In honor of Amazon Prime Day, I thought I’d share some of my favorite Amazon items. I’ve had my Amazon Prime membership for just under a year. It has been totally worth the $99 fee. This will be my first Prime Day as a member. I’m not sure what benefits I take advantage of yet, but I am looking forward to seeing the deals. Please note this post contains affiliate links. If you click on one, it will take you to Amazon. It doesn’t not cost anything, but if you buy something, I may receive financial compensation. See my disclosure Read More
Month: July 2017
11 Chocolate Quotes in Honor of World Chocolate Day
Happy World Chocolate Day! If you’re like me, you don’t really need an excuse to have a good piece of chocolate, but isn’t it nice to know you have a special day to celebrate? I wish I could tell you about some wonderful deal on chocolate, but it looks like those are reserved for National Chocolate Day in October. There’s also International Chocolate Day, two of them actually, in September and December and Bittersweet Chocolate Day in January. Most of those chocolate holidays are when the weather turns cooler. Sure, your chocolate is more like to melt in July, but Read More
Ice Cream Taste Test, Which Flavor is Best?
Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? In honor of this special occasion, my family conducted an ice cream taste test. Sunday afternoon, we broke out 8 different containers of ice cream. Four mint were varieties. Four were chocolate. The brands included were Safeway Select, Baskin Robbins, Haagen Dazs, and Ben & Jerry’s. Only I knew which sample was which. The testing procedure was pretty simple. I set eight bowls on ice cream (one for each flavor) on the kitchen table, and put a numbered sheet of paper with each bowl. Everyone tasted the ice creams and Read More