Smoothie anyone?

When I was in North Carolina I

got a membership to Sam's club and

while there I got a magic bullet.  Robin has one

and it made such great smoothies.

I discovered a better recipe than the

fruit ones though.  I mean, fruit is good

but chocolate is better!  Am I right?!

Here is the recipe I found:

1 tbs dark chocolate chips

1 tbs Hersheys unsweetened cocoa

splash of vanilla

2/3 c. silk almond milk

1 frozen banana

It is soooooo good.  The recipe calls

for 1/2 c. almond milk but I found that

it wasn't enough liquid.  I suppose it

depends on your appliance.

I want one right now!  It's

so cold and delicious-and gives

me an ice cream headache

because I drink it so fast!

Today I have two journals that

I made with the stitching card patterns.

I love how they turned out and since my

"friend" Karen keeps reminding everyone

on facebook how close Christmas is

there's no reason not to start a few

things.  Thanks, a lot, Karen, lol.

I bet you will recognize the embellishments

on one of the journals.  Thanks for sending

them.  If you ever see anymore, grab them

for me, they are awesome!

I think they turned out so well.  I just love

making these journals.  I hope the people

who get them actually like writing a few

things down!  I used to keep a journal

and now and then even write a few entries

these days, but not like when I was young.

But these can be used for whatever-lists,

etc.  I stopped at the dollar store to get

some for 1.00 each which is a good price

and they were out.  So I went to Meijer and 

they had them on sale for 50 cents each

for school!  I grabbed about 8 of them.  You

sure can't beat that price!  The pattern set

also includes a pattern for Mary, baby Jesus

and a shepherd.  I loved it until I got a close

up look at it.  The faces look goofy.  So I

doubt anyone will get one of those.

Harry Potter weekend started last night.

I've seen them all a million times, but there's

nothing on TV on the weekends anyway

so why not watch them again.  My daughter

in law, Pam, says it seems to her that every

time she comes over to visit Harry Potter is on!

It's the only thing I watch, Pam!  Honestly!!  

Besides soap operas, that is.  What can I say?

I'm hooked.