So I was given money over a year ago (when I was pregnant) to purchase a rocking chair. I've been looking all over town for one, but haven't had any luck yet. Being practical, I settled on getting a nice office chair, as baby's nursery shares a room with my office. I found an extremely comfortable office chair that both rocks and swivels.
Today I took Ben to the store where the office chair was at. I bargained for a good price and even asked for a new chair from the back store room. The shop keeper gladly gave me a new chair and assembled it right there in front of me, then let me test it out.
Next challenge was getting it home. The sales lady said no problem this chair will fit in a taxi. So Ben rolled the chair out of the store, carried it down the stairs, and out of the building. We had to walk, about a block, and cross a busy street before finding a taxi. First, we tried the trunk but the chair didn't fit, so then we tried the back seat, which it barely fit. The taxi dropped us off at the door of our apartment. Ben and I stood there for a minute cracking up that we were carrying this assembled chair all the way home. Then proceed to carry it up four flights of stairs to our apartment.
Now my new chair the most comfortable seat in the house! Ben even considered using it at the dinner table and in the living room to watch a movie.
5.02.2010
5.01.2010
Candy
I have a few interesting candy stories for today...
1. I wanted to make a popcorn cake, as I was told that popcorn and marshmallows were available in town. Ben texted me the characters for marshmallow on my phone and I showed them to a lady in the big supermarket. The lady took me the bulk candy section and pointed to a big tub of marshmallows where each marshmallow was individually wrapped! Plus each marshmallow was flavored differently. These ladies don't mess around, so I had about 10 seconds to make up my mind as to which flavors and how many marshmallows I wanted. I got a 1/2 pound of pineapple flavored marshmallows. Turns out that inside the marshmallow was soft and gooey pineapple candy. It was so good and worked well for my pineapple flavored popcorn cake.
2. I walked into my American friend's house. She had a big smile on her face as she asked me if I wanted to try some candy. The box said 'Colon' in big English letters. I gave her a look, trying to figure out if she was serious. She handed me a piece of 'colon'. It was a small cylinder, about the size of my thumb. I hesitantly put it in my mouth and chewed; all I could think of was the word 'colon'. It had a dark brown shell and soft chocolate inside, with a nice smooth chocolaty taste. To my surprise it was good, it just needs a new English name!
3. The same friend handed me a small packet. It felt like powder inside. The wrapper was brightly colored and appeared to be some sort of candy. The only English word on the wrapper said "Poison". No idea what this was and I didn't want to try it to find out.
1. I wanted to make a popcorn cake, as I was told that popcorn and marshmallows were available in town. Ben texted me the characters for marshmallow on my phone and I showed them to a lady in the big supermarket. The lady took me the bulk candy section and pointed to a big tub of marshmallows where each marshmallow was individually wrapped! Plus each marshmallow was flavored differently. These ladies don't mess around, so I had about 10 seconds to make up my mind as to which flavors and how many marshmallows I wanted. I got a 1/2 pound of pineapple flavored marshmallows. Turns out that inside the marshmallow was soft and gooey pineapple candy. It was so good and worked well for my pineapple flavored popcorn cake.
2. I walked into my American friend's house. She had a big smile on her face as she asked me if I wanted to try some candy. The box said 'Colon' in big English letters. I gave her a look, trying to figure out if she was serious. She handed me a piece of 'colon'. It was a small cylinder, about the size of my thumb. I hesitantly put it in my mouth and chewed; all I could think of was the word 'colon'. It had a dark brown shell and soft chocolate inside, with a nice smooth chocolaty taste. To my surprise it was good, it just needs a new English name!
3. The same friend handed me a small packet. It felt like powder inside. The wrapper was brightly colored and appeared to be some sort of candy. The only English word on the wrapper said "Poison". No idea what this was and I didn't want to try it to find out.
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