Ever Heard of Drive Thru Buffet?

I ran with my daughter and her four kids last week. We had to come into town and take three of them to the dentist. After we were done, I suggested we go have a Subway sandwich, maybe a HEALTHY DESSERT, ha! low fat, etc. Ok Mom. First we stopped at Wendy's and got two of the kids chicken strips and fries. Then went next door and got bean burritos at Taco Gringos. Then we went back around and got ourselves our Subway sandwiches. My daughter jokingly said we were having "Drive Thru Buffet!" In my day, I had to eat what was put on the table, let alone go to several different places to eat and I come from a family of six! When you go into a lot of restaurants today,they have buffet all under one roof and everyone in the family can eat what they like from mexican to oriental to just plain old country cooking. Wonderful! I love getting small portions of particular foods just to try them and I fill up on it! There are some things you need to do or watch for...

3 things you should know about Eating Out and Restaurants

If you are going out to a chain restaurant, you can probably go to their website and check for their healthier menus or talk directly to someone at the restaurant for a menu of healthier choices. This also works if you have any food allergies.
Please remember... even when it's a buffet, your servers are still depending on your tips. If you haven't been to a restaurant lately or don't go very often the gratuity is around 18%.
If you're wanting to eat with a little more privacy,not so many people, plus possibly save some money,try eating earlier in the day Monday through Thursday. A lot of restaurants offer daily specials at these times.

Personal Christmas gifts

Ok, I know this is weird. But I made this video for my grandkids for Christmas. I wanted them to have this with my voice in it and yes, I did the drawings from Microsoft's 'paint'. I wanted something personal and I thought the simpler the drawings were, they could get into it more. Ok, maybe I just can't draw (tee hee) but it sounds good! I made this on Microsoft 'Photo Story 3' and converted it so I could put on a DVD and then I even made a cover for it! Pretty nifty huh? I thought so. I took the story from an old book I had and since I'm not selling it, I felt it would be ok to use it.
Years ago when my oldest daughter was little, I made a Barbie doll suitcase out of an empty tide box. Complete with drawers, hanger rod and hangers. It was a large box and since I knew what I was going to do with it, I cut the door out of the front and put the detergent in another container so the very top where the handle was at would still be in tact. Put contact paper over it, used extra cardboard and made drawers in the bottom of it as you opened the door, put a dowel rod across the top and also made some extra clothes for the doll. It was a Christmas gift, personally from me! For more ideas on making 'kids crafts' click here!

And That's How It Went!

Two years later, I have started writing on Squidoo and now have another blog called Short Bible Lessons . I have to laugh because I just didn't know what it was all about or what to talk about! I'm not a talker but I am known to be a deep thinker. I think I'm going to steer this one in the direction of eating healthy. We'll see how it goes!