"My Mini Moment" Contest Sponsored by Dove Ice Cream

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Dove Ice Cream. All opinions are 100% mine.

"My Mini Moment" Contest

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DOVE Ice Cream asked me to blog about their new contest called "My Mini Moment". After reading about the particulars of the blog request I thought "Who needs a mini moment more than some of the tadpoles?"

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We are all one or more of the following: a wife, a Mother, a sister, a daughter or an Aunt - and, as such, it seems we never quite have a moment for just ourselves, doesn't it? Dove did a survey and out of 400 woman they discovered that over 70% were taking "me time". I shook my head and said to Pooldad "Well they weren't surveying the women I am friends with." I read your blogs and empathize with what is going on in your lives and I know everyone would like more time to themselves - I know I would.

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So, I read the requirements for entering the contest:

• You must be a woman.
• You need to submit a photo and a short essay describing your perfect mini moment.
• The deadline is June 7, 2010.

I thought PERFECT - y'all are great writers and I have seen your wonderful photographs - so a short essay and a pic' of yourself? Easy Peasy by June 7th, right?

Well, when you get a moment. Hee.

To enter you can visit: Dove Ice Cream - My Mini Moment Contest

Three winners will win one of the following:

• A mini getaway to Napa Valley
• Spa services for a year
• A mini home makeover

I know which I would chose for a few of you - but for me? The Spa services - oh! to be pampered for a year? That would be several mini moments for me.

I did go to the store and purchase a box of the minis and I have to say - for only 70 calories they are delicious. Then again I love anything Dove because their chocolate coating is always so decadent and these are the perfect snack after a meal or a little pick me up between meals. They are so rich tasting. Bonus! If you like coffee you will really enjoy their Cafe' Collection which includes Java Chip and Cappuccino - you know I only had one of those before the Squirrel and Pooldad arrived home don't you? Thank goodness Wallene is too young for coffee otherwise I wouldn't have had one.

We all have our own idea of what a mini escape would be so go ahead and enter - you might win some time to yourself.

A Kiss Goodnight

It goes without saying and without asking if you are one of our kids you give Mom and Dad a kiss goodnight. No matter your age or if you live here -every kidlet kisses Mom and Dad goodnight.

Little did I know. . .

One of the dogs was watching.

Specifically our little pony - AKA Scooby.

Tonight, after all the kids were in bed, Dad and I were watching TV - sitting as we do at the table with Scooby sound asleep at our feet. Dad decided to go to bed first and came over to give me a kiss goodnight. At this point Scooby usually wakes up and follows Dad up the stairs, but tonight he wasn't moving.

I asked Pooldad "What about the dog?" and he pointed out that the doggy was, in fact, awake and was eyeballing him [from his prone position] to make sure he was actually going up the stairs to bed. [Scooby looked like he was thinking "Why waste the effort of getting off the hardwood if Dad was just going down the hall for something, right?"]

Pooldad made his way up the stairs and Scooby, realizing his cue, raised himself off the floor, stretched and walked over to me. Not towards the stairs or Pooldad - but over to me, where I was sitting.

He lowered his head onto my lap [yes, he is that big standing up] and wagged his tail. I gave him a kiss on his big ol' head, patted his back and told said "Goodnight" just like I do with all the kids.

He then turned a 180 and followed his Daddy off to bed. It was so deliberate I just sat here wondering at him. Did he really just do that?

I have never had a dog that came to me for a kiss goodnight. How great is that?

Free Doughnut Day

Friday is National Doughnut Day and participating Krispy Kremes and Dunkin Donuts are giving away a free donut.
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At Dunkin Donuts you have to purchase a beverage to get a free doughnut but Krispy Kreme is no purchase required.
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Woohoo! Free doughnuts.
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I am either going to get an old fashioned sprinkled with sugar [pictured] or an apple cinnamon.
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How about you?

You Know the Coolest Thing.....

....about being home all day by myself?

I can sing really loud to the radio and no one tells me to shut the hell up leaves the room.

Yeah - that whole "tunes in a bucket" thing?

That would be me.

But I am totally rocking Nickelback. Be jealous.

You know you are.

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Key Lime Pie Recipe

I have yet to master Key Lime Cheesecake - I made that the other day and burned it again. I swear it is the only thing I have ever cooked/baked that I have burned. Usually I can salvage my mess ups - but after roaching this Cheesecake twice? I am sticking with the easiest Key Lime Pie recipe ever.

For this recipe I use regular, bottled lime juice. It is easy to find and use - and although Key limes do have a distinctive taste they are near impossible to find outside of the Florida Keys.

Ingredients:
4 egg yolks - beaten
2 cans [14 oz] sweetened condensed milk
1 cup lime juice [bottled]
1 14" unbaked graham cracker crust

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Mix all ingredients together and pour into pie crust. Place on cookie sheet for stability.
Bake for 15 minutes. Cool.
Serve garnished with whipped cream and lime slices [optional].

Some folks like to serve this with a rasberry sauce but I like just a little whipped cream.

It really is as easy as all that. Enjoy.

Conversations with Wallene

Listening to the radio Wallene heard a commercial for the "Most Beautiful Baby Contest".

"......enter today and your beautiful baby could win a $1,000.00 gift certificate. Just send a picture of your beautiful baby to....."

Wallene: "Oh Mom, did you hear that? We should enter Baby Storage in the contest. We even have a pic' of him on our fridge!"

[Baby Storage is a tadpole's 8 month old son - and yes he is incredibly cute! but.....]

Skippy: "Wallene you can't enter somebody else's kid."

Wallene: "Why not? Can't we ask Mr. Storage? Baby Storage would win, for sure."

Skippy: "I am sure he would but sweetie there is another problem even if Mr. Storage said yes."

Wallene: "What?"

Skippy: "They're Canadian."

Wallene: "Oh. Well do we know anyone else that has a cute baby?"

Skippy: "Not in my or Daddy's demographic."

Wallene: "What's your demographic?"

Skippy: "Past menopause."

Wallene: "What's menopause?"

Skippy: "Nevermind."

Too Much?

I am in a baking/cooking mood today.

I have Amazing Beans in the crockpot [for "Meatless Monday", but uh...yeah, it feels like Monday, right?] and I have to make dessert for the kids' lunches - so I am making my favorite cookies - snickerdoodles.

And for dessert, after dinner, I have a key lime pie in the oven.

Tonight I will only have to whip up a batch of corn muffins and dinner is served. Yum.

Then we shall see how my legs feel around 5 o'clock. eek!
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Just an aside: I was scrolling through my archives last night and I noticed there are two things I am [semi] obsessed about - food and snow. LOL - I think I should have been a foodie or a weathergirl instead of a Mommy blogger. Then again? I think the kids are pretty high on the list of stuff I write about too, but food is definitely in the number one position.