Rubio’s often sends out coupons but usually it seems that they are always for catering orders. And frankly, we just don’t do a lot of catering;). But right now Rubio’s has some good coupons out! 1 is a free fish taco with the purchase of their BBQ taco or bowl. The other coupon is for $1 off the new BBQ bowl. The coupons are good until 2/27/11 so go print them off and use them quick!
I was watching Faerie Tale Theatre
My little NerdPud came down from her nap holding this giraffe that she made. She requested that I take a picture and put it on my blog. She said she made it for my blog!
Isn’t that precious? She made you all a giraffe. And I think it is pretty good for a 3 year old! (And yes, she did it all by herself.)
Math! While I love math (seriously, love math) and my kids do too, there are still those moments in which my kids want to cry;). But even within such conflict great revelations can be found!
My oldest child has already learned long division but as we all know, that is a talent that can use a lot of practice to perfect. So one of NerdBug’s math assignments recently had long division on it. I corrected his work and he went back to correct them. Then he brings them back and I correct those he previously got wrong.
Well, there was one problem he hadn’t even touched. So I told him to do it. So he erased the problem and rewrote the exactly same thing. The problem was instead of dividing the big number in pieces (486 divided by 15), ie dividing the 48 by 15 he was just guessing what the whole number was. Then just subtracting 486 from the whole so he didn’t have a remainder. So I told him to take it step by step and sent him away.
I told him to first write what 3 time 15 was and subtract. He would say yes and then just erase his previous work and write the exact same guess. 7 times…. Finally he did as told and guess what? His answer had been wrong.
So why is this note worthy? I have been teaching my kids math for many years, this exchange can’t be all that special. Right? Well, it revealed a huge rebellion in his heart. It revealed a rebellion that cropped up a lot in the next couple of weeks (I will let you know if we ever dispatch it;). It boiled down to the fact he was sure that he was right and did not need to give what I said any heed. The Bible says that a fool does what is right in his own mind but a wise man seeks counsel. And it is my job to (try) rid my son of this foolishness.
This whole situation is something that I consider a homeschool win! After all that conflict why would I? Well, I received the opportunity to guide my child’s heart in a way that I would have never could have if he had been in school. I would rather deal with with a child who reveals rebellion through math than the rebellion going unchecked and revealing itself in a much more dangerous and damaging way.
Here we are again. It is Sunday night and I have to figure out what I am feeding my family. Luckily I just did some great meat sale shopping so the frig is full of great stuff!
Monday: Super Easy Pasta Bake, Buttery Rolls
Tuesday: Hot Dogs for the kiddos, Broccoli
Wednesday: Bacon Wrapped Tri Tip, Mashed Potatoes , Broccoli
Thursday: Bacon Cheese Quesadillas, Bean, Rice
Friday: (NerdDad proposed donuts for dinner but I shut him down;) Ribs, Zucchini Corn Cakes, Broccoli
Browsers set up your internet experience. We all know that I love Chrome and second to that is Firefox. I like that they run more efficiently but better than that is the add-ons.
Both Chrome and Firefox have tons of free extensions to add to your browsers to enhance the browsing! Some are tied to rss readers, shopping experiences, filling out forms and even just the look of your browser.
Have you ever looked around at the browser extensions? What are your favorites?
It has been a while since I participated Monday Mingle and I have missed it so! Since it is all about food I thought I would post it here!
Over the holidays I received a generous basket of coffee from Smart and Final to celebrate the launch of their new Ambiance coffees!
With the chaos of the Christmas season is was great to have a treat just for me! I got 6 different types: French Roast, Hazelnut, French Vanilla, Kona Style, Gourmet Supreme, House Blend. My personal favorites were the Hazelnut and the French Vanilla! They were very good and are the perfect base for a coffee treat in the morning.
I think my favorite was to have the hazelnut coffee was with creamer and a squirt of peppermint whipped cream. It was so warming and delightful! And don’t judge me;). While it is a very fancy drink, it is still better for you than what you get at Starbucks. Plus it is only a fraction of the price!
While that is all good, how about I get to the giveaway?
1 winner will win a gorgeous basket that is just like the one I received. But there is something even better….that 1 winner will also win a $150 GIFTCARD TO SMART AND FINAL!!!!!! Yes, I am yelling but this is big news! I can get a lot of food for the NerdFamily with $150! I am sure that you are wondering what you have to do to enter this fantabulous giveaway. Well, it is pretty easy. Just make sure that you enter quickly because the giveaway closes February 8, 2011 at Midnight pst.
Mandatory Entry: Now you must do this in order to be entered at all! Just tell me about your favorite coffee moment!
Extra Entries: This is such an awesome giveaway that I am sure you would like more ways to enter. Make sure you leave an extra comment for each entry.
(I was compensated to run this giveaway but all the opinions are mine!)
For those of you who may not know, Egypt has shut down just about all the internet in the whole nation. There was a video put up of a protester being killed and then the internet was turned off. President Obama had a press conference calling for Egypt to turn everything back on with and interesting universal rights arguement.
“I also call upon the Egyptian government to reverse the actions that they’ve taken to interfere with access to the Internet, with cellphone service and to social networks that do so much to connect people in the 21st century.”
Yes, that is a simplified recap;). But what is this going to mean to the whole area? With Tunisia overthrowing their dictator, revolution is in the air!
Some hope for more than just a governmental revolution. My friend Andrea, GreenBacksGal, tweeted for liberation for the women of the area.
#Egypt – the oppression you are protesting against is nothing compared to the oppression your women face every day. You MUST free your women
I am glad to see some reach so high but I am cynical as to this having such far reaching effects. What do I really hope for? That this has a rolling effect. First Tunisia, then Egypt and maybe this will get all the way to the students in Iran.
NerdDad and I were talking about what it would really take to exact the political/governmental change we hope to see. And what I came up with is something that went out of style/became illegal in the 1980’s. These revolutionaries need arms! When they have enough weapons to protect themselves from the tyrants that rule over them then and only then will we see the people of the Middle East have true self determination!
I am not saying that we should pick out who we want to win and arm them. But there has to be something we can do as a nation and international super power to help these people to determine their own fate. And I mean something other than going in and actually policing these nations. When we armed the Mujahideen to prevent Russia from just rolling their tanks over all of Afghanistan and the desires of the Afghani people in the 1980’s it seemed to help. And it wasn’t that we were just empowering a government that we wanted, or it would have been a democracy, but trying to enable them to be self determined.
I don’t know if that is the magic answer but there must be something that we can do without taking control. What would you propose?
I pray for the rebels in Egypt and Iran for their safety and for them to possibly see that everyone in their society desires the rights they are so desperately fighting for!
I didn’t realize that today was International Holocaust Remembrance Day (versus Yom HaShoah which is in April and I am very familiar with) until I was reading my newsletter from the Jerusalem Post. Of course there were a couple pieces on today’s events. So as I was reading something odd jumped out to me.
At the same time, a study published on Thursday showed Israeli, Polish and German citizens believed that Israel should take part in funding the preservation of the former Nazi camp, whose buildings and artifacts are in need of restoration.
Ok, really? Is it just me or does the idea that Israel should fund the upkeep of Auschwitz seem dumb? So the idea is that concentration camps should be maintained so that the events that took place will never be forgotten. So maybe the countries that did the doing so be doing the maintaining. I think if Israelis personally want to donate money to the upkeep that is one thing but to put the responsibility for that on Israel as a nation. Well, I don’t know. It just doesn’t sit right with me.
So do you think I am way off base? I am a big girl, let me know what you think!