One year at a family party with multiple birthdays to celebrate, someone brought along multiple pints of Graeter's. After a while, we realized we hadn't seen my grandpa in some time. He had taken the pint of peanut butter chocolate chip and a spoon to the back porch where he could devour it undisturbed. (I *think* we caught him before he ate the whole thing, but maybe not. His love of ice cream was legendary.)

Oh super yum! Anything that involves chocolate or peanut butter is a win in my book.

It is mango harvest time here and I am trying to keep up with scooping them out and freezing the pulp. After I have a bunch I'll make chutney, but I know a few that will gladly consume it in frozen chunks too.

Mango smoothie or lassi = awesomesauce.

When my nephew was teething we used to give him frozen mango. It was equally adorable and messy to watch.

I'm going to get a milkshake when ltc's sitter gets here.

Coffee milkshake and a new to me CD. Off to do errands.

Are we discussing Dietland anywhere?

I think it would go in Cable Drama.

I'm going to a casino this weekend. I have no idea what to expect but it's an early birthday celebration. We are going to the one at the Cherokee reservation and spend the night.

I also met M's cousin who is like a move character to me. Fast taking Southern dude with a cowboy hat and cigarette and he seems to know everyone. M's family is very different from mine.

Anyway this weekend will be an adventure. Gambling, a hotel room wirh a hot tub and some more gambling.

I finally got my spoons together and did grocery shopping. I'd put it off until I was out of everything but a 10lb bag of rice, some frozen veg and chicken tenders (for slicing frozen for stir fry) and steaklets, ditto.

Have accomplished the previously impossible, I rewarded myself with a Magnum (I mean, really, that name? Ridiculous) double chocolate raspberry ice cream bar. I shall be doing penance with carrots and hummus over the weekend to compensate.

Speaking of raspberry, once upon a time and long ago, amid all the animated Christmas programs was Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. There were some wonderful songs in that little opus, and one of them had Tiny Tim singing the tagline, "and razzleberry dressing." My kids both demanded razzleberry dressing whenever there was celebratory turkey. And it's just been a catchphrase for a very long time. I was in the frozen dessert aisle and my glance happened to fall on "razzleberry pie." At some point my resistance will be low and I'll have to try it.