INVEST TIME
“The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother.”
-Napoleon Bonaparte
The best gift we can give our children is our time.
SUCCESSFUL TUBES!
My son got ‘tubes’ put in his ears yesterday morning.
It was a little rough seeing him going under anesthesia. But he’s fine. His ears are good. And maintenance is going to be easier than expected.
We’re done. He’s on the mend.
Thank you!
SAFEWAY PIZZA
So I found myself down the street from my house checking out the NEWLY RENOVATED Safeway on Old Georgetown Road… Wait a minute, this sounds a lot like my post about Wegmans and Mad Housewife Merlot.
Disclaimer: Contrary to how it sounds, I do other things with my son than just go to grocery stores.
This Safeway in Bethesda is beautiful. It reminds me more of a Balducci’s than a Safeway; a huge, bountiful produce section… and don’t get me started on the meats. It’s not a Wegmans, but then again, what is?
What really elevates the store is the deli section. It’s really a step up from your typical Safeway or Giant. That is where I came across my find worth blogging about- Safeway Pizza.
You heard me right- Safeway Pizza. This is not your grandmother’s frozen pizza – this isn’t frozen pizza at all. It’s fresh, unfrozen pizza, already made for you. And the price is… $7.99 for a large cheese; a pizza big enough that the box barely fit in my refrigerator and my husband, son and myself did not finish it.
But is it good? It’s EASILY as good as DELIVERY pizza.
(Parking note: This Safeway is about a block from the intersection of Old Georgetown Road and Wisconsin Ave. Turn from Wisconsin Ave. onto Old Georgetown Road because it’s a one-way street for that block or so, just make a right into their underground parking garage right before the entrance to the store. There is PLENTY of FREE parking for the Safeway underground.)
I have not seen this pizza in another local Safeway store or my local Giant store. I’ve only seen them in higher-end food stores, but change may be coming… Who knows?
This is a phenomenal idea: ready-made, fresh pizza for… $7.99! It made dinner easy on a Friday night… and that’s all we are really looking for, isn’t it?
This blog post can also be found at DC Metro Moms… it’s a great site!
ANOTHER GUY WHO LOVED HIS MOM
President’s Day is upon us…
So here is another great quote from a President about his Mom.
“No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.”
– Harry Truman
MAD HOUSEWIFE CELLARS
YEY, Mad Housewife Cellars!
They wrote about and linked to my blog (on DC Metro Moms) on their blog!
Check it out- Mad Housewife Cellars Blog.
It’s the power of the Internet… and more importantly… MOMS !
MAD HOUSEWIFE MERLOT
I am a Maryland girl, woman, mom. I’ve lived in Maryland almost all my life. I rarely cross the bridge into Virginia.
But I happened to find myself in Virginia the other day and couldn’t resist going into Wegmans (if you haven’t been, go) and found a little treasure- Mad Housewife Merlot.
My 4-year-old son and I walked into the warehouse size grocery extravaganza and he summed it up, “Wow Mommy, look at this grocery store!” Wegmans is a Giant or Safeway plus amazingly high-end everything.
It’s that grocery store that you could enjoy shopping in for over an hour thinking, ‘Cool, I’ve never seen that cheese before but I’ll get it, it’s gotta be good with something’, or ‘they even have loose tea you can get by the bag or pound’. Even though I am a HUGE tea drinker, I refrained (although I did end up getting about a 6-month supply of boxed teas I’ve never seen anywhere else, both inexpensive ones and not-so-much).
Which gets me to my find, worth blogging about… In their wine section I noticed Mad Housewife Merlot. I cannot remember if it was on sale or regularly priced but it was- drumroll please- $6.99… And bigger drumroll please- it was GREAT!
I wouldn’t be writing this if it was just okay. It was the best bottle of wine I’ve had for under $10 dollars.
As soon as my husband saw it he said, “Let’s try out the Mad Housewife tonight!”
We had a great time with our taste test.
It’s smooth, dry, and even impressed my guy. He couldn’t remember drinking a better bottle of wine for under $10 either. So then we got serious… I asked him how he thinks it compares to more expensive ones. “Well, it doesn’t stand up to an Opus One ($300).”
Uh, yeah, we’ve had that once, and come one, we’re getting serious, you know what I mean.
We swirled it, drank, smelled it, drank some more and decided it can stand up to a $20 bottle of wine. And that’s saying something.
I love the name and more importantly, it’s a good tasting wine. I went to their website and they are donating to breast cancer research for every bottle of their NEW white zinfandel.
So… good wine, good research and good motto-
“Somewhere near the cool shadows of the laundry room. Past the litter box and between the plastic yard toys. This is your time. Time to enjoy a moment to yourself. A moment without the madness.” – The Mad Housewife
This is cross-posted at DC Metro Moms Blog… It’s a cool site. I’m a contributor!
THE ‘FIRST MOTHER’
President’s Day is coming up.
How appropriate to highlight what our First President said of his mother…
“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.”
– George Washington
THE MOTHER OF SUPERBOWLS
This blog article can be found on DC Metro Moms Blog. I’m a contributor!
Being a Native Washingtonian, I am a Redskins fan. That being said, I wasn’t too excited for the Superbowl.
I was impressed with the Patriots’ record and thought that winning the Superbowl would be a nice way for them to end their season (I’m such a girl). So I watched the game rooting (albeit not too strongly) for the Patriots to have their perfect, undefeated season.
After reading Curious George and singing a song, I kissed my son, said goodnight, turned off the light and he went to sleep. Not much had happened in the game downstairs. So I worked on some stuff and watched the game half-heartedly.
The Patriots scored a go-ahead touchdown and I figured that was it. I thought that was the beginning of a high-scoring Patriots victory. But the Giants didn’t give up. And suddenly it was a really tight, fierce competition again.
Eli Manning, the Giants’ quarterback looked poised, yet relaxed. Then they went to a shot of his brother Peyton (Indianapolis Colts’ quarterback and MVP of the Superbowl last year) watching him from the skybox, but noticeably separated from everyone. He was sitting all by himself, concentrating on every play, every pass his brother threw and cheering him. That’s when the game changed for me.
I realized that Eli Manning was becoming a man before my eyes. He wasn’t in his older brother Peyton’s shadow. He was playing well against overwhelming favorites in the Superbowl, and he was winning.
As the minutes ticked down I thought of Mrs. Olivia Manning, the mother of Eli, Peyton and eldest son, Cooper… WOW! This woman must be living right. I’m sure she made some mistakes along the way, but she sure did a lot of things right. Eli and Peyton are both starting quarterbacks in the NFL. They aren’t in the tabloids. They are supposedly just very nice boys. My brother met Peyton when they were both in college, Peyton was already a football star, and my brother said he was totally cool and he definitely knew football.
I thought about all the trips Mrs. Manning made to practice, how many times she hauled football equipment around. I thought of how many times she must have encouraged her boys, how many times she comforted them after a loss, how many ice packs she put on ankles and shoulders.
Football is a game. We’re not talking about solving world hunger, and the Manning boys aren’t elected officials who are working to make this country better (although they may be some day).
But for just a moment, let’s celebrate this Superbowl for highlighting the importance of motherhood.
This year, as the Giants won the game and Eli Manning was named MVP, history was made. Peyton and Eli Manning became back-to-back Superbowl Champions AND back-to-back Superbowl MVPs.
Congratulations to Mrs. Olivia Manning for raising great sons. All the skinned knees, broken bones and damaged egos you took care of paid off.
Congratulations to every mother out there. Congratulations to you when you are the chauffeur, the referee, the coach and the cheerleader.
Congratulations for everything you do for your kids. Someday your son may be winning a Superbowl. Someday your daughter may be winning the White House. And all of our children have already won our hearts.
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