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Food

Smart & Final 10/5-10/11

October 5, 2011 NerdMom Leave a comment

Here we are with another week of grocery shopping!!! Lets start with the coupon deals!

Land O’Frost 16oz Premium Lunchmeat
$0.55/1 Land O’Frost Premium One Pound 7/24/2011 RP Insert (exp 10/17/2011)

General Mills Chocolate Cheerios, Cocoa Puffs or Triple Pack 36-38.5oz $5.99
$1/2 General Mills Cheerios Cereals
$1/2 General Mills Cereals
$0.75/1 General Mills Total Cereal

Mountain High Yogurt 32 oz $2.69
$0.50/1 Mountain High Yogurt 8/21/2011 SS Insert (exp 11/12/2011)

Some of the non-coupon deals are pretty great this week!

1st Street Chicken Leg Quarters 69 cents a pound

Cattlemens First New York Steak $4.47 a pound

10lb Russet Potatoes $1.49

So these are the deals I found! How about you? And good deals you found?

Geeky Stuff, tech

My Shopping List…

October 4, 2011 NerdMom 3 Comments

NerdDad and I have decided that we need a new desktop computer. We haven’t bought a computer since Windows Vista and that was about 3 years ago.

I have to say that I am a bit overwhelmed at all the choices that out there! I usually love Dell computers but I want to make sure that I am getting the most for my money but… I don’t want to settle for something that will be buggy later. If we aren’t shopping with Dell we usually shop reconditioned at CompUSA but we tend to have little issues with those later. This will be a computer we will keep for a while because it will probably become a media computer in a few years or a kid computer;).

So what are we looking for?

A Windows machine (No, I am not buying an Apple. Period)
Under $700
Probably at least an i3 but probably more
We want to run 2 screens!
I want to Skype and stream video for a possible Web show.
Want to play video games
Blogging, of course but that is such a small resource demand
Running a Virtual Machine for NerdDad’s projects
Run VNC well (again, not a huge demand)
Want it to run fairly quietly & cool (previous issues)

That isn’t really all that much. The challenge is knowing what is over kill versus a little room to grow. How much Ram should I get? How many cores? A little SSD? What level of a graphics card?

Ugh! So much research to do! Anyone have any wisdom?

Memes, Twitter Party Tuesday

Twitter Party Tuesday 10/3

October 3, 2011 NerdMom Leave a comment

Welcome to Twitter Party Tuesday!!! I love a good Twitter party but sometimes it is hard to find them! So I have decided to start a link up!!! So all of you who are hosting a Twitter party or just know where to find one please leave a link to the party page!!
And #Creativity4Kids is our featured party:

To join in the fun, visit our page on SavvySassyMoms.com and RSVP that you will attend. Then start tweeting between 10-11 pm (EST) this Thursday and use the hashtag #Creativity4Kids.

Now add your parties or those that you have heard about! But this linky is just for party pages!!!

headlines, politics

What the Blurg?

October 3, 2011 NerdMom Leave a comment

1/2 a billion dollars. 1/2 a billion dollars down the toilet. Why? Because the administration thinks the way to make an industry grow is by throwing money at it willy nilly. The Bush administration had already passed on backing Solyndra but Obama was sure he knew better. I mean when George Stephanopoulos says that people warned him, you know there had red flags a waving.

I don’t have a problem with this due to the fact it is green energy but do to faulty business theory. Government should get out of the way of business but that isn’t the same thing as throwing money at it. I would love to see us as an active participant in the green energy race but lets not worry about shipping over seas until we can take care of the domestic demand.

If we can build a better product then we should do it. But inflating a company’s worth with false cash flow does not actually make it successful. That is really only done by actually producing a product or service that people want to buy. And Venture Capitalists are always looking for that to invest in.
Venture Capitalist is not a role the United States government should be taking on.

crafts, kids, NerdPud, Tales of the Nerdlings

Write About Us, Mommy!

October 3, 2011 NerdMom 3 Comments

This morning I was sitting with my 4 year old while my older 3 were in dance class. See the older 3 take Irish Dance every Monday morning. I take a little job for me, this week sorting out expired coupons. The baby (Yes, I understand she is 4 but she is still my baby;) takes her Pocket V-Smile, a book and a snack. It is a great opportunity to some time all alone with her every week.

So this week she and I were talking about what we were going to do when we got home. She wanted to play on the computer while the older 3 did homework. I said I was going to work on my computer and blogs. I asked her what I should write about today. She replied, “Us. Write about us, mommy!”. So I asked her is she meant her and her siblings and nope. She meant her and I.

She wanted me to write about postcards. When I asked who we should make postcards for she kind of surprised me. She wanted me to tell everyone that Mommies should make and give postcards to their kids. When I asked why she said, “Because you love me, silly mommy.”

So all of you mommies out there. Make a card or note and give it to your kids! Just because you love them!!!

PS. Yes, it won’t be long before NerdPud has a blog all her own;).

Homeschoooling

It Is That Time

October 2, 2011 NerdMom Leave a comment

What time is that, you might ask? It is time for all independent homeschoolers in California to file our Private School Affidavits for the 2011-2012 school year! It is a pretty easy form! Let me know if you have any questions!

And if you are new to the game, here is how to start homeschooling in California!

Contesting Monday

Contesting Monday 10/3

October 2, 2011 NerdMom 3 Comments

So here is the deal. If you are hosting a giveaway or have a post about someone’s giveaway just leave a link. Make sure this link is to the giveaway post itself and not just the blog or it will be deleted. If you listed it last week but your giveaway is still open, list it again! Also your link must be to something family friendly or it will be deleted.

So now you need to add your giveaways and go enter some giveaways! Let them know that Contesting Monday sent you!

Geeky

Geeky Links 10/1

October 1, 2011 NerdMom Leave a comment

How in the world is it October already? This year (and life) seems to be flying by! Oh well, let us jump into some awesome geeky links!

I remember asking about this when I was in elementary school and got some sort of nonsense answer;).

Time has an interesting piece that shows that there may firm proof contradicting Einstein with a neutrino that may travel faster than the speed of light.

There is a Fact SheetÂ on the cool Lego Explorer and it compares it to the Ford Explorer;).

GeekyTom has Monty Python in Lego over on Flickr!!

Food

Food Links 10/1

September 30, 2011 NerdMom Leave a comment

Over at the Huffington Post a physicist thinks he may have cracked the barbecue secret!

The Denver Post has a really interesting article about Haute Cuisine Fueling the Foodie Culture, even for those of us who don’t eat all that fancy but are foodies.

CJOnline has a piece that talks about the Listeria outbreak in Colorado.

At Science Daily there was a really interesting piece about some new flavors of Peruvian cacao that the USDA is identifying. There is a mention that those flavors might marketed in the future like wine.

Last but not least, Food Network is running a little butter or sour cream poll going on. Which do you like on your baked potato?

bath and beauty, Coupons, household

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