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Chonky Boys: The Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches that Scream Summer!

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Featuring my thick and nuggy Chonky Boy Chocolate Chip Cookies, these ice cream sandwiches are the stuff that summer dreams are made of.  If you've ever had the Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich at Disneyland , you are going to LOVE these!  These big and bold chocolate chip cookies are based on a recipe from my culinary school studies at Auguste Escoffier, but with a few modifications to give them that Jennuine touch.  They make the perfectas book for a fat slice of real vanilla bean ice cream.  And those mini chips?  You just gotta have that extra cronch! Thank goodness this recipe only makes 8 sandwiches, otherwise I would be eating them for breakfast lunch and dinner.  This way, my big family can help save me from my inner child diet-saboteur.   Print With Image Without Image Chonky Boy Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches Yield: 8 Author: Jenn Erickson Loaded with chocolate chips and buttery, brown-sugary vanilla flavor, these mall-sized cookies form a perfect partnership with a
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FREE VINTAGE ALPHABET CLIP ART

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Heres a set of charming vintage nursery blocks from my collection.  Please feel free to download and use for non-commercial purposes.  You're welcome to share your projects on the Rook No. 17 Facebook page. Vintage Nursery Alphabet Blocks A-T Download HERE Vintage Nursery Alphabet Blocks U-Z Download HERE                                              
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UNPLUGGED

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10:41 TUESDAY MORNING: TV was on. Laptop was on. Nearly every light in the house was on even thou gh we were all in the living room. Wasteful! Shame on us! Well, Mother Nature sure taught us a lesson. "Enjoy your precious electricity, do you?" she whistled through a blustery wind. "Well, let's just see how you like this!" she trilled as the lights cut abruptly out (and the rain went horizontal for over-the-top dramatic effect). So there we were, the Erickson Girls: Unplugged ~ transported to the pre-electric light age in which our old Victorian home was built. Would we rise to the occasion, or had technology completely rotted our brains for good? Well, we started out by lighting a fire ~ cozy. I took out my stack of magazines that had been piling up for months. As I clipped recipes, craft ideas, and useful articles, the girls cut out pictures and made Halloween collages. It's surprising how many macabre and unintentionally creepy things you can f
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BLOGGING ~ REWARDING AND AWARDING...

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Her recipes: FABULOUS . Her style: UBER-CHIC ! Her entertaining ideas and creations: INSPIRING ! She's witty, fun, and generous too! Holly at 504 Main , you're like "buttah". And now, YOU'VE really gone over the top by bestowing upon me not one, but two awards! My eyes are welling up; throat feeling tight; indeed, I'm faklempt! Thank you Holly! The first award is "One Lovely Blog". Here are the rules: Accept the award, post it on your blog along with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link. Pass the award along to several other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award... It was hard to choose just a few, but here goes... 1. Whisker Graphics ~ check out her "FREE Owl Editable Printable Download " ! 2. Helene at " I'm Living Proof That God Has a Sense of Humor " ~ her " Memo to the Bosses " is a must
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NEW SLIDE SHOW

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I found a great new service for posting slideshows http://www.slide.com/ I was able to upload my whole portfolio from Flickr and create this new slideshow in a flash. Yippee!
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