food, crochet, merriment
The other day, we had surprise visitors from a faraway land.
Lily-chan sang and danced for us…
and Beckham-lin shared his ancient words of wisdom.
Even Chompy was impressed with their command of the language.
In one bonding moment, our guest let the bald kid try on his cap.
With ambassadors like these, peace and goodwill have a sporting chance…
at least in these parts.
Live long and prosper.
Are you ready my dah-lings?
At last—-here’s the “That One Chick” prize package. It’s loaded with some of my favorite things–in fact, a few of these were just a tad hard to part with….ummm…..Cheetos….No..no. I’m good.
So–this lovely prize package includes:
YOU should be cheering and clapping excitedly right about now.
I’m off to choose our illustrious winner….
Drum roll please……
And the winner is comment # 166— which said:
“What a cool story and an awesome adventure! So do you have any stories where you have a good experience with an exotic animal? Thanks for a good laugh that almost had my drink coming out my nose!”
made by:
Congratulations on winning the “That One Chick” MOTHER LODE!!
Thank you to everyone else for your wonderful comments.
Stick with us–our next giveaway is coming up very, VERY soon!
No–that is not a big ice cube in my cup…it’s a chocolate marshmallow. You should be so jealous. Truly.
So, let’s just say you’re in the mood for a nice warm cup of hot chocolate. As you look in the cupboard, you realize that you are out of ye old “Swiss Miss.” No problem, you think. We’ll just do the back woods thing and make it from scratch. Fine…until you open the cocoa canister and find that there is only a dusting left at the bottom. Now what?!
But wait! What’s this? Could it be a couple of 3 Musketeers bars in the back there–hiding out for that certain craving that you get at 10:30pm sometimes?
That’s all you’re going to need my friend. Wait’ll you read this.
As you sip try to avoid giggling your head off at your own decadence.
Yeah, good luck with that.
3 Musketeers Hot Cocoa
1½ cups chopped 3 MUSKETEERS® Bars
3 cups warmed milk
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus more for dusting
2 tablespoons whipped cream
1. Combine the candy with the milk and ground cinnamon in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly until the candy is completely melted.
2. Pour into mugs. Add a cinnamon stick–if you like, and top with a small dollop of whipped cream–or one of those gigantic marshmallows from William Sonoma. Sorry. I love them. Dust with a sprinkling of cinnamon.
Elder Dane in Sialulia, Lithuania (June 2008- June 2010)
That One Chick–the last…
I’ll keep this short. Yes, yes, I was an amazing roller skater when I was a kid—even without ever owning a pair of real shoe skates. These sad little deals just fastened on to your shoes and you prayed your little head off that they didn’t rip off at the wrong moment and fling you into the corner mailbox…which by the way, happened quite frequently. Yes, it hurt. Thanks for asking.
Ok, enough of this me, me, me stuff. As you can see–I’m tired. Ha ha…
So, here’s your last chance to get in on this giveaway—the prizes of which will be explained first thing Monday morning–March 1, 2010.
Make a comment on this and/or any of the “That One Chick” posts and you receive 1 entry for each.
I’m still gathering the prizes–so be on the lookout.
I’ll be back.
