Such a spoiled child

[susandennis]

I dote on me. And it shows. Blazing Bagels had this not-even-very-good app that you could use to order up your bagel and pay for it so all you had to do was breeze in and pick it up. The app is now 'under construction' which is stupid speak for We're Not Using It Any More. Well, you know what? I'm probably not going to use Blazing Bagels any more. At least not as much. I had to wait 10 minutes to order my bagel and then 5 minutes til it was ready. And that was at 10:30 am. Not acceptable.

There's a fancy ass yogurt place in town that sells pints. My friend, Frank bought some and then used the bag they came in to bring me something. I LOVED that bag. I started using it to carry my wet suit home from the pool. It has handles and it stands up on its own. Perfect. But, it gets beat up. So I figured I'd go to the yogurt place and buy a bunch from them. I told Frank about it and he was there and asked and they don't have the bags any more. :(

Soooo I went to Amazon. I actually couldn't find the exact size which is perfect and most of their selections come in lots of 100 but a few came in a 25 pack which is ok so I ordered some and they came today and they are too small... :(

I've now ordered a new batch - bigger. And I'll return these tomorrow to Amazon but without the Blazing Bagel stop.

My Mom was the queen of Christmas cookies. Every year she made dozens and dozens. She made about 6 different kinds and they were all her own. I never knew anyone who made the ones that she made. Some were German and I don't know where the rest came from.

She always made a gynormous batch of cookies to be iced. They were vanilla but not terribly sweet or rich. Not shortbread. And the icing was not butter cream but something else - white. I actually have no clue and do not have the recipe. The only person I know who does is my sister. And there is no way in hell I would ever ask her for it. Or anything actually (we don't speak). Which is fine. I'd never make them anyway. But this time of year when I see everyone's Christmas cookies, my tongue remembers fondly.

And speaking of stuff that I see... I figured out how Instagram is going to dump me. While I was waiting in Blazing Bagels, I fired it up on my phone. OMG. The phone app sucks donkey balls. It is nothing but ads. Nothing but ads. So, when they figure out I'm never using the phone app but only the web app and they put all those ads on the web app, I'm gone. Buh Bye.

I think I'll watch Dumplin.

Comments

[amw.livejournal.com]

Facebook's ad situation is horrendous. I've been mostly off it for about 2 years now, but when I do occasionally login there are like 3 real posts and then an ad. It's a complete waste of time and makes the site near useless. I would not be surprised at all if they do the same to Instagram. Google is an ad company too, but at least they don't make their services so hideously festooned that you can't even use them any more.

[roasted-beets.livejournal.com]

I view Instagram on my Windows 10 desktop computer using Chrome with an adblocker. I never see ads on it. (Likewise, no ads on FB)

[lifeinroseland.livejournal.com]

I am soooo impatient with getting my food. That’s why I eat at buffets M-F. We’re talking my lunch HOUR here. Even waiting for a drink at Starbucks just about kills me. Chop-chop! We’re in MANHATTAN! And still.

[susandennis]

I've been thinking of changing my middle name to Grab N Go.

[siglinde99.livejournal.com]

Those cookies sound a bit like pfeffernusse. They are somewhat like a spicy gingerbread with a light icing (not much more than a mixture of water, icing sugar and vanilla, lightly drizzled on the top).

[legalmoose]

Could you get your brother to sneak the recipe out of her?

[susandennis]

I'm not sure she'd give it to him BUT they aren't in contact these days. However, if I thought I'd really make the cookies, that's the route I'd try :)

[eventidereverie.livejournal.com]

The ads in some of the apps get on my last nerve.

[stasia]

How do you post to instagram from the web app? I'd love to use it as a non-phone thing, but I've never been able to figure out the posting.

[susandennis]

You cannot. I only read/view my feed from the web. I post from my phone but posting does not involve ad viewing :)

[stasia]

:D Darn it! I was hoping you'd found a sneaky way to post from the web.

[awakenyourfaith.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Ads are the worst :/

[meathiel]

Huh? I don't have a lot of ads on the IG app ... weird ...

That is a shame about the bagel place ... why make things worse for customers?

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[jaywil.livejournal.com]

I use Ghostery to block ads on PC and it works great. If a site won't operate with Ghostery you can unblock the site temporarily or aways. The blinking ads were a deal breaker for me!

Re: ads

[susandennis]

I really don't like ad blockers of any kind BUT my point- clearly not well made - is that using a browser (on phone, pc, tablet) for Instagram gives you an ad free experience.

The phone/tablet app has the ads.