AUNTS & NIECES NIGHT OUT

"OH MY GOD!"

June 20th was a night spent with the “aunts & nieces”. That would be me, my sister Amy, my mom and her sister (my aunt) Joanne A.K.A Aunt Snookie. Unfortunately, aunt Joyce & aunt Janice weren't able to join us. So the original purpose of this night was….ok get ready for the introduction of really what a dork I am……to watch my previously recorded program of Celine Dion LIVE. OMG – I know, when you just thought I couldn’t be anymore of a dork – I prove you terribly wrong! Poor Justin (I know you’re saying it) ☺ Listen, I don’t want to have to defend Ms. Dion, nor myself, BUT I promise you no matter how much you think she sucks, she is so talented vocally & quite the entertainer! It’s no wonder her show in Vegas brought in more then 400 million dollars – yeah, that’s 400. And for the record, I do not own any of her records (can you see, i'm trying to pull myself out of the big black dork of a hole i fell into here.....probably too late, huh). But I admit, I like to watch her perform. Anyway – due to a random act of god, a lightening storm killed our electricity and thus killed my dion night with my aunts. Geez, do you think even god hates dion? Hee hee. So with my recording nowhere to be found in our DVR library we opted for the plan B. Go get the best BBQ Ribs in Toledo - which happens to be in Michigan, just over the line, just a ½ mile from our house. And then hit up some dessert at the best ice cream parlor in town (Handel’s) & head back to my house for a Chick Flick.

So after dinner we headed to Handel’s for the ice cream. And something quite ironic happened. My aunt Snookie had never enjoyed the homemade ice cream of Handel’s so as we walk up to get in the big ordering line, she was getting all googley-eyed over this fabulous huge homemade ice cream cone, and she says, mind you Very Loudly, “OH MY GOD”, as her eyes are trailing the ice cream cone like a hound dog on the hunt for a meaty rabbit. And then just as the “d” in the Oh My GOD utters out of her mouth – the cone is handed too – uh yeah. A NUN. They locked eyes. And the nun looked at Snookie like she’s, well…..not very churchy.

NOTE: pic above is from another day…..the day I called Handel’s, upon my return from Europe, telling them it would be a dream come true if they could add to their lengthy list of ice cream flavors HAZELNUT because i love it so much & it’s all I ate when in Italy & Paris, Hazlenut Gelato! The manager laughed at me on the other end of the phone, he thought I was playing a prank on him. I said “no, I actually could not be ANY more serious, why?” he proceeded to tell me that I called at the exact moment he was staring at this “new flavor I received from Germany” debating heavily on whether or not he should make a batch of this super expensive flavor or try to get a refund from the German vendor. Well, guess what that new flavor was....Talk about beautiful timing. He said to me "I will make it then, for you." And he made it that morning just after we hung up. So I swung by on my way home from work and bought a quart. When I pulled into their lot that’s what their new sign said ☺ When i told my friend Matt about this he simply texted me and told me i'm "Hazelnutty". I suppose there really is no denying what a nut i am. And there is also no denying how good the new flavor at Handel's is - god damn that shit is good!