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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

dot's snack mix

 discovered this at wal-mart a few days ago.

it is dot's seasoned pretzel twists (mini) with garlic rye chips, bold cheese seasoned pita chips, and savory corn cereal (chex).

it's OK, put pricey ($6.17 for 14oz). i like chex snack mixes better, and they are cheaper ($3.96 for 13.5oz). and chex has bigger rye chips.

Saturday, March 21, 2026

more crazy weather

 was warm over the weekend & then it was freezing and snowed.

people say this is typical march weather, but i don't recall it being this crazy before. 

and it is technically spring now, so who knows what will go on with the weather.

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

st. patrick's day 2026

 take it easy with the green beer today, if you drink.

and i hope you can avoid the people that drank too much green beer if you don't.

Saturday, March 14, 2026

oreo krispy kreme doughnuts

 despite not liking the last batch of krispy kreme doughuts from wal-mart, my brother discovered the limited time oreo ones and insisted we get them.

first of all; they are nearly $12 ($11.98) for 6! 

second; they were better then the valentine's day ones. but not worth nearly $2 per doughnut. IMHO. 

Monday, March 09, 2026

spring-like weather

 there have been several days of spring-like temperatures. although it is not technically spring until mar. 21, or something.

then it will get cold, or cold-ish, again for a little while. 

Friday, February 20, 2026

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.

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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. 

Saturday, February 14, 2026

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. 

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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. 

Thursday, January 29, 2026

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.

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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.

Monday, January 12, 2026

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.

Wednesday, January 07, 2026

sugar cookie reese's pb cups

 these are some new(?) limited-time thing that my brother discovered at target. a few days after christmas they had their christmas candy 30% off, so we got a bag to try.

not good. very strong fake sugar cookie taste. obviously will not get again.

my brother: "reese's need to stop with all of these flavors."

me: "we need to stop buying them."