We All Scream For Ice Cream!!

Good Morning from foggy California once again.  My crazy rain dancing has not resulted in anything but foggy morning fog.  It's hard to get things going when you look out and just see cold.

Same goes for Mr. Cooper.  Once I sit down, he snuggles up and goes straight to la-la-land.  

This one however ... is always into trouble with capital T.  Right now she's trying to get into the cupboards in the quilting room behind me.  This was her yesterday, looking all innocent.  This was BEFORE she shoved most all of this stuff off the table onto the floor.  

This morning she went to scratching on THIS chair ... so I moved the scratching post over to this side of the room, thinking maybe she didn't have enough room behind the other one.  We'll see how that goes, but I have a feeling it won't last.  What is up with CATS?  Always into TROUBLE!!

First things first ... after checking my credit card that only has three automatic payments on it every month, I discovered my Photoshop program was now $14.99 a month, versus the GUARANTEED $9.99 a month for LIFE.  

Of course I called, thinking I would get someone from India who didn't speak English.  What I got was an Australian accent.  Woohoo!!  I still couldn't understand him very well, but hey ... I can't turn down an accent like THAT!

Apparently they are short of money.  Here's the deal.  It's still $9.99 a month, but ONLY if you pay for one year at a time.  They always figure out a way to SCREW YOU!  Sorry, but I wasn't very happy about this.  I use that program a lot, which of course they KNOW, so they figure out ways to get your money faster.  I really don't want to be taking all my pictures with my phone instead of my expensive camera.  And so I caved and paid it for one year.

That's when I asked where he was from.  BELFAST he said.  WHAT?  He asked if I had ever been there.  Nope ... never been to Europe.  Went to China twice, Costa Rica, everywhere Mexico, Cancun and Mazatlan diving ... but never Europe.  Probably not a good idea now anyway, since they control everything you say online ... for which you can go to jail.  Next time I have to call Photoshop, I'm asking for the BELFAST accent!!

I spent the next two hours with this.  Anyone know what it is?  Patty Chance does.  We used to use this thing so much that I have TWO of them.  It's an ice cream machine.  I don't know what prompted me to drag it out of the far reaches of the cupboard, but drag it I did.

If you have ever read the ingredients on an ice cream box, you will know why, not to mention it's cheaper.  This particular variety I made has milk, cream, vanilla and sugar.  Of course I added candy to it ... I mean what's ice cream without CANDY!  The best part?  When it's done, you get to lick the bowl.  But use a spoon, because this thing will attach your tongue to the bowl in a millisecond.

I put it in small single serving containers and stuck it in the fridge.  YUM YUM!!!  This one has toffee pieces.  I admit, it's not quite as creamy as regular ice cream, but it's cheaper and better for you.  Next up ... BUTTER PECAN ... and my all time favorite COFFEE with toffee.

After that, I figured I needed to burn off some of that cream, so I went out for a walk.  That lasted half a mile before I returned and grabbed my bike instead.  No worries, I was able to save it when I looked over my shoulder and almost smashed into that mail box.  Note to self ... get a rear view mirror.  Looking over ones shoulder when your balance isn't great yet, is NOT a good idea.

I spent the rest of the afternoon working on this quilt.  See what I mean by I can't pick fabric colors?  It's awful!!  It's so bright and LOUD that you need sunglasses.  I haven't sewn the last border on yet because I don't like it one little bit, even after spending an hour cutting out pieces the long way so I didn't have to piece the border.  Maybe a white border would be better ... I don't know, but I really do NOT like it now.

Maybe I should call up Belfast for his opinion ... at least I could hear that accent again!!

And so my friends ... another whole month has gone by.  January just flashed by like a comet.  Maybe a nice bowl of homemade ice cream will make me feel better about that!!

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