No I mean the G1′s are coming the G1′s are coming. Kimberley got a paid gig that pays enough for each of us to get a new T-Mobile G1 Android phone. They should be here by Monday and we are very excited. It’s like Christmas. Well actually it is part of our Christmas we just never wait until then. LOL
G1 Goodness
I new diet pill on the market WHOO HOOO! Give me a break!
Howie and I really enjoy Chipotle for their fresh ingredients and flavorful combinations. We typically get a Burrito Bol with chicken, beans, salsa, fajita-style peppers and onions, and guacamole. We just order one and split it. Their portions are huge and no one really needs a whole one, anyway.
Howie and I are very active at 3fatchicks.com, especially in the 100lb. Club forum, and we’re happy to see that their book is nearing its publication date!
When we wanted to buy a good kitchen scale for portion control a few months back, I turned to Google.
A search for scale reviews brought up the Scale Magazine website as the first hit. The site offers independent reviews of many different types and brands of scales; whether you need to weigh gold dust or Golden Grahams, people or packages, they review the scales you need.
Our main objective was to find a digital scale we could use in the kitchen for weighing portions. Since so many recipes and food nutrition labels only show servings in one measurement standard, we wanted one which weighed not only in ounces/pounds, but grams/kilograms.
I thought it made sense to look for a higher-capacity scale which could double as a shipping scale for us. We dabble a bit in selling on eBay, plus we do send other packages, after all. Our small 5lb. capacity scale from Stamps.com only weighs in ounces, so it wasn’t doing us much good as a kitchen scale. With its limited capacity, it also didn’t help when we had larger packages to ship.
After reading Scale Magazine’s comparisons, I decided to try one of the Ultraship scales
It’s been a wonderful addition to our kitchen! Since we weigh liquids as well as food on it, I can put the removable faceplate up on our window sill, away from where we might risk spills. For a while, I stretched clear plastic wrap over the button panel to further safeguard the electronics, but decided to just leave everything open.
Changing the measure between grams, kilograms, ounces and pounds is done with a push of a button. The scale has a tare function, so I can put a plate on the scale, reset to zero, add a serving of meat, reset it to zero, add cheese, etc. It makes weighing food so easy. It’s also great for using for recipes; baking, especially, is more predictable if you measure by weight rather than volume.
It also will turn itself off after a period of inactivity, plus it runs on either battery or AC power; the power adapter is included, something which some scale manufacturers neglect to offer.
For shipping, it’s been a real boon. We gave that Stamps.com scale away and haven’t looked back one time. That little scale was a pain! When a package exceeded the 5-pound limit, I had to weigh the box, then weigh contents separately and add them to the box weight.
It was also hard to read the LED when a box was on top of the platform. The Ultraship 50′s removable faceplate has been invaluable in weighing packages for this very reason; I love how it allows me to weigh big boxes without having to resort to craning my head down to the countertop and using a flashlight to see the LED. It also has a “hold” button which will temporarily keep the current weight in memory as I remove the package and add more to it.
We’re both so glad we got this model. For food or packages, this scale is a winner. There’s also a Ultraship 75lb model
This photo shows how versatile the removable faceplate is:
That removable faceplate makes it easy to see without getting a crick in your neck when you weigh large boxes for shipment, plus it’s nice for weighing ingredients out into a large mixing bowl.
UPDATE: as of 1/7/2010, 4 years later, everything still works great. I highly recommend this scale for both shipping and kitchen use.