If you're like me and can't live with out these cookies in your daily diet, then there's some good news -- well, sort of:
"Archway Cookies LLC has asked a bankruptcy judge to allow "expedited" auction dates to permit assets that belong to Mother's Cake and Cookies to be sold by Nov. 6, and those belonging to Archway to be sold by Nov. 18.
The Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce has backed that request, asking Judge Christopher S. Sontchi to expedite the process to allow a timely sale, getting the Ashland plant back in operation."
Here's a link to the rest of the story.
I just about fell out of my chair listening to this song (Maps of Norway - The Runout). It's not everyday that I get excited about new music, but this song had me up and dancing. Do yourself a favor and check them out on their myspace page*.
*Gee, what a big surprise -- check out some of their influences...
Most of you have probably already heard the recent upsetting news, but for those that haven't, the company that produced Mothers Cookies went bankrupt early Oct and shut down operations effective immediately. Nooooo!!!!
I was not going to let the jaws of bankruptcy steal some of my favorite childhood memories without some proactive measures. So, what does one do? Well, go to the market of course! Carly/I went to a few stores before landing a couple bags of the now coveted circus animal cookies (we also got two iced oatmeal packages). I haven't been able to find the Taffy flavored cookies anywhere, or I would have stocked up on those as well. Argh!
On a happier note, an online clothing company has immortalized the now infamous cookie maker for all to enjoy. They are throwing in a 1.5 oz circus animal bag when you purchase a Tee*:)
* Yes, I did buy one -- I couldn't help myself.
I saw this on Yahoo today. Pretty frickin' hilarious...
Now that were back home and in our element, I guess there's no better time than now to reflect on our trip. First of all, it was great to see everyone and I'm glad that luvbug was on his best behavior. The California weather was unbelievable -- you know, sunny, warm, no clouds in the sky (duh!) While our time was filled with much needed family time, we did notice a few things about our son that were interesting and sad all at the same time. The upsetting thing that we first noticed was when we went on a five minute walk in the sun without any protective covering on the little guy. Upon returning, we found out that he broke out in red splotches all over his head. Turns out that the little duder can't take too much of the sun and gets heat rash, just like his mommy. I do know that most babies have sensitive skin, so this could be chalked up to that, but only time will tell. Another interesting tidbit, and not that all surprising, is that luvbug's digestive timing was thrown all out of whack. Let me be a little more specific, the dude was not pooping at all. Honestly, he was only letting loose one time a day. We were not sure what was going on until we got home. Save one second when we stepped in the door and he let it rip. Yup, home is where you hang your hat! Now that we are back home, he is back on his regular (pooping) schedule and is back to better -- Yay!!! I guess the little guy was either stressed, anxious, scared, or all of the above. The weird thing is that he didn't really communicate that anything was awry the whole time as he appeared to be his normal self. It was a great trip, but there's no place like home.
And now for some random news:
- Sheriff refuses to evict people from their foreclosed homes. Good on you!
- "3rd Infantry’s 1st BCT trains for a new dwell-time mission. Helping ‘people at home’ may become a permanent part of the active Army" Huh, really?!? By helping, I suppose they mean a billy club to the head in the case of martial law...and no, I don't think that will happen. Interesting story none the less.
- New social networking site Pownce..."Send messages, files, links, and events to your friends. Create a network of friends and share stuff. It's free and easy…" Disclaimer: I'm not a member...yet. Sounds promising though.
- Dow is down for the eighth straight day. For the love, can we get a friggin' rally around here!
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