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Entries for December, 2007

Bahama Buck’s - Best Shaved Ice Ever!

Finally, I am getting around to writing a post for our December contest.  Let’s just say…I’m going to be able to buy maybe one clearance book at Barnes & Noble when we go!  Oh well…hope Nathan enjoys what he gets.At any rate, Kaisa is sound asleep in the other room so I am going to [...]

WasatchWingz - SLC Chicken Wings

Best Wings in Utah!
Seriously! Fiona and I are self proclaimed chicken wing connoisseurs. Every place we go with wings on the menu, no matter how dumpy or popular the place, we get them if we haven’t tried them. Fiona loves the wings at Native New Yorker in Arizona and has sought to find a [...]

The Bachelor - Puttering at it’s Best

I took Fiona to the airport this morning and she arrived safely in Phoenix with Kaisa. So I’m on my own now! I think she left a few bills on the counter thinking I would pay those… we’ll see. Last time I paid something that was just sitting out it had actually [...]

How to Get Your Infant to Take Medicine

Kaisa is nearly 8 months old and I’ve given her medicine only about half a dozen times or so. I’m sure Fiona will have some witty comment in response to this post, and I know this won’t work for everyone, but here are my thoughts about getting kids to take medicine.
Tangent story: I had a [...]

Sactionals - by LoveSac

SACtional Love
Sactionals, for us, have been the perfect piece of furniture. We wanted something modern that would last. It had to be comfortable, fun, and — oh yeah — easy to clean. Sactional is all that and more.
LoveSac is famous for casual, alternative furniture created by Shawn Nelson, Fox’s The Rebel Billionaire. LoveSac’s are filled [...]

Video Games — Note to self

Set a time limit before you start playing.
Don’t set an objective (I’ll be done when I do X), set time (see #1)
If you don’t beat it the first three times, try setting the level a little easier
Do it when you spouse isn’t there (Check!, Thanks Honey!)

That ought to give me my video game fix for [...]

KitchenAid ColdStone - Make ColdStone at Home

Cold Stone + KitchenAid = Mmmm!
There’s not a better way to finish off a date than with some nice ColdStone ‘Cream. Unless you could get that same great taste in the comfort of your own home! “How?” You Say? Your wonderfulKitchenAid!
At ColdStone Ice Cream they swirl and mix your favorite toppings with ice cream [...]

Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8.0 Trial - Test Drive

The handful of people that read this know I was distraught, as a video camera newbie, that my video camera didn’t save in a commonly used Internet formats I was familiar with: avi, wmv, or/and divx. I’d like to say I’ve learned more and know there is a good reason for MP2 to be [...]