Every little kid has that one movie or tv show they're known for being absolutely obsessed with. With me there were two the 3 Ninjas and The Mighty Ducks. Tell this day I can recite them by heart. As an adult I still stand by the first Mighty Ducks movie being my favorite Disney movie. It will take a hell of a lot to knock that movie out of first place. I can still remember the day I saw it in theaters for the first time. I've always been really bad at spelling my mom would do anything to get me to pass a spelling test. For weeks I had been bugging her talking about the commercials I had seen on tv for The Mighty Ducks I wanted to see this movie bad. She finally gave in and said if I passed my next spelling test that she would take me out of school early that Friday and take me to see it. I studied my little butt off for this test. I passed with 100%. Little did my mom know upholding her end of the deal was going to haunt her for many years to come. I went through all the phases and was obsessed with each movie (yes even D3 despite all the changes) as well as falling into the short lived rabbit hole that was Mighty Ducks the animated series. 25 years since the first movie dropped Disney+ have jumped on the nestalgia train and teamed up with Steve Brill (the writer of the original Ducks movies) to bring the Ducks to a whole new generation, in the form of a weekly tv show titled The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (episode 1 released today) I along with a lot of old school fans was really excited to hear that this was going to happen, especially after it was announced that Brill pulled Emilio Estevez out of retirement to reprise his iconic roll as coach Gordan Bombay. Brill has said that he's not making this show to profit on the nastajia from his films but to continue the story for a new generation staying true to the fans. I had been excite for this up until I saw the trailer for the first season Game Changers. When I saw that everyone's favorite underdog team a team that started out as the worst of the worse as District 5 before Bombay came and turned them around teaching them to fly. A team that was made up of players from every walk of life and various degrees of play were now reduced down to Hawk status and the cocky better than you team that basically went against everything Bombay (and yea a little bit Riley) made them into. In the first few seconds a Charlie like child is cut from The Ducks and laughed at for not being good enough. The show itself isn't even about The Ducks in fact its depicted as a show about a whole new team made up of misfits to rival The Ducks coached by none other than Gordan Bombay himself. I'm not going to lie the trailer left a bad taste in my mouth and didn't make me want to watch the show at all. Now I wasn't expecting the show to be based on the original characters in the slightest but what I did expect the show to be about was The Ducks team. For those of you who are looking for what the original characters are like in the future you will get your chance to find out when Connie,Guy,Fulton,Adam,Ken, and Averan make an appearance in episode 6. r Sadly from what I have read and heard Josh Jackson who played Charlie Conway wont be making an appearance despite fans asking for it. Everyone's favorite goalie turned defenseman Greg Goldberg isn't most likely to make an appearance either. Sadly do to the fact that actor Shaun Weiss was arrested last year on burgeraly while under the influence of meth charges. As for Luis Mendoza played by Mike Vitar he became a fire fighter in 2002 and has been fighting fires in California figuratively and literally eve sense. In 2017 Vitar was arrested on Halloween of that year for choking and seriously injuring a man. Vitar took a plea deal and had no jail time. Despite not being a fan of the plot line shown in the trailer for the show. I have decided that I'm going to commit to the show and each week post a no holds bar straight honest reaction to each episode. Who knows by the end I might actually be hooked. Check back here tomorrow for my full reaction to the first episode. XOXO That One Girl
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I feel so bad that I didn't get these up yesterday as promised. It turned put to be a long crazy day. I finished my Christmas shopping and I also went and saw the lights in the park which despite the rain was very pretty and a lot of fun. I Bible it that I will have everything on track from here on out. This one I think would be better if you make it with Milk and not hot water. It sounds sweet but isn't has sweet as you would expect. The vanilla wasn't over powering and the smell would be perfect for a candle. 10/10 This cocoa had just the right amount of spice and complemented the creamy chocolate perfectly. It has a great after taste and smells like Christmas 10/10 Caramel is one of my favorite flavors. So when I saw that there was a caramel cocoa I was really excited to try it. The smell alone makes you want to drink it. It pairs really well together however I think this would be really good in a coffee.... 9/10 This is another one I think would be amazing in coffee. It tastes like a darker chocolat than the rest of the cocoas. 7/10
Hey guys, I'm sorry I haven't been keeping up with the 12 Day's of Cocoa. Yesterday I had to take my cat to the vet and then spent the rest of the day nursing a really bad migraine. The last thing I wanted to do was drink cocoa. I woke up today with the small lingering's of the headache. Such as blurred vision and seeing spots. Before people freak out and scream "Covid!" it's not that I get these headaches pretty often. Especially when my allergies and sinuses act up, and add the rain we've been getting this month you have a prime recipe for a winter migraine. I promise that I will do a massive 3 day catch up tomorrow for those of you who actually care about this countdown.
Today has been a chill day. I woke up this morning made some coffee put on a face mask and relaxed with some Vlogmas on YouTube for a bit. The rest of the day was spent getting stuff ready for Christmas. I think I finally might have an idea for this years Christmas Cupcakes. I also sat down and came up with some ideas for future things on here. But enough blah blah blah lets get on to todays cocoa. If you love chocolate you will love this. It's very creamy and very flavorful. I made this one with hot milk so it was even smoother. Defiantly a cocoa that would be great on a cold night snuggled up with a Christmas movie playing. 10/10
It's really hard to take pictures when you have a small kitten who wants to be in the way of every shot. You may think its cute but it gets annoying really fast. So This is my presorry that one of the pictures is cricked Autumn kept batting at the camera. Weirdly enough I had been missing Gingerbread lattes today and this turned out to be the pick from the bag. The smell is all spices you wouldn't even be able to tell theirs chocolate by the smell alone. The taste isn't as sweet as some people would thing. I had to add a little sugar to it. The taste of ginger is really strong. You get a slight after taste of chocolate. All in all its good but not something I would love to drink more than once or seek out in a shop. 5/10
I am so sorry today's post is so late. This wont happen again. I bought props for the pictures and couldn't find a bunch of them. As well as the fact that life kept getting in the way. It has been a day. Lets get on to day 3. To be completely honest I was a bit disappointed in todays pick. We came off 2 very strong days with great flavors. The double chocolate just tastes like Swiss Miss to me. I didn't taste anything extra. It does have a smooth taste and was good go drink just not what I expected from the name. It's great if you love a classic flavor. I would give this one a 6/10.
I had to wait until half time to take pictures of today's cocoa. I hope everyone enjoyed yesterdays post and that you're all having a great Sunday. I'm updating the page a bit and adding a touch of Christmas to the sides. The way I have this site set up is that its better to look at on a computer than it is in app form. You see more cute things in the web version. If you're in app form you have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to see anything. Sadly I can't change that. No matter what layout I use. For those of you who didn't get board by all of that and is still here, lets find out what Cocoa I drew today (for a list of flavors click here) To be completely honest I was looking forward to this one. One of my favorite flavor combos is raspberry and chocolate. This cocoa had a nice fruity smell to it along with a silky taste. The raspberry flavor is strong but not over powering to the point where you can't taste the chocolate. It leaves a nice subtle raspberry taste in your mouth that doesn't taste artificial which I'm grateful for because a lot of times you can taste the fakeness. I would defiantly recommend this one 10/10.
Welcome to Day 1 of the 12 Days of Cocoa. I hope you're all having a great weekend so far. Mine has been very relaxing and what better way to spend a relaxing Saturday then to snuggle up on the couch with warm cup of cocoa and a Netflix binge. Without further blah blah blah lets find out what today's Cocoa will be.🤍 *I promise you will be able to read the paper better tomorrow* Just the smell of this alone screams Christmas. It's very rich and so creamy, the chocolate reminds me of a smooth German chocolate. This cocoa has the perfect amount of candy cane flavoring just enough to taste it but not enough to be over powering and sickaning. It also leaves the perfect sweet minty after taste. I would definitely recommend this drink to anyone with a sweet tooth and a love for Christmas. 10/10
With Christmas only a few weeks away instead of doing my usual Advent Colander count down threw the whole month this year I'm going to switch it up a bit. This year I'm going to to do (I promise the banners for the countdown will look way less student project.) I was recently gifted the 12 Cocoa's Of Christmas so starting on the 12th (this Saturday) I will be putting the names of all 12 cocoa flavors into a bag and drawing out one flavor a day until Christmas Eve. Then I will come on here and tell you how it was with a little cocoa tasting review. (You can find a list of the flavors below)
I hope this makes up for the lack of posting and that you guys come back each day with your guesses on what the flavor of the day will be. I will also be posting my tattoo story later this week as promised in my last blog post. XO That One Girl
1. Do you put ketchup on hot dogs? Yes 2. Choice of soda? Dr. Pepper 3. Do you put salt on your watermelon? It's the best way to eat it 4. Can you swim? Yes, but I'm not a strong swimmer 5. Hot dogs or hamburgers? Hamburger 6. Favorite type of food? At the moment Italian 7. Do you believe in ghosts? Yes 8. What do you drink in the morning? Coffee 9. Can you do 100 push ups? How about 10? 10.What is your favorite season? Summer 11. Your favorite animal? Monkey 12. Tattoos? I just got my 6th one and I LOVE it (story time coming soon) 13. Do you wear glasses? I'm supposed to but I tend to not do it 14. Do you have a phobia? Arachnophobia and Navarrofobia 15. Do you have a nickname? I'm just going to list a few of the MANY Steph, Stephie, Stephers, Stavi, Duck, Number 3, Puppy. Tric, Cherry, Blondie.... It would take up too much time to list them all. 16. Rain or Snow? Rain 17. Can you change a tire? Yes 18. Favorite flower? White Roses 19. Can you drive a stick? Never tried 20. Ever go sky diving? No 21. Favorite color? Blue 22.Can you whistle? Yes 23. Where were you born? Washington State 24. Surgeries? 3 25. Shower or bath? Bath 26. Last song you listened to? Nightmare - Halsey 27. Broken bones? yes 28. How many TV’s in your house? 2 29. Worst pain? I hurt my back last year at work I couldn't stand up or sit 30. Do you like to sing? Yes but you don't want to hear me 31. Are your parents still alive? Yes 32. Do you like to go camping? I love it! 33. What do you binge watch? Anything I like.. I just finished binging The Originals for the... 4th time? 34. Pumpkin or Pecan Pie? Pumpkin all the way 35. A photo of yourself: |