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Apr 15 2012

New local Chik-Fil-A

by Mary Anne

As far as fast food restaurants are concerned, I like the Chik-Fil-A restaurants.  I get the impression that their food is probably healthier than most fast food restaurants fare.  So I was happy when I found out that one was being built in town.

They ran a promotion for their grand opening that the first 100 people in line at their door at 6am on their opening day would get free Chik-Fil-A food for an entire year.

My hubby didn’t know about that promotion, and he came home from running an errand and told me that he drove past the new Chik-Fil-A and was surprised to see people camping out in tents in the parking lot!  I told him about the promotion and then he declared that he was surprised that I wasn’t one of the people camping out! I laughed at him, telling him that if I didn’t hate camping so much I would have been!

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Apr 1 2012

People Watching

by Mary Anne

Author: Joseph Sandoval

I hang out at this cool coffee shop in my neighborhood where locals always gather. I set up my computer and they have free wireless internet, so I can get a lot done while I people watch and drink coffee. I usually go there when I am bored and at home alone. It’s so nice to get out of the house sometimes and watch what other people are up to. I try not to be too nosy, but I hear some very interesting conversations. One day when I was just hanging out, the couple at the table next to me was in the process of breaking up. The girl was yelling pretty loud at the guy, and he was quiet and looked mortified. I felt bad for both of them, but it was pretty entertaining. Other days I end up at a table next to people at a business meeting, or a couple of friends who haven’t seen each other in a long time. I feel like I get a little window into their lives, and I have a good time.

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Mar 30 2012

Wine and chocolate

by Mary Anne

When the Red Hat ladies club that I belong to and had a wine and chocolate party, I was very happy to be part of the group. We had several different types of wines, both red and white, ranging from very dry to very sweet. And we had an assortment of chocolates to choose from as well. It seemed to me that the dry wine was supposed to be paired with the dark chocolate, and the sweet wine was paired with the sweeter chocolates. I’ve never been a big fan of dark chocolate, and I’ve never been a big fan of dry wine, so I was being polite and sampling them all, but when we got to the white chocolate truffles and the dessert wines I was “all for it.” Our party’s organizer mentioned the www.wine.com website as a resource for people to learn more about wines. As for me, I’ve found that the tannins in red wine give me a headache, so I prefer the white wines. How about you?

Champagne and wine infographic

Champagne and wine infographic

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Mar 5 2012

Nutrition means a lot

by Mary Anne

My family does not eat as well as it should. 

I have a really hard time getting my family to eat the right foods. 

I only have one son that is interested in eating right, and he is living on his own now.  So I am here at home struggling with trying to get the rest of my family to eat right and stay healthy.  It seems to be a losing battle.

I cook healthy and tasty meals, but apparently no one wants to eat healthy tasty meals.  I get discouraged from cooking so much food and sitting down at the table by myself to eat. At least it is easy to get fresh fruits locally so I can grab some fruit to snack on without having to cook a large portion of anything. The only drawback to that is I have found that after I eat fresh fruit I feel hungrier than I did before I ate it. So then I try to have some quick protein – one of those Baby Bel cheeses. I really like them a lot, but I keep hearing from a lot of people that cheese is not a healthy food to eat. In fact I have one nephew that insists that cheese is really bad for you. I don’t understand how it can be really bad for you unless you eat a lot of it.

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Mar 5 2012

White chocolate raspberry cheesecake frozen yogurt

by Mary Anne

Many years ago there was a frozen yogurt shoppe a couple of blocks away from where I worked. Every day they would have a different flavor featured. The ladies that I worked with would call the shoppe a few minutes before our lunch break and ask the shoppe what the flavor of the day was. They had a flavor that was simply the most amazing flavor I have ever tasted in my life – it was white chocolate raspberry cheese cake frozen yogurt.

The first time I tasted that flavor I thought I had died and gone to heaven! It was simply the best tasting frozen yogurt OR ice cream that I have ever tasted in my life. Every time that we found out that they had that flavor on special I would order it. It was NOT available as a regular flavor on a daily basis. That is probably a good thing because I probably would have eaten way too much of it! Sadly that frozen yogurt shoppe was only in business for a couple of years before it relocated to a different town. I sure miss that place!

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