"Oompa, loompah, doobity doo. I have another riddle for you!" Who needed to see Willy Wonka the most here?
D10 told me the movie is pretty close to the book... she's a bonafide Roald Dahl fan... and it's dark chocolate all the way for me, though you won't see me turn down any semi-sweet or milk chocolate if offered. White chocolate ain't even chocolate--if it doesn't have cocoa, it doesn't have bromine, and it doesn't get you the same high as caffeine. Who thought of calling it chocolate anyway? Some unoriginal sissy who wanted to pretend they were eating real chocolate... someone ought to tell them that's what they call VANILLA!
Saturday night we watched Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which I purchased in DVD in the bargain bin at the grocery store (it's one of my all time faves). D10 watched the whole thing and couldn't believe I hadn't asked her to watch it with me before. D7 busted a gut at Steve Martin.
No news to report, so I'm out of here.
Betsey
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
Quote: White chocolate ain't even chocolate--if it doesn't have cocoa, it doesn't have bromine, and it doesn't get you the same high as caffeine. Who thought of calling it chocolate anyway? Some unoriginal sissy who wanted to pretend they were eating real chocolate... someone ought to tell them that's what they call VANILLA!
You got it, girl! What IS that stuff, anyway?
By the way, good advice on KAW's thread. Stealing some for myself if that's OK (well, even if it isn't).
Think I will go sit on the deck now and think about mowing my lawn.
Hi Beth~ I am always happier when I know H is out of town. Somehow it is comforting to know I have no chance of running into him.
AT one point last year he talked about moving two hours away. At the time I was devastated, now I think it would be great for me! GOOD LUCK!
Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.... (thoreau)
Was just coming by to catch a glimpse and see what was new. Loved thinking of Betsey and her act of kindness.... was going to make cogent, and profound comments about our db lives and the impact to us... but, instead,...did I hear CHOCOLATE?!?!?
hmmm. chocolate....me must have chocolate....me go now....me go get chocolate....ooh. yum. yum. chocolate....
hmmmm. gimme dat...yeah you... gimme all ya got...chocolate...
Lard with sugar? I laughed so hard my side hurt. If anyone ever gave me a white chocolate bunny in my Easter basket, I think I'd burst into tears of despair...
Okay, so my Good Samaritan act blew up in my face. I got home from the gym (to find Mr. Wonderful grinning from ear to ear and waving enthusiastically--he was genuinely happy to see me) and saw that both my neighbors were pruning bushes and doing some heavy yard work. The W looked up at me and sadly walked inside.
Mr. W. commented, "Wow, what's wrong? She looks sad!"
I said, "Yep, because I mowed her lawn and D18 squealed on me."
He looked at me incredulously and exclaimed, "What? What did you do that for?"
I commented, "It's a long story, I don't feel like going into it and I'm not sure you'd understand. I need to go do some post-mowing PR stat."
D7 followed me over. The H told me to ring the doorbell. He looked exhausted. She answered the door and looked like she was going to cry. I gave her a hug and said, "D18 squealed, didn't she?" She answered soberly, "Yes."
I replied, "T, I DID do it but not for the obvious reasons and when I tell you why, I know you'll understand. I'd have let the entire act go by anonymously if only your D18 hadn't squealed."
After I told her my personal reasons for doing an act of charity, she smiled and said, "Betsey, I'm SO glad you came over. And I DO understand! I was really saddened that you would use such a passive aggressive method to tell me something."
We had a good chat and then she promised to grab her lawn chair on Wednesday (weather permitting) and come hang out with me in the driveway and catch up. Her H leaves for New York tomorrow... I found out that he's been on the road for the past 8 weeks solid, and they are both wiped out. Now I'm REALLY glad I mowed it for them!
TTFN.
Betsey
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
Betsey you're an angel. You could come live beside me anytime. I don't mind gardening but I really don't enjoy mowing the lawn.
I'm only catching up now but I loved your Friday night saga . I'm still chuckling to myself.
Chocolate .. emm .. any type (My name is Joanne and I'm a chocoholic ) even white when there's nothing else.
My favourite part in the chocolate factory is when grampa and charlis drink the lemonade and nearly go into the fan and the tear jerking part that follows. (I'm such a big softy and would cry at anything even Ads)
Joanne
Joanne
Always questioning???
Not always sad!!!
Joanne
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning. Albert Einstein
So, Betsey, I guess the lesson here is that sometimes we assume things to be one way when they are really quite possibly another. I think I will direct C4H over to that little lawnmowing story to show him what assumptions can do. Had you not seen your neighbor for awhile and she had gone on assuming that you mowed her lawn because you were tired of living next to a trashy yard, well, things could have gotten to the point of being unrepairable. I know how easy it is for silly misunderstandings to blow out of control.
As a matter of fact, I'll mull that over today. I am in a spot now where it seems easier to assume something than to just ask the obvious question.
Betsey 
