Its a learning curve for me.
I’m trying very hard to stay “hip” in a household with a teenager. I am constantly being corrected on my version of the current top 40 songs on the radio. Maddie and I did not see eye to eye on the words to Flo Rida’s song Low. Sooo…I went to Rapartists.com to find out about all of the best rappers out there. I scrolled through the hundreds of artists listed on the site and easily found Flo Rida listed alphabetically and pulled up the words to Low. Yeah, I was wrong! She knew what she was talking about. From now on I am going to check my facts out on this site before I start using my rapping skills around my daughter. They have tons of artists, songs, and pictures to make my research quick and easy. Thank goodness for the internet…how in the world did mom’s stay hip when they didn’t have the net?
I refuse to hibernate any longer!
Seriously…it was sunny & snowing yesterday! I am so sick of the cold weather we have had this year. It is the end of March…we should be sunburned by now! I am going to break the cycle of cold weather by writing about my favorite Spring weather activity…GRILLING OUT. I love to have people over to grill out, hang out, and partake in a few adult beverages. I am a huge fan of the Donny Deutsch show The Big Idea. I often find out about great new products to share with you by watching this show. My favorite companies that I write about are the small guy (or gal) who thought of a really great idea that solves a common problem. I really want these small companies to do well…I am always rooting for them. I am so impressed with people who can take that leap of faith and risk everything just to bring their “big idea” to market. One of the companies that he had on a while back was called Grill Charms. While researching the product I ended up really liking the inventor Leslie Haywood. She is one determined chick! She is a mommy, a wife, a breast cancer survivor, and now an inventor! One night while sitting down to eat at a dinner party that she was hosting her husband served her a piece of super hot & spicy Jamaican Jerk chicken instead of one of the mild pieces that he had grilled too. He simply forgot which piece was which. She decided right then that there had to be a way to determine what was what on the grill. From her brilliance came Grill Charms. Grill Charms are for meat what wine charms are to glasses…they identify who it belongs to. Each charm is about the size of a dime and made out of solid stainless steel. You stick them in the meat before grilling to identify spices, flavors, and cooking temperatures. I use mine all of the time – I like my burgers very rare and my friend Kristen likes her burnt I mean well-done. I don’t want to get stuck eating her burger and she would never want to eat mine 
They stay put throughout all of the grilling and flipping and leave no confusion when it comes to serving! You can choose the seasoning charm kit or the steak kit. One is for spice options and the other is for temperature differences. You can buy a set of six for under $20 or individual charms for $4. What a great idea!! These are going to be awesome this year for all of my burger bashes! I also think they would make a great hostess or housewarming gift.
