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Feb 8

Monday Method Musings

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Congrats to andresons for wininng the Method Clean gift basket giveaway. Please email me your mailing address so we can get it out to you!

My daughter (whose hair came out of 1990) couldn’t handle the fact that Catcher got to make a movie so I invite you watch my Biggie in all her glory. Enjoy!

**Also many kisses and congrats go out to La Cave Du Vin for being named the 25th Best Beer Bar in the WORLD and to my girl Alyssa whose Chef & restie just got named the best pizza in the US. F to the yeah.

Feb 4

Family Game Night

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He waits patiently in anticipation.  What will his next move be?  Only we shall see.  Quietly he picks a letter and soon he has a word.  He moves each piece slowly to the board.  He glances up unsure if he is right.  He sees the pride and his smile explodes. He is the winner.  In our hearts.  Forever.


Feb 2

Here’s what is  supercool about Lost.  And google.  I type Sawyer into google and I get this:

or this:

My two favorite Sawyers…yum.

I am beyond excited for the final season of Lost.  I truly think that is the only thing on television worth watching (besides Skins of course).  Unfortunately & Fortunately tonight I am not going to be able to partake in some good ‘ol fashion James Ford Sawyer deliciousness as I will be enjoying the new beer we made alongside Buckeye Brewing Co. at The Greenhouse Tavern.  You should totally come.  The beer is a-freaking-mazing!

So if ANYONE and I mean ANYONE spoils tonight’s episode for me on Twitter, Facebook, or in person, I will hurt you.  Badly.

Or maybe I should just turn my interwebs off? Meh.

What’s your prediction for the final Lost season?  Will Kate & Sawyer fall back in love?  Will John Locke turn out to be God?  I wanna know.  If anyone’s prediction for the entire outcome of the season comes true I will totally take you on a date at The Greenhouse Tavern.

Can’t wait for tonight check out the first four minutes of the season premiere.

xoxo bitches.

Feb 1

I Love Our Peoples

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One the greatest things about owning a restaurant is the people.  The Chef and I come home every night after work and talk about how lucky we are to have such a great family at the restaurant.  Last night we got to show them just a little bit of how much we love the people who make up our team.

We took the staff to our favorite watering hole, ordered some adult beverages, and enjoyed each other’s company.

It was rad.   It was relaxing.  It was a well needed thank you to our family.

xoxo bitches

*Check out some more pics of GHT debauchery here.

**Make sure to enter my Method gift basket giveaway cause cleaning with natural products kick ass.

***My doode Mike Symon started a fan page on the facebook.  You should be his fan and while you’re at it you should be mine.

****Don’t forget about widow of the week submissions.  If you are married to someone in the industry (restaurant that is) I wanna know you.

Jan 29

A Cleaner Clean

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It’s no secret that I am not a fan of laundry.  The Chef & I have battled out over laundry more times that I care to admit.  We have different styles.  He likes to do it all at once.  Me…not so much.  I like to take my time with it.  Sort the colors, wash a couple loads, and eventually fold.

We differ an our laundry styles most all of the time.  Except when we are sick.  The month of January will forever go down in our history as the month our entire family was sick.  First Biggie Smalls came down with a double ear infection.  Then the Chef & I got matching sinus infection, and finally the poor boy came down with the sickness and a cough that could take over Manhattan. When the sickness took over we literally gave up on everything, including laundry.  The mound of sickness covered clothing just kep growing and growing and growing…

1 week of window wash

When Heinen’s contacted me to review the new Method laundry detergent I couldn’t say no.  It was a sign.  A sign to get my sick ass in gear and attack what was taking over the deep dark dungeon I like to call our laundry den.

Look at me! I love laundry!

When the FedEx truck came to our house I was literally knee deep in puke covered duvet (see above).  For serious. The boy’s cough was so bad that it was causing him to vomit.  Ahhh the joys of motherhood. I cleaned up the poor boy and took my duvet and my Method down to the den.  Time to take action.

Since then I have used the Method detergent everyday.  It has been almost 3 weeks and I can honestly say I have become a huge fan.  First things first, the size of the bottle.  Fifty loads in this tiny bottle works for me.  I love compact and I love high efficient. This is the best of both.  Second, the pump is silly easy.  I have a standup washer so the drawer I have to fill with detergent is as tall as I am.  Lugging a ginormous detergent bottle has always caused all sorts of spillage problems for me.  The Method pump eliminates all spillage.  4 pumps in and I’m done(that’s what she said) .  Last but certainly not least, the detergent smells good and continues to smell good after my clothes come out of the dryer.  The majority of natural detergents I have used in the past do not keep my clothes smelling mmmm good. This is a big one for me.  I like fresh smelling clothes.  Method detergent gives me that.

In conclusion I am a fan.  You should be too.

Now all I need is someone from Method to come to my house and fold all of this laundry I just did…

Feeling lucky?  Enter to win an awesome Method gift basket filled with these goodies:

Just leave me a comment telling me what your absolute favorite cleaning product is.  I will pick a winner using the randomizer (aka the boy) next Friday at noon.  Happy weekend y’all.

Heinen’s supplied the product & giveaway basket for this honest review.