Thursday, October 8, 2009
Rainy and cold already
The old nursery rhyme comes to mind today...rain rain go away! It is not only wet but it is cold already. It is supposed to be Indian Summer???
I don't know what was going on in my back yard last night but my youngest puppy Roxy had a very sleepless night, consequently I also had a very sleepless night! She cried, whined, scratched at the door and when I let her out at 3 AM she wouldn't come back in so I was tramping out into the cold dark and wet backyard to chase her back in. Of course she has slept most of the day today, except for those times when I very unkindly woke her up and made her run around the house.
I am finding out a lot about people and chocolate lately. People have very definite ideas about which kind of chocolate they like and they are almost militant about it. Dark, Milk or White....does it matter, I think so. One guest at a party was so against Dark Chocolate that she wouldn't taste anything until I assured her it was not the despised DARK chocolate. Personally if it is chocolate I like it. I particularly like European chocolate that is not particularly sweet. My sister has an exchange student from Italy and when she returned home her parents sent my sister a tin of Italian Chocolate, they hated it and gave it all to me. It was unbelievably delicious. I have never been able to find the same chocolate, but our Dove Dark Chocolate is equally good so I just enjoy the different items we have that are wrapped in this delicious chocolate.
White Chocolate lovers are just as adamant, except they all claim they don't like the waxy feel left on their tongues when they eat it. Dove White Chocolate has no oil, wax or other ingredients and consequently has no after taste or coating of your tongue when you enjoy it. It just melts aways and leaves you with a very satisfied taste.
Which every kind of chocolate you enjoy, be sure to get the best you can afford, because there is nothing better than fine chocolate, just like there is nothing better than fine wine.
I don't know what was going on in my back yard last night but my youngest puppy Roxy had a very sleepless night, consequently I also had a very sleepless night! She cried, whined, scratched at the door and when I let her out at 3 AM she wouldn't come back in so I was tramping out into the cold dark and wet backyard to chase her back in. Of course she has slept most of the day today, except for those times when I very unkindly woke her up and made her run around the house.
I am finding out a lot about people and chocolate lately. People have very definite ideas about which kind of chocolate they like and they are almost militant about it. Dark, Milk or White....does it matter, I think so. One guest at a party was so against Dark Chocolate that she wouldn't taste anything until I assured her it was not the despised DARK chocolate. Personally if it is chocolate I like it. I particularly like European chocolate that is not particularly sweet. My sister has an exchange student from Italy and when she returned home her parents sent my sister a tin of Italian Chocolate, they hated it and gave it all to me. It was unbelievably delicious. I have never been able to find the same chocolate, but our Dove Dark Chocolate is equally good so I just enjoy the different items we have that are wrapped in this delicious chocolate.
White Chocolate lovers are just as adamant, except they all claim they don't like the waxy feel left on their tongues when they eat it. Dove White Chocolate has no oil, wax or other ingredients and consequently has no after taste or coating of your tongue when you enjoy it. It just melts aways and leaves you with a very satisfied taste.
Which every kind of chocolate you enjoy, be sure to get the best you can afford, because there is nothing better than fine chocolate, just like there is nothing better than fine wine.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Quarter Auction
Well we experienced our first "Quarter Auction" last night. What a trip that was. The local Direct Marketing chapter held a benefit for Breast Cancer Research and we decided to see what it was all about.
You arrive and pay your$2 admission fee, buy door prize tickets and then check out all the items being "auctioned" off. There are 4 sections of the evening and all of the vendors donated prizes. You are supposed to figure out which one you really want and get ready to "bid".
You don't really "bid" you just have to throw your quarters in a bucket to take a chance of getting the prize. If they call your number you get the prize, if they don't....OH WELL....more quarters to the event.
We were lucky enough to get two of the items...better than some who didn't get anything and worse than some whose number seemed to be called over and over.
$40.00 later we were hoping to win a door prize....NO LUCK. Including our dinner the evening was an eighty dollar night.
It was fun, but you learn a lot your first event. There are things I would do differently next time. We did get to pass out a few Dayton Chocolatier cards and maybe next time we will be better prepared to push our own business.
If you get the chance to go to a Quarter Auction, take a roll of quarters and have a good time.
You arrive and pay your$2 admission fee, buy door prize tickets and then check out all the items being "auctioned" off. There are 4 sections of the evening and all of the vendors donated prizes. You are supposed to figure out which one you really want and get ready to "bid".
You don't really "bid" you just have to throw your quarters in a bucket to take a chance of getting the prize. If they call your number you get the prize, if they don't....OH WELL....more quarters to the event.
We were lucky enough to get two of the items...better than some who didn't get anything and worse than some whose number seemed to be called over and over.
$40.00 later we were hoping to win a door prize....NO LUCK. Including our dinner the evening was an eighty dollar night.
It was fun, but you learn a lot your first event. There are things I would do differently next time. We did get to pass out a few Dayton Chocolatier cards and maybe next time we will be better prepared to push our own business.
If you get the chance to go to a Quarter Auction, take a roll of quarters and have a good time.
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