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July, 2008:

Home Run Inn Frozen Pizza

Jul 31st, 2008
by lauralee.
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Home Run Inn Frozen Pizza I first heard about Home Run Inn Frozen Pizza from my good friend Erin. She’s from the Chicago area, so I trust her pizza judgment! She raved about how awesome these pizzas are, and how they don’t taste like the typical cardboard frozen pizza, and other friends of ours on the mommy board we frequent all gave the pizza rave reviews as well.

I, however, am a big cheapskate, and generally speaking, our financial situation most days falls under the category of Broke As A Joke, so I wasn’t about to spend seven bucks on a frozen pizza. You could spend a couple dollars more and have your pizza delivered, y’know?

This all changed yesterday. We had to run out to the supermarket for eggs, right in the middle of making a birthday cake for my 13-year-old. It was a long, hot day, and I didn’t feel like cooking, so I impulsively grabbed two of these pizzas from the freezer case at our local King Soopers. One was cheese and pepperoni – the other one was sausage and, I think, grilled vegetables. I threw them in the oven, both at the same time, while the kids were tearing up the backyard on their bikes.

Well. Damned if those weren’t the BEST frozen pizzas I’ve ever had in my life, and probably the best pizza, PERIOD, I’ve had in a long time. We oohed and ahhhed over a pizzeria in Big Bear while we were on vacation, and this pizza tasted very much like that. The crust was exquisitely flaky, the grilled peppers tasted really fresh, and the cheese was all stretchy, just like it’s supposed to be. Seriously good pizza, and totally worth fourteen bucks for two of them.

Check out the Home Run Inn website and see if your grocery store is listed there. While searching for them on the web, I found that you can buy a 2-pack of their pizzas at Sam’s Club, but apparently not all Sam’s Club stores carry them, so you may be out of luck there. You totally need to track down some of this pizza, though – it’s fantastic! Thumbs up all around from here!

Munchkin Spill-Proof Sports Bottles

Jul 30th, 2008
by lauralee.
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It’s no secret that we are huge fans of Munchkin products around here – I’ve reviewed their foam bath letters in the past, and today I’m going to tell you about something else from Munchkin that my kids have been using and abusing for the past few months: Spill-Proof Sports Bottles featuring Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go!

We received four of these the night before we headed out for our road trip to California. My kids used them HEAVILY for an entire week, and if you check out our family pictures, you can see them sipping on Gatorade and ice water out of these bottles in front of Big Bear Lake, while seated at Manuel’s El Teypeyac restaurant in east L.A., at various In-N-Out burger locations, and of course, all day LONG at Disneyland.

When your little one is on the go, let her enjoy a refreshing drink in a spill-proof sports bottle that features Dora. The soft, built-in silicone spout and valve helps transition your little lady from bottle to cup with ease. And, the contoured shape makes it easy to grasp. So be a sport and let your kid in on the action.

The bottles are a nice size for little kids. I have twin almost-5-year-olds and twin 3 1/2-year-olds, and my kids may actually be on the older end of the spectrum as far as these bottles are concerned. They worked GREAT for us, but they’d be even better for little ones just barely off the bottle. The soft plastic spout is made from the same squishy material as a typical baby bottle nipple, so it’s not hard at all on little tender gums and teeth, and VERY easy to drink from. If these had been available when my monkeys were littler, I would have been all over them for sure. The shape of the bottles also makes them super easy for little chubby hands to hold onto.

We used these bottles almost daily for two whole months. Sadly, one of ours has gone missing – I’m sure it’s stashed away under the slide or something – and we’ve been mourning its loss for a couple of weeks now. Even after going through the dishwasher dozens of times, the bottles look nearly new. Thumbs up all around from the Casa de Chaos.

You can find Munchkin Spill-Proof Sports Bottles and lots of other kickass Munchkin products right here on their website:



Pimp My Mixer.

Jul 29th, 2008
by lauralee.
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Kitchen Aid Mixer Pimped Out! I posted about this on my regular blog a little over a year ago, but I thought it was worth posting again.

The kids and I made a cake today (German chocolate) for Kayley’s birthday (four days late, but she went camping with her dad) and I thought to myself, as I do every time I have occasion to break out the ol’ Kitchen Aid, I want to get some of those flame decals for my mixer! Aren’t they the bomb? Here’s what I said about it last year…

Okay, this probably wouldn’t fit in with my current decor, but I still think it’s so cool!! Flame Your Kitchen Aide sells custom flame decals for decorating Kitchen Aide mixers. I would have been all over this a few years ago, when I was in my “I only wear clothes from Hot Topic, now where are my Tarot cards and my clove cigarettes?” phase.

I’ve decided, screw that. I want a tricked out mixer! I want some flames! I don’t care if I’m a boring old mommy! I want a cool mixer! And you do too, right? Check out Flame Your Kitchen Aid!

If it’s free, it’s for me!

Jul 28th, 2008
by lauralee.
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And it’s probably FOR YOU, too, right? I don’t know anybody who doesn’t love to win stuff! Go check out the Bloggy Giveaways Carnival, going on RIGHT NOW, to enter over a hundred different contests around the blogosphere, all happening this week! Of course, my stroller giveaway is listed there too! If you’re looking for the blog entry to win the stroller it’s right here! Hurry, I’m drawing the winner on Thursday night, right around bedtime!

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