tillamook ice cream

 heard about this brand fro a bit, saw it at target and decided to get it.

we got the vanilla bean one and it was OK. nothing special. breyers natural vanilla or blue bunny vanilla bean is just as good and usually a cheaper price.

krispy kreme doughnuts

 a long time ago wal-mart had prepackaged krispy kream doughnuts on a display stand near the checkouts. they got rid of them awhile back because krispy kreme sales were not that good.

well, a couple of weeks ago we see they had a display by the checkouts again. this week we decided to get a half-dozen.

there was a glazed, chocolate iced, strawberry iced with sprinkles, cream filled with chocolate icing, strawberry jelly filled, & chocolates iced with sprinkles.

they were not very good. we thought the strawberry iced was just pink & not a flavored thing. it had a strong scent that hits you in the face a bit, like fake strawberry will do with a kind of strong strawberry taste. and the filled doughnuts did not have much filling.

disappointing and we will not get again. 

valentine's day 2026

 hope you had a nice holiday and got some candy, or nice gifts.

if not, hopefully you can find something in the sales. if the stores didn't move out everything in favor for the easter stuff. 

just do not understand

 the weather in this case.

it is warming up to the 50s mid-week, but then it will get cold again.

and looking ahead in various on-line weather sites, it looks like the same thing next week. 

wal-mart breads

 we recently came across some new to us breads in the bakery area of wal-mart.

from a company called cidrines a porto rican bread; (from their site) "pan criollo strikes a harmonious balance between its crispy crust and soft crumb." it was pretty good, a very soft interior. 

sobao bread, from the same company. kind of like a sweet french bread. but not as sweet as hawaiian bread.

and cubano bread from the wal-mart bakery was kind of like italian bread with a denser crust.

in the depths of winter

 or so it seems.

january is reminding us that winter only started about a month ago and is not going to ease up for a while yet. despite the random days of spring-like temperatures.

 highs in the 20s, lows in the teens, or single digits. with some snow now and then.

the weather is weird (again)

 after several days of it being warmer with some rain, it is now cooling off with a chance of snow or frozen mix.

 crazy stuff.