Not Everyone's Mama

Gee I’ve blogged a lot today.

Sorry about that.

I have a question I don’t want to forget.

Junie eats Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula dry dog food.  I’ve heard it’s one of the better ones out there and it was what she was eating at her foster mom’s. 

I mix half dry with half stew.  (Blue Buffalo also)  She has trouble with just dry food.  With her jaw (broken at the puppy mill) her teeth don’t touch at all she can’t pick up the food with her teeth.  She has to use her tongue to move the food back to her back teeth and it’s easier with it being wet down by the stew.

I was reading this review here.

Black malted barley, however, is an unneccessary source of sugar and likely to contribute to yeast problems.

Now in any other dog this might not be a problem.  Junie though has reoccurring ear infections that are caused by yeast.

I’ve been giving her acidophilus crushed up with her glucosamine tablet daily.  I also clean her ears with Vet’s Best ear wash/dry.  If I go more than a few days without cleaning them she starts with her licking all the time, then it progresses to her tilting her head back and forth, and is a full blown ear infection.

Think her food is contributing to it?

And her I was thinking I was giving her a high quality dog food, it has to be good for her, right?

That’s where my question comes in.

I want to switch her to another dog food.  I am thinking about Naturapet Innova EVO (Small bites).  My question is, I know when you switch dry dog food you do it little by little.  If I was still mixing her dry food with the stew that I usually use do I still do 1/2 one dry food brand, 1/2 of the new dry food, and the same amount of stew.  Or could I just change the dry food over since I’m mixing it with the same stew I’ve always given her?  I just don’t want to upset her tummy.  I have a little of her old dry food left.  I need to go get some more tomorrow.  I’m trying to decide if I buy one of the old brand and one of the new or just the new and use what I have of the old to mix with it for a day or two and go from there?

Ok, someone on Facebook just told me that brand constipates her dogs terribly.  I need some help.  Here’s the list I am looking at.  I don’t know how many of those are available at the store I go to, but there’s another store I know of that sells high quality pet food.  If they don’t have it, I need to order online which means I’ll probably have to continue with her old food until it arrives.  Good thing a 5 lb bag of food lasts my little 8 lb dog forever.  3/4 – 1 cup a day of the stew and dry food together.  That’s all she eats.  Well, that and whatever she catches Christiano dropping before I do.

Thanks!

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Did you know that 60% of adults where eye glasses?  I’m in that 60%.  My vision is HORRIBLE.  I wear contacts when we go out anywhere and my glasses at home.  I honestly hate wearing them because my lenses are so thick.  We don’t have optical insurance so everything is cash for us.  It costs so much at the eye doctor to get the basic lenses and frames that I hate splurging on thinner lenses, anti-reflection coating, etc.  If I don’t buy those things, I definitely don’t spend extra on designer glasses or prescription sunglasses.

When I say my vision is horrible, my eyeglass prescription for my right eye is 20/600 +.  I don’t remember how far into 600 I am at this point, but it’s not a pretty number.  What I can see at 20 feet (which is nothing at all really), someone with perfect vision can see at 600 feet.  Imagine that please, those of you who have no need to buy glasses.  When I have my glasses off and my contacts out, I can’t read the bright red large numbers on my alarm clock beside my bed without squinting horribly.  Even then the numbers are almost unreadable.

Jordan, unfortunately has inherited my vision.  That’s more money out of pocket for glasses.  I’m willing to spend more money on his glasses because he wears them daily to school, to play sports, etc.  I want him to have something that he wants to wear and something that will last until the next eye appointment.

I was just told about GlassesUSA.com.

You can get your glasses frames with lenses for so much less than you would spend at the eye doctor.

My favorites that I found are the ones I am showing above.  That particular frame is called the Intern Black Full Frame.  Nervous about trying to buy glasses online?  GlassesUSA.com has a great help section that will walk you through how to buy glasses frames with your lenses.  How to read your prescription and much more.  Plus they have a 110% lowest price guarantee!

I am going to make it even easier for you to buy fashion glasses!

GlassesUSA.com has given me a promo code for my readers to use. 

PROMO CODE – Mommy10

Use that to save 10% on your next order at GlassesUSA.com.  That frame that I picked out above?  $69 with the lenses.  With $6.90 off of that, that one pair of glasses with lenses would be $62.10.  That’s less than half of what I paid for my current glasses.  I could afford the extras and possibly a pair of prescription sunglasses at the price!

This is a sponsored post but all words and opinions and glasses choices are my own.

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I came across the coolest site for any man you need to buy a gift for.  What man doesn’t need a gorgeous beer stein?  Or what man wouldn’t appreciate one?

Glass Mexico Stein

I just showed this one to my proud Mexican husband he loved it.  (Told you, guys love this kind of stuff!)

The Lord’s Prayer Stein

I love that one.  Love the cross and The Lord’s Prayer and the style.  Just a beautiful stein.

Mini Stoneware Soccer Stein

My husband and my son would probably fight over who got to keep the soccer stein.  (Even though Jordan obviously would have to find a beverage to pour into his that isn’t alcoholic.)

John Deere Black Mug w/1968 Iron Horse

For the farmer or John Deere collector in your life.  I know we have lots of both here in Iowa.

They have so many styles to choose from.  Even one with a bicycle bell. 

I found one for my little brother –

Marines Glass Stein

They have them for all the other branches of our armed forces as well.

There you have it.  A gift idea for that hard to shop for man in your life!  Find a stein that has a special meaning to him from heritage to professions to hobbies.

This is a sponsored post but all opinions, thoughts, words, and stein choices are my own.

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I think I’m going to have a couple of shopping posts today just because I’m in the mood to window shop.  Let’s look at some wall clocks.  The one wall clock I have now is not my favorite.  Pato brought it home from work.  It says Corona and it shines a neon yellow when you plug it in.  Not very classy.

Harmony Blue/Yellow

I LOVE this one.  When we buy a house I told Pato that I want color.  I want color everywhere.  Our apartment is off white.  Off white walls.  Off white carpeting.  Off white refrigerator.  My appliances are black.  I want my kitchen to bright and yellow and sunny with lots of windows and lacey white curtains that will flutter in the breeze when the windows are open. 

I want the living room to be a dark red with dark hardwood flooring.  I just want color.  I’m so sick of neutrals.  That clock is full of color and beautiful!  I could see it on my yellow walls in my kitchen though I want a lighter yellow for the actual walls.

24 inch Chester Wall Clock With Pendulum

I could totally envision that one on my dark red living room walls.  Wouldn’t that be gorgeous hanging above a dark wood fireplace?

Quartz Wall Clock – Style 5

This one reminds me of the one that hung above my grandparents’ TV in the living room.  I have to say I am fond of this style because of that.  I could see this one in my living room also.

Copper Sun

I could use this one too. I plan on having at least one room in my house decorated with the bright festive decorations from Mexico.  I love the sun/moon decorations that you see in many Mexican restaurants and I keep telling Pato when we get a house we need to make a trip to Mexico to just to get everything I want to furnish it.  I could see this one along side of those items.

Grantham Clock

I could see this one in Jordan’s room.  Just the coloring.  He wants his room to have one wall painted in camo than the other walls painted an army green color.  He wants to paint his loft bed black and have a bunch of black bookshelves lining the wall on either side of a black desk.  I could see this above the desk.

Do you dream about things like that?  How you would have everything when you finally get what your working so hard to attain? What is your dream house?  How do you want it decorated?  Do you have your dream house already?  If so, I’m jealous!

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I think it must be something mystical.

You probably already realize the fun dates in 2011.

1/1/11

1/11/11

11/1/11

11/11/11

But did you know that if you take the last 2 numbers of the year you were born and add it to the age you WILL be this year it will be 111.

(Unless, as I found, you are under 10.  Then it equals 11.)

I was born in 74.  I will be 37 in December.

111.

Pato was born in 82.  He will be 29 in November (yes, I’m an older woman).

111.

Jordan was born in 99.  He will be 12 in February.

111.

Katiana was born in 04.  She’ll be 7 in April.

11.

Alyce was born in 2006.  She’ll be 5 in December.

11.

Christiano was born in 09.  He’ll be 2 in February.

11.

Serious.

Do it with your family.

I even went through my parents and siblings.

Dad was born in 51.  He’ll be 60 in December.

111.

Mom was born in 52.  She’ll be 59 in May.

111.

My brother Steve was born in 78.  He’ll be 33 in April.

111.

My brother Josh was born in 80.  He’ll be 31 in April.

111.

My sister Abby was born in 86.  She’ll be 25 in February.

111.

Ok, this might not be amazing to some of you who understand math and why it would be this way in 2011.  I on the other hand have never been good at math and had to use a calculator to figure out how old my siblings will be, it made me go…cool!!!!

I heard it on the radio while taking the kids to school after they missed the bus.  Thank you to Van & Bonnie for giving me something to do in my head on the way home.

So is 2011 mystical with all the 11’s?

Break out the montecristo cigars.  There’s something to celebrate about (or in) 2011!

(Don’t burst my bubble, I know it’s all math and what not.  I think it’s fun!)

Here’s some more facts about the number 11.

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I figure we might as well continue the alcohol theme that I started yesterday.

How do we all feel about tequila?

I hated it for the longest time and called it te-kill-ya.

My mom should probably close her eyes.

My first experience with tequila was at 13.  My friend Chandra’s dad had a bottle in his house.  We mixed it with – get ready to gag, I promise – MILK.

Instant curdle.

But we took a big drink anyway and spit it all over the place.

Holy hell.

Who would mix tequila and milk together besides a couple of stupid 13 year old girls.  Mom, you can open your eyes now. I am proud to say I didn’t drink alcohol for many years after that.  I thought it all would taste like that concoction we made.

Like any other 21 year old I tried shots of Cuervo, lick it…slam it….suck it and all that jazz.  I preferred lemon drops (Absolute vodka instead of tequila, sugar instead of salt, and lemon instead of lime.)  I had trouble keeping that down.

Then at my friend’s house I tried Cazadores.  I shot it.  It went in my mouth.  My throat said oh hell no, not in here you don’t.  It came straight back out (kind of like the milk/tequila mixture) and sprayed all the party guests.  I wasn’t young either.  I had Jordan. (Not at the party obviously.)  I was probably 25.

I swore off tequila again and anything with deer heads on the bottle after that.  Until my sister in law talked me into shots of jager on Halloween last year.  I should really stick to my rule.

When we moved to Ohio my brother in law introduced me to two different tequilas.  Both so smooth it was almost like drinking water.  I didn’t drink them often, but they weren’t bad.  That blue bottle above is my first bottle of tequila I didn’t spit all over my drinking partner.  (I didn’t drink the whole thing.  My BIL let me have it when it was empty because I thought it was pretty.  Told you I have a thing with bottles yesterday.)  That one was -

Tequilla Corralejo (Reposado)

That one will run you about $40 but it is smooth.

He also introduced me to:

Corazón Tequila De Agave Blanco

That one is like drinking water and runs about $75

After drinking those 2 you’ll think that anything else tastes like lighter fluid.

Remember, I’m married to a Mexican.  His family was not satisfied until they found a tequila that I could keep down at wedding receptions.  I refused to even try it for the longest time.

I don’t know any of the terminology, aged in oak barrels, flavor of this, flavor of that.  I know what I like and what doesn’t burn like gasoline going down.

That’s one thing I never understood about drinking.  I know lots of people who just drink something to be getting drunk.  If it doesn’t taste good, why drink it? If it leaves you shuddering after you take a drink, why continue?  And I don’t know about you, but tipsy is ok.  Flat out drunk is not a great way to feel.  It’s hard for me to find something I like to drink more than I do my diet pepsi.  And I’m a light weight.  It only takes a shot or a drink to get me starting to feel tipsy.  Since I don’t like to be drunk, I very rarely drink.

Funny thing to end a post about tequila with huh? I guess I won’t end it on that note then.

If I was going to drink tequila, I’d drink one of the above.  I don’t know many places other than a few Mexican restaurants (a la my brother in law) that keep the good stuff on hand.  He even kept a bottle of Monte Alban Mezcal on hand.  Recognize that name?  If not, you might recognize what it is famous for:

Picture from here.

Do you see it?  Click on the picture.  You can hit the arrow back to the post.  Now do you see it in the bottom of the bottle?

Oh yes, that would be the worm.  Believe me, it looks just as disgusting out of the bottle as it does in.  Almost like a parasite that you willingly swallow.

We had one customer who always wanted my BIL to save the worm for him.  And he’d eat it.  In front of us.

Gross.

No thank you.

I won’t even touch that tequila with a 10 foot pole.  It’s got a bug in it.

I’ll leave you with a recipe for a Mexican drink they talked me into drinking once or twice or three times.  It’s a Mexican Recipe, just like Bunny requested.  I don’t think that’s what she had in mind, but here you are!

Flaming Cucaracha

.75 Kahlua

.75 Tequila (I prefer one of the ones above, obviously)

.5 bacardi 151

layer them

set them on fire

I would recommend drinking it really quickly through a straw before you set the straw on fire and it melts in the shot glass.

Or, if you have no need for nose hairs – shoot it.

(I claim no responsibility for your shooting it – or drinking it period.  You are here at your own risk if you have those drinks set up in front of you. Nor am I responsible for what you might do if you have one too many…like spill a pitcher of frozen strawberry margaritas down the front of your uniform while delivering it to your table because your brother in law talked you into a shot before the restaurant closed. Nor am I responsible for any insurance quotes going up because you did something else stupid while shooting it. Never ever drive after shooting any type of shot – or drinking period -  And remember kids, adults over 21 only please.)

What shall tomorrow’s theme be?  I already shared the jumbo margarita, halter dress, boob flapping out while I was dancing story.  I think.  Didn’t I?  Yep, I did.

There’s a reason why I don’t drink much.  That story pretty much sums it up.

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