The Ice Cream Scoop

This is a picture of an ice cream scoop. Notice where it sits on the counter. I would venture to guess that many people have a pot of coffee left out on the counter during the day to be enjoyed or just waiting to be refilled the next morning. 

We have a coffee pot as well (that is often empty waiting to be filled because we drink coffee up pretty quick around here!). 

Next to the coffee pot though is another common object in this house, the ice cream scoop. Life in the family tree includes ice cream. There is not one of us who does not like ice cream. The children will eat just about any ice cream you put in front of them, but the adults are a bit more picky preferring the Blue Bell (I blame friends who hail from Texas for the introduction of this addiction--you know who you are!) variety and an occasional Ben&Jerrys.  Much like a coffee pot, which is left out in case others want to enjoy and partake of the drink,  the ice cream scoop is "an everyday tool" left out in case others want to enjoy and partake in a bowl of ice cream. 

I share this with you because it makes me chuckle each morning when I see the ice cream scoop on the counter left from the night before. No one willing to put the scoop in the sink or dishwasher just in case he/she is not the last one who needs to use the scoop that night. Or maybe not willing to put it away in an effort to make sure that he/she is not the only one who succumbs to the beckoning ice cream. It's like this little reminder that there IS something yummy in the house to eat (and there is probably more in the freezer in the garage if you happen to not like the variety in the house). 

Rob and I first learned of our ice cream addiction when we offered friends who were visiting from Oregon some ice cream after dinner. They laughed and said, "We knew YOU would have ice cream in the freezer. Every time we have ice cream we think of you because YOU always have ice cream ready to go!" Rob and I think this is totally normal. It never occurred to us that not everyone has ice cream in their freezer at all times. We realize now that perhaps we are bit spoiled and self indulgent in this way but as evidenced by the counter... we are in good company... at least in this family tree!