Comments on: welcome to the hotel indiana.

By: Cinthia

Cinthia — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:08:35 +0000

I like crockpots, but microwave cooking scares me because of the potential to turn food into cardboard. Recently My husband and I picked up an Aroma rice cooker/steamer at Target for around thirty dollars. We also have a mini fridge (as we haven’t settled on what fridge we want). So we usually make rice and cook chicken breast strips or shrimp or salmon or tilapia and veggies that we marinate in the mini fridge. Works great for us…

By: Leah B.

Leah B. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:58:12 +0000

Casey, that hotel sounds icky with a capital ICKY, dear. Yech. My heart goes out to ya. It’s gonna be so worth it, though!

By: Tracey R

Tracey R — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:57:21 +0000

Oh, had another brainstorm for you: go to Penzey’s (by Trader Joe’s now). You can buy all kinds of spice blends in small packets. Another good one is sausages, sauerkraut or slaw mix, and Penzey’s Bavarian Spice blend. They’re like the dressing mixes, but without the thickeners and MSG.

And when my 3-year-old was projectile vomiting last winter after she and her daddy had a date at Burger King, my pharmacist dad said to try a mug of warm water with a tablespoon of raw cider vinegar and a tablespoon or so of raw honey. She couldn’t even keep ice chips down at the time. She took one sip through a straw–it came back up. Took a second sip–came up, but not for a few minutes. Took another sip, gave a huge belch, and then another–ended up drinking the rest with no more problems. It is my Magic Brew, LOL! She then took a long nap and was fine. Her dad was sick for hours before he was finally desperate enough to take The Potion. But now turns to it first.

Hope this helps!

By: ikate/kakaty

ikate/kakaty — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:37:00 +0000

We spent 2 weeks in a hotel during our move 2 years ago, with a barely 2 year old. We were lucky that 1) we had a ****-ton of Marriott Points to use and 2) a Residence Inn was close and gave me a huge discount after I pleaded with them. Once we learned the hotel had 2-bedroom suites (+living room) we were all over it. Ended up paying some cash for the luxury of having a separate room for the girl which in hindsight wasn’t needed but did have a full kitchen (no cleaning service, though). It was still very, very stressful. I can’t imagine going back and doing it in a single-room hotel with a sick kid. I can pretty much guarantee that either my husband or I would have not survived the 2 weeks. And if there was questionable underwear involved someone would have lost a job…I”m just saying EWWWW!

Good luck

By: kj @ Where my boys at?

kj @ Where my boys at? — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:33:36 +0000

I wanna see pix of Hotel Moosh.

By: lceel

lceel — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:07:06 +0000

Casey, you are amazing. You remind me of the Unsinkable Molly Brown. I have heard of the old “Keep Your Chin Up” – the old “Make The Best Of A Bad Situation” – I have never seen it in action like this.

By: SciFi Dad

SciFi Dad — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:37:58 +0000

@Casey, And here I thought it was because someone was sitting on a crappy hotel WiFi connection constantly hitting refresh to check the rankings. Go figure.

By: Casey

Casey — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:36:17 +0000

@lisak, Yeah. Not so much. Exposed carpet tacks and carpenter and corpses everywhere. The pink leopard print mystery was actually a lost child's toy, so that's good.

By: Casey

Casey — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:35:12 +0000

@SciFi Dad, I like to think it was so slow because everyone was voting for me.

By: Lacretia

Lacretia — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:35:06 +0000

@Casey, Do hypothetical pom poms count if they're pink and swooshy?