I love ice cream sandwiches. They are the best desserts.
The sheer genius of combining the simple ingredients that include a chocolate chip cookie (must be soft, JUST baked, and still a little doughy) and vanilla ice cream. These two simple, unassuming ingredients make the most glorious blend of flavors good enough for any gastronomical guru, radical restauranteur, or everyday eater.
In a pinch, those Good Humor ice cream sandwiches will do, but they do not always hit the spot. Chipwiches are better. But the best? This is a recently new discovery: Cold Stone Creamery.
I regularly avoid the Cold Stone experience, mainly because they are too expensive, but for these I.C.S., I am willing to splurge.
First, the cookie. Hardly baked and more like a flat disc of dough, it is the perfect blend of sweet, salty, and bitter chocolate. The ice cream is equally as delicious: smooth, creamy, and sweet, it can make anyone's blues blow away.
The ice cream sandwich: a great go-to dessert.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Seester.
Best friend.
Workout partner.
With beautiful brown hair.
Stress-hugger.
Confidant.
Advice-giver.
Always a baby, always my baby--to me.
Protector.
Supporter.
One who can vent (and be vented to).
Sharer of all things frozen and cream-based (preferably at the same time).
Always ready to split of can of coke.
My rock.
Workout partner.
With beautiful brown hair.
Stress-hugger.
Confidant.
Advice-giver.
Always a baby, always my baby--to me.
Protector.
Supporter.
One who can vent (and be vented to).
Sharer of all things frozen and cream-based (preferably at the same time).
Always ready to split of can of coke.
My rock.
Proud and Excited
Dan got in to flight school. His excitement is infectious. So is his relief.
After two-plus years of Purgatory, finally - a step in the right direction!
It is hard to watch someone you love feel as though they have nothing to contribute to society, especially after a great deal of disappointment (and a little bit of heartache). And ESPECIALLY since he has so much to offer to the world (even if that involves loud farts every now and then).
But today, the winds changed, the energy shifted, and the stars aligned. This just goes to show that everything is meant to happen for a reason.
I am honored to be able to observe and support him on this next adventure.
After two-plus years of Purgatory, finally - a step in the right direction!
It is hard to watch someone you love feel as though they have nothing to contribute to society, especially after a great deal of disappointment (and a little bit of heartache). And ESPECIALLY since he has so much to offer to the world (even if that involves loud farts every now and then).
But today, the winds changed, the energy shifted, and the stars aligned. This just goes to show that everything is meant to happen for a reason.
I am honored to be able to observe and support him on this next adventure.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Procrastination: Part 2
Welp, it's that time of the marking period: Interims.
Every quarter of the school year, I find that I cannot meet the Tuesday-at-5-pm deadline. I almost ALWAYS work into the night on the day interims are due, hastily giving last-minute points to already-late assignments and grading the assignments from today (55+ of them) in the hopes that those few, precious points will actually help the grades of my students. Sometimes they do, sometimes they do not.
Have I turned into the last-minute person in every aspect of my life?
I'm better at getting to school on time in the mornings - perhaps because I drive someone else to work, so that makes me accountable.
I am not better, however, at getting anywhere else on time. Meetings, dinner dates, appointments (some...) - I always seem to be running five minutes late.
Am I a professional procrastinator or is this just how I cope with the insanity that is life?
Every quarter of the school year, I find that I cannot meet the Tuesday-at-5-pm deadline. I almost ALWAYS work into the night on the day interims are due, hastily giving last-minute points to already-late assignments and grading the assignments from today (55+ of them) in the hopes that those few, precious points will actually help the grades of my students. Sometimes they do, sometimes they do not.
Have I turned into the last-minute person in every aspect of my life?
I'm better at getting to school on time in the mornings - perhaps because I drive someone else to work, so that makes me accountable.
I am not better, however, at getting anywhere else on time. Meetings, dinner dates, appointments (some...) - I always seem to be running five minutes late.
Am I a professional procrastinator or is this just how I cope with the insanity that is life?
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