Mama Freaky Shoppin At Whole Foods
October 30, 2009 by Mom-a-Bloggin
Filed under Food, Mama Shoppin Vlog
Yep, I’m a mom and I shop Whole Foods Market. I love Whole Foods more than a Mac addict loves their Iphone. Anyway, in a nut shell…. here’s what happened.
When I stepped into Whole Foods this morning… Rick James’ Super Freak was playing (which I immediately tweeted on my ML Twitter page).* I don’t know what happened…maybe it was the other lady shaking her hips while shaking her produce bag, maybe it was the produce guy nodding his head but all of a sudden I felt the urge to buy some freaky produce.
The next thing I knew I was looking into my shopping cart thinking… man, my kids are gonna love this stuff. And boom. It came to me in a golden light with harps and trumpets playing…New Mama blog video series (see below) called… I’m a mom and I bought some food today at Whole Foods. Should be pretty awesome because everyone wants to know what mom bought at the grocery store. Yes, I was being facetious. But only towards anyone who does NOT like the video.
Oh yeh, I haven’t received anything from Whole Foods for this post but they need to update their blog anyway.
Silly Boy Cooks Dinner
October 21, 2009 by Mom-a-Bloggin
Filed under Food, Silly Boy Blog
Silly Boy helped cook a fabulous Organic Italian dinner this evening. Seriously, what kid doesn’t love Macaroni and Cheese? Especially Annie’s Organic Mac and Cheese that we buy at Whole Foods? Mmm mmm Good.
Birthdays After Cancer
January 7, 2008 by Mom-a-Bloggin
Filed under Cancer
It wasn’t long ago that I found myself sitting in the Texas Children’s Hospital lobby waiting on my son’s ultrasound results. He was downstairs eating with dad after a morning fast. For five minutes…I assumed I would be getting another “I don’t know” result. Yet, the longer I sat alone in the silent-white-walled room… the more my maternal intuition kicked in of what was to come… bad news. My hands began to shake, my palms began to sweat, my heart-rate increased with every passing minute and my thoughts lingered on the black cat that had run across my path the night before.
I finally called my pediatrician who said:
“I’m so sorry you had to wait, they wanted to tell you in person. And I didn’t want to tell you this over the phone…he has a tumor.”
“A malignant tumor?” I asked.
“Yes, I’m so sorry to tell you this over the phone.” She said.
“That’s OK, I’d rather hear it from you than a stranger.” I hung up and began to cry.
My eyes went back to the white wall but my mind thought only one thing…my child has cancer. Wilms Tumor. For months, specialists had treated me like a hypochondriac bimbo with an IQ of 70 because they thought my son had a virus. Yeah, the virus my 11 month-old daughter avoided for five months despite licking everything in sight. I had decided I would smack the next doctor that told me antibiotics wouldn’t help a virus. Yeah, thanks but I had that information in 1993-94 via my friend in med-school.
Five months later and one less kidney he completed chemotherapy.
Today…he is celebrating his 6th birthday. While he knows his life is extra special, he’s extremely focused on presents, cake and icing. And frankly…that’s fine with me.
Turkey Killed On Thanksgiving – Everyone Else Safe
November 25, 2007 by Mom-a-Bloggin
Filed under Food
I managed to cook a beautiful juicy turkey without salmonella poisoning anyone. I used the verticle roasting method which I fondly call “Up The Butt Chicken.” I have several verticle roasters I use for cornish hens but they are too small for a turkey. So, I used a bundt pan for the big bird. This is an excellent way to roast because it makes the meat very juicy.
After we stuffed ourselves with food we took our children to see the annual Uptown Holiday Lighting to see the fireworks. It was cold, crowded and the kids wanted us to carry them the whole time as they were tired. Fortunately, my daughter fell asleep in the car on the way home so we only had to read books to my son.
Since my husband went out with his friends, I took it upon myself to write about a salmonella free turkey day and to clarify that I will NOT be shopping Black Friday. I would also like to clarify that I didn’t kill or cook any live turkeys.
