Things I Love Thursday - Chocolate

Those of us who live in PA, can boast about the fact that we’ve got access to lots and lots of chocolate.  Sure, you can get Hershey’s Chocolate anywhere, and it’s actually made in places outside the U.S. now (ugh!), but we’ve still got this:

We were able to spend some time at the Hershey’s Chocolate World yesterday.  My kids love the factory tour ride; and we had fun introducing it to some  friends of ours from out of state.

We visit several times a year; and, though we pretty much have that tour ride memorized, it really never gets old. 

We had a lot of fun browsing the gift shops yesterday.  We even picked up some Christmas gifts!

Yep – we love Hershey, PA – and all the great chocolate!

Things I Love Thursday ~ Pet Corrector

Our Sallie thinks she owns our street.  We live along a pretty busy one and every single person that walks by our house was getting barked at for being here.  It was very annoying. 

She also had the annoying habit of running out (along said busy street) every time we opened the front door. 

So, we needed to fun a humane way of training her more efficiently. We  considered a shocker collar – but have you priced those things?!  Plus, they just seemed kinda mean to me.  :) 

My mom found this Pet Corrector at the pet store and we figured it was worth a try.  Guess what?  It worked.  Basically, it’s a can of air.  It makes a loud swishing noise when you press down on it.  Sallie hates it – and it didn’t take her long to figure out that it was used when she was bad. 

We had to resurrect the can when Lizzie joined the family.  “The girls” can get caught up in some pretty wild fighting frenzies.  “The can” (as it has affectionately come to be known) is very effective at breaking up these fights.  Unfortunately, the can is empty.  We need to go and buy Can #2.