Sit back and take a stroll with me down memory lane....
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Creative Way to Store & Measure Sodastream Flavored Syrups
For some reason, Sodastream bottles only come in boring colors in the US. Black, White, Gray or for a small fortune, Chrome. They have recently added a green and orange .5 liter twin pack to the line up, but If you don't mind taking a little trip, these varieties, plus a few more are available. My personal favorite is the blue in the upper left. All you have to do is go to Israel!Just kidding! There is a seller in Israel on Ebay that you can get them from. Just search for Sodastream Bottles. Now you have a bottle that stands out from the crowd and has a little zing!
Which brings us to our main discussion. What to do with the bottles of flavor? hmmmm
Due to the design of the flavor bottles it is quite difficult to tell which bottle has which flavor unless you are looking at it straight on. This is something I hope, but doubt, Sodastream designers would fix in the future. If they would just print what was in the bottle on the side as well as the front of the bottle, then it would be easier to line them up and grab what you want with a glance.
If your tastes are like ours, then you like to have a variety of drinks to choose from depending on mood or time of day (caffeine/no caffeine). We tend to have between 6-8 flavor bottles open 
A Review of Sodastream (plus Creative Way to Store Flavoring + How to Measure)
We each drink in excess of 2 liters a day (in South Texas it's really HOT) so as you can imagine it's gets both tiring and expensive to keep that much flavored drink in the house. We are trying to increase our fluid intake to 3 liters per day to aid in weight loss so we only use the diet varieties, but the non-diet varieties contain only a third of the sugar and carbs of their brand name competitors.
For a complete nutritional breakdown and name brand comparisons, click here: Sodastream Nutritional Information
Now the flavored syrups do not taste EXACTLY like their mainstream counterparts (trade secrets and patents), more like a generic version as you would find
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| The Genesis model that I am reviewing |
As of this writing we have owned the Sodastream Genesis for 8 months (since Oct 2010) and use it multiple times a day.
One of our favorite things about the Sodastream is that we always have a variety of flavors on hand to choose from without having to either go to the store or have cases of drinks on hand at all times. The latter is back breaking to haul into the house and in the course of a week the empties will fill a standard 13 Gal. size kitchen wastebasket we use for recyclables, not to mention the flavor I want might not be cold at the time I want it.
We each drink in excess of 2 liters a day (in South Texas it's really HOT) so as you can imagine it's gets both tiring and expensive to keep that much flavored drink in the house. We are trying to increase our fluid intake to 3 liters per day to aid in weight loss so we only use the diet varieties, but the non-diet varieties contain only a third of the sugar and carbs of their brand name competitors.
For a complete nutritional breakdown and name brand comparisons, click here: Sodastream Nutritional Information
Now the flavored syrups do not taste EXACTLY like their mainstream counterparts (trade secrets and patents), more like a generic version as you would find
Just like me, Romeo also has Wild Cousins
Jerry sent me this picture because it looks quite a bit like our little Romeo. It's hard to see if you've never met Romeo, but I think it's the eyes. Pomeranians are often called "Little Foxes" so the similarity is not a surprise.I can't find an exact picture to capture the likeness and Romeo actually hates having his picture taken, so it's hard to get good shots of him.
Moving up in the world
Well today I learned that if you google "woman cute dogs" my blog comes back as the 113th result. Woohoo! Guess I'll have to work harder to bet into the double digits.
I am now up to 9 countries that have blog readers. This week readers from Algeria and Bangladesh joined the fray.
In other news:
Of course, my mother who proclaims me to be the worst person on the face
I am now up to 9 countries that have blog readers. This week readers from Algeria and Bangladesh joined the fray.
In other news:
Of course, my mother who proclaims me to be the worst person on the face
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
No longer - DESPERATELY SEEKING DENTAL WORK
**UPDATE**
Yay! My brother developed an absess which sounds bad but is actually good!
Now the insurance is going to kick in and pay for his teeth to get fixed. It will be a long painful process that will require some teeth being pulled and a denture being fitted, but his life will be so much better!
*****
Original Post: May 30, 2010
Does anyone know of a dental charity that is free or low cost? Here is my problem.
I am 13 years older than my youngest brother and was out of the house by the time he started kindergarten. My mother was very neglectful of him and he's only seen a dentist around twice in his life. As a result his teeth are in bad shape. My mother told me she had them fixed 2 years ago. I had a chance to visit him last weekend and was very shocked to find out she lied to me.
He is 24 years old, is attending college part time, a good looking guy, been married to a sweet girl for 3.5 years (who is also going to college) and has an
Yay! My brother developed an absess which sounds bad but is actually good!
Now the insurance is going to kick in and pay for his teeth to get fixed. It will be a long painful process that will require some teeth being pulled and a denture being fitted, but his life will be so much better!
*****
Original Post: May 30, 2010
Does anyone know of a dental charity that is free or low cost? Here is my problem.
I am 13 years older than my youngest brother and was out of the house by the time he started kindergarten. My mother was very neglectful of him and he's only seen a dentist around twice in his life. As a result his teeth are in bad shape. My mother told me she had them fixed 2 years ago. I had a chance to visit him last weekend and was very shocked to find out she lied to me.
He is 24 years old, is attending college part time, a good looking guy, been married to a sweet girl for 3.5 years (who is also going to college) and has an
10 Most Pointless Salad Ingredients
10 Most Pointless Salad Ingredients | The Daily Meal
Just when you think your doing the right thing by having a salad...
I will not give up my cucumbers! Or as I said as a child, cootmumbers. But I will add some zuccini.
I love flavored croutons!! Can't lose them, but will cut back a little
Iceberg lettuce I have always hated anyway so given a choice I will always take spinach or a spring greens mix
Onions - Don't use anyway and might I suggest to all of you in the workplace to leave them alone, for the rest of ours sake. Please?
I do like cheese on my salad, but try to use a fat free or 2% cheese
Corn & Green beans? Never heard of it on a salad. I use broccoli or sugar snap peas
Chow mein noodles & Bacon - can live without
Alfalfa Sprouts - prefer Bean Sprouts anyway so no loss
Of course it doesn't really matter what is in your salad if you drown it in dressing. Most dressngs are just flavored fat. Make sure and read your labels and keep to light or fat free varieties
Just when you think your doing the right thing by having a salad...
I will not give up my cucumbers! Or as I said as a child, cootmumbers. But I will add some zuccini.
I love flavored croutons!! Can't lose them, but will cut back a little
Iceberg lettuce I have always hated anyway so given a choice I will always take spinach or a spring greens mix
Onions - Don't use anyway and might I suggest to all of you in the workplace to leave them alone, for the rest of ours sake. Please?
I do like cheese on my salad, but try to use a fat free or 2% cheese
Corn & Green beans? Never heard of it on a salad. I use broccoli or sugar snap peas
Chow mein noodles & Bacon - can live without
Alfalfa Sprouts - prefer Bean Sprouts anyway so no loss
Of course it doesn't really matter what is in your salad if you drown it in dressing. Most dressngs are just flavored fat. Make sure and read your labels and keep to light or fat free varieties
Friday, May 20, 2011
Update for May
On a happier note, Patti & Scott became grandparents for the first time so Congrats to them! It's really odd. It seems that only yesterday all of our friends were becoming parents for the first time and I don't know if we are quite ready to be friends with grandparents!
Been really busy this past month finishing up training my boss on how to be a bookkeeper. Finished that a couple of weeks ago so now I am focusing on Jerry and getting everything set up for the move.
I know I've been a little remiss with the personal posts and other correspondence, just haven't felt very creative lately. I guess it's a double edged sword.
- The upside, I'm no longer doing the Riverdance in my sleep and the tremors in my hands and barely noticeable (and in fact wouldn't be noticed except by me & Jerry).
A Poem for My Husband, Jerry
I thought this was a very touching poem. Even though it shows a pomeranian, it expresses how I feel about Jerry every day of my life! I think this would make wonderful wedding vows.
PS. The Pom is the same coloring as Romeo and almost as adorable
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