Des Moines Moms Nite Out is This Thursday!
[caption id="attachment_4974" align="aligncenter" width="553" caption="Moms Nite Out Bags of Goodies"][/caption] Six weeks of planning is coming to an end! Des Moines Moms Nite Out is this Thursday and I think it's going to be an amazing evening! Thanks to DMACC I am able to have the event catered by In the Bag. Thanks to Veridian Credit Union each registered attendee will have a bag to carry all the goodies donated by local and national companies. Thanks to the terrific companies who are participating and donating their time, resources and amazing door prizes! If you haven't seen all the great things going on you'll want ...
Apricot Beef Stir Fry
I was at a friend's house a few weeks ago waiting for our small group gathering to begin and picked up an appetizing cookbook from her side table. After leafing through it I asked where she had gotten it because I wanted to get one. The next time I saw her she had bought a copy for me. I'm making an effort to have my family eat better and add more vegetables to our diet. Since Chinese food is always a big hit in our house I thought this recipe would be a hit- and it was! Because it uses frozen ...
What Comes to Your Mind When I Say “Disney”?
Princesses? Toy Story? Fairies? Or maybe exciting rides, long lines and lots of kids? What about food? Turns out Walt Disney World has quite an array of restaurants- from 5 stars to Mickey bars. And I'll be there this weekend, eating my way through the "happiest place on Earth". I'll be taking pictures and sending out notes all weekend. If you want to follow the journey in "real time" I have a few suggestions: We'll be using #DisneyMedia on Twitter; you'll be able to follow all of us attending the event. (If you aren't following me yet I'm @iatraveler.) If you aren't on ...
April Showers Bring What?
Here in central Iowa those showers that replace the brown grass with green and bring the flowers up from their long winter slumber can turn from a friendly spring rain to a nasty storm. (I'm actually wondering if we'll have one tonight as my head is hurting due to the change in barometer, but for now a pleasant wind is blowing through the windows and Doug is preparing to grill our dinner.) We have a closet under our basement stairs that we use when sever weather threatens. I wish I could say that I keep it stocked and prepared for emergencies ...
Smoothies & Fruit Pops
Spring marks the beginning of "smoothie season" in my house. That's the season when breakfast or a quick snack can be created in minutes with a blender, some fruit, yogurt and milk. With only 3 ingredients I can whip up a healthy filling beverage. To make fruit pops just pour the smoothie into popsicle containers and freeze. Strawberry smoothies are most often served in my house. They are pink, you see, and my girls are "girly". I just toss things is a blender, but if I had to guess on measurements I would say: 1/2 c low fat vanilla yogurt 1 c skim ...
Mobile Moms
Just popping in to let you know that if you were looking for my thoughts on the Palm Pre Plus or the HP mini 311 I had on loan from Verizon Wireless you can find the review at Family Rambling. Over and out. Share and Enjoy: Read More →
Ovelwhelmed and Re-evaluating
Though it’s never a bad thing to have one of your projects really “take off” it can cause one to neglect others. And that has been happening more and more here at Iowa Geek as my travel sites have begun taking me places I hadn’t really imagined and are requiring more and more time. I’m going to evaluating my websites over the next few weeks and really trying to figure... [Read more]
While I’m Celebrating Moms Nite Out…
It’s coming up on midnight… It will be midnight by the time I finish this post and tuck into bed. Thankfully the swag bags are all filled and loaded into my van. The blackout bingo cards for door prizes are almost done printing. I’ve got to make some door signs and then I’ll call it a night. Tomorrow will be crazed; I am blessed to have family and friends to help me. ... [Read more]
Des Moines Moms Nite Out is This Thursday!
Moms Nite Out Bags of Goodies Six weeks of planning is coming to an end! Des Moines Moms Nite Out is this Thursday and I think it’s going to be an amazing evening! Thanks to DMACC I am able to have the event catered by In the Bag. Thanks to Veridian Credit Union each registered attendee will have a bag to carry all the goodies donated by local and national companies. Thanks to the terrific... [Read more]
Apricot Beef Stir Fry
I was at a friend’s house a few weeks ago waiting for our small group gathering to begin and picked up an appetizing cookbook from her side table. After leafing through it I asked where she had gotten it because I wanted to get one. The next time I saw her she had bought a copy for me. I’m making an effort to have my family eat better and add more vegetables to our diet. Since Chinese... [Read more]
What Comes to Your Mind When I Say “Disney”?
Princesses? Toy Story? Fairies? Or maybe exciting rides, long lines and lots of kids? What about food? Turns out Walt Disney World has quite an array of restaurants- from 5 stars to Mickey bars. And I’ll be there this weekend, eating my way through the “happiest place on Earth”. I’ll be taking pictures and sending out notes all weekend. If you want to follow the journey... [Read more]
Are You Coming to Moms Nite Out in Des Moines
Have you bought a ticket for yourself/ your wife/ your sister/ mother/ mother-in-law for Moms Nite Out in Des Moines yet? Why not? It’s just two weeks away! The evening includes: dinner- catered by In the Bag shopping- with great stores like Godiva, Lillian’s, Roger’s Jewelers and more creativity- in the Creative Memories suite a bag filled with gifts from local businesses-... [Read more]
An Opportunity for Foodies
I work with a company called Mom Select quite a bit and they asked me to share this opportunity with my Fab Food Friday readers. I’m happy to share this opportunity because this is a product I have been buying for at least 10 years. You don’t have to be a mom to be part of this opportunity! Fill out the registration form here. If you are selected Near East, the leading brand of couscous... [Read more]
Chicken Fajitas
Fajitas are a relatively easy dish to make- if you want to fire up the grill. So we rarely made them outside of the summer months. Recently my sister in law began selling Pampered Chef products and I bought the Deep Covered Baker for its versatility. Besides, who doesn’t love Pampered Chef? Anyway… I got the following recipe for chicken fajitas that can be made in the microwave... [Read more]
Tools for Moblile Moms
Being a stay-at-home-mom involves anything but staying at home. Sure, there may be times you’re home but more often you’re … running kids to school waiting in line to pick kids up from school waiting while kids are at practice for (insert sport, music lesson, dance class, gymnastics lesson, etc here) making a “quick stop” at a store for something for dinner making a... [Read more]
I’m a Crocs Convert- Updated!
It’s true! A year ago you could barely get me to utter the name but now I am a complete convert- so much so that, at the first sign of spring, the girls and I were off to our local Crocs store and we bought new slip-on shoes for spring. Keeley I bought the super cute Lily in gold and chocolate (the gold is more like a sand color, it’s very nice) and the girls each got the new Keeley design-... [Read more]
April Showers Bring What?
Here in central Iowa those showers that replace the brown grass with green and bring the flowers up from their long winter slumber can turn from a friendly spring rain to a nasty storm. (I’m actually wondering if we’ll have one tonight as my head is hurting due to the change in barometer, but for now a pleasant wind is blowing through the windows and Doug is preparing to grill our dinner.) We... [Read more]
Smoothies & Fruit Pops
Spring marks the beginning of “smoothie season” in my house. That’s the season when breakfast or a quick snack can be created in minutes with a blender, some fruit, yogurt and milk. With only 3 ingredients I can whip up a healthy filling beverage. To make fruit pops just pour the smoothie into popsicle containers and freeze. Strawberry smoothies are most often served in my house. ... [Read more]
A Culinary Voyage Through Walt Disney World
Photo Credit Walt Disney World Usually on Fab Food Friday I share recipes I make at home but this news is too exciting for me to not share. I am going to Disney World in a couple of weeks on a culinary journey “from 5 stars to Mickey bars”. I’ll have a summary appear on this site when I return, but to get more in-depth you’ll want to do do one of 3 things: Sign up for the Family... [Read more]
Thanks to Veridian Credit Union for Helping with Moms Nite Out
Putting together an event link Moms Nite Out is a lot of work and costs quite a bit of money. So I am really grateful when local companies step in to help. Today I want to thank Veridian Credit Union for filling a HUGE need… Bags. Unless you buy bags in a very large amount they cost, well, alot. With this wonderful donation (and some financial support) I am able to turn my attention to... [Read more]
Moms Nite Out is Presented by Des Moines Area Community College
I am so excited that DMACC is helping me make the Des Moines Moms Nite Out a great event for moms in the Des Moines metro! Their generous support has helped to pay for the location fees and I thank them for helping me show appreciation to local moms! If you haven’t seen DMACC lately I want to let you know that you are in for a surprise! I was completely unaware of everything they offered… ... [Read more]
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