Better Oats Oatmeal

Hello followers!

My new passion- OATMEAL. Now I was never a really huge fan of oatmeal before, but my SIL, (Emie) turned me on to this new brand of oatmeal that she's been enjoying. She told me that her favorite flavor was the dark chocolate flavor. I was like, "wait a minute.. there is a dark chocolate flavored oatmeal?" OH YEA... and it's DECADENT! It even has little pieces of chocolate in it so that when you make it, it has little chocolate pockets. This oatmeal is amazing. I found out that you can buy it at Target, so on my last trip I went to the food aisle and found many flavors of the Better Oats oatmeal! I bought the dark chocolate and the maple brown sugar with flax. Both of them are simple to make, (they even have you measure out the water INSIDE the oatmeal packet) and they are so yummy. They are also only 160 calories for a packet, which requires you to make it with water. I have enclosed a couple of pictures so you know what you are looking for at the grocery store. Pick it up! There is nothing better on a cold morning for breakfast than thick, chocolaty oatmeal! I'm being prompted to also tell you that all of their oatmeals contains 29 whole grains and 3 grams of fiber per serving! If you are looking to eat healthier, Quaker simply isn't cutting it anymore!

At least it isn't YOU! (But I'm the one enjoying awesome oatmeal this lovely morning!)

Amanda

Why I Hate my I Pod Nano

I'm sure you all looked at this title and went, WHAAAAAT? Miss Musical Amanda hates a piece of technology that enhances the ability to listen to music? Let me tell you WHY....

A few months ago I broke down and bought a new I Pod. After I had Violet I was suffering from some PPD and realized that that in part was because all of the music in my life was on hold because my awesome I Pod Video was broken. So I went to Sam's Club, (because lets face it... everything is cheaper there) and I sat there for like two hours deciding whether to just go with the new I Pod Nano or break down and get the I Touch. I decided that since I needed the Nano only for working out and for MY personal enjoyment I would go with the Nano. I figured it was smaller- fit in my purse better, and could now hold as much music as my old I Video could hold.

I got it home, tried to load everything and went .... WTF? The program for the new I Pod Nano is horrible to use and makes no sense! It doesn't allow you to just click a button and have it acquire a playlist. You need to manually click everything. SERIOUSLY APPLE? You come out with the I Pad which my MIL can use, but you make me manually click on every song I want on my I pod? You all know me, so you know how much music I have in my I Tunes. I have everything from Barney the Dinosaur, to Gangster wrap and Ska Punk. It would take me literally hours to go through and pick which genre's of music that I want on my I Pod. HUGE FAIL APPLE!!!!

I am now reconsidering my decision to buy an I Pad seeing as Apple has failed me. I am training for a 5 K and the Broad Street run and all I want is a fun playlist that will push me through my running. I used to love the basic I Pod (I had second generation.) Never had a problem with it until it literally died... Now I hate my I Pod and as a professional musician and music teacher- things are not looking good for Apple.

At least it isn't YOU!

Amanda