April 17th, 2012
Stella and Dot, an Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Company, is a San Francisco based social selling company that creates flexible entrepreneurial opportunities for women. Our boutique-style jewelry and accessories line is available exclusively through in-home Trunk Shows by Independent Stylists and online. Our one of a kind collections are designed by celebrated New York designers and featured in Gossip Girl, In Style and Lucky Magazine as well as on the wrists and necklines of today’s hottest celebrities. The Today Show, Wall Street Journal and The New York Times have praised Stella & Dot for our innovative social shopping concept which brings together the best of ecommerce, social media, personal service and passionate earning to create the ultimate home based business for today’s modern woman.
http://shop.stelladot.com/style/b2c_en_us/whats-new/support-autism-speaks.html
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Stella and Dot: Support Autism Awareness Month!
April 10th, 2012
I love this jewelry so much that I decided to sign on myself:
http://www.stelladot.com/
There are four bracelets which support autism awareness month. 20% of proceeds this month go to Autism Speaks. Help me; help others reach out to this near and dear cause!
http://shop.stelladot.com/style/b2c_en_us/featured-shops/support-autism-speaks.html
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Mi Cocina, Alliance Town Center 76244
February 18th, 2012
This week sucked! I mean really a bad throw it all in my face, give it all to me now week.
Yesterday, I had great news about work and I felt on top of the world. After a Saturday of extra work, we celebrated by waiting 45 minutes (kids on the floor sitting on their jackets) at the new Mi Cocina.
What a joke. There are more staff than people allowed to sit. They spent the evening standing against the kitchen wall looking at us as if we were zoo animals eating our grub. Don’t smell these folks, they reek.
There is no table side guacamole, order at your risk, and if you ask for no onions, prepare for them to tell you to wait a bit longer. “Is that ok?” We are starving lady, just bring it!
There is no chocolate milk for Cooper. “Dear, you have a bar which makes chocolate martinis, can you check?”
“Sorry, no chocolate milk, just regular.”
*&^$##!!!!
‘I would like a beer please. Thanks for bringing me a 4 oz square glass which I have no idea how to drink from.”
They couldn’t move us out quick enough (service is fast and awful once you sit down).
The kitchen is open and right spank in front of you. You will smell like Mi Cocina for two days after, so don’t bother showering before the dinner.
It was pouring outside and the door person asked how we enjoyed our meal? ” Have you eaten here, I ask?”
“I have had one meal since we opened, it was ok.”
“How did you like it?”
“It sucked!” Everything tastes as if it was saturated in lime. The chips are cold and they tasted ordinary. The food is mediocre and pretty down bland unless you order spicy. The kids menu is meek and don’t expect dessert, b/c” all we have is yummy flan and pralines, ma”m.” “Flan is a yummy Spanish dessert.”
Mira Chica, I was making flan before you were born.
Save your money and your sanity and go Don Tacos down the street for some laid back good Mexican food.
Ciao
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Safety Tips for Driving at Night
November 2nd, 2011
Safety is your main concern while driving, especially when your children are in the car. But your eyes change drastically when the sun sets.
Did You Know?
· Starting at age 20, the amount of light needed to drive doubles every 13 years, so by the time a person is about 60, they’ll need 10 times as much light as a 19 year old to see clearly.
· Nearly one of every three drivers on the road (32 percent) say they have difficulty seeing all or most of the time while driving in the dark
· More than one-fourth (26 percent) report that they have trouble seeing signs or exits· One-fifth (20 percent) acknowledge difficulty seeing animals or pedestrians
· More than one in five (22 percent) report problems judging distance while driving in the darkStay safe while driving at night:
· Turn on your headlights in early twilight. Not only for your own vision’s sake, but to cue pedestrians on the road that you are approaching.
· Do not look directly at the glare of the oncoming headlights and keep your eyes focused slightly above the headlights. Try to keep your eyes moving across the roadway so you can gauge everything.
· Make sure that all your windows and mirrors are clean so there’s no dirt to give you glare or affect your vision.
· Adjust headlights properly. It’s estimated that more than half of all vehicles on the road have improperly adjusted headlights.
To learn more about driving at night and to listen to the Healthy Vision™ with Dr. Val Jones podcast, please visit: blogtalkradio.com/healthyvision
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Raisels, The Fruity Raisins
March 2nd, 2011
Yum, I am always looking for healthy snacks for my kiddos’ snack time at school.
We know that some moms may take issue with the amount of sugar in Raisels, but others will appreciate the raisins (the number one ingredient in Raisels) naturally contain about 21 grams of sugar per 35 gram serving. The light dusting of sugar that they add to make Raisels (about 10% of the total weight), is a small price to pay for making raisins into a healthy alternative to candies and soft drinks that can contain far more added sugar than Raisels!
Remember, 90% of the sugar in Raisels is naturally occurring. There are 5X more added sugar in a serving of sweetened dried cranberries than Raisels. There are also 19X more added sugar in a bag of Skittles original flavor candies and 17X more added sugar in a 12 ounce can of coca cola.
The American Heart Association issued guidelines for diets based on added sugar (http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20090824/heart-group-limit-added-sugars-diet), but for moms who are more interested in total sugar than added, Raisels 23 grams compare favorably to a 6 ounce serving of Yoplait original strawberry yogurt (26 grams), a 3.25” diameter apple (23 grams), or a 1.5 ounce bar of Hershey’s Milk Chocolate (24 grams). Many other common snacks and candies have even more sugar.
No food is perfect, but for the money, Raisels come close. Raisels number one ingredient is real fruit that’s healthy, fun for kids to eat, and jammed packed with vitamins and nutrients that sugar based snacks lack.
My kids think they actually taste like candy and compare them to sour patch kids but with the added benefit of them being raisins. They come in four fabulous flavors (Sour Apple, Sour Orange, Sour Lemon and Sour Peach) and are available in six packs of 1.25 oz. portion-controlled boxes. They also offer a 100% Vitamin C daily allowance per serving.
They are a fruity flavored raisin and the first 100% real fruit snack that actually tastes like candy! They have no sodium, high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners. They can be found in your grocer’s dried fruit section.
For more information about Raisels, visit http:///www.raisels.com
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