Author: mflaum

messy

The whole world of chocolate experience (Hershey, PA) was good. My one disappointment was that there wasn’t much chocolate that I can’t already get at home. Somehow, I thought they’d have stuff (especially from Joseph Schmidt and Scharfin Berger) that would be totally unique to Hershey, PA. Ah well, I got a cool shirt, goodies for lots of friends, and we had a lovely 3hrs or so shopping, eating, and enjoying.

E took me on the “chocolate ride” aka ride where you sit in a car and go through a fake factory where hershey chocolate gets ‘made’ at the world of chocolate at Hershey. It wasn’t bad. There were singing cows (“It’s the milk chocolate, Hershey Milk Chocolate!”), chocolate scented areas, and a sample at the end. Good times.

This, because I know you’re curious, is Messy. Elizabeth walked all around and picked up various ‘guys’ and toys and at the end decided that this cow (like the ones in the ride) was “her guy”. Back at the car I asked her what she wanted to name him. After a moment she said Messy. I asked “Bessie? Missy?” She said no, his name is Messy because cows are messy.

well ok then.

If you’ve got spare time…

I’m taking a blog break for a while. If you’re checking in here though, and have some time to kill then here are some of my suggestions…

whatever you’re up to- enjoy and have a great day! I’ll be back to blogging some time around May 8…

If you've got spare time…

I’m taking a blog break for a while. If you’re checking in here though, and have some time to kill then here are some of my suggestions…

whatever you’re up to- enjoy and have a great day! I’ll be back to blogging some time around May 8…

from me to you:

 

Well with family parties and life and such… I really have about 2 days ‘full’ that I can utilize to work and prepare for my upcoming trip. So it’s crazy. But yet I am here blogging. Go figure. The one HUGE travel revelation I will share with you is this:

pick a color. Black or brown. Choose one, build your wardrobe around it. A few years back I could only bring 1 nice pair of shoes, purse, etc… but needed 3 nice outfits. Some needed black shoes, some brown. Right then and there I decided that unless something came along that just rocked my world, I would only buy nice clothes that would work with brown shoes. (t-shirts and such don’t count, of course) So, brown is my neutral color. Doing this has made packing for travel tremendously easier and lighter. Seriously. I still have a few random ‘black based’ nice clothing pieces, but they are for from-home only. Not for travel.

I am uploading photos to costco.com so that I can pick them up this afternoon. I found a few pics that I feel like sharing here. First- I really rock at making apple pie. Here is the last slice. (sigh) It was good while it lasted. Sadly, I only got 2 pieces. This summer I hope to try my hand at some berry pies. But no time for that now. Moving on.

Rebecca is, indeed a human cupcake. So sweet and cute and irresistible.

New kicks = fun photo shoot. Elizabeth and her daddy are both in love with her new sneakers. Especially daddy who loves that she’s wearing Vans. The whole outfit here is fashion by daddy. Elizabeth just loves having new shoes to show off and scuff up. She wants them to come on “bay-cation” and I think they just might.

This is from the jelly belly factory. They make all kinds of chocolates and such too. See those ‘muffins’ behind E? They are pure chocolate and stuff. No ‘cake’, just chocolate filled goodness. it’s too much for me- but I’m sure they would be cool to share or something.

Well back to uploading to costco and packing things up. Already done with about 43 of the 2345 things on today’s to-do list, so that is a GREAT thing!!!