Small Talk Six 7/18/2009

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I SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today’s topic is “6 flavors or types of ice cream that you love or hate” You can answer this with a list of 6 words, 6 phrases, 6 sentences, 6 paragraphs, 6 photos, 6 videos, etc . . .

I will do 6 that I love, there aren't many that I don't

1. Rum Raisin (Haagan Dazs)

2. Butter Pecan( Edys Grand Light)

3. Red Raspberry ( Culvers Custard)

4. French Silk(Edys Grand Light)

5. Dulce La Leche( Edys Grand Light)

6. Cherry Garcia(Ben and Jerrys)

THE COMFORT OF A GREAT NEIGHBOR

We have lived in our home for almost 19 years and have had many neighbors over the years. For the most part we have been very lucky. But now we are extremely lucky I think. I have an injured knee that I am nursing and my husband being on dialysis, gets tired very easily(what a pair lol). Our next door neighbor has been (unfortunately )layed off from his job , but in his kindness has been cutting our lawn for the past several weeks. We never asked him to do it, we do go out and give him refreshments and all he says is "I am so bored at home, just looking for something to do". How nice is that, I ask you? It is one less thing for me to worry about. I have been thinking of something nice to do for him and his family, who are always there when we need anything done. I decided this weekend I am going to make them a homemade pizza( which is one of my specialities), I am going to make a basic cheese pizza and give them all the toppings separate so they can put on what they want. Along with it I am going to make a cherry cobbler and I was thinking of a salad. They are the kind of people that do things without expecting or wanting anything for it, so I am hoping this is something homemade from my heart. I feel like if I bought them a gift, it wouldn't have the same feeling. What do you think? Is a gift from the heart good for the soul?

WHAT THIS WORLD NEEDS IS A NEW KIND OF ARMY, THE ARMY OF THE KIND.

CLEVELAND ARMORY

Black Forest Cherry Cake

We love black forest cherry cake so I came up with a somewhat "healthier" version so that my whole family could enjoy it. I bake a boxed mix dark chocolate cake. Pillsbury has a reduced sugar cake mix, that is good but you can use any you like. After baking in round cake pans I like to slice each layer to make four layers, it just looks fancier and its not hard to do. For frosting I use cool whip but I add 1 cup shaved chocolate to it. For the cherries I get a can of cherry pie fill but again there is a low sugar version but you can use any. After frosting each layer and then the whole cake I lay the cherries on top and make a cool whip border around it to dress the cherries up a bit. It looks nice and I know its not as impressive as other black forest cakes but this one we can all feel a little less guilty about eating. My family loves it. Because of the cool whip it has to be refrigerated or eaten. I prefer eaten of course!

ANY IDEAS???