Category: Collective Bias

It’s just a few weeks now until the ‘Big Game.’  I was really into football this year, but since my team suffered a loss yesterday, February 1st is going to be more about the food for me than the actual game .

I personally think Big Game parties are all about grazing.  A little of this, a little of that.  Savory. Salty. Sweet. Crunchy. Chewy.  A combination of all of the aforementioned.

You may have noticed it’s been a little quiet here on the blog this last week.  That’s because it’s been the last week we’ve had our daughter home before we have to send her back to college after Christmas break.  I wanted to soak up as much time as we could together, because as much as I appreciate being able to communicate with her thanks to our Walmart Family Mobile Lowest Priced Unlimited Plans, there is nothing like talking face to face and getting a big hug from her.

Christmas is a time for family and friends to celebrate together.  Unfortunately for many, including ourselves, distance keeps us from doing that physically.  There haven’t been many Christmases in the past 15 years since we moved to the United States that we’ve had the opportunity to spend it with family.  But all of that has changed with Walmart Best Plans, because with Unlimited Talk, Text & Data/Web, and our Extras Pack we can connect with friends and family all over North America.

Sometimes I wish the month of December had more hours in the day than the other 11 .  I’m always looking for the easiest way to do…well everything, because there is just so little time to pack in all the things that need to get done before Christmas Day.  That includes using my slow cooker for suppers, which allows me to get a little bit fancy but still make things easy and efficient when it comes to using my time.  Adding garnishes like holiday nuts to a simple dish makes it festive and takes it up a notch for the Christmas season.

We didn’t really know how our daughter would adjust to the first semester of her freshman year of college, turns out we didn’t have to worry.  She’s not only doing fantastic academically, but has also made a ton of friends.  To our surprise she’s taken to being the “activities director” among her friends.  That means planning study sessions, coordinating video game tournaments and hijacking our streaming accounts so they can all see the latest episode of Once Upon a Time in their mini-lounge area.  Since she uses her laptop to do this we thought that wireless JBL Charge 2 Speakers would be a great Christmas gift for her.

How did November come upon us so quickly?  As we drove out to the college to pick our daughter up for Thanksgiving break it dawned on me that she’s almost finished her first semester!  We’re starting to get used to this new season of life for us being empty nesters for much of the year.  I am immensely thankful for our Unlimited Talk Text and Data/Web with our Walmart Family Mobile plan because it allows us to keep in touch with her while she’s living at school.

I cannot be the only one that during the holidays has looked at what’s in the fridge and chosen to pull out a leftover piece of pie for breakfast…right?! Yummm…  The other day I used the pie for breakfast idea and took it one step further.  I deconstructed a Mrs. Smith’s Dutch Apple Pie that I purchased in the freezer section (along with some Cool Whip) at Walmart and added it to our waffle batter to make Apple Pie Waffles.

I know a good many of you have already been hit with a deep freeze this year.  While it’s not quite so cold in North Texas, it’s still pretty nippy and what I wouldn’t do to spend a few days in the tropics.  Since that won’t be happening any time soon, I whipped up some tropical flavored floats.  Being as the holidays are just around the corner and I’d prefer to watch my calories sooner rather than later, I made these to be low calorie using Sunkist TEN and Canada Dry TEN.  All of the flavor of an ice cream float, but using fruit, yogurt and the #drinkTEN sodas, a lot lower in calories than a traditional one.

I’m really having a difficult time getting my head around the fact that Halloween is at the end of this week.This is just our second October in Texas, and I still can’t believe that I’m walking around in tank tops, shorts and flip flops.  Seeing my friends’ in Canada’s photos yesterday on Facebook with snow on the ground, made me hop on my Samsung S4 phone powered by Family Mobile Walmart Best Plans to compare our weather to their weather.  Because let’s face it ya’ll, you kind of have to take screenshots and flaunt it when it was 86 degrees here and only 37 degrees there.

Are you like me and find it difficult to get your suggested water intake each day?  I have no problems drinking my fair share of coffee or pop, but water… that’s a whole different story.  Adding Crystal Light drink mixes is an easy fix that makes water more flavorful, but for me if the packages are not front and center when I’m opening the fridge, I’ll reach for something else.  So, I solved that problem by making my own Chalkboard Hydration Chart, where I can track my water intake daily/weekly AND have the Crystal Light packets close at hand, so no excuses!