) and have been close ever since.
Anyway, her husband Mike just had a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer about a week ago and today is undergoing surgery. My thoughts and prayers are with them during this difficult time and I am hoping so much that they receive some encouraging news today!
October 3, 2008 - Posted by Kathy - 0 Comments
In this day of mobile phones, most people have mobile phones to keep in contact while away from home. If you don’t have a plan that includes a wide area of coverage you could run into some rather rude roaming charges if you travel for business or pleasure. We just recently changed our cell plan to a plan to doesn’t involve any roaming areas anymore. Before we changed this, I used to have to make sure that I had a good supply of long distance calling cards for using when we were traveling.
A prepaid card is a great option for anyone who wants low costing international or domestic calling rates. Check out this calling card because it is a very easy process and you will be all set up in no time.
October 3, 2008 - Posted by Kathy - 0 Comments
Today is one of those jam-packed days.
We are off to storytime in a bit this morning, then I have to shuttle kids to and from band practices and this afternoon all three olders are marching in the Homecoming Parade.
The day is sunny and crisp…perfect for a Homecoming Parade! I promise not to forget my camera this time!
Oh…in case you were wondering. We are still waiting on Mr. Kelvin’s arrival. Lora has her 40 week appointment this morning and I will let you know what happens!
October 2, 2008 - Posted by Kathy - 0 Comments
Being faced with buying eyeglasses for more than one child who needs them, I am a huge fan of finding good prices and discounts when at all possible. This can be very challenging, however, because kids know what they want and often won’t settle for less.
I love it when we can all be happy. They can have the stylish frames that they want and I can give them what they want without having to take out a small loan to do so.
Here is a site that makes that not only possible, but an enjoyable thing to do!
With Zenni Optical, we can find stylish prescription glasses starting at $8. They have a huge selection of frames. This includes single vision lenses, sunsensor lenses, tinted sunglasses, bifocal lenses and progressive lenses.
They also have some new frames that have just come into stock.
In case you were wondering, the secret to their low prices is selling only their own manufactured frames directly to their customers. There is no middleman and their advertising budget is very small. So…this is not a matter of inferior quality…just smart marketing!
October 2, 2008 - Posted by Kathy - 1 Comment
That American staple that so many kids for generations have been raised on. The blue and yellow box…
Any idea where it began? I was just doing some reading and happened upon the story of it’s beginning and have to share!
Kraft originally made real cheese. The company wanted to market a low cost, easily prepared cheese product, but had problems due to the fact that cheese is perishable. So Kraft laboratories came up with a processed cheese made out of milk solids that wouldn’t spoil. They named it American Cheese…but it was not well received by the American public.
Kraft tried again by taking its creation to the U.S. Army. They convinced them to buy 6 million pounds of the American Cheese. After eating it day in and day out, when the soldiers came home from World War I they wanted more. During World War II when food was rationed, Kraft began marketing packets of dried, grated American cheese. Again, it was not well received by the American public until a clever marketer combined packets of the dried cheese with boxes of macaroni pasta. He convinced store owners to sell it as a single item. Kraft immediately saw success and manufactured its own boxes of macaroni with the cheese packet inside. Thus the beginning of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.
The Nutritional Data:
- Enriched Macaroni Product: (durum wheat flour, wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mono-nitrate [vitamin B1], riboflavin [vitamin B2], folic acid),
- Cheese Sauce Mix: (whey, milk fat, milk protein concentrate, salt, calcium carbonate, sodium tripolyphosphate, and less than 2% of citric acid, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, milk, yellow 5, yellow 6, enzymes, cheese culture).
A 70 gram serving contains:
- Calories - 410
- Calories from Fat - 30
- Total Fat - 3.5g
- Saturated Fat - 2.0g
- Trans Fat - 0g
- Cholesterol - 15mg
- Sodium - 540mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 48g
- Dietary Fiber - 1g
- Sugars - 6g
- Protein - 9g
- Vitamin A - 0%
- Vitamin C - 0%
- Calcium - 10% RDA
- Iron - 10% RDA
October 2, 2008 - Posted by Kathy - 0 Comments
Finding a reputable and qualified auto body shop is not easy. Why not make it a little faster and simpler? Did you know that you can see maps, reviews, and ratings of body shops that are local to your area? For example, if you performed a search you might find all the pertinent information for Yorba Linda Collision Repair if you lived in that area. You can even get online estimates and make an appointment right from your PC!
