Tastes certainly do change over the years. When I was a kid going out to the ice cream parlor meant that I was going to get Bubble Gum Ice Cream. I mostly just wanted the gum. The frozen solid gum that I would cover in my saliva and then spit out into a napkin. And when I was done with my treasure hunt for gum, I would wrap it up in the napkin to eat later. Of course by the time I got it home to eat, the paper napkin had stuck to all the gum. So there I was eating licked, paper covered gum balls. Mmm. Yummy. And eat them I would, paper and all. Of course logic would have told me to buy a bag of gum balls and then get a different ice cream flavor. But what is logic to a little kid. :P Now back in those days they didn't offer Bubble Gum Ice Cream at the store. So when my mom brought home ice cream she usually brought home Neapolitan. More bang for your buck. Not only were you getting ice cream, but you were getting vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate all rolled into one. Strawberry was … [Read more...]
Put a little effort into it…
Fall is in full swing around these parts and I am loving it. About the only thing I am not big on these days is Halloween. I mean, it's alright. But we don't have kids so it's not all that fun. It is however the only time of year that Crazy Cocker Spaniel wishes we had kids (see here). I like when the kids come by, the little kids. The one waddling in their costume and trying their hardest get the words “Trick or Treat” out while their parents stand there next to them beaming with delight. Those kids are cute. What isn't cute are the teenagers. Now, I will be the first to admit that I Trick or Treated in my teen years...pretty far up into them too (hangs head in shame) BUT, I at least put some effort into it. I did full out costumes, full out. Now a days they don't even try. A couple of them will have a mask, but they don't wear it, they just have it in there hand and sort of flash it at you. Then mumble out a half hearted “Trick or Treat” while rolling their eyes at you. … [Read more...]
The best things in life are free…
...well except certain clothing, shoe, and handbag items. ;) Today's lesson is that this is a free website. I don't even have advertisements because I feel it takes away from the quality of the site. And trust me, I have thought about putting ads up on this site, I get the traffic for it. And I get bugged almost daily for someone to advertise something. But I like how sites that don't advertise look more than I do ones that do have it. Not that I think there is anything wrong with those sites that have advertisements. Making a buck or two is certainly understandable. ;) That being said, I run a free site. Free. I bring this up because time to time, since this is a free site and I don't have an editor to hire to edit my work, I forget something. A dash of salt, how many chocolate chips, things like that. Or worse. Which is why I say to you the first thing they teach you in home economics class...read through the whole recipe first. I type out the recipes half the time right before … [Read more...]
“Hello Canada, and hockey fans…
...in the United States and Newfoundland”. Though the official start to the NHL 09/10 season started on Thursday (Flames beat the Canucks 5-3, just saying) in the hearts of a lot of people, myself included, the start of the season is the first Hockey Night In Canada. And folks, would be tonight. In order to honour our beloved HNIC, tortured Leafs fan Ivonne (Cream Puffs in Venice), Mary (The Sour Dough), and myself (Peabody...in case you forgot) decided that we would hold a potluck. We are all foodies. And we all love hockey. I mean LOVE hockey. It's nice to have two people how not only share my adoration of food, but hockey. So a potluck just seemed right. Now granted we live no where near each other but since we are such big fans of hockey we thought we would give it a virtual go. Mary is in charge of appetizers. Ivonne is in charge of the main course. And I, I am in charge of dessert. Now there are two games, in case you didn't know. One at 7 pm(4pm my time) … [Read more...]
