Scribbles and Scrambles~ Oddities

Snow in May! Last year at this time we'd mown our lawn 4 or 5 times and had already gotten fresh organic produce. This year, snow.

Another oddity. A check in the mail.,.46 cents...to mail said check. Check amount. 4 cents. Just sayin.

Scribbles and Scrambles -blather

Thankfully our veggie garden is still in our house because it snowed last night!!!

And that's about all I'm going to say.

Scribbles and Scrambles ~ Vegas Visual Highlights

Here are some pictures representing the fun sights and moments in Vegas.  And I'm guessing these are safe to share (ya know the whole what happens...stays) since TSA did not confiscate my phone.

Our hotel, the MGM Signature, which has great rooms, btw, also sports a Dr. Seuss tree in the lobby. Totally, totally loved it and clearly took a picture, or six.

Our elevator...oh, the stories I could tell, also had an Elf-worthy panel. (If you've not seen the movie Elf, don't try to figure it out, if you have, let's just say there was a slightly less mature person on board who may or may not have lit up a few extra floors, Buddy style.)

Our view included a huge mirrored building that made for some fun with reflections. I'm so weird. I know. But it made me happy to see lights and other buildings reflected back at me.

The  Wynn casino (VEGAN YUM, we visited just because it has eight restaurants all with a Vegan menu. We chose the country club steakhouse and absolutely loved it.... we were too full to lick our plates but we woulda...bonus...our waiter was sarcastic.) but I digress as usual. The Wynn had a fairyland garden right in the middle of it with inlaid flowers on the tile floor and twinkle lights wrapped around the trees and huge polka dots covered in flowers, oh, and curtain with polka dot fringe. Happy indeed.

Scribbles and Scrambles ~ Lifeprints

We just don't know. 

We don't know how long we'll walk this earth. We can hope we'll live long, healthy lives and die full of days and peacefully in our sleep. But we have no guarantees of this. 

I think we also forget how important we are in the lives of others. I keep learning this lesson over and over. One of these days I'll grasp it. 

One of our customers at the coffee shop passed away last week. For the entire time & has been at the shop she's talked about Chuck. I only had a handful of interaction with him but could see why he had grown on her so completely. 

Chuck ordered a large black coffee through the drive thru. And expected a few sarcastic moments of banter. He gave & and co-workers business and life advice. A successful encounter for & was when she'd get the final comment and watch him driving away shaking his head. 

Who would think that a few minutes a week could add up to a real relationship? Or that the arrival of three baristas at the visitation would mean so much to his grieving family? We do make a difference. A positive or negative one, we make one.

Scribbles and Scrambles ~ Back in Central Time Zone

I wish, Terri, I'd love to go to Paris...but alas I had to settle for a place  offering a mini Eiffel Tower (said in my head in a cheesy French accent.) And there was more air than road involved in this trip. 

This was my first time ever in Vegas. There have been moments of awe and wow, and those words actually covered all points on the emotional spectrum.

The Arbonne conference was amazing. Their new marketing guru is uber creative and has a great, artistic eye. The company has huge heart. And the new products = 2 thumbs up.

A highlight of the trip was going to the Wynn casino's country club steakhouse and chowing on some amazing vegan food. Wowza. 

Scribbles and Scrambles ~ Road Trip

Stay tuned for a few snippets from a new-to-me location. 

Here are some hints. 

Scraps and Snippets - Easy Candy Cookies

Easy Candy Cookies

1 Cup Dark Chocolate Chips
1 TBSP  peanut butter or coconut oil
1 to 2 Cups of miscellaneous add-ins.

dried fruit (cherries, blueberries, banana chips, cranberries, raisins)
nuts (peanuts, chopped pecans or walnuts)
other (shredded coconut, broken pretzels, crushed potato chips, crispy cereal, granola)

Melt chocolate, add peanut butter/coconut oil and stir well. Add mix ins and stir. Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper covered cookie sheet and refrigerate until hardened.

I made peanut butter with broken pretzels and dry roasted peanuts. And another batch with chopped almonds, coconut oil and dried cherries. 

Makes about 20