A Boy Walked Into A Bar

As the joke goes, a man walks into a bar. Except in this case it was a boy and the bar was a swimming pool. And instead of walking, he dove. For an entire hour the boy swam and worked on his strokes at swim class.

His mother watched from a bench on the pool deck. She stole occasional glances at her phone, but mostly sat admiring her first born's dolphin-like skill and wondered how frizzy her hair would actually be at the end of the humid hour (very frizzy, think Bozo the Clown, in case you were wondering).

So what's the punchline — other than the mother's fuzzy lid?

The boy gets of out the pool, towels off, dresses and heads home. In the car he complains of feeling light headed and tired and begins to feel faint.

I never said the punchline was funny.

His blood sugar had dropped. From that day forward the mother made sure her son had oatmeal or cereal for breakfast before class and she stocked the swim bag with protein bars to eat afterwards — for her son — the mother never snuck into the bag and ate a bar during the class. Never. Except twice.

I've made my own granola/nut bars. They're pretty good, in a crumbly kind of way. Perhaps I'll post the recipe at some point. But lately, I've bought cereal and protein bars to have on hand and to keep in the swim bag.

We haven't tried them yet, but there are six new cereal bars on the market including:

Nature Valley Protein: Peanut Almond & Dark Chocolate, Nature Valley Protein Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate, Fibre 1 Peanut Butter and Fibre 1 Caramel Nut.

As of June 3rd (until June 25th) grab a coupon for a FREE BOX of cereal bars, available to anyone who visits this ~> Facebook page (click the "Two Free Coupons" link at the top of the page).

The coupons will be redeemable on July 23rd only. It's a 1-day redemption period, so if you're forgetful like me, you’ll need to set a reminder on your phone.

If you have a chance to try them, let me know what you think!




 


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Life Made Delish

It's official — I'm now part of the Life Made Delicious community!

What does a LMD member do? We test out and share recipes; ones that are simple, tasty and sure to become family favourites. I'll be posting these once a month on this blog. From time to time, I'll share details about new products to try or coupons to be aware of. As well, I'll offer up kitchen tips to help get the family fed quickly, even the picky eaters (Yes, I'm looking at you little blonde girl at my kitchen table).

First though, a few disclaimers just so there are no false expectations.

1) I have never taken a cooking lesson aside from Home Econmics in tenth grade — where I was kicked out of class more than once for laughing and being silly. Shocker.

2) Unlike the glossy interesting angles you might see on a classic "Foodie" blog,  my photos are taken with an iPhone in one hand and (possibly) a glass of wine in the other. Occasionally I forget to even take pictures and remember only after my family has eaten half the meal. Sometimes my kids take the photos, so expect a few blurry pics.

3) I won't post recipe suggestions that don't work for busy families. Ask most parents and they'll say they love to cook WHEN THEY HAVE AMPLE TIME. Ask most parents if they have ample time, and they'll laugh at you. And then maybe cry.

Recipe posts will live together all tasty-like on the Delish page above. You can also find some favourite recipes on my Life Made Delish Pinterest page.

I'm hungry. So I'm going to make a sandwich. I will not being posting photos of said sandwich.

Look for my first Life Made Delicious post tomorrow!

Nom, nom, nomily yours,
Lisa

Have You Seen My EyePhone?

Warning: Do not scroll down if bloody eyeballs make you squeamish.


I don't know how or why, but a blood vessel burst in my eye. Yes, that rhymes. I've always considered myself a pupil of poetry. Perhaps now I will make this writing genre my new focus. But please, don't lash out if you don't care for poetry.

Hey, how about a little ocular haiku?

creepy bloody ball
seeping, spreading, reddening
crimson orb, blinking

It seems I just composed the first ever eye-ku. Sorry?

Like I said, for reasons unknown, my left eyeball exploded. The white of my eye was stained blood red. A subconjunctival hemorrhage isn't serious. It happens — possibly the result of a scratch or a strong sneeze. Or perhaps a tiresome flight on the red eye.

Of course I took photos of it. Wouldn't you?

The other morning I woke up, rolled over and slowly opened my eyes (both the red one AND the white one) and there was my iPhone propped up on my bedside table, staring at me!

My husband, funny guy that he is *said sarcastically* had reset my homescreen to this. The man is always pulling pranks on me. I'll have to keep a closer EYE on him.... 

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