Tupperware Tuesday: Microwave Pasta Maker

Before, we get to today's featured product, I need to announce the winner of my first ever blog giveaway from last week!  I'll admit, I was hoping for a larger response, but I'm thankful that anyone took the time to comment!  Since there were only comments from 5 different people, I decided to just chose a random winner from the 5.  Here is the number that random.org chose.

So, if you look at the comments in order from oldest to newest, the winner is... Katie! Congrats Katie!  We will be in touch about your prize!  Be on the lookout for more giveaways soon! 

Today's featured product is the Microwave Pasta Maker.  I LOVE Pasta.  I eat a lot of it, because it is quick and cheap.  I was so excited when Tupperware released the Microwave Pasta Maker.  This makes cooking pasta even easier!  It is so simple to use, and I love that you can cook, strain and serve in the same dish.  At my Tupperware party last week, I demoed this, and we actually cooked spaghetti during the party in only 12 minutes! So simple.  I love that I can have pasta quickly and not even have to turn on my stove. 

Last year, Tupperware held a contest for Consultants to enter a video about the Pasta Maker.  I entered, and while I didn't win, it was such a fun experience!  Here is my video: 

I don't think that I will be going into infomercials any time soon!  I've used this product to cook a variety of pastas... spaghetti, penne, cavitappi. macaroni... and they all work well!  

What is your favorite pasta dish? 

Music Monday: PS 22 Chorus

I'm not sure what rock I've been hiding under... I don't think that I'd heard about the PS 22 Chorus until last week... but now that I have, I've been listening to them a lot! These kids are awesome.  They do wonderful covers of songs, current and older songs too... Their director seems like an amazing person.  The amount of talent that these kids have is unreal.

For your listening pleasure, here are some of my favorite videos from them.

Tribute to Whitney Houston - The Greatest Love of All

Adele - Rolling In the Deep

Denise, the soloist in this video, was actually featured in a Target commercial during the Grammy's. 

Paul Simon - Bridge Over Troubled Water

I can't wait to see what some of these kids end up doing.  The Chorus has been around since 2000.  The impact that this choral director is having on these kids is outstanding.  If anyone can watch this and still make an argument for cutting the arts out of schools, they don't have a heart. 

Pinterest 5/10: Rose Balls

Last weekend, I decorated for and directed a wedding.  For the centerpieces, the bride wanted balls of roses on top of vases.  The logical way to make these would be to use styrofoam balls and stick the flowers in there, but I had seen a different way on Pinterest, and since we were using silk flowers, it would work well. The idea was to use wiffle balls to glue the flowers in the holes.

Inspiration Pin: http://pinterest.com/pin/6051780719154256/

My creation:

It worked very well!  It was a lot cheaper too.  A pack of 2 styrofoam balls is about $5.  I got a pack of 8 wiffle balls from Walmart for $5.  Just pulled the flowers off the stem and hot glued them in the holes.  Very clever idea!