July 10, 2006 @ 6:12 pm | Filed under: Family
Mike thinks vanilla ice cream is medicinal.
Really.
Whenever he’s feeling poorly, or his allergies kick in, or he develops a cold, it’s always the same request.
"All I need is a bowl of vanilla ice cream, please."
Come to think of it, he says the same thing whenever he’s feeling healthy, or happy, or…you’re getting the idea, right?
So imagine my surprise (not!) this past Saturday morning when he broke his self-imposed ice cream ban. We walked the aisles of Tom Thumb, discussing our food needs for the upcoming week since my mother-in-law would be coming to spend a few days with us.
"I’d better get a gallon of vanilla. Mother likes a bowl of ice cream at night."
Uh-huh. Whatever you need to tell yourself, mister.
But you know what? His mom has been here for three days and I think she really does enjoy vanilla ice cream every bit as much as Mike does. Maybe it’s a genetic thing, I’m not quite sure.
It’s entertaining though.
We’d just pulled out of a neighborhood restaurant parking lot on Saturday night, where we’d taken her to get some good ol’ home cooked vegetables. I think I can safely say that we were all very full, very content, after hefty portions of grilled fish (me), meatloaf (Mike), and chicken fried steak (my mom-in-law). But scarcely two minutes after leaving Georgie’s Chow House parking lot, Mike suddenly made a sharp left-hand turn…into McDonald’s.
We pulled through the drive-thru and I just shook my head in amusement as Mike ordered two orders (after all, they are two for a dollar!) of apple pies. I twisted around, glancing back at my mother-in-law in the back seat.
"Your son is crazy, you know that?"
Her eyes lit up and a wide smile creased her face. "Yeah, but they’ll be real good with that vanilla ice cream back home."
If you’re looking for the moral of this story, then I guess it’s this:
Ice cream. It’s good for what ails ya.
(And apparently for everything else too.)
You know, I have to agree with Mike on this one. With exception to the fact that it is mint chocolate chip ice-cream. And oh yeah… Brother Baxter is absolutely convinced that Cheetos can cure any sign of a sore throat.
Posted on July 10th, 2006 at 8:11 pmThat is so funny! Rochelle is right - Bro. Baxter is convinced about the cheetos! It is hilarious! Now, I know why I love vanilla ice cream and apple pie - it makes me feel better!!
Posted on July 11th, 2006 at 7:58 amI went to Sur La Table today, to get a jar lifter (thing you take jars out of the canner with). Right as I walked in the door, smack in the middle on top of a big display table in the center, was this beautiful Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker. http://www.surlatable.com/common/products/product_details.cfm?prrfnbr=17750
Posted on July 11th, 2006 at 9:54 amIt is this beautiful ceramic pink color, it was so pretty-looking, (and I don’t have an ice-cream maker! And this is fully automatic, no ice, no salt, nothing!) that I instantly WANTED IT badly! And, literally speaking, I have the money for it, too- it took all my self-control to remind myself that the money is earmarked for a ministry conference in a few weeks, and that if I buy an ice-cream maker, like your husband, I’d be eating ice cream every single night and I’d have twice the excess weight I already desperately need to lose- I still might get it, yet!!!
Rochelle & Dawn, that is too funny about the Cheetos! Mike has told me the same thing. I think that just proves that we all have our vices (a.k.a. addictions! Mine, of course, would be a strong, strong liking of diet Coke, I’m afraid.
Caya, I love this store! I’d never heard of it before - thank you so much for the link! Hey, my husband’s b-day is this week. Wonder if he’d like one?
Posted on July 12th, 2006 at 7:32 am