There is a new chip in town and I love it! Healthier than the traditional fried chip and with more taste than a baked chip, POPchips are my new favorite snack.
POPchips are just that - popped. Add a little heat and pressure and apparently sliced potatoes pop into a chip. And with the same amount calories and just a gram or two more fat, POPchips make a tasty snack you don't feel bad about eating.
I have only ever had the barbeque flavor, but they have a lot of variety to choose from. My local Publix sells POPchips, but it is around $3 for a small bag. The POPchip website also says you can find them at Ingles and Fresh Market. Costco is currently selling large bags of the chips for around $5 at both the Greenville and Spartanburg stores, although their flavor selection is limited.
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| This year's beach read |
I just picked out my yearly novel... it must be time for the beach!
I don't know how else to put it other than I just really don't enjoy reading. Each year I mange to get through one book while I'm enjoying some sand, sun and surf. I am a slow reader, and probably won't finish my random Costco pickup while we are at the beach. But because I like to finish what I start, I'll continue to diligently read a chapter a night until I finally finish the book once we get home.
I think I used to enjoy reading. I can remember reading lots of books in elementary school, but maybe I just felt like I had to in order to advance through the Accelerated Reader Program. I think I really started feeling like reading was a chore in high school when I was forced to read books I just did not enjoy. Because I read slowly, I always felt like it took forever to get through the assigned portion of the book each night. And because I was a stickler for doing everything by the rules, it never occurred to me to skip a few words.
I don't like to read series because I don't want the commitment of having to read multiple books that build on each other. I prefer novels with short chapters and will actually checkout chapter lengths before buying a book. Kevin really likes to read and tries to get me to read from time to time. I have actually found a couple of reads to be pleasurable over the past few years. I read 'The Help' because of its tie to the Junior League but ended up liking it (even though it did have some lengthy chapters). I seem to enjoy books written by people that I can hear their voice while reading, almost as if they are telling my their story directly. Michael J. Fox has written two books about his struggle with Parkinson's and I loved them both. I also really liked Mike Greenberg's (from Mike and Mike in the Morning) 'Why My Wife Thinks I'm An Idiot'.
I really don't think I'll ever learn to love to read. So the next time you start talking about this awesome book you are reading or say that you stayed up until 3am to finish some wonderful novel don't been offended if I respond with a blank stare... I just don't get it.
I think that I am a bad neighbor. I don't actually know any of the residents of the 5 other houses on my street. Ok, that's not entirely true. I sorta know the Asian family that lives across the street... they own/operate Uncle Poons! We smile and wave at each other a lot. The grandfather rides his bike around and grows veggies in his backyard.
It is not entirely my fault that I don't know any of my neighbors! We were only the 3rd family to move on the street and two of the houses didn't even exist when we moved in. As new people have moved in I haven't figured out how to best approach them for the first time. Of course my dad thinks it is just terrible that I am not on first-name basis with everyone. Mama has stalked all of the neighbors through county tax records (which are freely available online) and found all their names... and how much they paid for their house.
I do have nicknames and assumed life stories for most of the neighbors though. There is the drunk old man with his sugar mama who may or may not be dealing drugs across the street. Converse and her husband were the young newlywed couple who got divorced like a year after moving in. He apparently left her because the only time we ever talked to her was when she asked if we had seen anyone at her house with a moving truck earlier that day... awkward! There is a family living next door with two kids - Co-ed and Larry Bird. I don't have a good feel for the 5th house, they just moved in earlier this year. Although they have those family stickers on one of their cars with two adults and two dogs.
So now that we have lived here for 3 years, I don't know how to go about meeting my neighbors. None of them really spend any time outside and I don't really want to just ring the doorbell and say "Hi!". Maybe I can just send everyone a Christmas card this year...
After 5 years of marriage, I have confirmed that I married a younger version of my father... and didn't even mean to.
I have had my suspicions for a while now. It is not uncommon for the two to sit around our kitchen table and share a beer while listening to/chatting about what they consider to be "good music." (Bob Dylan just can't sing, I'm sorry!) They are also both full of useless history-based information that would only be helpful to know if you found yourself competing on Jeopardy.
Kevin confirmed my suspicions last night with a YouTube video. After watching Tiger's performance at the Memorial Tournament yesterday afternoon, Kevin was very excited to find and watch the Dorf on Golf video from the 80s online. He described it as a hilarious comedy about the frustrations of golf and felt it was a must that we watch it. While Kevin was literally laughing out loud throughout the entire clip, I sat there trying to figure out what part was supposed to be funny.
Then it happened, Kevin looked at me and said "You just don't have a sense of humor." I couldn't believe he said that... my Daddy has told me the exact same thing for years now! Apparently, Kevin and Daddy find humor in places I just don't and obviously that means I don't have a sense of humor at all.
To make things worse, he threw in "I bet your dad would find this funny." Sigh, I am sure he is right...
POPchips are just that - popped. Add a little heat and pressure and apparently sliced potatoes pop into a chip. And with the same amount calories and just a gram or two more fat, POPchips make a tasty snack you don't feel bad about eating.
