This picture doesn't look like much to some, but to me it is so much. A Big sister Little sister bond can be so sweet no matter the age. It has been nice over the past couple of years watching one grow as a toddler and one grow to an adult. Nothing can prepare a Mom to explain to a 3 year old that her sister will be moving soon. I have thought about it and thought about it and nothing seems right. So tonight as Ashlynn was helping me make bows I said "Lauren will be moving out soon...did you know that?" She looked up and burst into tears. MY HEART WAS BROKEN! I yelled for Lauren to come downstairs and Ashlynn just kept saying "No mommy no she can't leave" UGH for about 45 minutes she cried and kept saying "please don't let her leave" I am pretty sure she ripped my heart out. If anyone has any good ideas to help her PLEASE let me know. I have one idea...and I think Lauren and I thought of it at the same time. Have her make Lauren a build a bear to take with her. Maybe they can make each other one.

Ok so I had a moment of weakness....We stopped buying packaged food for a while. But since it is Summertime and we are outdoors and swimming all the time I needed a few quick lunch items. Nuggets,lunch meat...you know the easy stuff. So anyways...I bought this bag of popcorn chicken. I bought 2 because my picky child (I won't give names but she is 18)loves these and that is rare! After a long weekend of camping this past weekend I threw these jewels into the microwave for 3 starving kids. As I sat them down with their plates I snatched one off of Ashlynn's and popped it into my mouth. NOM NOM NOM right? HELL NO!I had something hard and big in my "nugget"

I was shocked! I spit it out..OBVIOUSLY! I poked,bent,examined and gagged. I took a pic and shoved this into a ziplock then into the freezer. Ran over grabbed the kids food and dumped it.

So Monday I decided to send over an email to the company...I had a response as fast as the email went thru! Dear Mrs. KXXXXX, Thank you for your email concerning our XXXXXXX Popcorn Chicken. We sincerely apologize for your experience. We stand by the quality of our products, and want you to know that this matter has been taken seriously. If digital photos are available, please reply to this email and attach your photo(s), up to a total size of 8MB. Please do not change the formatting or content of the subject line on your reply, as it includes a code that allows us to match the photo with your contact. Once again, we're sorry to learn about your experience, as we always strive to produce the finest quality products possible. We would like to discuss this in more detail. Please call us at 1-800-123-2435 between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Central, Monday through Friday, and we will be happy to assist you further. Thanks again for your feedback. We're listening! Sincerely, Nancy Consumer Affairs Representative So I called them back...they asked me tons of fun questions...I laughed after the lady said "will you ever eat these again?" My response..UM NO! Look honestly I don't eat this stuff, it is full of who knows what, I just feed it to my kids! OMG DID I SAY THAT? Yes...I did. My call ended up with we need that for our lab, we are sending you a ton of free coupons and we will let you know what this item is. Im so excited to find out what the heck it is I think the suspense is killing me...no not really. I am a little scared to hear what it is. It is hard, plastic looking but could possibly be bone shaving and that will just forever gross me out. Im not sure what is worse...this or finding a hair in your half eaten food. UGGGGHHHHH!