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Monday, June 23, 2008

you want to roast what?

I've heard people talk about roasting more than marshmallows over a campfire. But me, myself stick to what I know. Over the weekend on our camping trip, Eric convinced me that there is something just as fun as marshmallows....STARBURST!!! They brought "tropical" flavors, but I am almost certain that "original" would be just as delightful! So you stick a candy on the end of your roastin' stick and put it over the flames; turning frequently. After just minutes the outside is a bit soft. Because it is so hot, take care when removing it from your stick. Then when you pop it in your mouth, the outside is almost crispy and the inside a delectible gooey. Good Lord... That is an amazing treat. It might even become as important as making sure we have hot dogs to roaston our next camping excursion or even our next fire pit night!! If you have ever suggested to me to roast starburst and I looked at you in disgust...I do sincerely apologize!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: I never thought of Starburst, but I used to roast skittles over a candle every year at Young Women's camp. It kind of became a tradition that my friend Emily and I started and passed onto the younger girls. It was a blast! We will have to do it if we go camping together. You have to use tweezers though. They don't stick on a hot dog stick well, that makes the middle ooze out too early. :); June 23, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Jenny said...: Starburst, I don't even know where to begin! Skittles, I guess I need to come up with something, maybe twinkies, or butterfingers you never know what I will come up with.; June 25, 2008 at 5:09 PM
Rachel said...: I was introduced the good world of roasted starbursts when I was the ripe old age of 14. WOW! Loved it then and I would like to say still love it, but I haven't done it in awhile. I guess we are having starbursts at our next roast and when my husband looks at me wierd - I will blame in on Crusan.; June 26, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Unknown said...: I can't believe you have never tried roasting starbursts! soo good! Our families favorite thing to roast is peeps. The sugar carmelizes and makes them so tasting, but incredibly hot! try it you'll love it!

Also I have never laughed so hard!
The walmart story is the best!; June 27, 2008 at 11:55 AM

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A woman is shopping at Costco when "nature calls". She takes her 3 year old child, who speaks well & loud with her into the restroom. If you'd have been one of the ladies in the restroom that evening, this is what you would have heard: "Mommy, are you gonna go potty? Oh! Why are you putting toiwet paper on the potty Mommy? Oh! Now you gonna sit down on the toiwet paper Mommy? Mommy, what are you doing? Are you gonna go stinkies on the potty?" At this point the woman started to mentally count how many women were there when she walked in. A couple stalls were full, 4? 5? The child continued; "Mommy you ARE going stinkies aren't you? Dats a good girl Mommy. You gonna get candy for going stinkies on da potty? Let me see doze stinkies Mommy!" Trying to divert him, the mother handed him her purse and suggested he see if there was a candy for both of them. "Oh Mommy! I'm trying to see in der to see doze more stinkies." At this point the boy started to gag! "Oh Mommy doze stinkies are going to make me frow up. I fink I'm going to frow up Mommy! Dat is so GROSS!" His gags became louder and so did the chuckles outside the stall. She quickly flushed the toilet in hopes of changing the subject. "Mommy, I want you to get off the potty now and be done going stinkies. Get up, get up!" He grunted as he tried to pull her off of he toilet. The woman tried to reason with herself and brush off the embrassing situation. She bent down to count the feet under the door. "Oh, are you wooking under dere Mommy? You wooking at da wady's feet?" The boy began to pound on the locked stall door. "Mommy we have to go out now Mommy. We need to wash our hands." The woman sheepishly opened the stall door and found 20 woman smiling and applauding as the two began to wash their hands!..ahh...the joys of parenthood...

Always wear clean underwear in public, especially when working under your vehicle...
A couple drove to their car to the local Wal*Mart, only to have it break down in the parking lot. The man told his wife to run in and do the shopping while he fixed the car in the lot. She returned a while later to see a small group of people near the car. As she got closer she saw a pair of male legs protruding from under the car. Although the man was in shorts, his lack of under-roo's turned "private" parts into public ones. Unable to stand the embarassment, she stepped forward, quickly put her hand UP his shorts and tucked everything back into place. Taking a deep breath, she stood up boldly to face the crowd. She looked across the hood and found herself staring at her husband! The mechanic had to have 3 stiches in his forehead!!

My best friend Tara, and I took the girls to Moab. Because there were many times the radio kept going out, we decided to let the girls decide what CD to listen to. They took turns. First Kenny Chesney, then Toby Keith, you know, our usual...no big deal. Upon arrival at the hotel in Moab, it was Tika's turn to choose. I ran in to get registered and Tika passed a CD up to Tara. It was a rap CD that Tara thought would not be good for two sweet little children to listen to. She suggested Tika find something else. Tika said, "we've heard bad words in songs before." Tara gave Tika "the look" and had her return the CD to it's case. Tika looked for a couple minutes and handed Tara her second choice...Tu-Pac. Tara said, "No I don't think that's a good one to listen to. It has a lot of bad language. Really bad language." Tika said, "Tara, we've heard bad language before!" Tara asked, "Like Tu-Pac?" And without hesitation Tika replied, "No, like TWO PARENTS"!!