Hump Day Poll: Newsworthy?
source If that brings you warm fuzzies, you're welcome. If you don't know what the heck that's referring to, then you might be too young to understand most of my references here and should probably brush up ! We are going on year 9 of not having watched the news. I remember the last time we went to Kauai in 2016 (holy crap, that makes me want to cry) we didn't watch the news once and couldn't believe how much happier we were. We decided to see how long we could push it and here we are almost a decade later. It's enough to be inundated on internet sites on the hourly with the latest dumpster fire lit that should have nothing to do with the kind of stuff it's reporting but to voluntarily watch the news just is not something I have in me. I rarely watch live tv because of the commercials (well more commercials) but I left it on once a few years ago when a show I was watching went live and the news came on right after. I wasn't watchin...
We would always get a chocolate bunny from a local mom and pop type of chocolate factory in town and thankfully that place is still in business and I can still get one - of course I get a much smaller one now, which is fine. But that is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteI remember we'd always visit my Grandma on my Dad's side around Easter time since she and Grandpa lived a couple hours away and she always made sure to give us one of those chocolate eggs that would be filled with maple cream, etc. I was not a big fan of maple so that one would be my least favorite, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't eat it anyway out of respect for Grandma.
My parents would also always give us some kind of toy, usually something shared, that they would hide. For whatever reason, the Easter that my brothers' and I got a huge box of Lincoln Logs really stands out because I was the one who found the box hiding behind the living room curtains.
Anyone remmeber L'Eggs - the pantyhose that came in plastic eggs? Well my mom would collect them and then we'd get an egg filled with jelly beans in our basket - which was great because they were larger than your typical plastic egg for holding candy. But the best part...if you left at least one jelly bean in your egg by Wednesday, you'd wake up Thursday to a completely full egg again! Worst treats - anything 'white chocoloate' - blech.
ReplyDeleteI do remember the L'eggs pantyhose! My mom had those for years. lol
ReplyDeleteMy favorite that I remember were the Brach's solid chocolate eggs (Hershey's does them now in a bag...very similar) and Peep Marshmallows. Back then you could ONLY get them at Easter and only in yellow and possibly pink if I recall. I lived for the peeps!
I'm a Cadbury Crème Egg lover now and as a child. Those were like gold when they made an appearance in my basket. They were treasured and savoured. I've been working hard to stay away from them now since they have been in the stores for like two months already. I'll pick myself up a few after Easter when they find their way into the discount section.
ReplyDeleteAs for worst candy, I always hated jelly beans, especially the ones at Easter. I don't like the flavours associated with the Easter colors. The same goes for gummy candies, like gummy rabbit heads. Even now I'm picky about the flavours of jelly beans and gummy candies that I eat. And I always found that any hollow chocolate was a disappointment at Easter. I was and will always be a fan of solid chocolate bunnies and eggs.