It’s not only kids who go on Easter Egg hunts.
Every year when Easter candy appears on store shelves my husband invariably looks for the candy shown in the picture. He’s usually disappointed, but he keeps trying. And last year, wonder of wonders, Target in Santa Fe actually had them! So this year we timed our occasional trip to the big city to see if they were there again this year. Nope, no luck.
So I went hunting on the web. We didn’t know who made them or even what they’re called. We always used the generic term, “brightly-colored marshmallow eggs”. They have a grainy white sugary thing in the middle, so they’re not really marshmallows, but they sure are pretty.
I spent a couple of hours seeing if I could find some to buy, but except for the candy warehouse from the link above, no luck. And the idea of buying 24 bags just didn’t appeal. I did find one site that offered to sell individual bags, but when I tried ordering the web site didn’t take my order. I tried phoning, but kept getting a busy signal, and no one answered my e-mail. Presumably they’ve gone out of business. So I wasn’t successful in getting my husband his candy, but I had a good time looking.
Was it all a waste of time? Not at all. It goes back to part of my motto, “Find what you love to do and find a way to share it with others.” I love to do research like this…it doesn’t matter what the topic. And I especially love it when I can find a hard-to-find item that my husband wants. In this case I wasn’t completely successful, but it helped hone my searching skills, and we had a good time sharing the adventure. It warms my heart just thinking about it.
I just came across a new word Butcher Paper in one of the blogs that I visited. I looked it up and learned something new today. I wanted to inform the blogger that instead of butcher paper, I used papier mache when I was young to make things. I searched high and wide for paper mache without any success on the net. I went back to my trusted dictionary and found that it would be spelt papier mache too and then found it on the web. Some times, the old ways are better I think!
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rummuser,
I’ve had the same experience! I searched for paper mache a few years ago and had trouble too. As I recall, I had to go to the dictionary to find it was spelled papier mache. But I just Googled “paper mache” now and Google accepted it as an alternative spelling. Go figure!
Google must have figured it out after I searched for it! Google is getting smarter all the time. Sad, I am not programmed like it is.
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rummuser,
It does make one humble, doesn’t it? 😉
About your Easter Egg Hunt:
“brightly-colored marshmallow eggs”. They have a grainy white sugary thing in the middle, so they’re not really marshmallows…
Yuck! but just my opinion.
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I wouldn’t eat any, but they’re fun to look at. And it was fun looking for them. Andy can stand sweeter things than I can. 😉