Great Internet Find

For those of you who don't know, I love tea. Well, today I was checking out a commenter's blog(Lisa) and she had a great post on tea houses. She linked to this great resource, TeaMap.com. You just enter you zipcode or state and they list tearooms in your area. It even shows you reviews. I already found a place to try here in town. Such a deal!

Around the Nerdosphere

So now that I am back from a couple of crazy weeks of event and illness I have done a little blogging. I just thought I would let you all know what is up around the nerdosphere.

Nerd Family Food has an awesome recipe that is a dead ringer for those yummy Red Lobster Biscuits. And even better is that they are easy! Nerd Family Things has a great, nerdy, gift worthy craft. Making Money Keeping Money has some great coupons to some online women's clothing stores. While you are over there don't forget to look at some of the great restaurant birthday freebies I found. Over at Blog Fresno I have posted about a couple opportunities to get all your shredding done by someone else for free. I have also heard that one of the contributors is planning on writing a cool movie review. So keep your eyes open on all the blogs to see what great stuff is coming up next!

Stores That Suck

So I have been doing a little online shopping lately and have had some not-so-good experiences with at least one being my own fault because I should have known better. So I am sharing so a)I can vent and b)you out there in the blogosphere can be warned.

First up is Walmart. I was looking to buy a specific stroller for the NerdPud, Jeep All-Weather Umbrella Stroller - Ice Pink. I looked around and the cheapest brick and mortar was Walmart. Well, none of them actually had it so I decided to order it. Now I should have gotten it from Amazon (since it was $2 bucks cheaper). I assumed that Amazon was going to charge shipping and handling but come to find out (at least now) that would have been free. So I decided to do Walmart's Site to Store. I have used this a Best Buy and it is always faster since you are going distributing center to store. The website said 7-10 days but usually those are worst case scenarios. Well, apparently it takes a Walmart truck 9 days to drive what takes the rest of us less than an hour and half. According to their website my order was on a truck to be delivered at the local store on 4/27 and it didn't get delivered until 5/5. That was for a trip from Porterville to Sanger. When I called the Sanger store to ask if they had it (you actually have to wait for the system to email you before you can get your package) I was told that they couldn't help me and couldn't give me any other number where I could get help or information. I will never use the Site to Store again if I have any other option.

The second store is Drugstore.com. I shop there regularly to get NerdDad's lactose intolerance pills. While I am there I always see what else they have on sale in order to get the free shipping. So I found this great deal (Buy 1 Get 1 Free) on a Clairol temporary hair coloring product. So I put them in my shopping cart and had to get up and do some things. You know how it goes, dinner and bedtime for the kids, but that is the beauty of online shopping. Well, I come back to finish my order and my cart has been changed. They were now (versus before when I checked) charging me for each hair coloring kit. So I drop them out of my cart and went back to the coupon page. Well apparently while I had gotten up the coupon expired (I assume). There was nothing about expirations on the page at all and I had no warning. I would have finished shopping earlier if I had been given any warning. So I dropped all the hair coloring and the conditioner that I had added. I ordered only the medication I needed. I am extremely annoyed!

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Swtichfoot Cover Beyonce

So NerdDad had been watching the Switchfoot Awakenings video with the kiddos and this was on the side of YouTube. It is great! You have to watch.

Preschoolers and Pedicures

Over at Silicon Valley Moms Blog there is quite a discussion going on about preschoolers and pedicures. Is it appropriate for a kid who is still sucking her thumb to be getting a pedicure? My gut says no way in the world but... Now the NerdPie (4) would love for me to paint her toe nails but NerdDad and I have always agreed that she isn't old enough. But some of the commenters had some great points. How is this different than getting a toy as a reward? Or ice cream? But on the other hand, girls who start things this young start to feel entitled to certain treatment and I don't want to have to deal with that issue. So what do you all think? Chime in here and let me know!

Meal Plan Monday

Here is this week's schedule. With someone going out every night this week it has to be quick and easy!
Monday:Freezer Friday: No Boil, Ready for the Freezer, Spinach Lasagna
Tuesday: Roasted Chicken, Beer Bread, Broccoli
Wednesday: Pasta Carbonara Florentine
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Cube Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Broccoli

Kids and Their Questions

Scienceray has a great post called 8 Questions About the Human Body That Kids Always Ask. I totally think it is worth the read. It reminds me of many of the questions I had as a kid!

Tetris, The Movie

(HT: VideoSift)