The week in fragments...

One: Monday of this week, I craved something chocolate.  I hafta tellya, I haven't made these but maybe once since the kids left home.  I used to make them quite often for them to snack on after school while doing their homework, only because they were so easy ... VERY easy, and tasty.  They're called Yankee Noodles.  Two ingredients needed.  About 10 minutes total prep time to completion.  The only draw back is that they should be chilled overnight.  And they're a serious "finger licking" snack, with a glass of cold milk!!

YANKEE NOODLE DANDIES

Here's the recipe.

1 bag of Nestlé Chocolate Chips
[I use Dark Chocolate]

1 bag of Chow Mein Noodles

...in a large bowl empty entire bag of chips, microwave at medium high setting for approximately 2 minutes [depending of voltage/wattage of your oven].  With a large spoon, stir chips to a smooth chocolate mixture.  Toss in the noodles and coat thoroughly.  Spoon onto waxed paper covered cookie sheets and chill overnight.  Makes about 24 Yankee Noodle Dandies!!!!

Two: While walking through the Science Museum and finishing up the tour from both sides of the building, Bud and I browsed through the gift shop on our way out. I spied a book there, about a local history that I've been considering finding in the bookstore or ordering it if need be!!  But, once I saw the price tag in the inside flap, I quickly changed my mind...$30 for a thin book with just over 100 pages. I don't think so. Even with the Kindle edition, it's a bit too costly for such a 'thin' book. I went online to see if there were any through book finders that would be cheaper...just the opposite; more expensive. And adding shipping and handling to that...uh, uh, no way José [or at least I originally thought]. When I needed to go to the county court house in person this past week, I walked over to the county library that is just a block away and used their online card catalog in hopes of finding it there. I did....I checked it out, and reading it now. It's just as I thought it would be; very interesting. I am learning a lot of the names you see on buildings and streets around here and who they are associated with in history. Worth reading if you live in this area, and checking it out at the library; a lot cheaper. LOL The book: Letters to Alice [about the love of the famous King's Ranch maiden - Alice King - daughter of ranch 'owner', now long deceased, Richard King]. Completing the book, I found the Epilogue to be super! First off the King Family used to summer vacation in Colorado [my 'home' state] and stayed at a hotel in the Springs, that blew me away...The Antlers Hotel...Bud was born in Colorado Springs, and we both know the Antlers Hotel like the back of our hands. LOL Still, the epilogue gave us a more recent history of the famous ranch...very good book. I may have to break down and buy the book someday to add to our book collection. Some day.

THREE: Bud and I went to the theater to see the #1 ranked movie for the last weekend...Hansel and Gretel - Witch Hunters. I was leery at first, thinking that it was just another 'teen flick' and hyped-up by the younger generations [reading the reviews of other movie goers]. The movie critics condemned it in many ways...but, I never agree with them much. LOL And we were bored, the weather was sultry, for days we've had a high wind warning and fire danger posted all over...so, we just went. Expecting a B movie, we came out surprisingly satisfied. It's fast paced from the opening credits to the end. Hansel & Gretel are out for revenge of the witch from Grimm's Fairy Tales...they become bounty hunters so to speak, and reek havoc with witches. I must warn you tho, there are scenes that are quite gory and so much is so realistic [special effects and slaying]. Some nudity with a special interest lady friend of Hansel's...a few strong words, but all in all entertaining if you like the science fiction genre. Oh, and just my opinion -- at the ending, I got a hunch there will be a sequel in the near future?!!!

FOUR: This is a fragmented rant!! My thoughts only...no offense taken please. Lately I've seen a lot of Linky abuse on several blogs....what's up with that? Joining in on a blog hop and creating a linky in excess is only abusing the free services of someone generous enough to share the javascript. And I've seen it happen before...once bloggers begin to abuse a free service by over-using it, it no longer is free because of the high cost of keeping the javascript on their servers. Memes, on the other hand, have only ONE linking page on the meme host/hostess page. Blog hops have dozens of linking posts and clutters by over abusing a free service.

Excessive Use of Linking Scripts 1] Take for instance each script costs the provider 1 cent...hundreds of bloggers use this script daily....eventually this costs the provider hundreds of dollars in a year's time. 2] While memes, on the other hand, use only one free script weekly. You do the math! 3] Economic view: Supply and Demand=Higher Costs 4] Common sense tells me that soon it won't be a free service if the usage continues at this pace.

Five: I received this in an email and thought it was a hoot:

"I just received my tax return for 2012 back from the IRS.
It puzzles me!!!
They are questioning how many dependents I claimed.
I guess it was because of my response to the question:
"List all dependents?" I replied:

1. 12 million illegal immigrants
2. 3 million crack heads
3. 42 million unemployed people on food stamps
4. 2 million people in over 243 prisons
5. Half of Mexico
6. 535 persons in the U.S. House and Senate
7. 1 useless President

Evidently, this was NOT an acceptable answer. I keep asking myself...
WHO DID I MISS?"

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