Have you seen/heard about/tasted the new Skittles Chocolate Mix? There are S'mores, vanilla, chocolate caramel chocolate pudding and brownie batter Skittles in each 230 cal pack. There is nothing redeemable in them. No protein, no fiber. Main ingredient is Corn syrup = 42 grams of sugar. But they are soooo good. And they do not contain milk.
They are so sweet (or I am so off sugar) that after eating one serving size, my saliva tasted sweet all night. Kid you not. Woke up with sweet tasting spit. You know that has to be some mondo load of sugar.
I'll only use them as a treat for real good behaviour - or hard physical work like shoveling snow.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Snow day
For several days now we have been in a VERY cold weather system. Temperature bitterly cold. Then we got snow. I took this piture with a flash at 7 this morning.
And this one without the flash. I think I like it best. You can see how much has fallen overnight because the bird feeder was clear last night when I filled it.
Schools are closed.
City hall and libraries closed. Roads are being plowed. I haven't heard how much snow we have received but I'd say we have had over 20" with another 4" to 8" due today. I thought we had our once-every-seven-years-tough-winter last year.
Just went out to clear the walk. That stuff is soooo heavy only got a small portion done before I had to come inside. Looks like we will be homebound most of the day as the guy who plows the driveway hasn't arrived and we can't get the car out.
And this one without the flash. I think I like it best. You can see how much has fallen overnight because the bird feeder was clear last night when I filled it.
Schools are closed.
City hall and libraries closed. Roads are being plowed. I haven't heard how much snow we have received but I'd say we have had over 20" with another 4" to 8" due today. I thought we had our once-every-seven-years-tough-winter last year.
Just went out to clear the walk. That stuff is soooo heavy only got a small portion done before I had to come inside. Looks like we will be homebound most of the day as the guy who plows the driveway hasn't arrived and we can't get the car out.
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Italian
I have just completed nine weeks of Italian language class. I can recognize some words, conjugate no verbs and respond only minimally when spoken to. How do immigrants do it? I really admire them.
My next session begins in January. In the mean time, I am taking my study book with me to Phoenix and practice with Francesca. She tells me that her children have no interest in learning the language. Pity. I would like to have learned from my parent another language. But they were Americans from long ago and had no European language to pass down.
Ciao.
My next session begins in January. In the mean time, I am taking my study book with me to Phoenix and practice with Francesca. She tells me that her children have no interest in learning the language. Pity. I would like to have learned from my parent another language. But they were Americans from long ago and had no European language to pass down.
Ciao.
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