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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI need some stress relief - something sweet
I'm about to have two scoops of coffee ice-cream with chopped walnuts and a home-made oatmeal cookie.
I did walk 5.2K this morning
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)malaise
(269,219 posts)diva77
(7,667 posts)tblue37
(65,502 posts)I actually ate half a raw carrot with early dinner.
stonecutter357
(12,698 posts)malaise
(269,219 posts)There's a pastry shop nearby that makes delish bear claws - I have stayed away for at least two years.
May pick some up tomorrow
tblue37
(65,502 posts)barbtries
(28,815 posts)that looks huge.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)5.2k is good.
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)malaise
(269,219 posts)for the vodka - I make the best Bloody Mary's in the family - complete with a stick of celery .
These days we only drink wine or Red Stripe and not often either.
monmouth4
(9,711 posts)malaise
(269,219 posts)monmouth4
(9,711 posts)malaise
(269,219 posts)When the doctor son in law told her to give up her nightly sweet - her response was over her dead body
monmouth4
(9,711 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)A triple espresso slurpee, Baby!
malaise
(269,219 posts)barbtries
(28,815 posts)but may switch to a hot fudge sundae.
gotta have some sweetness.
malaise
(269,219 posts)I'm pretty disciplined but sometimes I just have to have something sweet.
Love chocolate malts.
River Street Sweets. Order the pralines, and you'll get your sweet rush alright.
Nothing like them.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)I just checked the site and with 10 percent off, I just ordered myself some.
I have such terrible willpower. Alas..
malaise
(269,219 posts)cashew nut brittle with scotch bonnet pepper - to die for.
I took some for one of my sisters and that's all she wants these days.
I'll check those out.
panader0
(25,816 posts)'I wake up 'bout midnight
I need something sweet
Chocolate is the best
but salt make it better to eat
Salty Chocolate (repeat)
I make it to the sofa
so I can get my rest
I wake up in the morning
salty chocolate on my chest
Salty Chocolate (repeat)'
There's much more but
that has happened to me several times.
But no walnuts.
malaise
(269,219 posts)Choking with laughter
panader0
(25,816 posts)KentuckyWoman
(6,697 posts)Does it for me.
malaise
(269,219 posts)but one of the kittens died on the weekend and it also looks like a changing of the guard re the alpha males.
Sometimes I go for months eating just fruit and nuts but I find that the hotter it gets the more I want sugar based comfort food.
blogslut
(38,019 posts)malaise
(269,219 posts)Beautiful kitties
Niagara
(7,691 posts)I like to peel the skin off apples and slice them. I cover the apple slices with melted butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Put them in the oven for 20 minutes and bake on 350F. Yummy!
Although now since I'm thinking about it, this just might work in a crock pot.
malaise
(269,219 posts)See I stew peaches with cinnamon with a little butter and a few tablespoons of red rum and serve it with coffee ice-cream. Hehehehehe
Niagara
(7,691 posts)I will have to try that because I like peaches too.
mbusby
(823 posts)...something sweet, I kiss my wife. Works every time.