What kind of food are they doing this study on exactly....

I've done a couple marketing studies with Delve Marketing. It doesn't take much time and pays a wee bit of money. My kids got big toys when they did one. Anyway, they send out emails periodically so that you have to contact them instead of them calling you, which was how they used to do it. I got this email today asking for my interest. I was hunky dory with it all til the second question #3. I'm not sure I'm going to volunteer for this one.....

Delve Market Research is currently looking for Females between the ages of 25 and 54, to participate in an exciting new study. If you would be interested in participating in this study, please reply with answers to the following questions.

Name:
Age:
Daytime phone number:
Evening phone number:

1. How many children under the age of 18 live in your household?________

2. Which of the following types of frozen dinners/entrees have you ever purchased?

a. Italian
b. Polish
c. Mexican
d. Asian
e. American
f. Indian

3. How appealing do you find spicy foods?
a. Extremely appealing
b. Very appealing
c. Somewhat appealing
d. Slightly appealing
e. Not at all appealing

3. do you own a:
dog
cat
both

Thank you for answering our questions. We will be contacting those respondents that potentially qualify with a few additional questions.

New favorite advertising campaign...and I don't even own a Sienna.

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MY NEW KITCHEN!

FINALLY! I have had the chance to clean the kitchen and snap a couple of pictures before the next mess was made. I had about 2 minutes. No lie. So here it is. I love it. The layout is the exact same. We re-installed our old countertops and used the old appliances so it's not really new looking. BUT there are some different cabinets and we have the nice big extra pantry cabinet (see next photo) so it really holds a lot of stuff now. Horray! I won't say it was worth ALL the stress and time and inconvenience, but it is definitely worth most of it! The good Meile boys were in there late on December 23 because they said they'd have me in by Christmas. What great guys! Thanks!

This pantry is as deep as the fridge and holds a TON of stuff. We used to have just a counter all along that wall, but it was just a mess zone. There's shelves inside and I just keep stocking it and pushing things back. I thought it had no back on it and was nothing but magic. Unfortunately, I bumped up against the back of the cabinet when I was trying to find a place to store my red vines and chocolate-covered pretzels. Curses! No worries. I found another hidey-hole in the super deep cabinets above the fridge!

Isn't it so pretty?! We love the new slate tiles and they aren't as cold as I thought they'd be. I'm glad we went with laminate in the rest of the house again, however. We installed a natural cherry wood laminate to sorta tie into the cabinets. It's purty. Someday we'll do a great glass tile backsplash in oranges, yellows and reds, but do you know how much GLASS TILES cost?! Sheesh! I totally went into the wrong line of work. Glass tiles is where the money is.... We want to replace the old track lighting as well, but again time and money stand in our way. Plus, the fact we want to be DONE with home improvement for a while. Uh-huh. Especially since 10 out the 12 months in 2009 involved havoc caused by home improvement. Our next project is tentatively scheduled for 2017. We'll post pictures.