A lot of Jelly Beans

  LG is holding a contest where you guess how many jelly beans are in their new French door refrigerator. I love those kind of guessing games. I am a pretty darn good estimator. Mostly though, I am good at it in person. If I can physically see the container and the candy or what have you. I have won several candy jar estimation contests in my lifetime. However, even if I was able to physically see the refrigerator it is enormous and there are so so many jelly beans. If you want to see for yourself you can enter on LG's Facebook page HERE But enter quickly because the last day is today, 9/21
  Anyway, I thought I could form my answer with a little math. I thought I was sooo smart. So, the refrigerator is 31 cubic feet. All I had to do was figure out how many jelly beans fit into a cubic foot. Oh yeah, I'm a genius! I am so going to win. That's when I got going on google. I started typing "How many jelly beans are in one cubic foot" however before I even got through the word "one" the phrase popped up as one of the top searches. Coincidence perhaps? Because every average Joe wonders how many jelly beans are in a cubic foot. While not only did I find the answer but without having to do any math or additional searches, there were plenty of results with the answer of how many jelly beans are in 31 cubic feet. Darn! Someone stole my brilliant plan!
  How many jelly beans are in a cubic foot? Well, I can't quite find a straight answer to that one. I think my husband chose a random wiki answer and I used that. For all I know it could be way way off. Especially since the answer he chose was 3456 without explanation. Just four consecutive numbers that are most likely made up. I think the real winner here will be the guy with real determination. The one who went out and bought a cubic foot square box and then, filled that box with an obscene amount of jelly beans. That's probably the best, smartest and most time consuming way. I am certainly not up for that. Oh well, turns out I'm not going to win after all.
 What on earth is LG going to do with all those jelly beans after this contest? And who is going to count those all? Can I have a couple hundred jelly beans as my consolation prize? And darn it, how many jelly beans are in a one cubic foot box?!?!


- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

We have power!

  There is drain work being done in our apartment complex. We can not park by our apartment, there is loud construction noise outside all day but at least the boys are entertained watching all the big trucks. Today however, they knocked out the power. A minor mishap that forced us outside to play. So, it ended up being a good thing. Except that I could not blog or charge my phone.
  We had a nice time drawing wit chalk and running around with the dog. The boy I babysit said "You mean there's no tv?!" I long for the cooler fall weather that we got a preview of for the last two days. Just a quick sneak preview however, as it is back to being a little too warm for me. A you know I'm STILL breastfeeding so I am always way too warm. I used to be the type of girl who was cold in 70 degrees but in the last three and a half years of breastfeeding I'm the type of girl who is hot in 60 degrees. I hate it.
  Finally, they have fixed the issue and our power has returned. I was almost looking forward to not cooking tonight. Maybe I could shut everything off and tell my hubby to order a pizza. Haha. I guess I could just suck it up and cook before I get ready for work. I am glad we didn't have to go without power for too long. We were the lucky few to actually maintain power through Hurricane Irene and the entire week after. Many around us had no power for 7-9 days! Yikes. I'm too spoiled to go that long although, I wouldn't have had a choice. I've made it through worse.
  Have you ever had to go an extended period without power?

Redbox Reserve a movie, get one free

  Personally, I love Redbox. I think it's a great deal for a movie rental and they can be returned to any kiosk so if your not near your home kiosk you can still rent it and drop it off at the one closest to you.My son is always asking for a movie when we pass a kiosk. For a dollar it's a great sugar free bribe for getting him to behave in the store.
  Redbox has an offer right now that if you reserve a movie you get a code for a free one night rental for next time. That way your movie is guaranteed to be there. It's a pretty sweet deal if your a huge Redbox fan like yours truly. Just go to Redbox.com now to reserve yours. And while your there snap a photo of yourself hugging a Redbox to win a huge entertainment package! Go HERE for more details.