Baby food, not just for babies anymore!

Raise your hand if you've ever been in the grocery store and looked at the baby food section, wondering what some of it tastes like? This post is dedicated to you!! I've cut out the confusion for you and I'll let you know what to try and what to stay away from.

Yes, every single item I list below I've personally tested so that you can shop with confidence the next time you go buy food for the baby that you don't have.

It's odd, some of the things that you think would be horrible, like butternut squash are very good, while other things that you think would be good, like banana's are kind of blah and tasteless.

In no particular order, here are some of my fav's and non-fav's.



Biter Biscuits - don't be fooled by them looking like Nutter Butter cookies. Even when dipped IN peanut butter they still taste like cardboard. I even tried dipping them in milk and they just ended up tasting like a soggy shoebox. Pass these over.



Folks, you're not gonna go wrong with these!!! They're shaped like a Cheeto, they smell like a Cheeto, they crunch like a Cheeto...... and surprisingly they taste like one too! Granted they aren't as cheesy, but they are made from whole grain so you get a bit of a roasted corn flavor in there. A pity the cans are so small, cuz you can pound one of these in no time.



Call a spade a spade here. It's cough syrup. Maybe Jamarcus Russell should have used this instead of codeine syrup in his Purple Drank. It's so packed full of electrolytes that they forgot to add decent taste.



This one may surprise a few of you, and I admit I was skeptical as well. Especially since I've tried all the other flavors of puffs and although they may smell like blueberry or apple, they taste like packing peanuts. These actually have a nice sweet start and finish well. They pair excellently with a nice Pinot Grigio or possibly even a Cabernet.




One word. Barf. They have a taste and consistency of a clay pigeon target and could be used for target practice, but I would recommened using #4 Heavy Game Load to break them. They also work well for proping up a wobbly table.




If you're a yogurt fan, then these are your treat. Me and Ashtyn have been known to pound a bag of these while watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.



Culinary excellence. Cherry flavored apple sauce, pureed to perfection. Somebody at Gerber had better have gotten a high 5 for this creation!



I know I said in no particular order, but I did save the worst for last. This isn't even so much a review as it is a warning. Somebody at Gerber should have gotten fired over this one..... Mash up some turkey and vegatables, take out all the flavor and then blend in a healthy dose of blackboard chalk. It's like a paste and no amount of water will wash the taste or grit out of your mouth. That a baby can eat this and grin is beyond me, unless they are grinning, thinking about the faces daddy will make changing their diaper a couple hours from now.

Danger........... is my middle name.

"UP!! UP!!!"

"No, No."

Those two words are probably the most spoken words in the house right now.

Unfortunately, Ashtyn has a penchant for danger like her dad did back in the day. Obviously I don't remember, but way back in the 70's I was a master at figuring out how to take toys and build ladders to get out of playpens, cribs or any other device designed to keep me in.

Like dad, Ashtyn wants up on everything, but tests the boundaries and ledges of whatever she's on. The other day she was standing on the couch and Grandma Kelly came in the front door and called her name. In about the time it takes her to fill a diaper she was running across the couch and attempted to leap off the edge of it. Luckily mom was there to catch her.

So now we constantly walk around behind her waiting for the next thing she's trying to climb up on or jump off of.

I have a bad feeling that when she learns to count it's not going to be "1,2,3,4....", it's going to be "3,2,1, BUNGEE!!!!!!"

How to cancel a credit card

Anyone else have that credit card in their wallet that serves no purpose? No purpose other than as a emergency window scrapper in the winter and to prove to yourself that you can’t pick locks when you lock yourself out of the house?

Ever try to call in and cancel that card? Better set aside an entire afternoon to talk on the phone OR, use my surefire way to get through to Habib in the Cancel Verification department quickly.

First off, let me qualify this by saying that a crying baby is about the most distressing sound in the world and I hate seeing Ashtyn crying, but sometimes they just aren’t happy with the current situation and feel like they need to voice their opinion on it. In these cases, use it to make the most out of a bad situation.

I’d tried to cancel this particular card several times in the past and because I don’t normally have 3 hour stretches to rebut every one of their rebuts as to why I should keep it, so I just give up and keep the card to get off the phone. Usually the calls go something like this:

Card Company: “Can I get your social to verify who I’m talking to?”

Me: “Blah, blah, blah”

CC: “Thank you Mr. Miller, how can I help you”

Me: “I’d like to close my account today”

CC: “Ok, well I show that you’ve been a member since 1997.”

Me: “I know, and I feel like in some really cool club and stuff, but it’s not the Mafia so I want out.”

CC: “Well, I show that you have a really low interest rate for purchases and cash advances.”

Me: “Super, but unless its lower than my college GPA of 1.97 it’s still too high.”

CC: “Not every place takes checks”

Me: “They take debit tho”

CC: “What about big purchases?”

Me: “Yep, they’re called cars and houses. Banks give you loans for those and at less than 13.00% interest.”

CC: “What if it’s an emergency?”

Me: “I’ll call 911”

CC: “Money emergency”

Me: “I don’t need the ‘Sounds of the 70’s’ 17 disc collection that bad.”

CC: “I’m authorized to drop your interest rate by 5% today.”

Me: “Will it get me off the phone in the next 15 seconds.”

CC: “Yes”

Me: “Sold, looks like I’m still in the Mafia.”

That’s how it’s went for me in the past, they wear me down until I give up and keep the card. Not on my latest effort tho! Ashtyn wasn’t happy so I quick picked up the phone, pressed 17 buttons to get to a live operator and this is more how it went:

CC: “How can I help you Mr. Miller.”

Me: “I’d like to cancel my card.”

CC: “It shows you’ve been a member since………..”

{Ashtyn}: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!

CC: “I’ll put you through to verifications.”

Verifications: “Mr. Miller I understand you’d like to cancel………….”

{Ashtyn}: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!

Verifications: “Ummmm, I’ve closed your account.”

It’s an old axiom, but still hold true.
“Life throws you lemons, make lemonade.”