This week’s featured Red Bull recipe is the “Excitabull“. Get it? Excita-BULL.
Okay, okay. Here’s how to make one:
1 oz vodka
1 oz peach schnapps
8 oz can Red Bull® energy drink
cranberry juice
Thanks, Drinks Mixer!
Monthly Archive for April, 2010
image courtesy of skiing magazine
This week Skiing Mag put out a list of gear to look out for in the 2010/2011 season. The list included the Arc’Teryx Alpha SV gloves. While not very “pretty” (in fact they’re downright unattractive to me) this is a case where function may win out over fashion.
According to the publication’s write up, “These high-tech Gore-Tex Pro Shell three-layers gloves are so dexterous, you can lift up a sewing needle with them. Not that you’ll ever need to do that while skiing, but still. The fingers are molded and articulated using a patented technology that feels almost skin-like.”
So, my question is — will I be able to keep my digits warm while using my iPhone next year?
Maybe a product review is in order for next year…stay tuned!
I’m all for comfort. Really, I am. Remember, I work from home and spend half the winter living in track pants or fleece.
But PajamaJeans? Really!?There isn’t anything that seems appealing about this new Snuggie-ish product.
And, based on the “Style Dare” review of the PajamaJeans (complete with photos), from the author of the She’s Still Got It blog, it seems my initial gut reaction to the pants was warranted! Thanks for the laugh though, PajamaJean people, I needed it!
First off, this post was spawned from another post by a colleague of mine over at Laptop TV Mom. So first, go over and read her post so you can jump in feet first here. Done? Ok, so…
We’ve just started letting my daughter watch Hannah Montana and the likes of iCarly. Her first three episodes were spent alongside mom (me) providing the “moral compass commentary” along with the show. For example, the sister is routinely making fun of the brother (I’ve even noticed this on Olivia and it bugs me!) and the brother is sadly dumbed down (what a shame to teach to young boys watching with their sisters). We have a brother and sister combo in our house too and there’s no way we’d let our daughter treat our son that way and we made sure she knew it.
In order to curb behavioral influences on the kids by these shows, what I found incredibly helpful to do at a young age, even during the Dora years, was to educate a lot — even slightly “over their heads” around TV, because it tuns out it’s very much *not* over their heads. An example? Calling out commercials so they understood the difference between their shows and commercials and what certain wording means, like “as much as” or “simulated flying action” so that the kids understood that not everything is exactly as TV shows it to be.
Fast forward two years or so and it’s moved to the point where the kids understand that these are just characters on a show with a script and that there are real people with real names and real families playing these roles. They seem to get that it’s “make believe” actions that way and so far it’s been working to curb real-life influence. This proved invaluable in the Star Wars series, when Darth Vader can seem very scary if you didn’t know that’s simply James Earl Jones talking, the same nice fella from The Sandlot movie. And aside from making things not so scary for them, it also teaches them that the behavior is not “real life” behavior either. When we’re watching together, I like to ask “Do you think it’s ever okay to yell at your parents like that?” So far we’ve gotten the answers we’re looking for. I’ll let you know if that changes once we hit the teen years - ha.
However, on the reality side, my son idolizes certain individuals that are the real deal - like Shaun White and Tony Hawk. And to be honest, I don’t know what I’ll do if they ever slip up in the public eye in front of our son. Despite mom and dad teaching our son that everyone makes mistakes and that’s how we learn, I’m still keeping my fingers crossed that White and Hawk can keep it clean so we don’t have to test that out on his idols!
Usually it’s a drink concoction but considering I’m feeling a little different, I’m taking this week’s recipe a new direction. Below, check out the recipe for Red Bull Cake, courtesy of FriendsEat!
Ingredients: 2 sticks of margarine, half cup shortening, three cups sugar, five eggs, three cups plain flour, two tsp vanilla flavoring, 12 oz Red Bull
Directions: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Then, cream the butter, shortening and sugar well; add the egg and flour gradually. Add the vanilla and lemon flavorings and slowly add the Red Bull. Bake in tube pan for 1 hour and 10 minutes at 325 degrees.
Enjoy!
(Disclaimer: RBM does not recommend this for kid birthday parties!!)
As any five year old boy, our son is full of energy. He goes full speed from the moment he wakes up to the moment his eyes defiantly close (defiant to his will, not ours!). We do the best we can to physically tire our guy out. On any average day of the week he’s out of school in the early afternoon and either swimming, skiing, riding his bike, skateboarding or “light sabering” and yet he still tells us in words, and actions, that he is not tired at the end of the evening. And I hear these years are full of boundary checks. Ahhh, awesome. Just what we were looking forward to: even less “us time” and more “button pushing”.
So, my son had his first day of Soo Bahk Do today. In addition to getting him into an organized group activity, which we believe cultivates social skills and self confidence, we’re hoping it may help sculpt him in the behavior department too.
Although I know there are plenty of girls that participate in martial arts, I was not one of those girls growing up so I have no idea what to expect for our son. Hopefully, though, it will bring him focus and self discipline that encourages his exploration of boundaries to at least be “in bounds” for mom and dad. And I also hope I never get a karate kick to the face. Wish us luck!
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