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Pizza Hut cinnamon sticks

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Tonight we ordered pizza from the local Pizza Hut. Meat lover’s pan pizza – my favorite. And a large order of cheesy bread sticks. In addition I had found a coupon code for an order of bread sticks and a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi, so I decided to go ahead and order that as well. I decided to order their cinnamon bread sticks.

When I went to pick up the order, something told me to open the boxes to check and make sure that I got the right order. They had forgotten to put the marinara sauce in with the cheese bread sticks. When I asked the lady at the counter for some marinara sauce she snarled at me that they were included. I told her I couldn’t see any and so she jerked open the box of bread sticks and started to say “they’re right he…..” she stopped when she saw they there weren’t any little cups of sauce. So she went and got some for me, and I thanked her.

When we got home after my two slices of pizza and some cheese bread sticks I tried one of the cinnamon sticks. They were very sweet. Normally I like sweet things, but to be honest I really did not care for them very much because of the consistency of the pizza dough. I guess I’ll just stick to pizza and cheesy bread at Pizza Hut and stick to a bakery for cinnamon sticks.

Saving for college tuition

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Back when I was concerned about saving money for my children’s college tuition, there was only one online program that I knew about – the Upromise website. I signed up for that but in the decades of shopping I only managed to raise about forty dollars for my children’s college expenses. Now I understand that there is a new website called Mission Tuition that is designed to do the same thing – help consumers save money for their children’s college expenses.

Looking at their list of participating retailers, I have to admit that if I were to be opening a new account to save money for someone’s college expenses that I would not hesitate to join this site. They offer some coupons and discounts at a lot of the stores that I normally frequent. If you are a young parent, I think that checking out this website would be a smart thing to do if you are concerned about saving money for your children’s college expenses. It’s sooner than you think.

Chocolate cake with chocolate fudge icing

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Today we celebrated Randy’s 30th birthday. I stopped at the local supermarket and asked them to decorate a chocolate cake with chocolate fudge icing with blue icing and the words “Happy Birthday Randy” on it. I wanted to have them write “30th” on the cake too, but I didn’t want to call extra attention to the age milestone. I know that he has not been looking forward to turning 30. I don’t understand why that is the case, but I do know that he has been cranky all week about it. I hope that he gets over it pretty soon. No one likes being around a gloomy Gus.

The cake was VERY chocolate-y. I usually can eat a large piece of cake, but since I had two slices of pizza before we had cake I only had room for a small slice. I hope there will be some leftover to raid tomorrow!

What is going on

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Who would have thought when they sent their daughter off to college that they would end up needing to hire a california criminal lawyer to get her out of trouble? Lynne called home to give us the news that her best friend and room-mate was arrested last night for possession of stolen property. She didn’t give us the details of what the stolen property was, but I’m guessing that it was pretty significant if she was going to need to hire a
los angeles criminal defense lawyer to try to get her out of trouble.

Is it my imagination, or is raising kids today more difficult than in previous generations? When I was growing up, it seemed that I didn’t know anyone who had been in legal trouble. Now it seems that almost everyone I know is related to at least one person that has a criminal record. I think that is a sad commentary for today’s society. Are these people turning to crime because they are lazy, stupid, or desperate?

When I was younger and in school we were taught that most crimes were basically the result of desperation from poverty, but more and more it seems that crimes are the result of greed. Plain and simple greed. And that scares me.

Molten lava cakes

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Have you ever tried one of those molten lava cakes as a dessert from a restaurant? They are so delicious! I especially enjoy them if the add a scoop of ice cream, or add a dollop of whipped cream. Recently I saw some “muffins” for sale at Wal-Mart that they called triple fudge muffins. Well, these muffins really are cupcakes, with a chocolate fudge cream center. I bought a package of them to try them out. They have three individually wrapped muffins inside. I decided to unwrap one, put it on a saucer plate and microwaved it for ten seconds. When it came out of the microwave I put a squirt of canned whipped cream on it. Tasted just like those molten lava cakes from the restaurant! Feels like a luxurious treat. I’ve got to be careful, though, chocolate gives me heartburn sometimes.