A year of being thankful as a mom, adoptive mom, and bereaved mom
Day 41 of 365 Days of Being Thankful
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Today I am thankful for the show "The Chew." I was watching the show the other day and Carla Hall made a simple ice cream cake. I went to the store to get the ingredients the next day. I must have a weak mind! When I taught at Chichester High School, I shared my room with another reading specialist. She ate lunch while I was teaching. She always brought the greatest stuff for lunch and weak-minded me often went and bought those things on my way home from work! I eat mangoes because of her, I had never eaten a mango before in my life!
I am not really even an ice cream lover. For some reason, I just had to make this simple ice cream cake. It was so simple and really tasty. How can you go wrong with ice cream, whipped topping, nuts, chocolate syrup and peanut butter? I even added caramel to the toppings. It was tasty, but very rich! Each slice of the cake is probably about 5 billion calories!
Spray an 8 1/2-inch by 4 1/2-inch loaf pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on both sides. Set aside.
In a medium-sized bowl, add peanut butter and using a spatula fold in the whipped topping just until fully combined.
Unwrap 3 sandwiches and place 2 sandwiches into the loaf pan side by side with the flavors opposite Cut the third sandwich in half and place both halves into the remaining empty space of the loaf pan. Using an offset spatula spread 1/2 of the topping mixture over the top of the sandwiches, covering completely.
Repeat the next layer with 3 more sandwiches, the same layer as the first, and place them so that the flavors are in the reverse direction of the first layer. (To alternate flavors.) Push down on sandwiches gently. Spread the remaining topping over the top of the sandwiches and cover entire layer completely.
Garnish the top with chopped pecans and mini chocolate chips. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the freezer until firm, about 1 hour.
Remove from freezer, uncover and using the parchment, lift to remove from the pan. Using an offset spatula spread topping to any spots that may need extra coverage. Slice and serve.
Today I am thankful that Dan and I had dinner with Olivia and Frankie. They went to the Renaissance Faire today. They went with two other couples and had a lot of fun! I got up at 10:30 a m and went to the cemetery with Dan. I took the marijuana drops when I got up, smallest dose of 2.5 ml, and felt so tired. After the cemetery I fell asleep on the couch until 6 p m. Dan thinks I should stop the marijuana drops because all I do is sleep. When I got up, we started talking about getting Chinese food for dinner. Dan called Olivia and Frankie to pick it up on the way home. It was all delicious(always about the food) I HAVE TO STOP THINKING ABOUT FOOD SO MUCH! My scale says I have to shut my big mouth from eating too much! We got to hear about all of their fun at the fair! Since I am sort of housebound due to my sciatica pain, I need to live my life vicariously through others!! They took cut...
Today I am thankful for coming home to these beautiful flowers from my friend Debbie and her family! I LOVE flowers. These flowers are breathtakingly beautiful and colorful! It was a wonderful surprise! These are the most fragrant flowers ever, they filled my kitchen with a lovely fragrance. Debbie is also a bereaved mom. We met in an online bereavement chat room the year that we both lost our teenage children, 2001. Debbie lost her 17 year old son Peter in a snowmobile accident. Debbie is so kind and sweet and compassionate and she is funny as can be! We have spent a lot of time in person too! It is nice to feel so loved. I have the best friends ever! I really do. I guess God was making up for my rotten, mentally ill mother by bringing so many wonderful friends to me. Good job God! Today I went to see m...
Today I am thankful for the happy memory that Dan reminded me of. He is away camping by himself. His brother Larry was supposed to go with him but Larry got sick and couldn't go. In the summer they were supposed to go together but Dan got sick!! So Dan decided to go alone. He is not far from Olya's college campus so yesterday he picked her up and they went train watching and out to a Chinese buffet for dinner!!Dan has a scanner and Olya loves using the scanner for trains. I think Olya likes to go train watching!! When Dan called me this morning, he told me that he doesn't need an alarm clock because there are chickens somewhere close by the campground that wake him up early every morning. When I was a kid, 5 and 10 cent stores like Grants and Woolworths use to sell baby ducks and chickens near Easter. I don't think any of those stores exist today! The baby chicks and ducklings were dyed pink, green, purple, orange, blue, and yellow....
I am not really even an ice cream lover. For some reason, I just had to make this simple ice cream cake. It was so simple and really tasty. How can you go wrong with ice cream, whipped topping, nuts, chocolate syrup and peanut butter? I even added caramel to the toppings. It was tasty, but very rich! Each slice of the cake is probably about 5 billion calories! 
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