"Crunches like an apple. Tastes like a grape."

What is it? Its a Grāpple®.

After reading their website, its an interesting concept. Although, I can't help but wonder how healthy infusing an apple with grape "flavor" really is. ("Ingredients: apples, natural and artificial flavor") We have not tried one yet, but if I see them in the grocery store I'll buy some out of curiousity.

From the Grāpple® website www.grapplefruits.com:

How Is A Grāpple® Brand Apple Made?

Grāpple® brand apples begin either as Washington Extra Fancy Gala or Fuji Apples, depending upon the season. These "premium apples" are the ones that take on the grape flavor best. This Patent Pending process is complex and the ingredient mix primarily includes concentrated grape flavor and pure water. All ingredients are USDA and FDA approved and the process has been licensed by the Washington State Department of Agriculture.

There is nothing but flavor being infused into the apple. A relaxing bathing process prepares our apples for you or your kids. The apple takes on no additional sugars or calories. They are not genetically altered in any way. The apple is as healthy as ever but now has the new exciting grape flavor. The process is better explained by the Food Network's "Unwrapped" show entitled "Grapeful". Check your local listings or click here to find out the next time it is on in your area. Apples are a fantastic snack. Grapes are a wonderful snack. Try a Grāpple® brand apple today, and enjoy the best of both of them in one!

Arizona Cardinals NFC Champions!!

I am not a huge fan of watching football on TV whether its college or NFL. However, I do enjoy going to the games in person. This NFL season, I jumped on the bandwagon and cheered on the Arizona Cardinals. However, for clarification I always support the Arizona teams, some more than others: Cardinals, Suns, Diamondbacks, and Coyotes.

Today, the Arizona Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 32-25 and will move on to play in the Super Bowl. This is their first NFC Championship and their first appearance in the Super Bowl in franchise history.

A little history on the Cardinals (from Wikipedia):

The Arizona Cardinals, founded in 1898 and a charter member of the National Football League, hold the distinction of being the oldest continuously run professional football franchise in the United States.[1] They are based in Glendale, Arizona, just outside of Phoenix. The Cardinals are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).

The team's lone NFL championship game victory came in 1947 while they were based in Chicago, and came two decades before the first Super Bowl game was ever played. The club's other NFL championship occurred in 1925, eight years before the league began holding a championship game, and is a controversial title to this day. The much contested title was believed to belong to the Pottsville Maroons but was given to the Cardinals instead in what is called the 1925 NFL Championship controversy.

In the six-plus decades since winning the championship in 1947, the team has qualified for the playoffs only six times and has won only four playoff games, with three of the wins coming in their ongoing run in the 2008-09 playoffs. They are currently the National Football Conference Champions, after winning the NFC Championship Game on January 18, 2009.

Before the 1988 NFL season, the team moved from St. Louis, Missouri to Tempe, Arizona, an eastern suburb of Phoenix, and played their home games for the next 17 years at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium. In 2006 the club began playing all home games at the newly constructed University of Phoenix Stadium in the northwestern suburb of Glendale.

Hola, Buenos Dias!

Hola, como esta? Me llamo Elisabeth. Me gustan el color amarillo.



I made it through the first of a two week spanish immersion program I needed to take as a part of the MBA program at Thunderbird. It reminded me of the spanish classes I took in high school and college, I feel pretty confident now that I probably could've have tested out of the language requirement. But, oh well these grades will help boost my gpa :) This first week we learned numbers (1-1,000,000), colors, numerous verbs, definate and indefinate articles-took fieldtrips and ate at several tastey restaruants. Our profossor's mother even made our class tamales, some of the best i ever had! As we were in class I was reminded of this video, Spanish 101 Love Song.
Enjoy, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFgdI3zk4Nw

We celebrated Rosca de Reyes on January 6 in celebration of the Three Kings Day, see the following link for more information,
http://www.inside-mexico.com/ReyesMagos.htm

Find Joy in the New Year!

For many, this year has been full of ups and downs, personal and professional challenges. For us, this year has been a strange, yet interesting ride. And with everything thats happened in 2008, we can find at least an ounce of good in all of it.

So our wish for all of you is to Find Joy in the New Year!

If you need some help, watch this http://www.findingjoymovie.com/