Sesmark Rice Thins and Garden Veggie Cream Cheese

This past weekend, while at the laundry mat, I got hungry for a snack and the girls and I went over to the grocery store next to us and I saw these rice thins snack crackers for 50 cents a piece.  There were 64 crackers in the package, 16 crackers per serving and 4 servings in package.  They are gluten free, made of rice, and sesame flavored.  I was extremely skeptical but since they were only 50 cents I decided to try them.  If I didn't like them I wasn't out alot of money.  I bought a small container of garden veggie cream cheese for a spread.  

 

As you can see, one lane is gone.  From the first bite I didn't know if I liked these things or not.  They crunch like hard crackers, taste like sesame seeds with a hint of salt.  Each bite I go back and forth between "I don't like this" to "These aren't that bad".  Every time I think of eating more I tell myself they don't look good, and as I eat them I don't know how many more I can eat and when I put them down I think, "Those were pretty good!".  I have never had an experience with food like this.  Men, maybe, not food.  LOL.

I will continue to eat them and they have been my mid morning snack all week.  I am not sure if I will buy them again given the opportunity but I might.

Ipads for Ridley High School

Ive talked before about these stupid Ipads that Ridley School District is forcing on parents and students in order to make their lives "easier" in my post Ridley School District Ipads.  I have said before that my 9 yr old who is in 4th grade is not permitted to have a District Ipad. I even wrote a letter to the school district and copied into another post called Letter to Ridley School District regarding Ipad.
 If I had thought she was mature enough to use an ipad I would have bought her one at the beginning of 2013, but as I did not we bought her a Nabi which is a kid friendly ipad type tablet.  Now that my 16 yr old has decided to leave behind the cyber school and attend regular high school, the subject of these ipads is being reevaluated in my home.  My Lila is not too happy that I will allow her sister to have an ipad, but neither she nor I want her to take the ipad home.  My Raven brought home a check list that she said I needed to sign in order for her to get the Ipad.  I told her I'd sign it but I didn't do any of the checklist which included paying the fee and signing a "hold harmless paper". I told her anyone could come along and check those and I would be a liar, she took a photo of the paper signed by me without any check marks just in case and took the paper back.  She has yet to be issued an Ipad so I am unsure how it will all unfold. 
After seeing what most high schoolers do with their ipads, she isn't so sure they are good.  Raven says every class at least half of them are on their ipads playing.  In one class when asked to open their ipads, a student next to her opened hers and proceeded to play flappy bird instead of the assignment as the teacher was instructing.  Raven witnesses students playing music, reading tumblr,, facebook, twitter, take and post selfies, and numerous other things.  Students are not the only ones that noticed how bad of an idea these ipads are, several teachers have been heard saying these ipads are a very bad idea and the whole process creates more work for teacher (as if they dont already get underpaid and do work on their own time), more distractions in class, and less work actual being completed by children too immature to see the value of the device being intrusted to them.
It was learned through the grapevine that in order for a teacher who wants to create a curriculum on the ipads, they have to create one on their own time, send it to the district which approves it, then it is sent through two more approval processes before being handed back to the teacher to teach. 

This weekend in the Metro Kids magazine I read this short article

Most Plugged-In

Abington Senior High School, Abington

It’s not why Abington placed 45th on Money CNN’s list of 100 best places to live, but ASHS students are digging the thought of BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology), a pilot program that allows them to bring in their own smart phones, laptops or tablets for classroom use. Cost-cutting grants are in place to help kids who don’t have their own electronics.

This seems to me to be a way better solution than Ridley ordering thousands of ipads and the amount of money that the district must spend to replace or repair them.  My hope for the summer is Ridley rethinks this decision and comes up with a solution before this costs homeowners more in tax money.

Wendy's new Ciabatta Bacon Cheeseburger

Each weekend when my daughters and I head out for our weekend errands, we stop some place and eat lunch.  This past weekend was Wendy's, and I decided to try their new Ciabatta Bacon Cheeseburger.  It is advertized as a quarter-pound of hot 'n juicy beef topped with roasted, chopped tomatoes, creamy, rosemary garlic aioli, fresh spring mix, natural Asiago cheese and applewood-smoked bacon between a toasted Ciabatta bun.
I have to say I was very disappointed, the roasted, chopped tomatoes gave it a flavor cross between marinara and brushetta, I had only one leaf of spring mix, and the bacon might as well not have been on it as well as the rosemary garlic aioli since all I tasted was the tomatoes.  The burger itself was good as well as the bun, and I would much rather have had a regular bacon cheeseburger on a ciabatta bun than this souped up version that fell way under its advertizements.  . 
It is also quite possible the fail was due to the location I had it at which was 310 MacDade Blvd in Folsom, PA. I will not be ordering this sandwich again.

Comment below and let me know if you have tried this burger and what your thoughts on it was.  I am eager to hear. 

6 February 2014

So, I was looking over my youtube Channel and I decided to make an entry on my Most Lists.  So, here we go!

My most watched videos:

1st place: Crazy Daughter got hands stuck with 193 views
        
         This video was one where my Lila put her hands into her belt loops, she had two belt loops on each hand and then couldn't get them out.  It was so funny I grabbed my camera and filmed her, unhooked her, and got a funny response after it was over. 

2nd place: Biggest Brat Entry #1 with 39 views

         My Lila is very ADHD, and her mood really only has two temperatures, very happy or very upset. I threatened her with filming her bad behavior and creating a website called "biggest brat .com" and uploading the videos to it so everyone can see how awful she behaves.  I only got one video before she started behaving better and not throwing huge tantrums.  It is this video which in reality is very mild considering. 

3rd place: My Niece dancing to the Kazoo with 28 views

        My niece Juju, was playing the kazoo and dancing so I brought out my camera and just filmed her.  She is a big ham so she just kept on.  This video is a bit loud since I had quite a few girls over all playing while I was filming and its almost easier, (and funnier) to watch the video without the sound. 

Videos Most percentage watched to the end:

1st place: Store Shenanigans with 96%

      Lila climbed under the cart at the grocery store and Raven filmed her as we shopped.

2nd place; Lila Whining with 89%

      This video is Lila after I freed her hands from her belt loops.

3rd place: Crazy Daughter got hands stuck with 81%

Videos that earned the most money, (none of which is alot)

1st place tie: Me, Uncensored and Little sister lends a hand with $.06

     Me, Uncensored was a video that started out being an introduction to me but I ended up spilling my guts on how I feel about the legal theft of one of my daughters by my own father.

     Little sister lends a hand is Raven, Lila, Juju, and Haylee.  Juju was in a wagon and Haylee and Raven were trying to push her up a hill and were being unsuccessful until Lila (who was only four at the time) grabbed the handle and pulled her up.

2nd place Crazy Daughter got hands stuck with $.05


3rd place: Raven and Lila Jingle Bell Rock with $.03

      Raven and Lila sang Jingle Bell Rock.  Lila was about 2, and Raven was around 8.

I don't have enough shares, likes, comments, or dislikes to make a list of the top three.  I created my youtube channel October 25th 2006, I have 26 videos uploaded with a lifetime total views of 480.  This channel is not educational, or anything else specifically. It is just my life as I live it.  Ive been considering an introduction video again if I can not get offtrack like the last time.  I upload what I want to share, feel free to share, comment, like or even dislike.  The more you do the more my channel makes and the more independent my family will become.  My goals are to get off foodstamps and state assistance.  I want to be able to afford health care, buy a home, afford a car that isn't over 10 yrs old, and take vacations when I want to.  When my girls need clothes, shoes, food, or special gifts I would like to say yes, instead of wait until I can afford it. "Maybe with my tax return." 
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