{"id":937,"date":"2012-04-23T23:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T04:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=937"},"modified":"2012-04-23T23:00:33","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T04:00:33","slug":"found-while-wandering-around-walmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/04\/found-while-wandering-around-walmart.html","title":{"rendered":"Found While Wandering Around Walmart…"},"content":{"rendered":"

First of all, an update on my iPhone cracked glass drama. I’m so happy that USAA called me this morning to tell me that my computer\/media insurance rider WILL cover the dropped phone, I’m to get an assessment from Apple about whether we can just replace the glass…which they will cover. If Apple says “No, replace the whole phone.” then USAA will cover replacing the whole phone!<\/p>\n

WOW! Now, before you all go running to USAA for computer\/media riders, the adjuster made it clear that our policy is one of the LAST ONES to be worded such that it covers iPhones and by the end of 2012 ours will flip to exclude smart phones.<\/p>\n

The moral of the story? Get the Apple Care or your cell phone provider’s insurance for your phone.<\/p>\n

Now…back to the point of this post. Today I went to Walmart to get an Otterbox case<\/a> for my phone. I wasn’t very happy with the Griffin Survivor iPhone case<\/a> so I exchanged it. The Otterbox costs more — it’s probably the most expensive case there is. But hey — now I don’t have to pay to fix my phone, right?<\/p>\n

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My new Otter Box. The "Survivor" case I had before was a very bright pink, this one is more subdued. I like pink...in a subdued way.<\/p><\/div>\n

I also needed groceries. For the first time in a long time I wasn’t squeezing in a grocery trip among several other daily errands. I could take my time.<\/p>\n

As I used to do a lot more often, I began to take note of “new” products out there. And they got me wondering…<\/p>\n

I saw a lot of stuff but these two products caught my attention.<\/p>\n

First of all, I found this “Whole Grain (Hamburger) Helper.”<\/p>\n

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"Whole Grain (Hamburger) Helper". Plopped right next to regular Hamburger Helper.<\/p><\/div>\n

Many of you know about my adventures with Hamburger Helper in 2010<\/a>. And my adventures with “homemade” Hamburger Helper afterwards<\/a>. (Maybe it’s time to make the homemade version for the kids again, by the way).<\/p>\n

So I did some comparisons. I put Stroganoff-flavored Whole Grain Helper next to the Stroganoff-flavored regular Hamburger Helper to compare ingredients and nutrition facts.<\/p>\n

I don’t see a lot of difference…take a look and tell me what you think?<\/p>\n

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The "Whole Grain" version is on the left, the standard is on the right. There's a little bit of calorie and sodium savings, but not enough for me to stop the presses and start buying it.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s the ingredient list. Again, a few of the more chemical-y ingredients — such as MSG — aren’t in the whole grain version, but I was surprised at how much was still in the whole grain version.<\/p>\n

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I’d have been happier if they had removed that partially hydrogenated soybean oil.<\/p>\n

The other product was with the Capri Sun beverages. I typically get my sons the “Roaring Waters<\/a>” drinks, which are low-calorie alternatives to Capri Sun. But these Super-V drinks caught my attention:<\/p>\n

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Cue the John Williams theme! It's SUPER-V! With fiber, to boot!<\/p><\/div>\n

We buy V-8 Splash sometimes, especially the Light Concord Grape flavor. But I try really hard not to make a habit out of substituting fruit and vegetable juices for the real thing. So I decided to let the boys try these in their lunchboxes. We’ll let you know.<\/p>\n

PS: Does your school recycle Capri Sun pouches for Terracycle<\/a>? Our boys’ schools do and it’s a great program. I’ve been promising myself a Capri Sun bag for a long time…maybe I need to actually do it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First of all, an update on my iPhone cracked glass drama. I’m so happy that USAA called me this morning to tell me that my computer\/media insurance rider WILL cover the dropped phone, I’m to get an assessment from Apple about whether we can just replace the glass…which they will cover. If Apple says “No, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,66,616],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-f7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1600,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/12\/personal-computer-rider.html","url_meta":{"origin":937,"position":0},"title":"Why It Pays to Have a Personal Computer Rider","date":"27 December 12","format":false,"excerpt":"Allow me to give a little public service announcement. Last weekend I dropped a filled duffel bag while attempting to load it into our car-top carrier for our holiday trip to Tampa. 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