Will You Forgive My Absence If I Show You Chocolate?

I've been in a pre-retirement funk. Counting down the days. One month to go.

So, here's a waffle from Wafels & Dinges with dark Belgian chocolate drizzled over it, then sprinkled with puffy white sugar to make up for my lack of posts lately.

Wafel with Chocolate Sauce

Finished drooling? Good. Now you can go check out Know Your Meme for a few laughs.

Feeling: lethargic

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See's Dark Chocolate

Hubby brought me a gift recently, a bar of See's Candies Premium Dark Chocolate.

Chocolate

The taste was good, and the texture was rich and creamy. Definitely recommended.

In other news, here in the US, a lot of wrongminded folks, including the studio heads in Hollywood and other corporate entities, are trying to get an internet censorship law passed. Please let your senators and representatives know this is a bad idea. Thanks.

Feeling: mellow

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Honoring Veterans

Vietnam Veterans Memorial pin

This is the only pin/button I have commemorating veterans, but let's honor all our American veterans today. And you readers in other countries can remember your veterans today, too.

Feeling: patriotic

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Cookie Review

Chocolate Chip Cookies

So, when I was in the Chelsea Market last week, I picked up a package of Eleni's chocolate chip cookies. I decided to have them today to celebrate a perfect annual mammogram. The cookies were quite attractive, and looked a fair bit like the ones I make, only rounder and, well, more attractive. They were crispy, but I'm sad to report, not as chip-full as mine. Which was okay, because the few chips in each cookie were a bit too sweet for my taste. I did compulsively finish the 6 cookies, but I doubt I'd buy them again.

Feeling: okay

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STAYCATION!

It's been a busy, and fattening, week. A real rehearsal for retirement.

Sunday, I did the laundry. (I tried to find a fun link for laundry, but settled for the Wikipedia definition. It's late, give me a break.) I needed clean clothes and didn't want to go shopping for them.
Monday, I cleaned. Yeah, I know, hardly a vacation activity, but it needed to be done.
Tuesday, I went to lunch with a friend and had yummy mac and cheese at Sarita's.
Wednesday, I played online and caught up with stuff at home.
Thursday, I went taking photos on the High Line park with another friend. We had lunch at Chelsea Market which may become my new favorite place.
Friday, hubby and I went to see Air Supply at B.B. King's. It's a restaurant/club. I had yummy southern fried chicken and mashed potatoes with cole slaw.

Air Supply

Saturday, I went to Philadelphia Miniaturia. I bought stuff.
Sunday, I stayed home and am catching up on the social web. :)

Feeling: pooped



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New Face

After more years than I can remember using my M&Ms name mug as my Blogger Profile icon, I switched to a silly drawing of myself that has its origins in my childhood when I made my own greeting cards and drew a version of a smiley face before smileys were a big deal and wrote "Another ShellyS Production" below it.

I needed a change.

I will not, at this point, be merging my Blogger profile with my Google+ profile.

Feeling: mellow

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