Snack police!

Apparently my son has the snack police in his second grade classroom. I gave him a S pecia l K Peanut Butter/Chocolate granola bar today for his morning snack, and he asked me if it was a healthy snack. He said last time he brought one, a classmate told him it wasn't healthy. We compared it to a N utri Gr ain bar, and it has less sugar and more protein and fiber than a Nu tri G rain bar. He is armed with that info in case she questions his snack again. :) I realize traditional chocolate/peanut butter granola bars would probably be LESS healthy...But that's not what we're talking about here, so let's make sure all the 7 year olds who question people's snacks are properly informed.

Yes, I realize it has been 5 months since I last posted...Apparently you mess with the healthfulness of my son's snack, I will fire back with a blog post.

Avon calling

Believe it or not, I've been selling Avon for over two years now. I've had some customers come and go, and some have been with me all along. I'm kind of reaching a turning point. There have been some changes made that will essentially require me to either get some new customers in the next couple months, or stop being a rep., as it will no longer be profitable at that time.

So, if you've been itching to try the latest product, now would be a great time to stop at my website and place an order. There you will find a free shipping code to be used on your first order.

I would be soooo appreciative! There are some great products. I recommend Magix face perfector, all the Naturals shower gels and the Frizz Control Lotus Shield products.

McBrilliant

We have McDonalds about once every two weeks. When we do, our son gets a Happy Meal with Apple Dippers instead of fries (without the caramel dipping sauce, which, to quote him: "Why would people want to dip apples in caramel?") and white milk instead of soda. This choice has been available to everyone for years, but some people choose to give their kids fries and soda with it instead. This is their CHOICE.

But due to pressure to serve healthier food, the Happy Meals are being changed. In the near future, they will come with fries AND apples, with portions of both being less than half what they previously were. The article is here.

So, if am understanding correctly...In order to try to make sure kids eat apples, in case the parents don't do so, McDonalds is going to force apples on them. Additionally, they are going to TAKE away a portion of the apples my child would normally get, and replace them with fries. Awesome.

Dear McDonalds...I know what to give my child to eat. That's why we don't go to McDonalds daily, or even weekly, and why I choose healthy choices for him when we do go there. And guess what? When given the choice between milk and soda, HE chooses milk anyway. Your change is actually making my son's meal LESS healthy when we go there, since you're dividing the apple portion in half. You're not going to change the people who consistently feed their children junk. You might increase sales when they order an extra side of fries for their child to go with the Happy Meal, so bravo for that, I guess. Let people make their own choices. If it means some parents are feeding their children fries instead of apples, that's their burden. Don't take half of my son's apples away to try to make other kids healthier. You might lose our McBusiness.

Purple

I feel unusually put together today. I repainted my toenails last night. I recently ordered some lavender nail polish from Avon, so I used that. Feeling in a purplish mood this morning, I wore a purple shirt. Coordinating shirt and nail polish has me feeling particularly put together.

The ants seem to have finally taken leave of our home. Thank goodness.

Friends were kind enough to gift us their 3' inflatable pool when they upgraded to a four footer. We're very excited about it, but having a heck of a time getting it set up. It acquired a few holes during the winter, so hubby patched those. Now it seems to be able to hold water (it is only very slightly filled so far), but the inflatable rim around the top isn't staying inflated, and we're having trouble finding any sort of hole. Hope we'll figure it out before summer's up...

That youthful look has gotten out of hand

It is not uncommon for an elderly person to walk past my 7 year old son and say something cute like "Well, hello there young man." It's cute, and doesn't seem odd at all.

What seemed odd was this weekend. The three of us went out to breakfast. Hubby was on one side of the booth, our son was on the inside of the other side, and I was in the outer seat. Next to my 7 year old, who I still have about 14 inches on, heightwise. An elderly lady walked past, put her hand on my arm and said "How are you doing, young lady?" Now, I realize that compared to her 80+ years, I am a young lady, but hubby and I agree that she seemed to be under the impression that I was a child. That might give Avon a new slogan "Take 25 years off your face, so you can look 11 again." Ahem. I guess I'll feel complimented, as I have not been carded during any of our several visits to the local casino, and was starting to wonder if I was beginning to lose that knack I've always had of looking a couple years younger.

In which I diagnose myself

For the past month or so, I have had pain in my left heel that has gotten progressively worse. It's worst when I get up in the morning; I hobble when I get out of bed, and most days it goes away until evening. Lately it's been getting worse. Yesterday evening, while helping hubby switch out a light switch, I had to stop standing because the pain got so bad.

I never know what should be attributed to MS and what shouldn't, but this I am pretty sure is Plantar Fasciitis. It sounds exactly like what I'm experiencing. I ordered a pair of heel seats, so hopefully they will help.

On the bright side, even though I wake up with a sore heel, I sure sleep well - A few weeks ago we finally got a new bed. A Therapedic Pure Touch latex foam bed. Soooooo comfortable. A huge improvement over 17 year old "old squeaky" generic mattress and box spring. I would wake up everytime hubby moved in the night on the old bed. Now I sleep right through the night. Comfy as a clam.

It bugs me

So much for posting more frequently...

What better to get me blogging again than an ant problem? Last week we developed an ant problem. At first it was a couple...No big deal. Then a couple more...Then oh my gosh get those things out of here and I can't stand to have anything to do with my own kitchen.

We have never had ants before. We looked up home remedies. It turns out baking soda does not deter them. Bought some Raid traps. Finally, broke down and called an exterminator because we were going out of our minds. The exterminator came Friday, and put out some bait that they take to the queen. Ants have queens. How about that? He said the problem will get worse before it gets better, because the bait attracts them. It seems to maybe kind of sort of finally be subsiding. Let's hope.