Why I Love Bed, Bath, and Beyond

I've always loved Bed, Bath, and Beyond. It's a huge store filled with so much useful stuff, half of which is crap you would never need.... but you REALLY want it once you see it. Partner that with their amazing return policy and the fact that they always have 20% coupons available, it's really a win/win situation.

Jon and I registered there for about 90% of our wedding gifts. A lot of it is useful stuff we really want/need... some of it to replace things we already have, some of it new. We were really excited about a few of the random items (those ones you really don't need but REALLY want), namely the Garlic Zoomer and the Ice Cream Molds. And to my great surprise and delight, we got a box-of-fun from BB&B from Christy this week... including the Garlic Zoomer and Ice Cream Molds, among other exciting gotta-have-them things!

So after class today, I decided to break into the ice cream molds and make some tasty ice cream sandwiches.

Step one... the ingredients. Vanilla ice cream, cool whip, and cookie dough.

Step two... bake the cookie dough in a thin sheet


Step three... mix the whipped cream and ice cream. I chose to add some chopped cherries for a little extra flavor.


Step four... use the molds to cut out shapes in the cookie once it's cooked.


Step five... put a cookie in the bottom of the mold, then scoop some ice cream in it, add the second cookie on the top, and close the mold.


Step six... put them in the freezer... step seven will be eating the tastiness- stay tuned for the final result!

Big weekend

It was a big weekend for me... well, not really for me personally, but for people I care about...

Alan and Stephanie got engaged! woohoo! I'm excited to bring in a new family member... yay for new sisters! No details yet, but they're hoping for a May 2010 wedding in Wisconsin.

Christy won another Emmy! Recall her nomination in October? The ceremony was this weekend, and she won Emmy number two, and got to accept it in the fabulous purple dress Sarah and I helped pick out. What a rockstar.

The Gators are playing to the National Championship game! And, it's in Miami this year. Not that I can afford the ticket, but I'm sure the post game celebration will be pretty great. Who else would be stoked if the stadium got a "2008" added to it?

Think Pink

Today's entry is pink, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

There are very few things that will get me out of bed before 6:30 on Saturday mornings... Day After Thanksgiving shopping, fun trips, and this morning, the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure 5K. Thousands of people participated, raising probably well over a million dollars (actual figures will be posted when they're available.) Breast Cancer is one charity and awareness campaign that I can really get behind. My grandma is a survivor, and I have two close friends who are dealing with it in their families right now. So this morning I walked for them. Since we're not in shape to run (bad us!), Christy, her sister, her mom & coworkers, and I walked the 5K. It was really fun.... like I said, there were thousands of people participating, everyone was wearing pink... including the men, the dogs, the kids, and everyone else. The survivors wore pink race shirts, and everyone else wore white with pink designs. Some of my favorite shirts had tag lines like: "Cancer Sucks A%@," "I Love Boobs," "Save the Tata's" & "Save Second Base." There's nothing quite like seeing a grown man in a black t-shirt that says "I Love Boobs all over the front of it... in public... and it be completely acceptable. After the race was over, we went to Bay Front Park and shared in the festivities... Yoplait was giving out free yogurt, there were free bananas, music. Overall, it was just a fun morning. Some pictures from the day:

Christy with her mom and sisterMe and ChristyOne of my favorite shirts... it had a bunch of different names for boobs!

Lots of people running for their moms
And to top off the fun day... Christy got a text message that she got nominated for an Emmy... make that 2 Emmy's! She won one last year for a special segment she helped produce on hurricanes. I told her that her Emmy needs some friends... this is the text message she got during the race.