Typing "applewood smoked" into my search bar brings up the following options:

bacon
salt
salmon
cheddar
ribs

All of which I would, to be honest, probably try in ice cream although I probably wouldn't buy a pint untasted.

Tell you what, I will take the hit for the team and try the applewood smoked caramel almond ice cream. Because I'm a giver.

So today was open house at Franny's middle school. I took Frances and her friend by the art teacher's class and think I pretty much guaranteed their places in her advanced art elective next year. So at least a partial success for the afternoon. Only problem is that I am now a zombie as I've had no more than 5 hours of sleep a night for the past two weeks, and I still need to muscle my girl through her homework.

I bought Ginger Molasses Cookie Haagen-Dazs on the way home from work.

NEED

Two or three of the people who tend to ask me to do a lot of stuff seem to have taken on projects with people in various Asian countries, which means the people in various Asian countries are also asking me to do (lots of) stuff during their day time hours.

Can I give up now?

I'm with minus-t, I miss the 5 line from H-D. The lemon ice cream was amazing. And now I only see lemon sorbets.

ION, what do windshields cost,

$300+ for a 2004 Honda Civic windshield a few years back. But that's in SF.

The pecan turtle looks right up my alley. But we have an awesome local icecream maker, so when I get a craving I usually go with them.

Following up on yesterday -- flea, I saw that the library posted a picture of Nick Lachey with his library card (or *a* library card) on their FB page today. Yup, he's still a cutie.

Horrible night.

Combination of my reaction to chores not being done and something else that I have no idea what it is got E upset to point of storming out of house. While I continued cleaning I guess he just worked himself up. It was bedtime and his phone was not charging in kitchen where it is supposed to be. I went to him and asked for it, he refused. I did the kindergarten count to 3 thing we used to do, he threw it out of the room. I told him to go to bed and he responded "make me". I told him he could keep trying me, but I would not wake him up for school if he kept this up and if he gets one more tardy he will have disciplinary action from the school. I headed to kitchen to plug in phone. I have not touched him, mind you. I turn around and he has this giant wooden sword (a play sword, but solid wood) raised at me. He is going off at me trying to control him and he pushes the sword toward me and I push it away and he pushes me into the kitchen counters.

I am sure I slapped back at him or pushed, but I just got out of the kitchen and went to take a shower. He gathered all of his electronics and locked himself in his bathroom. He came out once and tried to sneak into my room while I was in bed but I saw him and told him to get out, then I shut my door and went to sleep. Really good times not knowing if you will wake up to your kid gone, dead, trying to hurt you, or what.

He was just asleep in his bed.

Of course I have a friend coming into town tonight and we are going to dinner with grandparents tonight for his early birthday dinner. Of FUCKING course.

I'm sorry, msbelle. That sounds awful.

Oh, man, that does sound awful.

Oh geez msbelle. How tough.

David, I also loved the lemon HD 5-ingredient ice cream. Sad.