Jerry and Ben's Halloween Contest

 Hiya Gang,

Time for our entry to the annual Halloween Contest hosted by our friendly Midwestern bears Jerry and Ben. 

Baxter here and my co-host today is the one and only Easter Bunny.  Since it's near Halloween the Easter Bunny doesn't really have much to do so he's decided to help out.

The treat for the contest is going to take some time.  Our goal is a candy corn martini.  

This is the professional picture off the website, we'll see how ours compares.

As any good mixologist knows a perfect cocktail starts off with only the best ingredients.  Brachs Candy Corn.  

So far so good, that is until the Easter Bunny pulled out the vodka.  As you can see we have Burnett's Whipped Cream vodka (this drink is going to be sweet). 

Apparently, this whole jug of vodka only cost $10.99.  Well, at least the candy corn are good quality.

Ok, let's get down to business.  5 ounces of vodka, plus 1/4 cup candy corn (plus a little extra to satisfy the bartenders) and we're off. 

As you can see, the Easter Bunny really likes candy corn (makes sense being a bunny and all).  Infuse the vodka with the candy corn, wait 24 hours and then start making the drink. 

Fast forward 24 hours:  The candy corns have dissolved in the vodka.

"This drink is going to be sweet, not cool but sugary" Easter Bunny replied.

"Yep" agreed Baxter.

Time to layer 2 ounces of the vodka mix with a couple of ounces of pineapple juice.

"Looks like carrot juice" 

 

"What is the final step again Baxter?"

"Whipped Cream!!!!" 

Of course it's time to compare our concoction to the picture from the internet.  

"Our layering is off and we need more whipped cream.  But not a bad first attempt eh Easter Bunny?"

"More whipped cream for sure and a scattering of candy corns might help."

Editor note:  The humans consumed the rest of the candy corn with glee. 

Thanks for hosting the contest Jerry and Ben.  Please accept this cocktail as our entrance into the snack division for the 2023 content.
Baxter & Easter Bunny.

Ace's stuffy class.

Hello Blog World.  My name is Ace.  Am I an aardvark?  Am I an apprentice to the Easter Bunny?  So many questions to answer but none will be dealt with today.  My name is Ace and yes during springtime I do help the Easter Bunny and sometimes I think I am the Easter Bunny.

Being that today is July 23rd my mind is not on Easter but on teaching you the fancy art of hose repair. 

 

When it's time for small projects around the house the humans and other stuffies call on me to fix them (unless the project is near Easter then the humans have to do it themselves).  Today's project involves fixing a hose that is leaking at the end. Originally I tried putting a new washer in the nozzle that connects to the end of the hose but it still leaked so time to move to plan "B".

First things first.  Get tools organized.  This is an easy fix.  You will need a replacement part and a screwdriver.  Also a pair of scissors. 

Since I am working on the hose I will take my project outside.  Here's the old thingy that is broken.  Next step is to cut the hose and toss the end the garbage. 

Now that the bad end is in the garbage time to put the new replacement end in the hose.  

The replacement part is tight in the end of the hose.  Almost done...

The replacement part comes with a metal clamp. Take your handy-dandy screwdriver and tighten the clamp.  I recommend tightening it as best you can......the tighter the clamp the fewer the leaks. 

The nozzle is a couple years old.  I decided to pull out the old gasket and toss it.  

I put a new gasket in the nozzle and pushed it in there tight with the back end of the screwdriver.  

Final step:  Call the humans over to test your work.  As we probably know wet stuffy fur is not ideals so if your hose repair job didn't go as planned better to have the humans wet vs. the stuffies.

Time for this session of stuffy class to end.  Who is going to be our next guest instructor?  Only time will tell. 

Ace - out