What I remember about the date was that my wife-to-be wore a brown dress. During the movie I would look over at her when she wasn't looking and think to myself how incredibly beautiful she was, and how, even after barking at her before I knew her (see one of my previous blogs) she still accepted my asking her to go out. Amazing!
We found a bit of treasure last night as we rummaged through the freezer to see what we had in the way of meat. The treasure? Two fantastic doughnuts with maple frosting! These were doughnuts we purchased back in May as we were returning from our trip to Maine and Vermont.
We were coming back through Pennsylvania and needed to stop and buy some gas. As we pulled of the road - it was not an interstate, but was kinda built like one with entrances and exits - I spotted this sign that said 'maple donuts'. "We need to find this place," I told my wife, so a-hunting did we go. Successfully, I might add.
We found the doughnut place and went in. We decided to have a couple and some coffee, and take a break from driving. I ordered a blueberry creme and a maple. The blueberry creme one felt like it weighed two pounds! It was the most filling I have ever seen in a doughnut, and was absolutely delicious! After eating that, I was full. But, being a person that never quits, unlike the Indianapolis Colt's management, I proceeded to slowly bite, chew, and swallow my maple doughnut. At last, I was finished! "Let's get out to the van so I can pop the belt on my pants and breathe again!" I pleaded.
Anyway, these doughnuts were what I would call REAL doughnuts. They weren't round cakes with frosting, nor greasy loops weighted down with thick batter; they were real doughnuts. If you've never had anything but a Krispy Kreme, or a Dunkin' Donut, you haven't had a real doughnut. These were old fashioned, made by hand and not machine, doughnuts!
They were so good, we decided to purchase a dozen of the maple frosted ones and bring them home with us. My wife, kind hearted soul that she is, wanted to pass them out to our grandchildren. I thought to myself, they won't last that long!
But, as usual, she won. I don't know if she stuck the two we found last night in the freezer without me knowing, or, more likely, I just forgot about them after we put them there. In our refrigerator freezer, things are often placed in there to keep, and then forgotten about, found only when we take everything out to see what we have.
Thus was the case last night. We left the doughnuts on the counter to thaw out, and had it this morning. I say "it" because my wife gave me one, but she didn't eat the other one. Me, the guy trying to loose weight, and I get the doughnut. Life, as it should be lived, I suppose. I'll just have to compensate the rest of the day to make up for it.
Just a second left to toss in my thoughts on the "perfect" season, now past, that the Colts threw away yesterday when they pulled several key players and ended up loosing a game they would have won. As one angry respondent put in a comment on the game - why were the first 2.5 qtrs important, but not the last 1.5? Good question. I guess we can look towards Indy being bounced out of the playoffs early this year. Too bad. The players have done great, but the management, those irritating creatures that wear the suits and run amok trying to act like they have brains, once again ruined something great! Reminded me of the lawyers who now run the military... which is why we loose at war now...
