people who drive with crap on their dash

this picture doesn't exactly explain what i'm talking about, but this past weekend, i was out running errands and a lady almost hit me.  know why? because she couldn't see me.  why couldn't she see me?  because she had crap stacked up on her dash - trash - magazines, letters, mail, newspapers, grocery bags,etc., all stored in her dash.  when i say dash, i mean the part of the car in front of you when you are driving - the part above your steering wheel and speedometer, etc., above the radio, above the airbags.  her whole dash was covered, atleast 1/3 the way up.  it was a driving hazard!  she didn't see me and almost hit me because of it!  stupid lady.  stupid clutterbug.

the truth about chick-fil-a

maybe this isn't a big deal to you, maybe you don't care what you put in your body.
there seems to be a disconnect in eating out and ingredients lists.  when you go to the grocery store (or at least when i do), i read EVERYTHING.  sometimes, i let things slide.  so what if the one bag of cookies i buy have partially hydrogenated oils.  most everything else i get doesn't.  and so what if my chocolate syrup has corn syrup in it, the kids don't drink it, so it doesn't matter.  (when they start drinking chocolate milk, it will matter...)  but my spaghetti sauce NEVER has sugar or sugary products in it, and our spaghetti noodles are typically whole grain - just like the goldfish and our cereals and breads, most of them anyway.

anyway, to my point.  there are a few things, though, that i never buy:  BHT and MSG.  NEVER EVER.

here is a round about story: went to the neurologist last week and we were discussing my trigger foods.  i was telling him how the foods i don't like are typically my triggers, which is probably why i don't like them.  like, for example raw onions.  and some times peanut butter (if my head is in a "migraine mood").  also, doritos and most flavored chips - and chinese food.  mainly because they have MSG.  i can taste it. 

he said, do you like chick-fil-a?  i said, well, not particularly but we do eat there sometimes, my son will eat their nuggets (he won't eat them from most places).  it was THEN that he informed me that chickfila puts MSG in their breader for their nuggets, strips, and patties!  SURPRISE!  no wonder i'm not a fan.

so naturally i had to look it up - and he was right! see for yourself:  http://www.chick-fil-a.com/#menu

so my point here is look out for those too-good-to-be-true places!  this sandwich isn't all that good.  it is plain, no extras on it just pickles which i don't like anyway and still has a lot of fat and calories:









you're saying... well a burger isn't any better!

well lets see.
my favorite burger is a whopper jr!

that is less calories and  if i got it without mayo, it'd be less fat (12 g fat)!  there isn't any MSG in the beef or buns (but, just to be fair, they so use it in their breader for the chicken at BK! i checked.)

bad grocery baggers

yea, ok, i know i have some OCDs.  when my kids aren't with me and i can actually "enjoy" a trip to the grocery store (i.e. spend more than 10 minutes to spend $100), i do think about what i'm getting and read just about every label and compare every price AND look for coupons in my coupon envelope.  (kids with me - no chance of any of that happening - i have to stick to the list and get in and get out quick!)

today i went to food lion with no kids.  when i unloaded my cart onto the check-out counter, i laid everything out in order so that it would be easy to bag AND all the big (TP, drinks) stuff was together, all the boxes were together, produce, bread, cold, etc. presumably making it easier for the bagger to bag everything in a decent order.

apparently there is an art to bagging groceries. and i know it but not everyone does.


long story short, today i had a bad bagger.
even worse, today my bad bagger was combined with a bad checker-outer.  she grabbed stuff from all over the check-out counter/belt thingy.  i did most of my birthday-party shopping, which involved buying several of each of these things: 5 boxes of juice packs, 4 applesauce packs, 3 raisin boxes, 5 cake mixes, 5 frosting mixes, etc. and some other things that we just needed for our regular week.  so, i placed those things all together on the belt assuming she'd be able to ring them up together and THEN bag them together... like i wanted.

no such luck.  she grabbed a bag of raisins, a gallon of milk, a sleeve of oranges, a bag of chips, bagels, cheese, TP, coke, you name it - all random.  and that is exactly how it ended up in the bags, and in my car, and in my kitchen.  WHY OH WHY didn't she look and see that i had it organized before she started checking me out? 

such is life at food lion.  it is one of the reasons i don't like shopping there.  i prefer lowes foods because in general, they have better baggers.  and, i don't mind paying a little extra for that (though for the most part, i don't think they have much higher prices!  their generics rock and much of the time their specials are more special!  i just never buy meat there.  that is really expensive.  same goes for target. expensive there too.  but, they have good baggers at target!)

and in case you're saying to yourself "you should just use the self-checkout line if you want it bagged your own way!" - i had way too much stuff for that.  my cart was overflowing as it was.  and, half the time i use the self-checkout lanes, someone that works there will come over and bag it for me anyway!  especially at lowes foods.  and, that gets on my nerves too.  maybe what i was buying in the "self" service lane was private and i didn't want anyone to see it!  anyway, not that that has been an issue, but i prefer the self lanes to be for self only.  and keep away if you are buying alcohol.  that isn't self, that requires help.  go to a regular lane!!! :)

most popular birthday

after consulting my calender, i'm surprised to announce that there is a tie between may and september for the most birthdays:
may:  caroline, melody, kathy, jeffrey, jodi, zach, natalie, dina, ann, & matt = 10
september: jon, sara madison, melissa, cole, kendal, me, grace, butch, lindsey, and joshT = 10

third busiest is january: meredith, jonathan, ray, rob, smitty, daryl, and joy = 7

december isn't even 4th!
least busiest is february.  only "uncle" chris's birthday is recorded there.
i guess, technically, it is the hardest month to "hit" since it has the shortest number of days.  hum.  on what month would one have to get pregnant to have a baby in february? late may/early june.  just saying in case anyone in the family would like to add to that month.  probably won't be me since not having a job kinda puts a damper on growing a larger family.

Analee's Stampin' Up! site and online store

Analee's Stampin' Up! site and online store

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So i think i'm gonna do away with my parallel blog and just post my projects on my SU site.  I have to pay for that site (eventually, anyway... i get 2 months for free).

so, i'm just saying. 
i'll put a link to it over on my sidebar.  sometime.

he's a mad mad mad mad boy!

i always post cute pictures of my kids (cute to me), i thought i'd post a picture i took of kendal when he was mad tonight.  you can almost see his devil-horns coming out of his head!  lol.  he's had a rough day for some reason!  been fussy all day.  i think it is too early for 2nd molars ("they" say 25 months for those teeth to start coming in, and he's been about 3 months past the start date for all his other teeth thus far), so, maybe he's going through a growth spurt.  who knows.  he's a grumpus today though.

parallel blog

i started a parallel blog for stamping stuff.  (and a parallel email account. and a parallel bank account.)

in reference to the blog, though, that is so this one can stay "me" and not be stuffed with card stuff.
if you want to see cards, then go to that site.
if you want to see "me", then stay here! (or you can see both.)

no more secret boxes here (so if you pull the string a secret bottom will come out and a funny picture of chris  from last year's christmas party will be hidden in the bottom! muhahahahaha)

oh my god i have to go to bed.  i have a big day tomorrow and i need some rest!  good thing that i CAN get a nap if i have to.  first thing tomorrow is angel food distribution (i volunteer there), then in the PM is dinner with andrea and tiffany. yay!  andrea is getting married (another eharmony victory!)

so  i've eaten nachos and drank milk with hopes that stopping my tummy from growling will help me get sleepy.  have i mentioned that i lost nearly 8 pounds this past week?  (that includes clothes)  lets see if i can do that again THIS week!  (right!)

ok so now i need to brush my teeth and put on PJs and put this damn stamping up catalog down.  maybe then i can catch some zzzz-s 

yeah, right!