Last week my family and I went on a cruise.
We had been planning it for about a year, and finally last week we went.
We had a fantastic time, really. It was a Disney Cruise, so it was a great time for the whole family…
But I will say. Over the course of the week on a boat with thousands of people I learned a few things about the human condition…
Would you mind if I shared some of my keen observations? Thanks.
First, people are far too concerned with comfortable footwear. I saw more pairs of Crocs and Tevas than one should ever have to bear witness to in their life. I get that we are on a ship and that comfort is key, but comfort at what cost, I ask?
Second, I apparently am not a huge fan of other people’s children. Sorry. I am sure your kids are great and all that, but if we don’t share DNA…well…I’m not a fan.
Third, a free soft serve ice cream machine guarantees that my husband will eat no less than 6 ice cream cones a day. I knew my husband loved ice cream, but I honestly had no idea that it could blossom into a full fledged addiction.
Fourth, old people dancing to The Black Eyed Peas makes me feel awkward. Nothing against the BEP, any top 40 dance-ish song does the trick, really…I mean, when your Grandma yells, “Somebody call 911, Shawty fire burnin’ on the dance floor, whoa!” I just want to leave the room.
Fifth…the promise of free food via buffet makes people cah-razy! Like stampede, crazy. I have honestly never seen anything like it in my life. I can’t say that I was above this either. I became obsessed when feed-time rolled around every 20 minutes, if there was a buffet to be had, you could guarantee that I was there, elbowing people to get to the shrimp cocktail. The sensation of hunger escaped me for a good 7 days.
Sixth, now ladies. Please, I do not mean this to offend anyone…but never, EVER, get your hair braided with beads on vacation. Besides appearing incredible painful it just looks bad. We should never have to see that much of your scalp. AND it makes your head look small, which in essence makes your body look big. Kind of like an engorged tick. We never want our body to appear proportionally larger, so just say no to “island braiding”. It’s fine for the little girls, but if you are over the age of 15, it’s not a good look.
Also men, it will never be ok for a gentleman to braid either. I was a first-hand witness to beard braiding. Don’t let the islanders encourage you to make poor vacation choices. The pictures will haunt you forever. If Brad Pitt can’t make it work, you can’t either.
And last but certainly not least…Open Bar is a choice, not a challenge.
That is all.
While I was on vacation I got tons of dessert inspiration. Disney makes some fun stuff.
This isn’t one of them, though, so stay tuned 🙂
I have seen these push-up pops all over internet-land for a while now…I finally decided to get some and give them a go.
I am HOOKED! They are so fun and cute and portable.
I ordered them HERE.
Funfetti Push Up Pop Cupcakes.
Here was the assembly process…
I baked a cake (Funfetti) in a large “jelly roll” pan (15 1/4×10 1/4) so it was rather thin, and also made a batch of vanilla buttercream.
Then I use the top of the push up pop container to make the perfect sized rounds….this was my husband’s idea and I have to say it worked great!
After I poked out my cake rounds I started assembling…
I filled a piping bag with the vanilla buttercream…I didn’t bother using a fancy tip, because it was just gonna get smushed down anyway…I just snipped off the end with a pair of scissors.
Next I squirted in a bit of frosting…
I had some colorful sprinkles on-hand, so I figured, why not?
I layered the sprinkles, another cake round and more frosting…
I gently pushed the sprinkles into the top layer of frosting so they wouldn’t all fall off everywhere when you open the cupcake pop.
And I even added a cute little pink chocolate on top.
If you are wondering how to eat them, just take the lip off and push up.
So easy.
What’s even cooler is that since they come with lids they are totally easy to transport.
No worries about cupcake carriers…
Love these little guys!
Can’t wait to try out more fun ways to use them.
As someone with chronic foot pain, I have to defend the comfortable footwear! I’ve always thought cruises sounded better in theory, because I’ve assumed the large number of people in a relatively small space would annoy me. Your post is just affirming my belief.
I vow to never get my hair braided on a Jamaican island. Ever. Swearsies.
Funny you should post this, I just happen to have some cake pops in my fridge from http://cakeslidercreations.com/ – I LOVE them! (should you ever want to purchase them ready made, go there, otherwise continue on with your bad self and make them)
Now, beard braiding is something I’d be totally ok to never witness first hand… These are so fun, and would be great for a birthday party!
Maybe you didn’t notice this because you were on a Disney cruise…but in my experience people show waaayy tooo much skin on cruises. The ‘belly rolls’ and clevage I’ve seen on the 3 cruises I’ve been on will last me a lifetime! Must be the mentality of ‘I’ll wear what I want because I’ll never see these peope again’. Definitely something I don’t practice…we met up with someone on our last cruise that lives around the corner!
And it’s always with the people that shouldn’t be showing so much skin! It’s baaaad!
This post cracked me up!
L.M.A.O.!!!! This has to be my new favorite post of yours EVER. Engorged tick…LMAO!! omg…being judgmental is the BEST. And you’re so perfectly snarky. Please, judge others more often!!!!
ahh, if only the world was filled with people like you!
it IS though!! I’m telling you, it’s a guilty pleasure for so many. I honestly think you should add a blog section to TWWS that’s purely for guilty pleasure judging. The one thing I hate about the blog world is how fake and polite everyone is (or has to be). I can’t bring myself to do it. I often have my comments deleted 😉
so hilarious! I can’t imagine what you would say to have your comments deleted!!
Oh believe me it’s mild just to avoid deletion! But the blog world is THAT prissy. It’s really nauseating.
Ha ha! You are so funny! Love your observations, crocs and braids definitely not attractive. Love these push up pops. So cute and fun,
oh my goodness! I love, love, LOVE this idea!! My son’s birthday is coming up – I bet he’ll want these!
This is sheer genius! I love all the possibilities. Thanks for the inspiration!
Hugs,
Snoopy 😀
My craft store sells the push pop containers… and I’ve seen them on almost all the food blogs… maybe this is a sign I should give them a try.
Yours look fab!
P.S. your posts crack the heck out of me!!!…… really, they do.