"in like" with my blender

My mom always taught us that we love people, not things. I totally agree, but my mom has not met this blender.

Mike surprised me for Mother's Day and got me one. I had been experimenting with getting healthy stuff into smoothies when my old KitchenAid blender broke. All I can say is that this machine is amazing.

We are in the middle of a week-long Harry Potter marathon (more on that later) and I have made one of these every night this week. I was a little suspicious about the blender's ability to make ice cream out of skim milk, ice, powdered milk and sugar (I use stevia.) But, it can and it is yummy. I just add raspberries and it's almost as good as a Bear Lake shake.

Our little raspberry, blackberry and strawberry plants are not producing near enough for this nightly ritual. Thank goodness for Costco and farm stands.