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04/12/2009 13:18 #48365

HappyEaster
Happy easter everyone! I love easter, we have polish food which we would never have otherwise and is yummalicious. And as per (e:pauls) comment on hodown's journal I most certainly still have to search for my easter basket!!!!! How oculd I not? Though the hiding gets a little more lax every year, like it was just on the floor behind the ocmputer today, not so supersleuthy! I love chocolate at easter like the Merkel eggs they are the best !!!!!
tinypliny - 04/12/09 13:24
What was in your easter basket?? :D

04/06/2009 07:38 #48306

Spot Desserts
I have to say it. I just about never am satisfied with desserts from Spot Coffee and never have been. Ok the one thing i kinda like is the smore thing but otherwise there is always something off about them. Me, (e:paul) and (e:libertad) went to the Delaware spot last night which I hadn't been to in forever, which reminds me does anyone know when the elmwood spot opened because I remember always going to the Delaware Spot when I was younger and can't imagine why if there was an elmwood one, was there not one? I really can't remember at all , and I can't remember when we switched over to the elmwood one. Anywho, so i got like this chocolate , strawberry dream cake and it was no dream, It was like ok plain chocolate cake , no like under average chocolate cake I don't want to even call it ok, and like ok whipped cream. Their chocolate chiop cookies have on more than one occassion tasted like sausage ( i am no tthe only person who thinks this, ask (e:jill) or (e:mk)). So overall, i like spot but its desserts are better left in the case! I always want to like them and so i order them but i am always left bitterly dissappointed!
tiburon1724 - 04/14/09 22:51
so go on over to Chocolate Bar :)
joshua - 04/07/09 13:55
I get their scones - that is about it. If I want biscotti I'll go to Dolci. I haven't had one of those pieces of cake in 5 years.
mk - 04/06/09 21:40
Totally agree. I did enjoy their giant Rice Krispies treats though. But that's hard to ruin. I always wanted the cookies to be good but they just weren't. :(
jessbob - 04/06/09 20:20
That is dead on - always disappointing
theecarey - 04/06/09 15:15
I never thought they were ever good- they look yummy, then they taste mediocre. Sometimes I still go for a cookie, though.

mrmike - 04/06/09 08:29
They look so good in the case, and have always been a little wanting. I steer clear, but at the other end of the spectrum our namesake sandwich the Mike, always gets the day rolling right.
tinypliny - 04/06/09 07:41
Thanks for the warning. I always look at those desserts and after I leave, I often wonder if I made a mistake by not getting them with my very rare coffee there (I like their Java coffee shake). I needn't wonder any more!! :D

03/29/2009 21:24 #48232

Possible New Job
So i have the possibility of a new job prospect which while it is not my dream job by any stretch would be a step up from what i am doing now. The really bad part though is that i am totally screwing over my current work if i start when my new job will possibly start. I hate to say it but i really basically run that place and they could not replace me in the next two years! I mean weeks, but prolly even in 2 years they could not replace me. I originally thought the new job was gonna be 330 til midnight so i could work my old job some mornings but now that is not the case and it is 10-630 which leaves me no time for my old job really. So i don't have the new job for sure yet but I think i probably will get it. We'll see. the ohter bad thing is we have a trip planned to (e:libertad)'s mom in florida in july and they have a no days off for 3 months policy so I have to talk to them about that b/c like I already have my ticket and dave has his vaca then and stuff and it would be almost at the end fo the 3 month period. So we'll see, wish me luck.
tinypliny - 04/06/09 07:42
Good luck!! Don't feel sorry about a better opportunity. Take it and keep moving!
james - 03/29/09 22:39
Congrats! Don't worry about screwing over your old job. You are irreplaceable, but if they can't get someone who can at least try then that is their problem.

03/26/2009 16:17 #48210

Not At Marcellas
Why aren't there performances at Marcella's like tihs with back up dancers and what not..that would be fun. Though Marcellas' performances do occasionally involve a full sub being flung aroudn with lettuce everywhere which is fun too........Here's a little something from my 2 favorite RuPaul drag race contestants..









she even has a music video

tinypliny - 03/26/09 19:33
Wow - those are colourful. :)

03/19/2009 17:10 #48126

My Favorite Product -
So me and my mom are doing an extensive home versio nof Clean House minus the Nicey host and home make over and television celebritiness of it. We are both pack rats and decided we have to rid ourselves of a lot of stuff. It clicked for my mom after she realized we had so much stuff of my grandmas still at her house and she passed away 3 years ago. So needless to say it has been crazy going through and gettin rid of stuff, literally i would say we have about at leat 1,000 greeting cards to get rid of (some charities take them and reuse the front part, i am not sure they realize how many they are going to get, i think it will be a lifteie supply)! My mom just threw out our baby crib (the width of the bars are illegal now cuz they are too far apart and dangerous). I finally parted with my collectio nof paper bracelets they put on your wrist to prove you are 21 (each with the event and date listed on the back) and so on and so forth but we came across this gem of a product...

we bought it for my aunt and uncle as a gag one year and it has been passed around my family every since. So you think what is so funny about a doughnut express?.....

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Well what is so funny is that NOWHERE ON THE BOX OR DIRECTIONS does it include using the doughnut express. the instructions very nicely give e you directions on how to make a donught by like makuing dough and rolling it out and cutting it and stuffing it and stuff. NO PART inside or out involves the doughnut express. It is so hilairous to me! I love it!!! Like it tells you how to make things wihtout using their product. No step involves batter dropping or any express doughnut machine! I love it, i don't think i can part with this one...


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I am having a garage sale in the summer at (e:libertad)'s house to get rid of a lot of this stuff, there will be plenty of gems like the Highschool Musical Mystery Date game unopened, a safari hat, a motorized tie rack, abou 12 differetn radios that look like cellphones, and that's just the beginning!!!!

I'll leave you with this




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mike - 03/03/12 17:44
Lately I"ve been reading my old journals for like the month it is for the last 8 years to see what I was doing around this same time of year over the years. And I just read Tiny's comment
paul - 03/03/12 00:51
What made you ask that here today?
mike - 03/03/12 00:46
are unicorns not real?
james - 03/19/09 23:03
Is that carbonated Jack?
heidi - 03/19/09 20:46
Maybe a silent auction at (e:matthew)'s birthday party?
tinypliny - 03/19/09 18:21
The "As seen on TV" brands are all such frauds. I think putting "as seen on TV" translates to "Warning. This product is a bogus. Meant only for people who believe in unicorns."
tinypliny - 03/19/09 18:19
LOL - What is it for then? Does it have that instrument that is on the cover or does it just have doughnut flour inside?

ALso, do you have an old but functional stereo receiver for cheap? I really want bookshelf speakers for my computer but they need stereo receivers and I can't find cheap good ones. The ones they make nowadays are ultimate pieces of garbage. I used to have many of these lying around at home but alas, I can't find any at garage sales around here.

When is this sale? Would it be on this Sunday?