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Today is Easter Sunday! We took MeeMaw to church for the service, and we even got some Easter eggs, how sweet! Honestly, not many people here celebrate the holiday, so we felt a little out of place. While waiting for MeeMaw afterward, I spotted a smoothie machine inside a 7-Eleven I was passing by. It felt like a lifetime since I’d last had one, so I dragged Mom over to try it. They had Coke and grape flavors; we grabbed two grape ones.
Smoothies are surprisingly hard to come by around here these days. I don’t get why everyone’s obsessed with those heavy, milky ice creams. A smoothie is just shaved ice with a splash of fruity syrup—way better at cooling you down in this summer heat! Now I’m thinking I could totally make these at home… ideas are already brewing!
Apr 20, 2025 12:45 PM
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Today is Easter Sunday! We took MeeMaw to church for the service, and we even
got some Easter eggs, how sweet! Honestly, not many people here celebrate the
holiday, so we felt a little out of place. While waiting for MeeMaw afterward, I
spotted a smoothie machine inside a 7-Eleven I was passing by. It felt like a
lifetime since I’d last had one, so I dragged Mom over to try it. They had Coke
and grape flavors; we grabbed two grape ones. Smoothies are surprisingly hard to
come by around here these days. I don’t get why everyone’s obsessed with those
heavy, milky ice creams. A smoothie is just shaved ice with a splash of fruity
syrup—way better at cooling you down in this summer heat! Now I’m thinking I
could totally make these at home… ideas are already brewing!
Here they were known as Slush Puppies.
April 21, 2025
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Today is Easter Sunday! We took MeeMaw to church for the service, and we even got some Easter eggs—how sweet! Honestly, not many people here celebrate the holiday, so we felt a little out of place. While waiting for MeeMaw afterward, I spotted a smoothie machine inside a 7-Eleven I was passing by. It felt like a lifetime since I’d last had one, so I dragged Mom over to try it. They had Coke and grape flavors, and we grabbed two grape ones.
Smoothies are surprisingly hard to come by around here these days. I don’t understand why everyone’s obsessed with those heavy, milky ice creams. A smoothie is just shaved ice with a splash of fruity syrup—way better at cooling you down in this summer heat! Now I’m thinking I could totally make these at home… ideas are already brewing!
Hi The Tim じぁん!!! I really enjoyed reading about your Easter Sunday! You did a fantastic job sharing your experiences at church and your fun discovery of the smoothie machine. Your thoughts on smoothies compared to ice cream were clear and creative. For improvement, consider using more varied sentence structures to make your writing even more engaging. Keep those ideas brewing!
April 20, 2025
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Today is Easter Sunday! We took MeeMaw to church for the service, and we even
got some Easter eggs, how sweet! Honestly, not many people here celebrate the
holiday, so we felt a little out of place. While waiting for MeeMaw afterward, I
spotted a smoothie machine inside a 7-Eleven I was passing by. It felt like a
lifetime since I’d last had one, so I dragged Mom over to try it. They had Coke
and grape flavors; we grabbed two grape ones. Smoothies are surprisingly hard to
come by around here these days. I don’t get why everyone’s obsessed with those
heavy, milky ice creams. A smoothie is just shaved ice with a splash of fruity
syrup—way better at cooling you down in this summer heat! Now I’m thinking I
could totally make these at home… ideas are already brewing!
Happy Easter! In your text, the word “slushy” (or slushee or slushie) would make more sense than “smoothie.” At least in American English, a smoothie is a blended fruit drink, sometimes with milk or yogurt. Popular smoothie flavors include strawberry and mango. The frozen drink you find at shops like 7-Eleven, made from ice and syrup, is a slushy.
April 20, 2025
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Chinese (Mandarin), English, Japanese
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