HAPPY MONDAY EARLY BIRD RELEASE DAY!!! Apparently I’m hungry, ’cause I just went on a “Three Things” about snacks. LOL!!!!
THREE THINGS:
1.) I just watched Flamin’ Hot on Hulu (about the janitor that pretty much started “Flamin’ Hot Cheetos” at Frito Lay) and it is soooo great. I love coming up stories. Oh and I just saw that it was a book called “A Boy, a Burrito, and a Cookie by Richard Montanez“. OH WAIT!!! I guess they re-released it with a big publisher, ’cause now it’s called “Flamin’ Hot: The Incredible True Story of One Man’s Rise from Janitor to Top Executive”
2.) P.S. I absolutely love Flaming Hot Cheetos, and Takis (I remember hanging out with my bestie, Sherry, author Willow Aster & Tarryn Fisher one night, on the way to a Lana Del Ray concert in Denver, and I randomly mentioned how much I love those two snacks, always my go to, and Willow laughed and said are you serious? And she told me about this song (I think even sang some of it), specifically called “Hot Cheetos & Takis” (I had no idea that song existed, but I love it – cutest song!!!) 😂 So yeah… I HAD to watch that movie!!!
3.) My other favorite snack is “Lays Limon chips“. (<— they are so hard to find, but here they are, to my hearts content – small normal sized bags, and the big bag too. This is 100% my FAVORITE flavor of any chips in the world, so light and refreshing and yummmmmy and very addictive). Probably a good thing for me that I can’t just pick them up while shopping, ’cause I can’t get enough of those, and will actually make myself sick eating a whole HUGE bag of them. Yep. I can’t stop at just one or 20.
So what’s your favorite snack?
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OMG, Maryse!!! I just finished The Never King (Vicious Lost Boys) book one by Nikki St. Crowe! She took Peter Pan and the Lost Boys to a whole new level, and I really, really enjoyed it! Tinker Bell married a Fae king and had kids!!! On top of that, she did something that was so shady and sinister that my mouth was gaping for about 2 minutes!!! I have to admit that it was a bit of a slow start for me. It’s focuses on Wendy’s lineage and I wasn’t sure where it was headed. I’m starting book 2 today. I’m seeing a reverse harem in the making. There are a few scenes of debauchery, lol! Winnie is definitely unchaste.
Oh now I’m dying to know the shady & sinister thing (but don’t tell me!!!) you have my attention with that alone. YAY!!
1. I am not a snacker, which is good because my husband inhales anything snack-like as soon as it enters the house. If someone makes snacks and puts them in front of me, I’ll eat them, but otherwise I don’t even think about it. My friends know to bring them when they visit! 😆😬
2. I finished Mrs. Nash’s Ashes and continued to love it all the way through. Favorite book of the year so far!
3. We watched Uncle Frank this weekend and I loved it so much! I don’t know how I missed it when it came out! Everyone should see this movie.
I cut up all sorts of veggies 🥕 🥦 and snack on those for the week now.
But when I DO snack, I am all over the ones I obsess over up there (probably why I have to Keto now). *sigh*
I don’t think I’ve even heard of Uncle Frank? I will look it up. 😀
I’m glad I’m no the only one then! It’s an Amazon original, free with Prime.
Thanks for the Mrs. Nash’s Ashes. I just finished Memories of a Life. Jewel E Ann. I have been going through all of her books and just now needed a new read. Speaking of snacks, I have to not have any in the house. I always have different nuts, cashews, almonds, macadamia, brazil nuts. I take a handful and cycle through the varieties. Started with salted and now I am enjoying the raw nut.
Thanks for the hot Cheetos song. My kids have been addicted for years to this snack. Makes my skin crawl. Did you see how many ingredients are in the bag? I know, my kids say I ruin the enjoyment by looking at the ingredient list.
I just made the mistake of looking at the sodium in my favorite pancake mix today. 😬
Ugh I know the feeling.
I’m hooked on anything that’s been pickled (pickles, pickled green beans, pickled okra <--- my favorite!!!! I love bursting the pickled seeds in my mouth). I snack on that stuff all day (so low calories it's pretty much nothing). And then... I saw the sodium. Ooooooof.