Sinner's Alley Happy Hour (Part 1)

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<p>Oh thanks, m&s. Too busy ranting over on the top scholarship vs. top school thread to notice ;).</p>

<p>A glass of wine with dinner settled me down. I’m batching it (is that what females do? or is there a gender-appropriate other word?) here in the “wintry mix” climate while DH carries on in sunny Me-hi-co. </p>

<p>6000th post special

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Ingredients:
2 shots Rum
8 oz Chocolate milk
Mixing instructions:
Stir.</p>

<p>Leave out the rum and the kids can have some too. Think they’d notice?</p>

<p>C</p>

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<p>Wow, a lot happend in the last 24 hours.</p>

<p>But it does not inspire me to have rum & chocolate milk. Maybe kahlua & chocolate milk? :)</p>

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<p>I think I may have [hic] had one too many of those 6000th post specials before I [hic] tried to [hic] post the reshipe. Let’s try that a[hic]gain:
6000th post Special
Ingredients:
2 shots Rum
8 oz Chocolate milk
Mixing instructions:
Stir.</p>

<p>Variation for the musically inclined:
Substitute Kahlua for the rum.</p>

<p>Or for the milk ;).</p>

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<p>OK, I will generously give my chocolate milk to the kids!</p>

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<p>Excellent, mommusic. No one can say you are not selfless. An inspiration to us all.</p>

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<p>At Burning Man someone gave me hot cocoa that had been spiked with Southern Comfort, and it was strangely delcious.</p>

<p>At the moment I am having Courvoisier. Mmmmmm.</p>

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<p>Now do I have to get up and wander into the kitchen to see if there’s any wine kicking around? Courvoisier. Sheesh. I can’t even spell it.</p>

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<p>Those recipes sound lovely you guys.</p>

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<p>hot chocolate and butterscotch schnapps–oddly intriguing as well</p>

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<p>my personal favorite- peach schnaps and hot tea</p>

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<p>^ Like an alcoholic Snapple! Excellent.</p>

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<p>But not at 8:00 a.m.! Respectability says we should at least wait until after noon. (High noon, is it called?) ;)</p>

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<p>It’s always noon somewhere in the world…</p>

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<p>Lah-lah-lahlah-trah-lah…Happy Day After St. Patrick’s Day!! In the slugghouse, we make up our own holidays. </p>

<p>Parenthood really does launch formerly intelligent adults into their own private Idaho, and since the kids were little, we’ve been celebrating Turtle Day on March 11. This involves paper headbands with cutouts of turtles plastered across our foreheads. Green is the color-du-jour, a nice preview to Pi Day (a legitimate celebration of the number 3.14…get it?), and St. Patrick’s Day. March is a big month in the slugghouse, plus it’s my little sister’s birthday. She’s a leprechaun. :)</p>

<p>Mathmom, you never know how these things will work out, and the thin envelopes are just part of the Hell that will follow. :::heh:::Not really! :stuck_out_tongue: March is a meat grinder for parents of high school seniors. Four years of college with sluggD and 2/3 of a year of college with sluggson has been easier than waiting for those college admission letters. This calls for a round of Sunday morning Grasshoppers to start the week off right!</p>

<p>Flying Grasshopper Milkshake</p>

<p>2 c. mint chocolate chip ice cream
1/2 c. milk
2 T. Creme de Menthe
2 T. vodka
1 miniature or broken Oreo</p>

<p>Mixing instructions:
In a blender, combine ice cream, milk, Creme de Menthe, and vodka. Whirl until smooth and pour into a chilled tall glass. Garnish with cookie.</p>

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<p>Anyone else who secretly wants to go see the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie?</p>

<p>Let’s start playing it on the flat panel plasma that we have wall mounted behind the bar here…</p>

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<p>My 14 year old S, except the “secretly” part.</p>

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<p>OK another saga in the never-ending excitement around here. H just called from Prague, where he arrived yesterday for a conference, to report he was robbed. He’s OK (shook up but not injured) but all his credit cards, photos, and driver’s license are gone, along with a wad of cash. (Passport and e-ticket safe and sound, though.)</p>

<p>It’s a hassle, but of course it could have been so much worse. Wish I could sick some angry marmots on those curs… waaah. Sorry, don’t mind me, I’m just whining.</p>

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<p>cowabunga!</p>

<p>definitely taking time to see this with my boys–they laughed but said they’d go with me–they are 23 and 19!</p>

<p>glad your husband is ok…what a nightmare</p>

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<p>Poor mootieman…I watched Kung Fu Hustle last night. Love that movie.</p>

<p>Cyber blessing to mathson. May the envelope come his way…</p>

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<p>slugg- you are way too awake</p>

<p>can we get some java in here first?</p>

<p>then I think I will be ready for the flying grasshopper…the breakfast of champion parents of HS seniors in March</p>