{"id":29833,"date":"2024-06-12T15:32:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T19:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=29833"},"modified":"2024-06-12T15:32:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T19:32:08","slug":"the-view-from-here-childhood-memories-in-a-cookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2024\/06\/the-view-from-here-childhood-memories-in-a-cookie\/","title":{"rendered":"The View From Here – Childhood Memories In A Cookie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we took a trip to London to look at possible apartments for my daughter to live in while she goes to school in the fall.\u00a0 That by itself is a statement worthy of all the emotions.<\/p>\n

But the day turned into so much more than that.\u00a0 My girls and I took a day trip to London.\u00a0 We looked at apartments and imagined the decor needed.\u00a0 From big furniture pieces to small touches to feel like home.\u00a0 Curtains.\u00a0 Towels.\u00a0 Cleaning products.\u00a0 The list goes on.\u00a0 Suddenly this is feeling bigger than expected.\u00a0 I want to be the parent excited for her kids but at the same time not wanting to let them go.<\/p>\n

Empty nesters – I’m approaching empty nest status.\u00a0 I think I’m going to need you.<\/p>\n

We stopped at Chick-fil-A and had lunch.\u00a0 There is never a bad day for nuggets and dipping sauce.\u00a0 Check that off the list.<\/p>\n

And on the way home we took the back roads, avoiding the highway.\u00a0 I love the scenary so much better.\u00a0 Small towns.\u00a0 Beautiful houses.\u00a0 Farm animals.\u00a0 (smile)<\/p>\n

As we got close to Mount Brydges, I suddenly remembered a place I had visited when I was a kid.\u00a0 The cookie place!<\/p>\n

I said “We are making a pit stop!\u00a0 Detour – cookie factory straight ahead!”<\/p>\n

Hollandia Cookies<\/a> in Mount Brydges was a place I still remember going as a kid.\u00a0 \u00a0When you’re a kid and you’re told you get to pick any cookie you want, and you get an entire box to bring home – you get EXCITED!<\/p>\n

And to be honest, I’m much older, but I still got pretty excited to walk in and see the shelves of different cookies.\u00a0 And the SMELL!\u00a0 Oh my it smelled good in there.\u00a0 All those cookies being made on the premises.<\/p>\n

Fun fact – did you know that they produce over SIXTY varieties of cookies?\u00a0\u00a0Cookies are packed under the Hollandia label, Karleen’s label, and custom-packed under numerous Private label brands. These developments have given the company international appeal and lead to distribution across Canada, United States and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

If you are looking for a fun day trip this summer – this might be a fun place to take the kids.\u00a0 You can even take a peak through the window and watch as the cookies are packaged.<\/p>\n

Such a great experience and to do it with my kids made it so much more special.\u00a0 I’ll never forget being there as a kid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yesterday we took a trip to London to look at possible apartments for my daughter to live in while she goes to school in the fall.\u00a0 That by itself is a statement worthy of all the emotions. But the day turned into so much more than that.\u00a0 My girls and I took a day trip","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":29835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[3673,6066,6065,57],"class_list":["post-29833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons","tag-cookies","tag-day-trip","tag-hollandia-cookies","tag-sarnia-lambton"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 18:15:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/foxfm.com\/blogs\/afternoons\/2024\/06\/the-view-from-here-childhood-memories-in-a-cookie\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29836,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29833\/revisions\/29836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}