Ice Cream on Sundays

Hello. C J here. It’s a slow, heat wave Sunday so I thought I’d type something nice for fun. It’s hot out. No, we’re not at the fun part yet. It’s really hot. I’ve spent the last few Summers running free barbecues for local fandoms and really they cost a lot of money and no one showed up. Still not the fun part yet. I’m widening my recruiting efforts to include Facebook and Bluesky and that’s going well. I’m also inside from the heat and that’s getting boring.

You know what would be fun? Yes, this will be the fun part of the post here. What if I went out for ice cream? Well, really I make amazing ice cream. What if I had a bunch of friends from Facebook and Bluesky over to my house for house made ice cream parlour time? I could make a ton of ice cream in everyone’s favourite flavours and everyone gets free toppings and whipped cream. If they wanted they could tip, including by PayPal, and buy tubs off me for like $15-$20 a tub.

I know where to get the tub containers as well and the stuff is cheap to make. The chocolate or butterscotch for swirl flavours is more expensive than the ice cream part. I like ice cream and the stuff I make is a full meal especially with the previously mentioned chocolate or butterscotch in it. Fruit works too. I have a waffle cone maker somewhere I keep meaning to use but it makes like a dozen in one batch. So, ice cream, catching up with friends, maybe some cash. This sounds like a good plan. I could probably run one or two a week if there was interest. I can also do milkshakes, blended ice cream with toppings and homemade hot fudge.

I’m meeting people rapidly on Facebook Dating and my do not give names rules is in effect here so you’re never hearing about them. Facebook Dating seems to be where everyone and their dog is these days. It’s location based, LGBTQ+ friendly and can sort people by interest. Anyone who likes video games or food I like back. If someone likes cars I know nothing about cars so I figure they’d match better with another person. That’s about the only effort the process takes. I hope whoever I meet likes ice cream. I’m probably having some of my chocolate peanut butter cup swirl for lunch.

C J Mcpherson

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