Shopping for the Mother of the Groom Dress

Mom discovered a gas leak this morning.  So after turning off  the gas line, Mom and Oma decided to use the dilemma as a reason to get Wedding Shopping completed.  After dragging poor Reef Indy all through the mall; Mom, Oma and Reef ended up at the David's Bridal Store in Murrietta.

Reef Indy enjoyed his shopping adventure with Oma and Mom

On this, our second visit to David's Bridal Shop, the service was much improved!  Oma and Mom quickly agreed on a dress for the wedding.

Now all Oma has left to do  is plan the Rehearse Dinner and then enjoy the wedding.

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Dr. Carey’s Baby Care: First Year Baby Care Guide Review & Giveaway

Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial.

Product Description:

Think of this book as a user’s guide to your baby’s first year, an office visit to your baby’s physician found between the covers of this book. It’s arranged so that the most common questions are handled by topic. 

My goal is to answer a lot of the questions parents have that their own physicians may not spend the time to really answer, and to do so clearly and simply, and with lots and lots of pictures (almost 100) where appropriate.

There are certainly many medically related questions that are best answered by someone in the medical field, but for baby basics, this is the one you want.

This 80-page guide is divided into 8 helpful sections:

1. Development
2. Rashes, Rashes, Rashes
3. Baby Care That Nobody Talks About
4. Those Messy Diapers
5. Minor Medical Problems
6. The Sick Baby
7. Since You Asked
8. My Baby’s Milestones

Dr. Carey is a respected practicing pediatrician in Ventura, California. He hosts Dr. Carey’s Baby Care on CAPS-TV in Ventura and other public broadcasting stations nationwide. Keeping up with technology and user friendly access, he has a website, a YouTube Channel, and a weekly newsletter. Socially you can find him on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. In addition to his medical expertise, Dr. Carey possesses an extensive publishing background.

He self-published a comprehensive review series for medical students and has written articles for Ventura Parent Magazine. He serves as a guest speaker for numerous expectant parent classes. Dr. Carey is known for his relaxed and fun attitude, good bedside manner and for always taking his patient’s concerns seriously. He has a deep love for the children he cares for. The creation of his first book will help you get through all the hiccups of your baby’s first year.

Although Oma successfully raised two happy and productive sons; it has been over thirty years since they were babies. Oma was very pleased with 'Dr. Carey’s Baby Care: First Year Baby Care Guide' because the book is well-organized - so very easy to read and understand!

Dr. Carey’s Baby Care: First Year Baby Care Guide would be a perfect gift for the first time parent; new Oma or Opa; or for a beginner babysitter.

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It’s GIVEAWAY time! Dr. Carey is sponsoring a giveaway on my blog for one of my readers to win a copy for themselves.

One of Oma’s lucky readers can enter and win… the Dr. Carey’s Baby Care: First Year Baby Care Guide (ARV $14.95). To enter: Just fill out the RaffleCopter form below! Open to US only and must be 18+ to enter.

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Solitaire Chess Review

Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial.

Oma loves games that challenge the mind. ThinkFun Brain Fitness games  help keep your mind young and sharp – all through play. 

Solitaire Chess combines the rules of chess and peg solitaire to bring you a fun and challenging brainteaser play experience. In this simple single player game, your goal is to set up the pieces according to a challenge and capture and eliminate following the rules of traditional chess until only one piece is left standing. The 80 challenges range from beginner to expert and are designed to clear the mind, speed up thinking and improve logic and memory. Whether you're a chess expert or you've never played before, this is the perfect way to have a little fun while giving your brain a healthy snack.

Oma found this game very entertaining. It literally took Oma less than five minutes to unpack the game box; read the well-written instruction booklet; set-up the first challenge and start playing.

The game lets you learn the game or sharpen your skills without risking the agony of defeat or having to wait for a second Chess Player. It would be the perfect introduction to chess for your youngster! Additionally, the one-player logic puzzle, which uses simplified rules of chess to create brainteaser challenges, would also make a thoughtful gift for that older person you know who lives alone!

Product Description

Solitaire Chess® - A Strategic Twist on a Timeless Classic

You don’t have to know chess to become a master of this addictive logic game! The rules in Solitaire Chess are simple - first set up the chess pieces on the board according to one of the 60 challenge cards, then proceed to capture and eliminate all but one piece using only moves allowed in traditional chess. You must capture a piece with every move, so this game is fast-paced and always exciting!

• Ages 8 to adult

Includes:

• Chess Board with Storage for Chess Pieces
• 60 Challenge Cards from Beginner to Expert
• 10 Chess Pieces

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Belle and Reef Enjoying Mission Beach

Belle and her cousin Reef Indy enjoy their May day at Mission Beach.  

While some may compare San Diego’s Mission Beach to the East Coast’s Atlantic City and Coney Island, there is a unique Southern California vibe you can’t find anywhere else here. Nestled between Pacific Beach on the north side, and Belmont Park on its southern side, Mission Beach offers a lively and robust variety of activities in the sun, surf and sand. From hot dog stands to fine dining eateries, hot night clubs to street performers, expect to find all kinds of free-spirited beach goers in a fun, carnival-like atmosphere along the sandy shores.

MIRA Touch Professional Digital Kitchen Scale Review

Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial.

Product Features

• ATTRACTIVE GLASS TOP: MIRA Touch Professional Digital Kitchen Scale - Beautiful blue tempered glass surface - 4 times stronger than normal glass. Check out all the other color options for the perfect complement to your kitchen.
• ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY: This beautiful kitchen scale has advanced touch sensitive buttons for easy operation. Slim profile kitchen scale fits nicely in small spaces - the perfect size for a kitchen scale. Glass platform is easy to clean.
• BRIGHT DISPLAY: No more squinting to see the food scale display - Large easy-to-read lighted LCD display shows weights in pounds, kilograms, grams, and ounces (lb./oz, kg/g, fl.oz., ml).
• ACCURATE & VERSATILE: TARE function zeroes out the container to ignore plates and dishes and weigh only the food inside. Measures in grams, ounces and pounds. Accurate weight measurements from .1 oz. to 11 lbs. (1 gram to 5 kgs). Uses 3 x AAA batteries (included)
• WARRANTY: This MIRA digital kitchen scale comes with a 2 year warranty. Buy with confidence.

Oma was very impressed with the MIRA Touch Professional Digital Kitchen Scale. After reading a couple of quick paragraphs, the scale was very intuitive and user friendly. The MIRA glass digital scale has all the features you could ever wanted: an easy-to-read large display, precise measurement, and easy maintenance.

What Oma found most intriguing was how the MIRA digital kitchen scale has a TARE feature that automatically deducts the weight of your food container or dish to provide the actual grams, ounces, or pounds of the ingredients alone! Its slim design made it easy to storage in the recipe drawer.

Lastly, satisfaction is guaranteed; you can buy with the confidence of knowing that MIRA stands behind the superb performance of its accurate and durable glass food scale with a 2 year warranty.

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Reef's First Fire Scare

Wildfires continued to rage throughout San Diego County Thursday morning, leaving tens of thousands of residents unsure of when, and whether, they might be able to return home.

At least nine fires have ravaged more than 9,000 acres, destroying homes and forcing thousands to flee in communities throughout North County. Local officials say the blazes, which prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency, are the worst they've seen in years.

Reef Indy did not seem too concerned about the fires around his home in Fallbrook, California.  Mom and Dad kept their eyes open, just in case it became necessary to evacuate.  The two fires close to our (Oma & Opa's and Reef's) homes were named the the Tomahawk Fire and the Highway Fire.

By far the region's largest fire, the Tomahawk Fire, scorched thousands of acres on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. That fast-moving brush fire prompted evacuations, but military aircraft were making inroads in battling it.

Hundreds also fled the Highway Fire, as it scorched hundreds of acres in the Bonsall and Fallbrook area of North County.

View of Highway Fire from Reef Indy's home

Reef's Dad captured this photo of a "Fire Tornado"

Oma took this photo from the backyard. The Tomahawk Fire is in the
distance on the left and the Highway Fire is on the right.