Finally, A Doo-Dad That Works

In addition to knitting what appears to me to be the world's largest sock, AKA "the biggest sock I have made in my life" (size 11.5-ish; don't laugh), we've been trying to do something for Girlfriend each day. After all, she's at home for the summer and we don't have many kids to play with in the neighborhood.

One thing that has been a fun thing to do the past two summers is use an instant popsicle maker that we found, a Zoku Quick Pop Maker, to make last-minute snacks. It's not inexpensive, but if you actually use the thing, it's worth it. Not to mention, unlike practically every other too-pie-in-the-sky-for-it-to-actually-work appliance or doo-dad you have ever purchased, like that super-mini $20 sewing machine or maybe a Thigh Master or maybe one of those electronic ab stimulators (yes, I confess to buying all three).

But this thing works and as long as you follow certain guidelines, you don't have to follow their recipes. The one we made was simply a can of Kerns Strawberry-Banana fruit juice with a few dollops of pineapple-coconut yogurt thrown in. Sure, it's still full of sugar, but it beats the heck out of the junk our ice cream man sells for four bucks--if you can hail him. That man drives so fast I'm surprised he sells anything at all.