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Size Matters But A Hunka Love Bear Will Not Get You Laid

Filed under All of the Other Stuff by Jen on February 3, 2012 at 12:44 pm {4 comments}

It’s that time of year again. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and the people at the Vermont Teddy Bear Co have come up with another brilliant ad campaign. It’s called Size Matters and the idea is if you buy your sweetheart a Hunka Love Bear you will get some.

Of course to cover all bases the hapless men are encouraged to pair the Hunka Love Bear with the Hoodie Footie, a product by their sister company Pajamagram.

Now maybe I’m old and out of touch with what 20 something vapid blonds want but if a man brought me a 4 1/2 foot bear for Valentine’s Day, or any other holiday, he would not be rewarded with sex in fact I would have to end it.

Where the hell do you put a stuffed bear that big? It’s not like you can put it on your bed or in the book shelf. A 4 1/2 foot bear needs it’s own room and most 20 something don’t have the extra space.

Let me tell you something boys, size does matter but not with teddy bears. If you want to get laid get chocolate, take her out to eat at a nice restaurant and then listen to what she has to say.

Really listen.

Tell her she looks beautiful, and then fix something for her. I guarantee you will get some.

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Stay at Home Mom

Filed under All of the Other Stuff by Jen on January 30, 2012 at 2:01 pm {no comments}

This guest post from Lewis Beck

When I decided to quit my job and stay at home with my new baby, my husband and I both knew we would have to make quite a few sacrifices. It is going to be completely worth it. First of all, we would barely have enough of my salary left over after paying for daycare that it made sense for me to work. Second of all, when it came time for me to go back to work and leave my baby I just found that I couldn’t do it. To be able to make this work, we’re both aware that we will have to really watch our budget. It is not going to be without its stress, but we know this is the right decision for our family. I’ve started doing things I never thought I would, like clipping coupons and scouring the internet for the best sales on diapers, for instance. One pretty awesome thing I discovered while trolling around on the internet is that because we live in Texas we have the ability to select our energy providers and can choose the provider that offers the cheapest rate. We have been able to save a ton of money this way, and it’s taken some of the pressure off. Check out Green Mountain Electric Information to see if you might be able to save some money as well.

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Is Macaroni and Cheese the New Cupcake? And Does That Mean The Economy is on the Upswing?

Filed under All of the Other Stuff, Food, Kids, Things that piss me off by Jen on January 24, 2012 at 10:06 am {8 comments}

: Photo: Hello-naomi.blogspot.com

Remember when cupcakes appeared on the scene? Suddenly cupcakes were everywhere. Stores opened up on the street selling just cupcakes (wtf?!) and reality shows were produced on a scale second to rednecks blowing up things on the History Channel. Cupcakes were everywhere. Pretty little things, too cute to eat.

Cupcakes a great investment

I attended an event for women entrepreneurs last year filled with nothing but young women (and young businesses) who made little cupcakes. Not even the standard sized cupcake but the mini one. What you missed, calorie wise, with little cake was more than made up for in frosting and fondant.

What a great ROI cupcakes provide. A box of Betty Crocker cake mix goes for about $1.50 with a tub of frosting often on sale for 99 cents. You could make two dozen normal cupcakes or 24 of the mini ones and sell them for a buck a piece.

It kills me that people will get upset when gas goes up a few cents per gallon but will throw down a green back for 1 mini cupcake.

Let them eat cake

Economists suggest that now that cakes, full size cakes or better, are making their way back in bakeries and reality tv, it means the economy has made that crucial turn for the better. If more people buy cake than cupcakes it obviously means the people are feeling more confident about the economy.

There have been rumblings on the web lately about Macaroni and Cheese. Suddenly the comfort food is everywhere; made with exotic cheeses, cream and (gasp) real butter. While Kraft has done everything to reduce the calories (and taste) from it’s iconic blue box of heaven others are making the dish that reminds us all of grandma with expensive and indulgent ingredients.

: Image via Wikipedia

Boxed or Homemade?

Articles are appearing on the web about the cheesy goodness and in fact there have been a smack down or two started over which is better.

Bloggers Nicky (We Work For Cheese) and Margaret (Nanny Goats In Panties) got into a heated debate recently about the best mac and cheese recipe resulting in a yet to be determined cook off. My money is on the goat. Sure Nicky works for cheese and has a well developed pallet but she’s Canadian and they don’t know anything about comfort food, American comfort food that is.

Margaret isn’t the best of cooks but I bet even she can throw together a box of Mac and Cheese.

I suspect we will be seeing gourmet macaroni and cheese shops popping up along the trendier streets. These may or may not be sit down restaurants, more likely a take out kind of place where you get a fancy pan in addition to your mac and cheese. Of course tied with a ribbon. Trust me, you will be able to shell out $10 for a cooked pan of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.

This is America, for crying out loud.

*This post was inspired by an article on a national news site about mac and cheese (along with all the bickering between Nicky and Margaret) as well as the fact that we Americans will pay tons of money for anything that is mini, wrapped with a ribbon or just packaged differently. We don’t consider how much the contents of that pretty presentation cost.

That rant was inspired by my trip to CVS yesterday. I had to switch pharmacies and ended up at a CVS with a Starbucks across the hall. Even though I had called in my prescriptions four hours earlier they weren’t ready when my daughter and I arrived. After being told there would be a 15 minute wait (even though they had signage all over the pharmacy proclaiming that prescriptions would be filled within 15 minutes – guaranteed) so we went to the Starbucks across the hall where I paid $1.95 for a cookie (which wasn’t finished) and $1.75 for organic chocolate milk (because that’s all they have though I will say the barista suggested, after the milk had been cracked open, that next time we ask them to mix a chocolate milk and save a whopping .50). I bought those things for my daughter because I refused to buy her the apple sauce in the squeeze container. Organic apple sauce for sure but I’ll be damned if I pay $2.95 for half a cup of applesauce. Apple sauce that is only being purchased for the novelty.