mooooo

it's absolutely true.

i used to get as many of those little plastic half 'n half cups at mcdonalds to sip down as i could!  i think it just depended on how many were out, how many i could get before grandma was embarrassed and discouraged it, how many my guilty conscience would let me get, etc.  it seemed like the best thing ever that they were just sitting there waiting for me to peel back the little plastic top and slurp up.  sorry if the rest of you missed out on that shameless childhood pleasure, but i thought they were SOOO GOOOOD!!!!!!!!! : )

i should have known that was an indicator that later on i'd be happy to get my hands on anything thicker than skim... oh wait, not too hard : )

thanks, linds, for reminding me of those good old days.  it was one detail of many of a truly delightful outing with grandma and grandpa - that or the finale to a great sleepover at grandma and grandpa's!  i feel like those things deserve their own post sometime.... the cow, the bedspreads (the jungle one was the best!), the tostadas, the breakfasts, the movies, the snacks (oreos or fig newtons - knew right where to find them!), the toys and games (sleeping beauty, uncle wiggly, skipbo with the hand-crank card shuffler, etc), the pinecones (i'm rich!!), the watering, the tree climbing, the fighting... : ), grandpa on the piano, grandpa showing us stuff in the garage, waking up at 6 because i was so excited to watch cartoons/tv : ), the stool dragged over to the cutting board as the perfect perch for eating and comfortably watching whatever, the little cups and bowls, etcccccccccccc........ : )  (oh the entitlement... : )

anyway.....  we thought there may have been a dairy allergy with one of the kids i was with at cub scout day camp, so soy milk was purchased just in case - for our pudding in bag... and possibly ice cream in a bag (would that have worked??)... turned out there was no dairy allergy (as far as i know : ), so it remained unopened.  it didn't really matter where the leftover fridge items went home to, so i said i wouldn't mind taking the milk home... : )  that included some 1%, some half and half, and the unopened soy milk.  joy!

last night we decided to open the soy milk to give it a whirl and see if it would do in case we ran out of milk this week - because somehow we're closer this week than in a long time....  and the man of the house likes his cereal for breakfast!  with milk... go figure! : )

well we determined the obvious... it's not real milk..... ha.  will thinks it's too sweet... how could that be???? i wondered : )  maybe it had something to do with i had just eaten some bites of peach cobbler, but i didn't think it was.  i like that it's thicker than skim, and to me, you just have to know and remember it's not real milk, then you're not expecting that... no problem!  something about it reminded me of horchata... so naturally we've got a winner!  obviously real milk with some fat is the preferred, but it's a fun change and fun thing to try.  so i'll be happy to work on that over the next few days : )

did you notice the detail that we've got some half and half just waiting for us in the fridge??  we'll have to see if there's time to make the ice cream we've been talking about for a few weeks.... if not i guess i'll just have to drink it!!  i'm definitely a savorer, though, so enjoying small sips would be the proper way to enjoy it - no big gulps allowed!!!!!

back to the paperwork and training!

edit:  HOW could i have forgotten the creme de la creme!!???  and i'm not talking about the brer rabbit molasses for the pancakes... : )  grandpa's bedtime stories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  what a treasure : )