Sherman Ice Cream - Blue Moon Giant Cows

Is it me...or is this cow..er, bull, confused?
A "herMOOphradite" perhaps?

Last Labor Day, we headed over to Warren State Park in Sawyer, Michigan to do a little tent camping. We had fantastic weather, but bad luck in the form of broken SD card. So, this will be short, since I lost most of the pics.

We traveled about 20 mins from Warren State Park to South Haven to visit Sherman's Dairy Bar for some Blue Moon ice cream. Their site says that Grandpa Sherman opened his place in 1916. Since we love giant fiberglass, Tim and I took lots of pics of and with the large blue cow on the roof. (Which we lost, so this pic will have to do.)
The cow's name is Blue Moo - isn't that cute?
The ice cream was delicious.
Honestly, prolly the best I've ever had.

That cone, half gone already, is their small. (I was warned by locals to order the smallest...it's HUGE!) The staff was VERY friendly. And, while I was waiting in line I asked someone to describe Blue Moon. Best she could do was it's sorta like Fruit Loops. Yep, it sorta is. Creamy Fruit Loop flavor...that makes your mouth blue for hours! Score!

I remember eating Blue Moon ice cream a child visiting Ann Arbor. And, interestingly enough, the website says they distribute it through Naperville, Illinois - very close by.

Down the road from Warren Dunes is another ice cream shop. I have a picture of the sign and it appears to say "Bubba's & Moo's" but I can't seem to locate a site in New Buffalo. (And, it's NOT the branch of Sherman Ice cream in Sawyer - that was closed that day.) This one had the confused cow, and other large edibles out front.
Looks like Tim was a bit confused himself on where milk comes from. ;)
Moo!

What We Did...Instead of CookingAnd, Monkeybread.

This space could contain pics of a newly carved pumpkin. And, perhaps some toasted home-made pumpkin seeds. Today's entry could contain an amazing fall harvest feast replete with recipes.

But, instead, we'll highlight a "Spicy Coffee Cake" made by a 12 year old. You see, after baking the homework, we wanted to get out. So, we hit the local Arboretum and enjoyed the fall colors. We never did get to the pumpkin carving. But, we laughed and laughed...and made memories, instead.

Here's the "Spicy Coffee Cake" recipe.
(Er, I'm not sure why the teacher called this Spicy.
Isn't this just moneybread?)
Spicy Coffee Cake
Grease a bundt pan or casserole dish. Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in separate dish. Dip Pilsbury dinner rolls into butter, then dredge on all sides in a 1/2 c. brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon combo. Place in dish and back 12-14 minutes in 375 degree oven. Turn out onto plate. Enjoy.

The Remodeling Guy - A Must Read

You know, I'm always on the look out for easy project ideas.
Why easy?
Cuz I'm lazy.
And, I have a short attention span.
What was I saying? Oh, the picture, right.

Recently I was reading The Nester (which is an amazing "easy-peasy" beautiful decorating site) and she had a guest poster, The Remodeling Guy. I hopped over to his blog to see the kitchen island above - with directions on how to (possibly) get that done in a day - by using -get this - dressers from Goodwill.

Now, the only thing I like better than...easy creative ideas...is saving money! So, I quickly added The Remodeling Guy to my iGoogle page, AND I became a "fan" at his Remodeling Guy Facebook Page, too.

I love the kitchen (dresser) island idea. Hope you do, too.
What is your favorite "out of box project you have done, or would like to do someday?