Me? A Writer? Oh snap!

There's a new site called www.zaffit.com out there. It's an entertainment site and yours truly (well, me) starting writing for it! So check it out and leave me a comment! Even if you dont know what I'm talking about, who cares! Just put "so true" or "funny stuff" in the comment section!

http://zaffit.com/2011/12/19/kourtney-and-kim-take-new-york-season-4-episode-4-true-colors/
Please and Thank you!

xoxo

Mindy

Oh no I didn't...

Oh yes, I did.

I thought I lost my debit card AGAIN (in the last 3 weeks, mind you), called the bank, cancelled the card, came home, found it on my desk.

Lord have mercy on me.

Save Some Sense

I know that I have talked about saving, but with sites like Living Social and Groupon it is hard not to save, especially if you have just moved your whole life to the other side of the country.

Living Social and Groupon have improved in the last year or so. They offer vacation deals, family deals, "now" deals (meaning to purchase the deals now), and sometimes the deals are often extended longer than the standard 24 hours.

Here are the websites; sign up with your email and they will send you daily emails with savings!

www.groupon.com

www.livingsocial.com


Go to the sites, enter your city, and save!

You're Welcome!

Everyday I'm Hustlin

I can't ever and won't ever knock anyone's hustle. Look at Kate Gosselin (well, when she was in her prine), Kris Jenner, and Justin Bieber(oh yes....The Biebs is a hustler. You ever seen "Never Say Never" and seen his story?) to name a few. But there is a blog you out to check out. She is one busy bee and a sweet one also.

http://bernadettemanzano.blogspot.com/

She rocks and also is a Stella & Dot rep and Stella & Dot got some cute stuff-even Kourtney Kardashian knows what's up!

Love ya girl!

You can also follow her on twitter @bappletree and she may also kick your ass on Words With Friends.

Cooking Tidbits

Making home-made ANYTHING is better than going out and buying it, especially if it's frozen. But here is a vinegarette dressing I basically live off of.

Vibrant Vinegarette

1 teaspoon of Dijon Mustard
2 teaspoons of Balsamic Vinegar
1 tablespoon of Olive Oil
Sprinkle of Salt and Pepper; Season to taste

You can mix all of these together in a small plastic container and shake to make sure all the ingredients gets mixed up perfectly together. I recommend this dressing with a Caprese (lettuce, grape tomatoes, FRESH mozzarella) Salad. YUM YUM IN MY TUM.

I also use this dipping sauce at home also. It's my "go to" condiment. It goes good with fried green beans.

Zesty Dipping Sauce

1/3 - cup mayonnaise
1/3 - cup ketchup
1 - tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic salt
Mix all of these in a small box and stir, whisk or shake it!

I also use this dipping sauce at home also. It's my "go to" condiment. It goes good with fried green beans.

Happy Eating!

Seriously....

Ok. It's been a while since I've written on here, but I will get better. Moving has been a little more stressful than I thought.

I'm watching a "16 and Pregnant" marathon, cooking dinner, researching flights, hearing Alex watch "
Family Guy", and balancing my checkbook.

Winning!

I moved!

I'm living in Las Vegas, finally.

I have 4 friends on Pacific Time Zone.

WOOHOO!

Baby Babble...

The day started looking at this old picture.....




These little nuggets (Alex, to the right, being hugged which such emotion from his cousin Christian, who rocked the T Shirt diaper look very cutesie) were once upon a time wee little babies. Now Alex, 9 and Christian 10 live a time zone apart and Christian has a brother, Carlos aka gordo 7. Here he is at 3 months...




Now look at them! Well in the picture below it's (starting from the left) Christian, Nice boy (don't know his name), and Carlos aka not so Gordo anymore



And here is my son Alex...



In general, however, I really do like kids. All ages, strange enough. Even the pain-in-the-ass-I-think-I'm-cooler-than-anyone-but-I'm-a-dufus kid (I think it's because I specialize in Middle School Monsters). And since I'm not having anymore, I like them especially since I can give them back to mommy.

Alex asked me a question earlier this week. He asked, "Mommy, why can't you have another kid so I can have someone to play with all the time?" I was clearly left with my mouth open because he knows that I don't want anymore kids and the thought of him having to share (money, toys, a room), he wasn't trying to hear that. He looked at me with his chinito eyes and it was so sincere, it almost broke my heart. Then I said, "But Alex, if I have a baby he will be little and you can't play with him until he is older, and that means you'll be 16."



That was his reaction. Therefore the whole mommy-having-another-kid-so-I-can-play-with-someone-everyday quickly turned into "Oh No. Nevermind. That's not cool."

I really don't want any more children because I think it will take away A LOT from Alex and let's face be honest, myself. I went to a friend's house and she has the cutest 5-month-old, who couldn't take his eyes off Alex. And Alex was enjoying every minute of it. But as soon as we got in the car he said "Yea Mommy. No more kids."


What's the moral of the story/post?

1-I LOOOOVE my kooks (Alex, Christian, Gordo)!
2-I think China's one-child policy is totally awesome.

Sportstastic TIMES! Part tres!

Sad face? Why? Is it because I am going to briefly talk about the NFL Lockout? YES!
Here are some questions I have gotten


"A what?"
"What's this lock out all about?"

and the ever shocking question
"Who cares?" ::gasp::

There is a chance there may not be a 2011-2012 NFL football season.

What the hell am I going to watch on Sundays from August through February?!??!?!?

I don't just watch Miami Dolphins games (please refrain from making fun of me. please. and thank you.) during football season. I watch them ALL! It's so fun! Just watching at home while grading is a great Sunday Funday for me!

Ok besides my selfish reasons for wanting NFL to proceed, millions of people also enjoy watching the sport. They get together with friends, go to a bar, or restaurant, or someone's house, or the actual game, and it is SO MUCH FUN (and all this fun is certainly paying the owners and players a pretty penny). So all in all, it's a win-win situation for all involved, right?

Here is how I am simplifying this lock out:

-The players want to play.
-The players have stated many times they’re content with the current system and revenue split… NFL owners and players each split roughly 50 percent of the revenue pie.
-NFL owners, however, DO want more and are adamant about reducing the share of league revenue set aside for player salaries by roughly 18 percent ($1 billion) beginning next year.
-The revenue split since 2002 has been roughly half.

There are other issues amongst the players and owners and you can read all about it on

www.nflplayerlockout.com

Cheers to tailgating, fantasy pools, and scalping tickets!