Recipe
Let me give you an idea of what weekends look like at my house. Every weekend. {And some Mondays. And Thursdays. And all those days in between.}
Football. Football. And more football.
The only thing that changes are the shape of the ball, the length of the sleeves, and the team on the jersey. And occasionally the brand of beer.
I’ve learned there’s only two options: a) Become a football expert. b) Embrace it.
Option b includes keeping the boys happy. Keeping the boys happy includes feeding them.
On occasion, believe it or not, football-watching boys want something besides spinach dip and hummus. Whaaat? I know, I know. They’re crazy.
But I do have a favorite man-friendly dip. My mom used to make it all the time growing up, but we’ll pretend it was something I made just for the boys & their football. And we’ll pretend I spent all day on it. Don’t tell anyone it takes less than 3 minutes.
I have a feeling this will be making a re-appearance this weekend during the Superbowl.
Warning: it’s not pretty. Then it wouldn’t be a man dip.
It’s really hard to make. Ready?
Put cream cheese in a bowl.
Pour chili on top.
Microwave & stir until comes together and there are no cream cheese chunks left.
Serve straight out of bowl and eat with Scoops!
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by with a Side of Sneakers
- 1 package Neufchâtel cheese (1/3 reduced fat cream cheese)
- 1 can turkey chili no beans (I used Hormel)
- Scoops {or other tortilla chips}
Combine cream cheese and chili in a bowl.
Microwave 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between, until thoroughly combined.
Serve warm with chips.
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Will you be watching the Super Bowl? Who are you rooting for? What’s your favorite football snack?
Fun, Social Media
There are certain things you’d never say in front of your grandmother, a prospective employer, or a colleague. So why do some people think it’s ok to say this things on the Internet?
We’ve probably all heard that you should take down pictures of you doing keg stands in college or in scandalous Halloween costumes when you’re hunting for a job. But that’s not the only time you need to be careful of how you represent yourself in social media.
In 2009 a woman in Chicago was sued for tweeting about her moldy apartment:
“Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it’s okay.”
Horizon sued her for $50,000 for ruining their rep worldwide…. she had 17 followers.
A couple traveling out of town gave several Twitter updates along the way, including:
“preparing to head out of town”
“another 10 hours of driving ahead”
“made it to Kansas City.”
They were robbed.
If you wouldn’t leave it on your voicemail, don’t leave it online.
Be careful what your acquaintances say, too. A Colorado Senator repeatedly told reporters he was too busy with ‘Senate business’ for an interview. Then a tweet from another reporter shows up:
“Just back from lunch with Sen. Bennet (Colo.).”
Busted.
You don’t get a free pass for being famous either.
The owner of the Dallas Mavericks’ was fined $25,000 by the NBA for the following tweet:
“How do they not call a tech on JR Smith for coming off the bench to taunt our player on the ground?”
Seems innocent right? Not to the NBA.’
Joe Schmoe’s not off the hook either.
“Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.”
It wasn’t long before that wasn’t a decision he didn’t have to make- Cisco pulled the job offer. {You know companies can track their name right? Anybody can.}
Forget fines, Twitter can get you arrested too. Angry about a snowstorm, a man in the UK wrote:
“Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your sh** together, otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!!”
He was arrested and banned from the airport for life.
Thought Twitter and Facebook were just for fun, personal use? Think again.
According to Proofpoint, 8% of companies fired an employee in 2009 (up from 4%) for something social media related. 13% of companies have investigated an employee’s tweet.
For other famous social media blunders, check these out:
10 Famous Social Media Blunders of 2010
5 Examples of Social Media Blunders & What to Learn From Them
In Pictures: 20 Social Media Blunders
Ever made a social media mistake?
Goals
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
– Mother Teresa
The other night I went to a presentation on organization. I have to say I was slightly crushed to learn there’s no magic secret to keeping coats off the banister and shoes out of the hallway –you actually have to put them away. Bummer.
{disclaimer: not my mess}
The strategies we talked about were nothing new: put things away as soon as you get home, throw away mail you don’t know, make a list before going to the grocery store, blah, blah, blah.
But at the end of the talk there were a couple drawings for rewarding you for not leaving halfway through. Thank goodness I made it through, because I won! I never win. I ended up with a copy of the book the speaker was reading, The Compound Effect.
Now, I’m not gonna lie- I haven’t even opened the cover yet. But the concept is clear from the title: tiny little things add up.
Tiny little things add up. It’s always been my philosophy for health: make small changes and eventually you’ll make a big impact on your health. I hadn’t realized that can basically be applied to anything.
- Cleaning your house? Do a little bit every day. Eventually you’ll be spic and span.
- Running a marathon? Start with a mile. And then another. And then another. Before you know it, you’ll be well past 26.
- Ditching cigarettes? Smoke one less each day, until you’re down to zero. {Ok, ok that’s subtracting. Same difference.}
- Writing a thesis? Write a couple pages every day. Maybe you’ll finally get a paper done before the day it’s due.
“All great things are only a number of small things that have carefully been collected together.”
What small things have you done to make a big impact? What big goals do you have that can be tackled little by little instead of all at once?
