This post has nothing to do with this recipe for Bacon and Egg cups, which you can find here, but since I’m talking about back to school, I at least wanted to share a delicious and quick breakfast recipe with you!
This giveaway is now closed. The winner, chosen by Random.org, is Comment #277 – Laura from Vegetarian Hausfrau. Congratulations Laura!
Those of you who are friends with me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter, may have noticed that I was having just a bit of a meltdown moment yesterday. You see, my kids started back to school today and yesterday morning, when I opened up my fridge to get out the milk, I noticed our “Things to do this summer” list tacked up on the door. I realized as I was glancing through the things on the list that very few items were checked off. Looking through that list of unchecked items really hit me hard.
This summer went by so quickly. I’m going to be 100% honest with you when I say that I have had a very difficult time balancing things this summer. My “real” job with HireBetter, that I am lucky to have, has kept me busy. Freelancing opportunities are continuing to flow in at a great pace. Blog trips, events and activities are in abundance. Things, professionally, are going very well.
The truth of the matter is though that my #1 job is to be the mom of my four kiddos. It has been my goal since my first baby was born to stay at home with them. I’ve been blessed enough to work from home part-time for some pretty amazing companies, but even so, I feel so torn sometimes about how I can balance my professional life and nurturing my goals with my life of being a stay at home mom. Is it possible to be able to do both well, without feeling like one thing or the other getting neglected?
This has been the summer of the professional me, and because of that, I have a horrible amount of mama guilt about not doing enough with my children this summer. Time is slipping away, and sometimes I feel like I need to just shove the whole career thing aside and focus 100% on my family. But would I be happy then? Who knows. Who knows…
Anyway, after my meltdown and some peptalks from some of the most amazing family and friends around, I began to reflect on the summer. I was searching through pictures and found actual proof… proof that my kids and I had a fabulous summer together. We vacationed, we played, we had lazy days, we swam, we visited family… we did so many things that will hopefully be embedded in their minds as part of the great summer of 2010.
I also have more proof. I took some really fun videos of my kids using my Flip Video Camera. Can I just tell you how much I LOVE my Flip Camera? I got it right before Leah was born when I was doing some work with the Chevy Traverse and it is the must have piece of equipment for Moms everywhere. If you are horrible about capturing things by video because you never have your video camera with you, you need a Flip cam. Lucky you, because this week, I’m giving you the opportunity to win one! I believe that every person on the planet needs to have one of these great cameras. Since I’m not Oprah Winfrey, I don’t have Flip’s to giveaway for every person on the planet, but I do have one to giveaway to a lucky Dine & Dish reader.
The details:
Up for grabs us is one white & silver Flip video camera, brand new in the box, with 4 GB of Memory. Enter to win by:
- Leave a comment, including a way for me to contact you if you win, on this post anytime between now and midnight CST on Friday, August 20th.
- For an additional chance to win, become a friend of Dine & Dish on Facebook. Come back to this post and leave an additional comment letting me know you did so. If you are already a friend of Dine & Dish on Facebook, thank you! Just leave an additional comment on this post to let me know!
- And you know what, I’m easy. If you don’t Facebook, which I know not everyone does, and you want a 2nd entry, just leave a second comment on this post telling me just that.
- Winner will be drawn by Random Number Generator and announced on Saturday the 21st.
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I’d love to win a FLIP, considering the one I’m using is not mine…borrowing it from a friend. LOVE it though and need my own! Working from home is such a blessing. 5000moms can help with balance. This month, the theme is all about work, life balance. Check back later for more blog posts on the topic.
I FB like you 😉
What a great giveaway, Kristen! I can’t tell you how many times I have wished that I had my video camera near by to catch my kids playing at the park, doing cannonballs off the diving board, or just being silly. I have no doubt that you are a wonderful mum and that your kids appreciate your love and dedication.
Oooh, I’d love to win the Flip!
I “like” Dine & Dish on Facebook (I’m not sure how I missed doing this before).
i am always in need of a video camera at the most cazy times. this would be awesome to have!
i like you on facebook!
I’m so glad you’re feeling better — I think EVERY working mom has this sort of crisis moment where she wonders if she’s balancing right. You always seem to be doing great 🙂
Oh and a Flip Cam — yay! I’m already a friend on FB 🙂
Great giveaway, Kristen! I have been dying for a Flip for several years, but haven’t been able to justify the cost to myself when there are so many other things that need doing. I would love to have it to toss in my purse!
Sounds you are doing a great job of being a mom and being busy. I hope I can do that some day.
So many bloggers have the Flip camera. It seems like the perfect camera to carry in you purse for those times you always wish you could get on film.
I’m glad you were able to see how much you DID do with your family this summer. I don’t have kids so I can’t imagine the pressure you’re under to be all things to everyone. And quite honestly that’s not fair to you or any working mom. Be kind to yourself. Try, like the rest of us, to find that delicate balance between work and family/fun. It can swing one way or the other as needs arise, just so long and it comes out right in the end. Good luck with all of the back-to-school stuff. I can’t believe that’s here already!
Oh, I’ve been wanting a flip camera for awhile… our old video camera suddenly died (after several years of non-use!).
It’s good to read that you were able to go back and see that it was a summer of fun with your kids, that’s what I love about all the photos I take of mine… totally reminds me that no matter what we may not have done we still had fun together. 🙂
I’ve already “liked” Dine & Dish on FB! 🙂
Love reading your blog Kristen. It’s hard being a mom and working at the same time. Treasure each moment you can.
Would love to have a flip camera! I’m glad you’re feeling better about the summer
Am already a fan of Dine & Dish on FB
I’m all ready a friend on Facebook and I love that I can keep up to date on your posts!
What a generous giveaway, Kristen! It’s been so nice getting to know you on Facebook and Twitter. I’m happy to be a fan and follower of Dine and Dish in both places. Enjoy the rest of your summer with your family!
what a nice give away, I would love to win!
I have been dying for a Flip! I honestly can’t believe how fast summer has flown by. It’s unreal.
A flip would be wonderful!
We use Flip cameras at work and love the ease of them! Thanks for the opportunity to win one of our very own!
I use a Flip camera at school…it is so easy to use and the students love it! Great giveaway!
I’m a FB friend! 🙂
I am a Facebook friend.
I was just trying to think of what to make for brunch tomorrow and my friend sent me a link to something veryy similar! Such a unique, fantastic idea… And so delicious too, I’m sure 🙂
I think I’m the only person on the planet who doesn’t Facebook… so I’ll be your only lame commenter telling you just that.
I am dying for a Flip!!! I added it to my wish list for Christmas but I want one before so I can video it!
I follow on Facebook too!
Hi Kristen, I have a smaller flip that is mostly used by my children, they grab it and go and do all sorts of funny stuff on it! I love to watch them later when they don’t it–it cracks me up. Problem is, I never have my flip!! So, commenting here hoping to win one that is totally “mama’s”!
Hope that your day has been better:) I would love to win the camera. Thanks for a great giveaway.
Well, half of my best memories come from things that you might not expect. The big, grand events only make up a few of those that I hold dear :).
I follow you on FB & Twitter.
I’m a facebook fan/friend :).
I hear you Kristen – this summer has flown by!
And I don’t know how I missed this but I just liked your blog on Facebook!
what a great giveaway! 🙂 I’ve heard that these things are a must-have
What a great giveaway! We’re hopefully getting a new puppy soon (he’s our pre-kid furbaby) and that would be a great way to document his entrance into our family!
I’ve been meaning to get a Flip camera and getting one for free would be much better!
This would be neat to win. Glad you were able to remember the good times you had. Still lots of daylight left in the evenings and the weekends! Enjoy and don’t be too hard on yourself.
Kara, you aren’t the only “lame” person who doesn’t use facebook. I don’t either!
I completely understand the “mama” guilt. The kids grow up so fast and we want to be there for every second! The bacon and Egg cups are so cute! I’ll have to give them a try!
I’d love a Flip! I’ve been seeing them everywhere and really want one.
Also, I became a fan on Facebook!
The recipe looks great, I’m looking forward to trying it! I’ve been wanting a Flip for like, forever! I recently got a Droid and it will shoot up to ten minutes of video, but it’s kinda awkward to use and not a lot of choice of what to do with the video.
A terrific giveaway! I would love to have one ot use for my family.
Love your blog!! Sidney
Yeah, I just added you as a friend on facebook. Love facebook. too much fun!
Sidney
Thanks for another great recipe, and the flip would be totally wonderful as well.
Yum! These look awesome. Definitely going to have to try these this weekend 🙂
I just friended Dine and Dish on Facebook. I’ve been reading you for years but didn’t realize you had a FB page. I would love the Flip – I’m pregnant with my first and looking forward to capturing all the special moments coming my way 🙂
omg i would love to win this!
Thanks for the chance to win Kristen. I love reading your blog and keeping up with you on Facebook. I know you are a marvelous mother. I have a Flip cam at school and would love one for personal use. Happy Back-To-School!!!
Would love to win this! Though, I’d probably end up with a ton of videos of crazy cats and not much else. 🙂
What a great giveaway! my friend has one and i love it! thanks for the chance!
i also friended you on FB! thanks
I own a Flip already so no need to include me in the entries (great giveaway, I love the camera!). But I wanted to say that I completely understand your quandary about balance. I only have the two kids and I feel like I’m never giving them, my husband or my blogging the attention they each deserve. Working at home is so tough because the line between work and family gets blurred all the time. It’s a continual struggle but, like you said, the proof is in the smiling little faces. Guess I gotta be getting it at least a little right.
I would so love a Flip cam. Thank you for the chance to win one!
I hope you had a good time at BlogHer. It was fun, but man was it a lot of people this year.
You are a fantastic mother, don’t ever let your mind tell you different!
I’m so glad you looked thru your pictures – I almost sent you another note yesterday suggesting that because I thought I remembered reading that you were doing a year-long photo project! And oh boy, mama-guilt – ain’t nothing like mama-guilt – can rip your heart out and stomp all over it, then start all over again. Work, not work? A question only you can answer but I do know this: being fulfilled in some way, how ever tiny, makes one a better mom. And Alice drove that point home this past weekend – she needed something that was just ‘hers’ and she found that in her blog. Does Alice experience mommy-guilt? Haven’t asked her, but I’d bet my last dollar that she does, yet she moves forward because she understands that’s what makes her whole. You’re a gem Kristen, and I’m so happy we’ve met!
I think it’s time I get into new technology. I am sure a flip camera would be something I would actually carry around with me, so here I am, fingers crossed. And in reference to your guilt: I’ve realized that most children live in the present, the here and now, and that’s why they are always so full of energy. Just look at them when you go to the park, or to the movies. They are just enjoying their time there, they are not worrying about the groceries, dinner, laundry… So don’t worry, Kristen, I am positive they are not double checking the list.
Thanks for the giveaway! Maybe I’ll get lucky this time!
Love your blog! What a great giveaway! Thanks for sharing!
Here’s the double entry . I have been a fan of your blog in FB for quite some time now 😉 Good luck to me… lol.
Would love, love, love one of these…Love your site.
I just became a fan on fb…can’t wait to see more from you!
Oooh, a Flip camera would be so great to have in my purse, always ready to capture our latest adventure!
I want to win! Thanks!
mellisa.willis@sbcglobal.net
I liked you on FB! Thanks again!
Hi Kristen – you are a wonderful Mom 🙂 and friend!!
Kathy
This summer has flown by for me too. Its sad 🙁
I would love to have one of those cameras 🙂 They are so small and perfect!
This summer has flown by for me too. Its sad 🙁
I would love to have one of those cameras 🙂 They are so small and perfect!
blitzyflitzy294@yahoo.com
Brittany
What a great flip video camera. We live overseas and having been shopping for a small video camera to send video back to family in the States.
Just joined you on facebook, too!
I know Kristen, that guilt thing can get to us sometimes. It is hard to be a mom & business woman at the same time. Life is much fuller with both though. Glad you can reflect on a great summer even though it went by quickly 🙂 Please sign me up for this great giveaway!!
I follow you on Facebook too 🙂
Awesome website. This camera would be great to take everyday. Kids do the cutest things.
Wow…a flip phone. That would be awesome! Thanks for the chance.
I also just became a fan on Facebook.
I badly need a camera!!! I got my fingers crossed to win!!! Thanks so much and have a wonderful weekend.
jacksoncrisman@yahoo.com
I like Dine on facebook! Thanks so much!!! yay!!
jacksoncrisman@yahoo.com
My brother has a Flip and uses it extensively for his blog posts. Thanks for the giveaway. The weekend is here! Happy baking to all. cgreeves@comcast.net
You’re right about the summer going too fast. I feel like it’s slipped right through my fingers.
So happy to have a chance to win this! Thank you!
I don’t do FB – thanks for giving me an extra chance to win anyway!!!
Summer was just going, going… now it’s gone. 🙁 Thanks, though, for this chance. I could really use it!
thechicagoseven@gmail.com
Flip cameras are cool! Whoever wins it is lucky.
If I won, I’d give it to my husband – he makes movies.
I had a big rant to put in here, but I’m cutting it because its effectiveness would be undercut by my following it up immediately with “woo extra entry, I friendsed you up on Facebook!”
So: woo extra entry, I friendsed you up on Facebook!
I’ve been looking at one of these for months now, but just can’t bring myself to spend the money on it right now. I’ve got my fingers crossed!!
You are totally awesome for doing two entries even for folks without the FB. You rock!!
I would love to take great videos of my kids like you. The flip camera looks so easy to use.
reneeeaton@hotmail.com
Thanks for the opportunity to win! My daughter and her best friend graduated highschool this year, and as a gift to her friend we bought a mini hd camcorder for her as she goes off to college. I would love to win this to give to my daughter, who is also a foodie. She is getting her associate degree in culinary arts as we speak. Thanks again!
Throw my name in for the flip phone please. The family just loves keeping up with all the photos and blogs of your comings and goings. Keep up the wonderful work. You still have more time with your kids than most working moms that have to leave every morning. Give hugs and kisses to everyone for me.
Also liked you on facebook! Thanks for the extra chances to win.
I was already a fan of yours on FB! Would love the phone but I am happy just to read your blog notes!!
Just became your friend on facebook – and now I will keep my fingers crossed – thanks for the opportunity.
This is a great give away. You can contact me at the email address I entered. thank you!!
Just “liked” you on facebook. Thank you again!!
I would love this! My 18 month old does the funniest things and this would be a great way to save them forever! Thanks!
I am a facebook fan, too! Thanks!
Don’t be too hard on yourself and I’m so glad you have photo/video proof of all the fun times you did have.
I would love to win a video flip cam!
What a wonderful giveaway! With this camera, I could video tape my grandson. If you think child raising guilt is bad, wait until you get grandma guilt. I’m sooo busy and soo tired all the time, it’s hard to squeeze in grandma time.
I like you on Facebook!!!
Kristen, I’m always amazed at all you juggle & do. Just keep doing it because you can.
Yeah, I want to win the flip too! It’d be perfect with my 11 grandchildren!
I have no doubt that your kids had a wonderful summer! The grand summer you had planned, was just that, your plan. Our kids are happy with some of the simplest things (my son loves when I give him a wipe to play with, as opposed to the latest and greatest toy!) with a little spice thrown in on occasion. Your pictures are proof that you all had plenty of that! 🙂
I think I’m already a friend on FB, but I can’t find out where to check that. But I can see your FB page, so I think that means you’ve already approved me as a friend – right?
What a generous giveaway! I love Dine and Dish and follow you on Facebook.
Already your Facebook friend…so enjoy reading your posts!
My heart totally resonated with what you said. We try so hard to be everything for our children. It is very easy to forget to nurture ourselves. Blogging and “work” makes you creatively happy. Don’t forget that and don’t feel guilty 🙂
And no, I don’t have facebook. Just like scrapbooking, I avoid it like the plague. Scared I’ll get sucked in 🙂
Kristen, you are an amazing mom!
I like you on facebook too! 🙂
I so need one of those phones! Well, need, maybe not but want desperately, yes.
I am big on if you are financially ABLE to stay home with your kids, then you will never regret it. If you NEED to work to make ends meet, than that is what you have to do and just do what you can. I feel bad for the parents who only need both mom and dad to work so they can afford luxuries in their lives. I have a daycare parent who can’t wait to drop her 3 kids off to me on Monday as they “drive her crazy” all weekend. She has 2 year old twins so I GET it but still I feel bad. I’m rambling aren’t I. I am a firm believer that family needs to come WAYYYYY first here. Well, God first, then family, everything else will fall into place if you strengthen those. 🙂
Okay, I’ve got to throw my name in the ring for this one.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Amy B.
adennispac@yahoo.com
Sorry, I’m one of those non facebook users. I don’t have time for the things that I do NOW, I’m afraid to get sucked into another medium! Thanks for a great giveaway!
I’m a fan of Dine and Dish on FB
Thanks for the giveaway!
Amy B.
adennispac@yahoo.com
I like you on facebook and I like your blog. I like your recipes… but most of all… I like your honesty in this post. Thank you for sharing and making my mommy guilt of being a work from home mom understood by at least another soul.
Gosh, girl, I know how you feel. Sometimes I look at my 2 kids, and as my heart bursts with love for them, I sigh to my husband that I should quit blogging – and make about four more babies. I love babies!
We’re entering a new chapter, though – school! My eldest is starting kindergarten, so perhaps that will help provide the necessary time for daily blog related work…and mommy time with the kiddos!
I’m already a friend on Facebook! Woot! Love seeing what you are cooking up.
Flip videos are great. I get videos of my kids all the time. I’ d love to be able to send some in return.
First time on your blog….and really really enjoying it!
this summer has flown by, so i know how you feel!
Wow what a great giveaway. I hear you on the mom vs. career thing. There is no easy answer, but it sounds like you’re working hard to figure it out.
I friended you on FB under my real name – it starts with Linda, but you can reach me via Ciao Chow Linda (also on FB).
oh wow I can thoroughly appreciate your concern about being a stay at home mom, I’m not even married yet and I’m worrying about the future! lol
My mom was a stay at home mom and I am eternally grateful to her for that. I however have big ambitions and hope to get into law school when my undergrad is done…and everyone knows what kinda hours lawyers have….Believe it or not, at this age *I AM* thinking about how that will affect my future kids….I’m an odd one. I know.
Oh and
and I liked you on facebook 🙂
That recipe looks great… I may have to try it soon!
And by the way, the fact that you spend time thinking about your job as a parent already says a lot. Your kids will probably remember all the things you did for them while they were growing up, and they will be better because of it. (Try to remember that your toughest critic is usually you).
PS- I pooh-pooh Facebook… can I still have a second chance to win the camera so I can take even more videos of my kid?
This would make a lovely graduation present for my sister 😀
I like you on Facebook, well not only on facebook I think you are a pretty nice person from what I read. LOL
nice giveaway
Oh and I get your emails
I like you on fb
you are an amazing mom. a “list” made before summer can’t possibly topple the joyful memories you and your children made DURING the summer.
I have pretty much been a stay at home Mom as well as homeschooling them. This is my first time in nine years that I will be going back to work as well as school myself. I think I am in for a bumpy ride. :o)
This is a wonderful giveaway…thanks…love to win that camera!!!
ramvinayak_81@rediffmail.com
I am also a fan on FB!!!
ramvinayak_81@rediffmail.com
Don’t feel any guilt. No doubt, your kids have a few great memories from the summer. You’d be surprised what kids remember. 🙂
I’ve been wanting one of these cameras for a long time! Great giveaway. Thanks for the chance.
I liked you on Facebook! 🙂
Oh, winning a flip cam would be so great. I still don’t have one 🙁
Thank u for giveaway
Thanks for being easy, I don’t do FB but I follow you on twitter
The proof is in the pictures, my friend. Would love to have a Flip. If I do you can contact me at heather at hocusfocusphoto dot com. 😉
I would love a flip – thanks for the chance to win – have a great week-end!
I would love a second entry too and I do not have facebook
goofy6820@yahoo.com
What a generous prize. I’ve long had the Flip on my wish list.
Thanks for the chance to join in the fun.
I’m also a fan on Facebook.
The first thing I thought of when I saw this post was my kindergarten class. We take lots of pictures, but video catches things in a totally different way. A number of my parents aren’t able to make it to our class during the year since their kids go to school so far from home, so adding video to our (brand new and still very small) blog would be a great way to see their kiddos in action.
thanks for the great giveaway!
became a fan on FB 🙂
Love your blog..it is on of the few that I subscibe to so I don’t miss anything!
These phones are so cute! I follow your facebook page too
I am new to your blog and I really enjoy it!!
I subscribe to your feed. A Flip Video Camera would be awesome!!!! Thanks for the give-away!
I feel the same way- I am a work at home Mom too- and this summer was tough- I feel like it slipped away- maybe I will go look at the pictures now too to make me feel better 🙂 We all do the best we can with the time we are given and I am sure your kiddos had a wonderful summer! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Kristen, you are a great mom! I don’t think I could do half of what you do, and certainly not take trips alone with my 3 kids! I know how you feel though. Time flies by so darn quickly, we just want to make the most of every second.
Thanks for the breakfast recipe, I’m sure my kids will love it! 🙂
Oh, and I am a fan of Dine&Dish, for real and on Facebook too 😉
Love reading your blog!
Oh, I would love this flip video camera. I completely understand the mom guilt! Lots of tears in our house this week.
I love following your blog
and i like you on FB
Hey! I don’t need a flip camera but I wanted to tell you that you’re rockin’ the mama thing. We all fail to measure up to our to-do list but I’m learning to cut that list a little slack (and maybe a little shorter list to begin with).
Been a subscriber for a long time! Love your blog <3 Mom guilt is somehow with you forever! My girls are older and I still feel it. And my mom still suffers from it as well! 🙂
I <3 you on FB too!
Long-time lurker, first-time commenter. Love the blog and especially this recipe!
The Flip is such a cool invention! Love the idea of a bacon & egg cup too!
and I just followed you on FB
Oh, and I <3 you on FB too!
I share your “mommie guilt”. I think its universal. Love your blog. Been following you for a while.
Hi Kristen,
Ann was using the flip camera lots during the 2 weeks before her passing. She told me how great they are! You know how to contact me if I was the lucky winner!! How fun. I also wanted to tell you how moved I was by the peice you wrote about Ann on this site it was amazing. Thanks for all your great receipes and beautiful words.
I hope things get easier for you…this summer has really flown by!
Flip video looks awesome!
I just friended you!
OH and I am also a fan on FB!
got drawn in by the photo of bacon-egg cups on foodgawker and was thrilled to see your giveaway! As someone whose parents both worked full time, I can tell you from experience that if you love your kids (which you obviously do), all they will remember is how much you loved them and how much fun you had together. They won’t blame you for anything, so why blame yourself?
I would love to win this! I have wanted a flip forever, but I haven’t been able to justify buying one.
I am not on facebook, but if I was I would become a fan!
I love your site and just friended you on facebook!
I really like your blog….and I really would like the flip!
I am impressed that you juggle what you do and I know that you are a great mom just by staying home! This Summer did fly by this year. The temps haven’t changed, but it’s almost over!
I “like” you on Facebook!
The flip is a ton of fun, great recipe too.
Heard about this giveaway from my husband and happily friended you on FB. That camera looks sweet and very useful!
I can completely sympathize with the summer list guilt. Working from home seemed like the perfect solution, but I often feel like I’m missing out on my little guys. Regular days are fun, too, though!
I’m the last Facebook holdout, but I do enjoy your blog!
Just love your post! Summer may be over but there is still plenty of sunshine in the evenings for a few more memories!
First of all you are an AWESOME mom. And don’t you ever forget it!
Second of all OMG the summer has gone by SO fast. It’s not just you.
Thanks for the egg recipe- love your blog.
Billie- The Tipsy Gourmet
Also a friend/fan on facebook! We even have a mutual friend…
Billie- The Tipsy Gourmet
http://thetipsygourmet.blogspot.com/
Wow, school starts early for you! I’d love to win the flip, I’m always trying to take videos of the farms I visit or the cattle or my tastings and my existing video camera is too old and not up to the task.
Well, I can’t “friend” you any more on Facebook but I can “like” you, which I do (and did – for that second chance of winning)!
Love your recipes!
I feel your pain. My youngest child is entering hi senior year in high school. The only thing we got to do this summer is watch him grow more independent. But the great thing is we get to watch them grow and become strong resilient adults.
And I’ve been following you on FB for quite a while! ~Sara
I’ve used my friends Flip camera – Love it!! Hope you can knock out a few summer to do’s as the year goes on.
devilishdelights@gmail.com
I think it’s great that your #1 goal is to be a great mom to your kids, and I’m sure that you are! 🙂 And it’s totally ok to have meltdown moments, especially when you realize that everthing is going to be ok! 🙂
i am now following you on facebook! 🙂
Hang in there! Summer isn’t over yet… Spinneo (at) yahoo (dot) com
This summer really has flown by! Love your site though! 🙂
Am now following you on FB! 🙂
Even if I don’t win the, can I go to your house for breakfast? I’ll gladly take any bacon egg cups off of your hands. Yumm!
BTW, I am already a fan on Facebook. 🙂
yummy recipe! it really is delicious and quick.
persefoni@hotmail.com
Love your site!
Now following you on facebook.
Those bacon and egg cups look delicious!
And I’d love a Flip Cam. I’ve used one for work but never had a video cam of my very own.
Hi Kristen! I went straight to your site after seeing you at the pool today. Love your blogs! I will definitely be coming back. Also, I actually made these bacon and egg cups this morning! I have never had an actual recipe so I have never been sure what temperature or how long to cook them. I previously baked them at 400 degrees for 15 min, but now I am going to try out your recipe! Thanks for the info and I look forward to reading your blogs more often.
Love your recipes! Thanks for all the time and energy you put into sharing with us!! And I would love one of these babies!!
Following Dine and Dish on Facebook
We would love a Flip – we’re expecting our first little one in February and I think a video recorder is an essential!
You have a great site! Thanks for all the great recipes.
I am now a friend on Facebook.
You’re a fantastic lady, genuine, grounded and with a heart of gold. After meeting you in *real life* and chatting with you in cyberspace, I feel it safe to say without living close to you, that you are indeed a fabulous mom as well. This summer has been challenging for me as well, it is so hard to balance the two…our children and ourselves/career. The fact that you even question that fact shows what a loving mom you are.
I’m already a fan you you, in every way! 🙂
I love your blog! Going to Facebook now!
Now your fan on Facebook.
Balance is challenging for all of us ; ) xoxo
I am a fan on Facebook!
I wanna win!
I am pregnant with my first child, and would love a camera like this!
I don’t facebook! Hate facebook!
Beautiful pictures! 🙂 I would love to win 🙂
I’m a fan on fb.
Great simple but still special breakfast! Thanks, Maureen (jnomaxx at hotmail dot com)
I’d love one of those bacon and egg cups right now!
I just added you as a fried on facebook!
I love the bacon eggs cup idea. I just made something similar for a picnic, it is a great finger food for parties!!
I’d LOVE to have a Flip Camera!
I’m a follower on FB. 🙂
I’ve been trying to win a flip all year long… I need to start documenting my toddlers memories!
Thanks for this chance :O)
ourkidsmom @ gmail dot com
I’m following Dine & Dish on facebook
Heather Smith
Hi Kristen, I’m following your blog for some while now and I want to say that I absolutely love it! Keep up to great recipes and stories.
Here is my second entry, I’m sorry to say but I don’t use facebook.
We could really use a Flip! Thanks for the opportunity!
firemom at stopdropandblog dot com
@FireMom
i wanna win this flip video camera! please pick me!!!
I am sure that your kids had a fantastic summer, as kids will, our kids don’t go back to school until September so still have at least a month to enjoy themselves. valleygurl43@hotmail.com
I also “Liked” you on Facebook:D
valleygurl43@hotmail.com
if i won this flip camera i would be one happy camper! i could videotape my mother (age 71) doing her gardening. that’d be awesome! (: I’ve wanted a flip video camera for ages.
First, it is my birthday today… imagine… so winning this little video camera would be wonderful! I have looked at one with great longing but have been making do with with my regular camera.
I also want to tell you how much I enjoy your blog. Thanks for taking the time!
I’m off to facebook to say “I like You”
I did the facebook thing. Glad you reminded me about that. I now have to learn how to twitter.
Hi there! I need to try and win something to turn this horrible luck of mine around before vacation. Hope all is well and keep the new recipes a coming. I am making a Mexican Breakfast Pizza for dinner tonight, if it is good I shall let you know!
hi ^-^
i also like Dine & Dish on facebook 🙂
lovelysky@mail.com
Wow, how generous! And the bacon and egg cups look awesome as well! Shall have to try.
sinpareil@gmail.com, if the enter email part didn’t clue you in. 😛
Thank you for all of the great recipes.
Just became a fan on facebook!
I liked you on Facebook!
I would love to win this. My little boy is starting Kindergarten on Sept. 2 and I would love to get every smile (and tears from me)!
The balancing act is a struggle for all. We have to do the best we can for ourselves and our kids. The summer does go by so quickly. The flip camera is awesome. My daughters have one. Now I need my own : )
Going on vacation in September and need to record the memories!
anna.c.chou@gmail(dot)com
I keep staring lovingly at those new, itty bitty tiny video cameras. We bought a really nice one right before my first son was born…11 years ago. That camera was wonderful, but bulky enough that we have to plan when and where to take it along. I’d love to be able to slip a camera in my bag and just run, catching things as they happen.
I am new to your site and I love it! Thanks!
🙂
And now we’re friends on Facebook! yay!
Oh I would totally flip for a flip 😉 I could do some video posts!!!
Awesome giveaway!
I would love to win the flip camera. We are in the process of adopting and will need that very soon!!
What a wonderful way to record the family memories!
Don’t buy into the mama guilt!
We’re friends now!
I have been eying a flip camera for quite some time! I end up taking up all the card space on my digital camera filming videos… so this would prevent that!
And now we are friends on facebook!
Nice to see you on FB, too. I’ve had you in my RSS aggregator (RSS OWL) for quite some time now. Love the site.
I would love to win a Flip! Thanks for hosting the giveaway.
And I “liked” you on Facebook, too.
I’d have such a good time with a flip camera. I have a bunch of trips planned this fall and I’d tote this around with me the entire time.
Such a honest post Kristen. and yes, this summer did fly by. I am newly married and we had such a big to-do-list. Sigh, we could only a few. It would be so cool to win the Flip camera. Lovely giveaway.
Siri
..and also now that we are friends on Facebook, hence the second comment. 😀
Love your blog. will subscribe to it right away.
Siri
Kristen,
What a lovely post. I am not a mother but have helped raise 3 wonderful children since they were infants and can definitely understand where you are coming from. This was the first summer in 8 years, that I felt guilty that we did not have an abundance of “summer fun”. I realized last night that summer is almost over as they start school in two weeks and we only have 3 more days together to fulfill our three lists of fun summer activities. Like you, I feel so guilty. I know for me I want to make the most of it but what I probably do not realize is that the little time we are together, they are actually incredibly overjoyed – I can tell by their smiles in the photos we have taken as well! From what I know of you, you are doing a GREAT job at being a wonderful mother and a professional. Keep up the amazing job!!!
xx oo
D.
This is lovely. I don’t have children of my own just yet, but I can assure you, even the summers my mom said we didn’t do “enough”, my siblings and I had made many, many memories. We’re also four kids!
Also, we have been Facebook chums. It’s fabulous. 😀
Oh man would I love to have one of those!! I used to have a video camera eons ago when my first two kids (now 18 and 16) were 4 and 6. Somehow it was lost, or more likely stolen, and I’ve never replaced it.
Oh yeah, and I am definitely a facebook fan! 🙂
I’ve followed your blog for awhile & love that you are making your family your top priority! You won’t have regrets ! But as a Mom .who has been a stay at home most of the time, sometimes I worked part-time too..hate to tell you ..We Moms always carry the guilt..no matter what we do or not do. As an empty nester now, I cherish the times I have with my Girls & thankful for every moment I had with them when they were young. Just ENJOY!:) Your blessed with technology now to capture those quick moments! ENJOY!
I’m trying out your buttermilk biscuit recipe right now. They seem like they will be scrumptious. Thanks for the recipes and the opportunity to win!
I’m constantly asking where does the time go? Especially while traveling. I can’t believe it was 10 months ago that I left home and now it’s almost time to go back and I have no clue where all those months went!
I totally know how you feel, but I had to go back to work outside of the home this summer. Even though Abbi is only 18-months, I still feel like I missed out on so much summer!!
And I’m already a facebook fan!
Summer went by so fast! I think I did a pretty good job this year of balancing my son’s time and my time. But, I will admit there was a lot of screen time too. It’s hard not to beat ourselves up so I get where you’re coming from. 😀
Awesome!
I’m a facebook fan 🙂
Mmmm…. bacon egg cups. Just the thing not to see when you’re already at work, hungry.
Thanks for the giveaway!
And I am totally a fb fan!
This is simply the sweetest post ever. Mommy’s always feel like they are coming up short in some way or another but I know for a fact that you are always thinking of your 4 kiddos. I am so glad that you went through your photos so that you could see for yourself. Here’s a hug from me to you. You amaze me and I am so glad to know you.
I’ve been considering the camera for my disney vacation which I went on without getting the camera. Wish I bought it!
I’m a facebook fan!
Love the bacon and egg cups! I love breakfast!
Been eyeing those cameras for awhile, they look pretty great. The breakfast cups look awesome too! 🙂
I would love to have one of these video cameras! I found you through Once a Month Mom.
I love your honesty about the “todo list.”
But i am happy you were able to capture the memories you did make which will last a life time!
And yes 🙂 I would love the flip camera
I keep thinking I would love to have one of these. It might even convince me to vlog.
I think you do a great job as a mom! No one ever gets through their to-do list, but as long as we keep trying… 🙂
I’m a fan on Facebook.
Summer does go by quickly. I am sure that you and your family have had a great summer. Most times it is the small things that children remember. It does not take much to make them happy. And I would love the flip phone.
Super give away! Hubby and I have our very first grandchild so having a flip would make us flip! 😉
Now we’re friends on Facebook, too!
I ALWAYS stop by the FLIP video sections in any store and visit them on-line, knowing that with cancer, It REALLY is only a dream, to own one. Then MY BFF (showing You BIG LOVE) told me about this contest! Now I am right back to dreaming BIG!!!
oh yeah, my had must been in the clouds…. sweet.venus.shortcake@hotmail.com
I know what you mean about the mommy guilt! I feel it from time to time, too.
I could totally use easy recipes. So glad I found your blog! And of course a flip cam would be cool! I just recently heard about them…yeah I’m behind the times LOL
A flip camera would be a good introduction to digital photography for this user of a film camera. Thanks for the opportunity to maybe win one.
and now I’m a friend on Facebook too.
I am going on vacation soon, and the flip camera would be a great addition!
Love your blog – Work/life balance is hard – it is constantly changing and you’re always going to need to adjust. Just gon’t get “having it all” with trying to “do it all” confused. Follow your gut – you’ll be fine!
It’d be a nice thing to hand the wife and tell her…. “don’t point that at me…. it’s for the kids!”
So glad I found your blog! Love your comments and recipes.
I just became a friend of Dine and Dish on FB.
I’ve been thinking about getting this camera for a while. Glad to hear from another mom who loves to use it. Just wasn’t sure about it before.
I would love a Flip camera! I love how portable and compact that it is!
Hey I’m your newest BFF on FB!
Wow, it’s so nice of you to be holding this give-away!!! That’s a fancy looking little cam right there!!!! Have a great day!
Love your blog! I feel the same way, and my little guy is only 5 months old. ..
And now friends on FB too!
Hello, it’s my first time visiting your blog 🙂 I just went through some of your pictures on flickr and yum! everything looks so delish! The photos are very nice too!
Sorry to hear that you didnt have enough time to do all you wanted to do this summer.. but I am sure that the moments you shared with your kids were great!
Wow, what a great giveaway! I’d love a Flip Phone — and it would come just in time for my b’day. ☺
Thanks for the opportunity to win this DISH camera!
Great giveaway! Thanks!
Just joine your facebook page.
What a nice thing to do!
This is my first time at your blog and I’m going to start exploring.
Thanks again for the great giveaway!
I love documenting life in little videos! Would love to own a Flip – thanks for the giveaway.
Hi, Kristen! So I totally came over to say hi and to thank you for coming to visit me! I love getting comments from new readers, and I’m glad you like what you’re hearing. Umm, and how awesome that of all the posts you have up right now it’s THIS one?!? So I get to say hi, say thanks, AND maybe win a Flip. This is good stuff.
Oh my goodness what a lovely giveaway! I’ve been eyeing these beauties since they’ve arrived and would la la la LOVE to win one! I never record my kiddos and I know they would love it!
I don’t have a Facebook, but I’d love a second entry pretty please! Thanks!
Great giveaway you have going on!
I became a fan on facebook! 🙂
My initials are Henry L. , just to verify!
Would love to win this!!
Would love to win this camera. We have been looking at these. We are adopting a baby and this would be great. josiecroix(at)gmail(dot)com
Entering, I am! 🙂
Love your blog! (Although I was only able to “like” it on FB.)
This is a great prize!
shawn113(at)hotmail(dot)com
I thought the recipe was terrific for busy parents, or even college or high school students in a hurry. I am a school cook, so am always looking for new ideas to make work for our kids. I recently was graced with the gift of a granddaughter and oh, how much fun would this flip video be for her. Thanks!
Teresa
Great prize. I’d love to see how easy it is to use with a Mac.
@amomblog on twitter
Just discovered you. Would love this camera!!
Great contest! I’m glad your family is enjoying their summer. Mama guilt is the worst kind.
iclipcoupons at gmail dot com
What a cute & trendy video camera!
I Liked you on FB – plmk if you need my real name 🙂 I don’t want to post it here b/c my FB is private.
iclipcoupons at gmail dot com
I’m new to following you and look forward to getting to know you via your blog!! *hugs from Conroe, TX!
Would love to win this! Thanks for the opportunity.
lavidalori[at}gmail[dot}com
I just “liked” your FB Dine&Dash, thanks for the chances to win and for the link to the yummy receipe! *hugs from Conroe, TX
I just liked you facebook page and left a commet.I found out about you on Twitter.Playing catch-up reading your blog post.The Eggs and bacon look wonderful. Thanks for the chance to win.
Great blog! Entering
My summer feels like its flown by too! Where did the time go? Can it be summer all the time please?
Now it’s time to go make those bacon and egg toast cups…
I need this SO badly! My video camera is really old. Thanks for a great giveaway! smhparent [at] hotmail [dot] com
I like you on Facebook!
Wow…I just came across your website today, and it’s amazing! You are definitely going into my fav blogs list! 🙂
And thanks for the opportunity to win this camera! 🙂
I clicked “Like” at Dine & Dish on FB! 🙂
Beth Markey Ulrich
This camera would be great! My daughter is in high school, and is very involved…volleyball, softball, marching band…and all of her grandparents live a few hours away, so being able to share videos of what she is up to would be great!!
Thanks for the great giveaway!!!
I just “Liked” you on FB!!
I would love a flip to help document the start of many years of schooling. The oldest starts Kgarten this year!!
Like on facebook 🙂
This summer has really gone by much too quickly. I love the fall in New England, but I could certainly take a few more months like this! 🙂 Thanks for the great giveaway!
aaaaaand I follow you on FB, love it!
I hope I win…this would be a great way for my hubby and I to communicate once he deploys in a few months!
charice2007@yahoo.com
I would love a flip phone, I am a fan on FB and I love your webiste , Good luck with your kids starting school so early!!
That camera sounds awesome and so does your FB page. Still reading up on stuff. It’s great! I know what you mean, i looked at the house and can just see what we didn’t get done this summer. ugggg lots to do still but with the kids being in school I can now do it while they are in school. It may actually get done this way. lol
I can’t see my first post, but I did comment and “like” dine & dish. Still reading it though
oh, oh I love this recipe. I’m so making these, and oh…I’d love a flip camera too!! LOL
What a great idea!!! Easy to carry and stash in your purse so if a spur of the moment thing comes up, you are so ready to capture the moment!!! I can best be reached at my email caberkle@hotmail.com .
This is a great site & contest!!! Thank you for the opportunity to win this 🙂
I have been wanting a Flip Video Cam for so long now and have been doing some serious hinting for christmas, but unfortunately it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen for me this year. Lucky me that I found a great new site and have a chance to win one! Thank you!
I’m your newest FB fan 🙂
Great giveaway this week . . . and great recipe too 🙂
I have always wanted a Flip Camera. I would love to win one from Dine and Dish! I might have to try the bacon egg cup for breakfast tomorrow too!
I followed you on twitter instead of facebook!
@laurenegier
That recipe is fabulous,i have been wanting one of these cameras for such a long time,so crossing my fingers!
swest2@triad.rr.com
I also joined you on facebook : )
You have a really nice site. I’ve been wanting one of those flip camera’s for a long time………I’ll definately be keeping my fingers crossed and hope I win. Thanks!
I “Like” you on Facebook. You’ll have to excuse me since I’m not to familiar with the computer lingo…….I looked for a “Friend” or “Fan” button on Facebook but didn’t see one, so the only one close to that was the “Like” button. I believe you can find me by my email on Facebook. Thanks for a wonderful giveaway!
Great site and super nice Giveaway.
My Camera just dies…lol and I have been wanting a camcorder for along time.
This is a nice product as you have the 2 in one.
I am folloing ylu on twitter @thekaraokechick
and am a facebbok fan
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