1. Thank you to everyone who responded to my post about writing — both through the comments and email. I deeply appreciate all the encouragement and I’m building a great list of “real people” who are willing to share their opinions, experiences or thoughts with me as I dive back into researching and writing articles. If you sent me an email, watch for a questionnaire to pop up in your inbox in the next week or so.
2. If you haven’t read the comments on yesterday’s post about full-day kindergarten, check them out. The conversation was great and gave me much to think about. I still have several years until I need to enroll L. in kindergarten (and who knows if I’ll even still have a choice by that point?), but I loved reading everyone’s experiences and thoughts on the issue of full-day vs. half-day.
3. I recently found a box by my front door that contained this:
New games from Gamewright! Watch for game reviews in the not-too-distant future!
4. Are there any other Wii people out there? We’re not a huge video gaming family, but we do enjoy a little Wii every now and then. And Mario Kart Wii came out a couple days ago. Needless to say, our evenings are booked for the time being. If you call and we don’t answer, you’ll know why.
5. I’m getting a coupon for a free 12-pack of Diet Coke! I took the advice of many of you and called the Coca-Cola company about my little issue with empty Diet Coke cans. The lady I spoke to was very nice and assured me that a coupon would arrive in my mailbox soon.
6. If you buy an 11.25-oz. bag of Take 5 candy bars (which, in my opinion, might be the most perfect candy bar ever created), and if it says SNACK SIZE on the bag, they’re talking about the individual mini-candy-bars inside. They are NOT saying that the full bag (eaten in its entirety) counts as “snack size.” Just in case you were wondering.
Oh you’re killing me on the Take 5 thing!
We don’t have a Wii (YET), but I have had periods of video game addiction myself, so I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one.
Looking forward to the game reviews.
Wii is so much fun, especially the tennis.
Ah the snack thing no wonder I am putting on weight!
Well that is devestating news about “snack size” refering to the individual bars and not the bag! ;v)
Enjoy your diet coke!
I am so glad you are receiving a free case of Diet Coke! That means you can continue to drink DC in remembrance of me! Ha ha!
I love Take 5 candy bars! Didn’t know they came in a snack size but I bet I’ll be looking for them the next time I go to the grocery store.
LOVE Take 5!
Mario Kart is next on our list of games to buy. We love our Wii!
Never had a Take 5. Surely the Diet Coke contributes to the snack size effect. . . .
If Mario Kart is anything like Super Smash Brawl, I won’t see my son until fall! He actually hasn’t mentioned wanting it and he’s got a gift card and $ to burn.
man i want games at my doorstep….
I love my Wii!! And I can’t wait to get Mario Kart — I’ve had several people tell me it’s great. If you haven’t tried Dancing with the Stars, that’s another fun game. It’s very fast and challenging and best played with another person. A friend of mine and I played for several days over the weekend and we laughed ourselves silly.
Katrina, I just read all 30+ comments from the kindergarten post yesterday and I am SO impressed. You must have some of the BEST readers around…well, I’m a littel biased. LOL
I don’t think in my 2 years of blogging I have not seen a better, well-mannered, kind, and considerate bunch of ladies discuss a topic that could be as potentially upsetting as letting your little ones away from ya for the first time! LOL
Good job instilling a sense of kindness here!
Re: #6…I cannot BELIEVE you would say that…