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house management, WFMW

A Water Tip

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I have a little water tip for WFMW! I saw this in a magazine a while ago. They said to place nail polish on your shower dial (you know, where you turn it on and find the temp?) on the place you always land. This is so that you can go straight to the temp you want so you don’t waste water. Well, we have 2 kids who can now be left in the shower in the shower but we have issues getting them going. The oldest does pretty well but has a tendancy to get the water too warm and we are afraid his is going to burn himself. The NerdPie doesn’t like to get her face in the water to get to the dial. If we could have her set it right before she gets in she would get a warm shower. This helps the kids to know how warm they want the water but they won’t burn themselves.

Save water, prevents burns and gives parents a little more freedom. What more do you want from a tip?

Food

Hell’s Kitchen 4/23

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Sorry for the delay but I have been out of town! But lets get to it! Hell’s Kitchen is down to the final 4. Will Andrea go home or will Ben screw it up even more?

So Gordon Ramsay did the taste and make challenge. They all had to recreate Ramsay’s Fish Stew. Danny won but was really close to Paula. The thing that made the difference is that Paula used water as the base instead of fish stock.

The punishment is polishing crystal and silverware, cleaning the carpets and prepping the kitchen for that night’s service. Danny got to ride in a biplanes with Ramsay.

All through the punishment Andrea is seeming really beaten down. But my question.. Is she really or is it a ploy? Ramsay gave all of them sets of cookware out of his line before service also. Then Ramsay told them that they all were starting with clean slates. Then service started.

Ben was calling out the wrong order pretty quickly. But the first apps went out well. Ramsay was really cheering them on and then Ben had a little hiccup. Paula was being a bit slow. Danny was also a bit slow on the garnish. Andrea seemed to be rocking out the meat station. There was a marriage proposal in the dining room and things were going well over all. We get close to the end of service and Andrea can’t find 2 wellingtons. So Danny and Paula go and make 2 wellingtons from scratch (roll it in pastry etc).

Ramsay was mad that they didn’t perform 100% the whole time. He sent them all back to the dorms to come up with the person to be on the block. Ben says that Andrea should go because he is many levels above her and has run a big kitchen. Andrea said that Ben should be up. Danny also said that Andrea should go and said that she didn’t have enough experience. Paula says that ever station that Ben has been on he has had problems. Ben said that it is because he isn’t a line cook. They couldn’t come to a consensus. So Ramsay calls both Ben and Andrea to the front. Ramsay chose to send Ben home.

Finally!

And then there was 3….

Daybook, life

For Today (4/27/9)

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Outside my window the sun is shining.
I am thinking of all the blogging I need to catch up on.
I am thankful for being home again.
From the learning rooms, it is time to start something new but I don’t know what yet!
From the kitchen I am going to cook copious amounts of bacon and some beer bread.
I am wearing capris and a t-shirt.
I am going grocery shopping with the kiddos.
I am reading Side Yard Superhero.
I am hoping to have a great week and get back into Stanford soon.
Around the house there is laundry and lots to clean.
One of my favorite things chocolate!
A few plans for the rest of the week: Women’s Ministry meeting and the kids’ Choir concert.
Here is picture thought I am sharing…see the little red spot? That is where they went in to look at my veins. Not bad, eh?
Go read some more Women’s Daybooks!

bath and beauty, FRN, giveaway, kids

Kinesys Sunscreen Review and Giveaway!!

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I am white. I don’t mean ethnically but I have that slightly transparent, glow in the dark white skin. I can’t tan. I burn bad, turn bright red and then turn white again even if I don’t peel. In addition to my fairness, sking cancer is prevelant in my family. So as you can imagine sunscreen is important in this house. I recently received 2 bottles of sunscreen to review from Kinesys. I received the Kids SPF 30 sunscreen. It is a pump spray that said that you didn’t need to rub it in, which I doubted, but I was really surprised that if you hold it away from you a good distance you really don’t need to rub it in. With 4 kids to sunscreen, that saves an immeasurable amount of time and annoyance. It is also fragrance free, which I loved! You really had to hold their arm to your nose to smell any tell tale sunscreen smell. I also received the SPF 30 Girl Sunscreen (yes, that is what it is called) which is Vanilla Green Tea scented. Is smells very nice, not to heavy and very pleasant. This also was a truly no rub spray.

Both of these appear to work very well. I only say appear because it has either been so hot you aren’t going out (96) or very mild so I haven’t gotten a chance to try it out as thouroughly as I would like. It is very light feeling so you don’t have that oily heavy feeling. It also watches off very easily. My only issue is that they are water and sweat resistant and not proof. Since it is often over 100 here during the summer and water is a big cooling tool, that isn’t the best for us. But over all there are really nice products! Kinesys is offering a 10% coupon Code BRC10 (free shipping on orders over $45 AFTER the discount) on all purchases right now! But what is better than a coupon? Winning it free of course!

Win it!
How would you like to win your own 4 oz Kid’s Sunscreen and 4 oz Moisturizer?
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* Go visit the Kinesys website then come back here and tell me 1 fact you learned!
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* The winner will then have 3 days to claim their prize.

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(This is a FRN review)

life

For Today (4/20/9)…

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Outside my window the sun is starting to beat down.
I am thinking of all I have to do.
I am thankful for my family.
From the learning rooms we will be working on the NerdPie’s reading.
From the kitchen I am going to make cookies today.
I am wearing capris and a t-shirt.
I am going to get some blood taken.
I am reading the Side-yard Superhero
Around the house I hope to work on cleaning my pantry out.
One of my favorite things is watching my kids laugh.
A few plans for the rest of the week: Going to Stanford for a little look-see at some blood veins.
Here is picture thought I am sharing of my trip to Stanford. This was taken right outside the hospital last time I went.

Go check out more of these types of entries over at The Simple Woman’s Daybook.