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Jan
23
I’m So Glad You Stopped By
by Leslie
I’ve got stuff to tell you.
First, the furnace. Remember how I was all, “…the furnace can be fixed; the problem isn’t terminal.” Well, strike that. Reverse it. Our furnance is kaput; it has to be replaced. Unfortunately, we had to give up several hundred dollars and fire the furnace guy with the sherpa hook-up to find that out from our new and most favorite furnace guy.
But!
There is a silver lining twinkling around this cold, gray cloud. I just happened to remember that we have a home warranty! While it won’t pay to replace our furnace, it should curtail the cost a little. We’ll know more tomorrow.
(Lesson learned today: Stop rolling your eyes at your father. Especially when he says things like, “I think this home warranty thing is a good idea. I’m going to go ahead and get it, just in case.”)
And while we have to get a new furnace, we’ve decided to stick it to the man and say good-bye to our oil-guzzling, carbon imprint stamping, 81% effiicient, uber-expensive let down of a furnace. It was dumb. We’re going to get a new, 95% efficient, clean burning, earth-loving goddess of a propane furnace that I’d like to name Wildfire.
Meanwhile, I’m staying warm making these:
Chocolate hearts. GIANT chocolate hearts. They’re about the size of a cupcake. Each one has at least 3.5 ounces of chocoate (that’s the equivalent to the weight of four Reese cups). But that’s not all. These hearts are stuffed with my magic buckeye filling. Look!
What do you think? Do they look good? Be honest! I’m sending some to work with Dave to hand out to my best buckeyes customers to see if anyone is interested in them for Valentine’s Day. I have to charge at least $2.50 per heart to make anything on them. Is that ridiculous?
My taste tester was impressed.
But she’s also impressed with her own poop. So, I’d like to know what YOU think. I know you can’t taste it, but let me know how it looks. It’s okay if you need to crush my spirit. Go ahead. Better you than someone close enough for me to strangle.
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Ooooooh. Aaaaah.
I think they’re simply amazing. I bet you could sell them in specialty stores. And who doesn’t love a buckeye? (The CANDY, that is, say Ms. U. of M.)
The hearts look incredible.
I think my BP just went up looking at them.
Had to call my wife and tell her to bring me home some cookies or something.
Talk about getting my sugar freak on . . .
~m
I love my home warranty! It has been worth every penny. I think $2.50 for those hearts is quite reasonable and they look fabulous.
OMG Leslie…… these hearts look incredible ! And I am a gourmet of chocolate treats. I would definitely LOVE to have one and would pay twice what you are asking. Good luck selling them. (((HUGS)))
OMG Leslie! Those look even better than my balls from Christmas!! Where did you get the molds?
(you can thank me later) After completing my first (and last) one, I’m starting to think that meme’s are the new chain emails. It was too much work!!
PS- Tagged you for a meme over at the bubble blog
I do think I am in love.
I think they look fantastic. I would totally swoon if Nathan gave me one of those for Valentines Day. I mean, I would promise him all kinds of things and very possibly carry them out. THAT is how good they look.
Mmmmmm! Hi there! Nice to meetcha! Can you charge more for those hearts? If you can, do.
Those are way too cute.
Oh yummy! $2.50 is CHEAP. They’d be pretty with a vanilla choc swirly slice and choc and white powdered sugar on top. Mmmmm wish I had the recipe (hint hint) or could buy one now!
Leslie, those are gorgeous! Did you used to run a bakery or something? And 2.50 is probably less than a candy store would sell them for!
Hope your new furnace is as hot as she sounds.
Okay, that is exactly what I want for Valentines Day. Yummy! Those look divine! You should charge at least $4.
Just linked in from Heathersway and YUM. If you ever need a taste tester I would be happy to oblige and I promise I’m not interested in poop:)
HOLY CRAPOLA! I am more than impressed! A) I love buckeyes B) I love chocolate C) I like cool shaped food D) some other reason that I am too excited to think of. Can these be shipped to Maryland? I want 4, how does this work? I would like a bit more buckeye filling to be honest, I guess that is my only critique.
I want some! I want some! Those look gorgeous. You are the uber-mom, you know , what with the preschool level playgroup and the chocolate hearts. You are a goddess.
And I LOVE the name Wildfire for the new furnace.
Buck. I am dying over the loveliness of these. And since I know the divine yumminess within I am especially dying of the buckeye craving. Personally, I would pay any amount to get my mouth around one of those.
Leslie
I am actually drooling on the keyboard. If I was allowed to eat peanut butter during this pregnancy I would be ordering about 6 dozen of those things from you. No, more like 12 dozen because I am sure Mike would want one or two and lets face it, I don’t share your buckeyes well.
Amy
Wow! A-ma-zing! If you’re in myplace…I can order a hundred to send to work this coming valentines…how do you make those! My god…i love how i looks…
I didn’t know you could even get a home warranty when you buy a house. Gas is good. If the power goes out, you’ll still have heat.
I am drooling over here. How much would it add to the cost to have a couple shipped to me?