Almond Joy Cake
(An Annette Bergman Favorite)
Cake: 1 Chocolate cake mix
1 package instant chocolate pudding mix
Foe cake: Mix as directed on
cake mix, adding chocolate pudding mix
Bake in a greased and floured cookie
sheet according to directions on cake box.
First topping: 1 cup sugar
1 cup
milk
24 large marshmallows
14 oz coconut
Bring sugar and milk to a
quick boil. Melt marshmallows in hot mixture. Stir in coconut. Pour over cake.
Second topping: 1 ½ cups sugar
1 cup evaporated
milk
1 stick butter 1
package chocolate chips
1 ½ cups nuts
(almonds or pecans)
Bring sugar, milk and butter
to a quick boil. Add chocolate chips and stir until melted, stir in nuts. Pour
over cake.
Things That Make Me NUTS – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat and Think With Your Taste Buds – Desserts
Ball Games
‘A lot of Sunday evenings, I plan on watching a
movie or maybe a favorite show and it will be delayed by an hour, an
hour and a half or more so they can finish a ball game. I’m not a late
night person and I don’t want to stay up until twelve watching a movie
that was supposed to come on at nine and is over at eleven.
Sports fans just think about this for a minute.
Let’s say your ball game came on at seven and you turned on the
television to find there’s a live Quilting Bee in progress and it won’t
be over until the last knot is tied. There isn’t a half time, but it
will be interrupted by frequent breaks that will include potty breaks,
coffee breaks, snacks and an occasional interruption from a cell phone.
All quilting will have to stop until the breaks are over, hands must be
washed after eating donuts and nothing can continue until the cell
phone conversation is over. Can you just imagine the turmoil that would
cause in your living room when you were expecting to watch your
favorite teams play?’
Apparently, like Author Annette Bergman, I’m not a sports fan so I can truly relate to this Thing That Makes Me Nuts. I
even hate it when I’m doing something else and have someone watching a
game, yelling at me, ‘watch this. You have to see this play!’ Even if I
humor them and watch the replay I have no idea as to what I’m watching
nor what’s even going on with what I’m watching. So yes, I do
understand her frustration.
I also understand her other frustrations and
believe that if you’re a female, you too can actually say ‘yeah! That
really gets to me too!’ Have you ever wished someone would write a
‘Husband Hand Book for Dummies?’ They do need a few directions now and
then and since they won’t ask, maybe a book to read would be the
answer.
Bergman doesn’t stop with just husbands and men,
she even goes into the problems we women have when buying a bra. You
can only take 4 into the dressing room at one time so you undress, try
them on, redress, go back out and get 4 more repeating the same
procedure until you either find one that fits or you just give up. And
why do men have pockets in their pants but most women’s pants don’t?
That’s not all! She will open your eyes to the actual cost of a gallon
of makeup!
As I read I could hear one voice in my head…Andy
Rooney. I have decided that Annette Bergman is the female version of
Andy Rooney. I’ve laughed as she voiced her feelings on topics that we
all face but most of all, I understand and feel the same with EVERY ONE
of her feelings. This is a must read for women and a should read for men. I know that some of you men can’t relate to a few of the topics but look at it like this. Things That Make Me NUTS will give you a better insight to the true feelings of women.