Hey y’all!
      So, how many of us eat ice cream? (Show of hands please…)  I used to eat it all the time as a kid.  We’d buy the cheap kind in the half gallon carton.  Anyone remember eating “Pine State” or “Superbrand”?  We bought Pine State from Young’s gas station.  The Superbrand was Winn Dixie’s generic brand.  Both were very good.   But if I was at Grandma June’s house…she had Sealtest or Breyer’s.  And oh my Lord, that was the really good stuff.  She kept it in the freezer in a Tupperware container.  That white plastic box equated red wrapping paper and a pretty gold bow to me.  Whoooo HOO!!
Now, the true maximum Utopian ice cream experience was the rare occasion we went to Baskin-Robbins after church, or the Dairy Cream (Yes that’s right, not DQ).  Lord have mercy, I can still taste it now.  Then, a few years later, I guess everyone became obsessed with calorie counting instead of taste, and soon, opened up TCBY.  And hence, began the fro yo movement.
Last Sunday was National Ice Cream Day.  And unfortunately,  I didn’t get to celebrate.  (Bless my heart.) 
Now, I’m a grown woman.   Frozen yogurt is everywhere, trying to pretend to be as great and tasty as the real thing.  It’s harder to find the ice cream shoppes.  But, thank goodness they’re still around.  What is my all time favorite ice cream?  I’m glad you asked.  😉  My favorite place is Coldstone Creamery. 

Now, my friends, this cannot be compared to other similar ice cream franchises.  It’s all about consistency.   The creamier and smoother it is, the better.  And ice cream shouldn’t melt to almost water 30 seconds after they slap it in the waffle cone.  Right?!  I love me some cheesecake flavor or cake batter.  Mmm mmm MMM.  Homemade peach ice cream is simply wonderful stuff too.  I’m an expert taster and quality control expert,  if anyone is in need, lol!!!

Back at the music store, I was promoted to what Mrs. Ruth called the Record Bar Manager.  Weekly, I reviewed the list of new releases and placed the order for any cd’s, cassettes, records, sheet music, accompaniment tracks, etc.  And I ordered them over the phone, with this cool cat named Jennifer, out of Connecticut.  She drove a Harley, had lots of tattoos, and she had a wide varied taste in music. We got to know one another over time. I ordered on Mondays, and this particular day, Sarah Maclachlan was releasing her album, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy.  

I asked Jennifer what I could order for myself, something new.  She said to get this album,  and listen to “Ice Cream”.  Well, she was right.  What a cool tune.  On her live recordings, you can hear the fans just hollering out the lyrics.  She’s another great songwriter and performer.   Check out her Surfacing cd too.  It’s awesome too.  But, eating ice cream always prompts me to sing a little “Ice Cream ” too.  Hope you’ll like it too.  Stay cool everyone!!!  Love to all!