Win a $15 GoDaddy e-Gift Card

July 22, 2008 at 10:01 pm · Comments (1)
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Being a single mom, I know how important saving money can be. I have several domains registered with GoDaddy, so when someone offers me the opportunity to win a GoDaddy gift card and save myself some money, I’m ALL for it.

This website, www.runtslife.com is currently running a 5 week long contest. For the next five weeks, you can win a $15 Godaddy E-Gift Card. The winner each week will be randomly selected on Sunday evening (of each week) around 8 pm GMT. For anyone who uses GoDaddy as their registrar, they know how awesome GoDaddy is and what a great prize this is. You can use this e-gift card to make any type of purchase through GoDaddy.Com. There are several ways in which to be entered into this contest and here they are:

1. Comment on any post on runtslife.com (1 entry each)
2. Digg this post (1 entry)
3. Stumble this entry (1 entry)
4. Subscribe to runtslife.com’s RSS feed (1 entry)
5. Blog about this competition on your own blog (5 entries)

I obviously chose to blog about the competition. Good luck to anyone who enters!!

Commenters: Julie

Viscosity - Science For Kids

July 22, 2008 at 8:18 pm · Comments (1)
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Here’s a simple science experiment that my son and I did recently. It’s a little experiment that is used to compare the viscosity, or thickness, of different liquids.

For our experiment we used water, cooking oil and maple syrup. You’ll need to use liquids that are at least a little transparent so that you can see through them. Fill either 3 jars or glasses each with one of the liquids you have chosen. Drop a marble into the water and use a stop watch with a second hand to determine how long it takes to fall to the bottom. Record the result on a piece of paper. Do the same with the other liquids, and then compare to see which one took the longest. Discuss with your child which took the longest and why.

See? I told ya it was simple. If you’ve got any fun ideas for science experiments, comment or email me and let me know. I’d love to hear your ideas.

Commenters: Julie

Bacon Cheeseburger Roll-Ups

July 22, 2008 at 8:09 pm · Comments (2)
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Eric had his Mini Gourmet cooking class again today. This time they made these things called Bacon Cheeseburger Roll-ups. They are really yummy and easy to make. He didn’t remember the recipe exactly, but he told me they got it off the Kraft website, so I went and found it myself so I could share it.

Ingredients:

* 1 lb. lean ground beef
* 4 slices OSCAR MAYER Bacon, chopped
* 1/2 cup chopped onions (about 1 small)
* 1/2 lb. (8 oz.) VELVEETA Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
* 1 pkg. (13.8 oz.) refrigerated pizza crust

# PREHEAT oven to 400°F. Cook ground beef, bacon and onions in large skillet on medium-high heat until ground beef is evenly browned, stirring occasionally. Drain; return meat mixture to skillet. Add VELVEETA; cook until completely melted, stirring frequently. Cool 10 min.
# UNROLL pizza dough onto baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Press into 15×8-inch rectangle. Top evenly with meat mixture. Roll up dough, starting at one of the long sides. Rearrange, if necessary, so roll is seam-side down on baking sheet.
# BAKE 20 to 25 min. or until golden brown. Cut diagonally into six slices to serve.

He’s so proud of himself! He loves the fact that he gets to cook and bring home the things he makes to share with me. He even asked if he could make this for dinner for us one night. I think I’ll let him, but of course, with tons of supervision.

Commenters: Cetta, Julie

HowCast

July 22, 2008 at 8:02 pm · Comments (1)
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My son has a new favorite website. Since he’s not been allowed to watch youtube.com very much he’s been into this website called Howcast. This site is basically a how-to website for nearly anything you can think of. I have to keep an eye on what he learns here, because some of this stuff I’d rather him not know LOL. His favorite category is the Crafts & Hobbies section, He’s been making all kinds of Origami stuff. One of the coolest things is the Origami Inflatable Bunny. It takes some practice and patience to get it right, but he did an awesome job. Maybe later I can convince him to make another one and I’ll take a picture.

Commenters: Julie

Total Cuteness

July 18, 2008 at 7:19 am · Comments (13)
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While looking through some old files from a long time ago, I happened upon this picture of my kiddo when he was 7 months old. Just thought I’d share.

Commenters: Amanda, Emily, Irene, Julie, lala, Momto4kidsny, Phoenix, Thao