by Zona
I have a guilty pleasure...it's not something I talk about a lot, because people usually roll their eyes and laugh when I do. I can't seem to give it up though...no matter what anyone says. What is it? The movie "Down With Love". I absolutely love it. I love the story...the actors....the songs...and the fact that it is just so campy. Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor make me smile from the first scene to the last. I bought the DVD as soon as it came out, and yet I'll still sit and watch the movie when it's on cable. It's a take off on the Doris Day/Rock Hudson movies of the late 50's and early 60's...which I also love. Do you have a favorite movie that's a guilty pleasure...or perhaps your guilty pleasure is something else entirely??
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tee hee hee!!!
i cheated again!
i guess this may be called my guilty pleasure!!!!!!!
ZONA... I never saw this movie, but I will look for it. I think my guilty pleasure movie was the scene that CAROL put up last week, the ending of Dirty Dancing. I have watched that scene about 283695163573485748392 times! seriously!
ITEACH...so glad your test results were negative. *happy dancing*!
SANDIE...congrats on the new baby. Eve Montgomery...what a pretty name.
SHIRLEY...I am in shock...you ARE behaving!!! bwahahaha
LYNN...your post was very well written, thought out and passionate. Thanks for sharing.
BEBBI...of course you are missed when you are absent.
HARTLDO...glad your daughter's opening was successful!!
I have to get ready for work. And after work I am meeting up with my friends that I went to high school with again. I hope I can stay awake!
See ya before I leave for work.
Ok- you cheated so I get to be 1st!! LOL
Good morning Mo...
Zona- I have never seen the movie, but will have to check it out. I LOVE all the old Doris Day movies, but my guilty pleasure is the original "Father of the Bride".
Sandie- Congrats on the new baby!! Isn't it wonderful? My nephew and is wife are expecting in Nov. so excited about that new addition to our family too.
Hart- Kudos to your daughter!
Jodi- I hope you are feeling better today. SWAK and Hugs
Good Morning Owls
Zona-My-Baby - I see you wrote the blog today. Isn't my daughter prolific???
Good Morning Maureen - Yesterday I congratulated you on being first and then I was informed you technically cheated so this morning I will congratulate you on being a great blog monitor.
Good Morning Goldie - I love all the Doris Day movies too. I have watched them all so many times. Now I have to get them in DVD.
We are just up now so I will feed my little ones and I will be back to read the blog and watch the video.
It is warm enough this morning to have the doors and windows open. What a change from last week.
My sister sent this too me this morning and I thought I would share with y'all.
Purina
Yesterday I was at my local Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina
dog chow for my loyal pet, Sheriff, the Wonder Dog and was in the checkout line when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog.
What did she think I had, an elephant? So since I'm retired and
have little to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, I was starting the Purina Diet again. I added that I probably shouldn't, because I
ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming
out of most of my orifices and IVs
in both arms.
I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way
that it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two when you
feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete so it
works well and I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here that practically everyone in line was now enthralled with my story.)
Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the
dog food poisoned me. I told her no, I stepped off a curb to sniff an Irish Setter's ass and a car hit us both.
I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack he
was laughing so hard. Wal-Mart won't let me shop there anymore.
Better watch what you ask retired people. They have all the time in the world to think of crazy things to say.
Good morning
GOLDIE (whatcha doin on the 8th? bwahahah!,
TINKA, enjoy your great weather!
and
SHIRLEY...that was so funny. You best behave today!
JODI...hope the little guy is feeling better today.
JUST LIN...was it an earthquake or were you just remembering your week with Custard!! *wink wink*
ITEACH...please tell JENNIFER I said hello when you see her in school.
AMICUS...where are you?
I'll try and stop in once more before I leave for work. Maybe SHIRLEY will have brought us some food by then. *hint hint*!
Good morning Maureen (I don't know why you are so shocked), Goldie(congrats on technically being first) and Tinka.
Zona I have never heard of this movie but I liked the clip. If I ever get a chance to watch it I will let you know what I thought of it. I don't think I have a guilty pleasure movie. I will think about it.
Shirley - Good Morning. Is the weather warm where you are too? I have fed my 'fur-babies' and have run around the back yard with them a few times. Now I am going to take my Tropicana downstairs and read the blog on my IMac. See you in three minutes.
Wake up Owls.
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First a bit of fun. I will energetic today.
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Breakfast is served!
toast (white, WW, raisin & brown)
jams, jellies, maemalade & PB
bagels
assorted cream cheese
assorted muffins (reg. & low fat)
biscuits & gravy
eggs any style
mounds of bacon
homemade hashbrowns
gingerbread pancakes
applesauce
whipcream
fresh fruit
juices
milk (white,choc,soy)
water
tea
coffee
Slim Fast for Tinka & Bebbi
Mountain Dew & Pepsi for Hartldo and Zona
Enjoy!
Tinka it is about 18 here, but rainy. We are getting the outer band rains of Hanna right now. The worst will be tonight and tomorrow. Enjoy the good weather!
Yummm. I think I will have some scrambled eggs, a mound of bacon, some hasbrowms, a bagel with cream cheese and a coffee with skim milk!
And a nanner to go!
Really going now! The hell hole awaits!
Zona - I love this movie. It was the first DVD I ever bought. Unfortunately, it was in widescreen format. Now that doesn't matter with most DVD's that are in widescreen because you just zoom them in. This movie however was filmed very similarly to the Rock Hudson and Doris Day's movie "Pillow Talk" where they used a split screen. If you zoomed in, you lost the two stars who were on each end of the screen. All you got were the two bathroom room walls and two sets of feet touching these walls. (You would have to have seen this movie to know what I am talking about). Anyway I loved the movie so I went out and bought the video which of course is always full screen. Now that I have a widescreen TV I have watched it many times. I always have to follow it up by watching "Pillow Talk" and noticing the similarities. I love the way they have Tony Randall in both movies.
I think I will choose them tonight.
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Three days in a row. Whoop-dee-do!!
Maureen - I love "Dirty Dancing" too. Every once in a while I am in the mood for that movie.
Donna - I must have missed your post about your daughter's play. Maureen mentions that it was successful. I am so happy for her.
Goldie - I must be a 'movie nut' because I love the original "Father of the Bride" and it's sequel "Father' Little Dividend". Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor were great in them.
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Happy Saturday!!
Zona - i have never seen this movie - i will look for it..
Heck, i just watched "While you were sleeping" for the bazillion time last night... i LOVE a good romantic comedy!!
thanks for your blog today!!
MO - congrats on FIRST..
Goldie - Congrats on Second First!!
waving howdy to MO, Goldie, Tinka, Shirley, and anyone else that lands!! (heck, you guys have been busy!!)
:-)
Just Lin - hope the earthquake wasn't a bad one..
Iteach - yes, there are plenty of leftovers!! do you want to come over for lunch??!!
SacBarb - your dinner sounded WONDERFUL!!!
I hope everyone has an excellent day!!!
:-)
Morning Merry Sunshines!!!
Zona....my much younger niecie, this is a fabulous and fun topic. Love it!!!! Let's see...guilty pleasures....hmmmm....Cherry Garcia, books by Emily Giffin, chocloate swirl cheesecake, having a pedicure, CapnCrunch, Grease, jelly beans...and the list goes on and on.........
Since most of my guilty pleasures are food...I am heading to the gym....see you later!!!
Mek - Here I go again. "While You Were Sleeping" is also a movie I love. I have watched it so many times I think I know the lines. I love the Christmas scene in it.
Goldie - I also really like the new "Father of the Bride" and its sequel. I usually don't like re-makes i.e. "Cheaper By the Dozen" doesn't come anywhere close to the original 1950 ones.
VIG - Good Morning. Isn't it a lovely day? Have fun at the gym. I love your guilty pleasures too.
Shirley - Thanks for breakfast. I will have a big fattening one today. Bacon and eggs with hashbrowns sounds great. Of course I will take the Slim Fast for lunch.
I hate to admit my guilty pleasure in movies. I love Amanda Bynes' movies. Their target audience is 11 to 15. That is why I don't usually admit to watching them. She is so sweet. I have watched "What a Girl Wants" and "Sydney White" more times than I want to say. She also has a TV show called "What I Like About You". It comes on daily on the Family Channel. I watch it each day just before I fall asleep. Now everyone can easily calculate my IQ very easily.
I am going to have breakfast, tidy my kitchen and then go see my mom. Have a great day everyone.
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Morning Glories!
Mo you little cheater you! LOL Thank you for keeping the blog up and running!
Zona great question, hmmm guilty pleasures, well shhhh, watching soaps, I have discovred when I have read a really heavy book that I actually like some of the new Chic Lit out on the stands, love many movies that my family think are dorky, and I won't even go into food it could take a whole page.
Moving really slow today. I think it maybe the fact that I need to go get some major housework done downstairs and I am putting it off until I absolutely have convinced myself that I just can't let it go any more.
Ok I am moving really I am! Where do I start?
Shirley - I forgot to mention your funny story. It started my day with a laugh. I particularly liked the last paragraph
"Better watch what you ask retired people. They have all the time in the world to think of crazy things to say."
I hope your weather calms down soon.
Mo, I'll give you one more chance to hand me that caramel latte or I'm telling Carol you cheated ... twice. Thanks for the baby congrats--just got pics via my phone so I'll see if I can get them to the computer--don't know if I'm that smart--may have to ask my daughter. LOL
Zona, I have never seen or heard of that movie--I'll have to rent it! Guilty pleasures...let's see...sitting at my craft table making cards/scrapbooking while eating chocolate and watching You've Got Mail!
Shirley, don't behave! I'll protect you from the naughty mat and birdcage!
Goldie, thanks for the baby congrats--you have one coming, too! Yea!
Tinka, I wish I lived near you for many reasons--one would be that I wouldn't have to rent movies! ;)
MEK, I know you like scrapbooking and romantic comedies--do you like chocolate, too? We could have lots of fun together!
VIG, love your guilty pleasures, too--sounds like we could hang together just fine.
LynnD, are you moving yet?? I'm not.
From area 51: Whabbear, so sorry about your work friend's son. I can't imagine how scary that it for that family.
Just_Lin, glad you survived your little quake!
Bebbi, wow, 15 pounds--good for you!!
Donna, yippee for a great opening night!
Actually, one of my guilty pleasures is this blog . . .
ZONA - I triple love that movie!!! I have the DVD and count how many times that I've watched it. I always try to catch the Doris Day/Rock Hudson movies when they are shown on tv....my favorite being Pillow Talk!!! Guilty pleasures.....I agree with Sandie. This blog is right at the top of the list!! Another one that I have, especially in the fall is snacking on candy corn mixed with dry roasted peanuts!! Tastes just like one of those yummy Salted Nut Rolls!!!
GOLDIE - Congrats on first!!! That bowl of potato salad has your name on it and I will be delivering it on Monday!!!
SHIRLEY - Your story cracked me up!!! Thanks for the chuckle!! :D
MO - Have fun with your friends tonight!! So fun to reconnect with classmates. :D
I want to thank everyone that sent well wishes for Jake. He is feeing much better.....thanks again!!!
Time to go pick Sam up from her WYSO rehearsal. I'll bbl!!
Holy crap batman.....should be can't count!!! Whateva!!
left, left, left, right, left!!!
Doo, doo, skip to my doo.....(for Eunice!!!)
left, left, left, right, left!!!
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Ok...I must confess. My other guilty pleasure is Moulin Rouge which also stars Ewan McGregor!! My favorite song from that one is Come What May. It's a very powerful song and I love it!!
And of course my other guilty pleasures involve Ewan McGregor, too!!! STAR WARS!!! I love him as the younger Ben Kanobie.
Sandie shhhhh I am still thinking about where to start....yes this blog is another guilty pleasure, she says in a whisper.
Damn! Wrote a longer post, and got FOADed!
Highlight reel:
Shirley, you absolutely CRACK ME UP! I LOVE YOU!
Zona: My favorite guilty pleasure is "Hot Bears V". Although, truth be told, there's more pleasure than guilt.
Hey Mo! Congrats on First!!
Hi Zona, I have never heard of this movie. I guess I am going to have to rent it! I liked the video, very cute!! :) My guilty movie pleasure is Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry met Sally and In Her Shoes!! I love those movies.
Goldie: Congrats on "Real" first! hehe
Hi to all who've dropped in.
Sandie: Thanks so much. :)
Shirley: From Area 51: thanks to you too. :)
Lunch (courtesy of Shirley):
Appetizer:
Beggin Strips
Main Course: Choice of:
Kibble's an' bits
Gravy Train
Fancy Choice liver
Dessert:
Milk Bone
Whabbear you forgot a beverage. How about a nice bowl of toilet water. Too funny! LMAO!!
Good afternoon everyone!
Zona, I will have to find that movie it looks good. I just finished watching a Doris Day movie "Move over Darling" with James Garner.
Mu guilty pleasure movies are "Daddy Long Legs" and Beyond the Sea". I have watched them almost as many times as mo has watched dirty dancing 283695163573485748390 lol!!!
Mo,your doing a good job owl sittig us lol!!
iteach~ happy for your good news.
Jodi, glad Jake is feeling better.
Sandi~Congrats on the new addition!
I love babies! My baby will be 40 in Dec. lol!
Lynn~ Good luck on "moving" lol!
I'm off to catch up on area 51.
LOL at LUNCH!!!
Shirley, toilet water? euwwww! I think I'll pass lol!
Whabbear! 13 years old? That is just so sad! My hear goes out to them. Keep us posted please.
I better get my "rear in gear". I may be back between my house work and baking.....
LOL@Whabbear and Shirley!!!
Thanks, Mary!! LOL@your baby is 40! I always say to my parents--what does it feel like that your baby (me) is 49?? My Dad ALWAYS says the same thing--you're that old?? LOL
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Whoopie - Bebbi got 69. It must be all that weight she lost and all the walk she has done.
I am home from my mom's lodge and I think I need a nap. I just quickly skimmed the comments for guilty pleasures. I will read the rest later.
Whabbear - I am sorry to hear about your friend's son. I do think there is something in the environment.
Sandie - I wish you lived near me too. Of course you would have full access to my videos and DVD's as do the rest of my friends and family.
I became interested in collecting tapes back in 1968 when we got our first VCR. Every year the Christmas shows would start in November getting the kids all excited and then by the middle of December when the store owners thought all presents had been bought, you couldn't find a Christmas show on TV. I started taping them and showing them to my kids during the week before the Big Night. Then suddenly they started selling the Disney movies. Well, I had to have them because they said they would be out for just a short time and then would be put back in Disney's vault. I bought every one that came out. I couldn't believe that I actually had my own copy of "Bambi." Soon other movies were being
released and I was hooked. As my collection grew I had to start getting a little strict and keeping notes about who had which videos and how long they had them. My son and Dave were the worst two for keeping them too long. I never dreamed that in such a short time videos would be obsolete and we would be changing to the DVD format. It's such a shame that all those movies will end up in the land fill. I am hanging onto them until someone comes up with a good recycling plan. In the meantime I am having fun building a DVD collection. Yes Sandie, you must move near me.
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I am off for a nap. See you in a couple of hours. Shirley, be a good girl while I am gone.
LOL Tink..walked and marched my way into a 69. Why is it I enjoy this type of 69 so much more than the "real" one???
Have a great nappy poo
Most of my guilty pleasures have to do with food!!
However, I watch MTM all the time. I can watch her episodes over and over again. I still laugh aloud and smile with glee!
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Hi Guys...hope you all are having a great Saturday...it is Saturday, right?? ;)
I just wanted to thank eveyone for the comments on the blog today. I have some 'stuff' I'm dealing with at home and haven't been able to read all of the posts, but I will by later tonight.
ITEACH: I'm extremely happy that your MRI came back clean...you have no idea how good that makes me feel.
SHIRLEY: Sorry I missed your blog. I've never really had a roommate outside of my family and Mr. Z, but I drove them all sufficiently crazy with my little indiosyncrasies over the years. One specifically..."Are you sure the door is locked?" has driven my husband to distraction, as I usually say it when we are comfy in bed.
I also cannot leave a dish in the sink...so while others are eating, I have to wash all the dishes before I can sit down and eat myself.
You wrote a great blog SHIRLEY!
Thank you all again for reading, watching and posting today. I hope you liked the video!
Maureen Congrats on being first again. Gee, I wonder how that happened? LOL
Goldie Congrats on being second****whispering "really first"****!
Zona Thank you for the blog today. Great video. I haven't seen that movie. I am not currently "addicted" but I can really get hooked into All My Children.
I feel like crap today. My throat is killing me. I'm going to go make myself some vegetable soup. It's kind of a pain in the butt, however it sounds comforting. BBL
Hi all! Just came back from a walk. I walked (all day) 13,053 steps!! wooh hoo..I think I walked off my larger than normal dinner last night. :) Also, I had eggplant and rice for dinner so I am pretty healthy today. :)
Sorry to hear you have a sore throat J/L! My son's girlfriend has one too and we just came back from walking to the drug store to get her some medicine.
Just Lin try gargling with warm salt water every hour or so. It use to work for me.
Ohhhhhh....a guilty pleasure is on t.v. right now....Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood! I have my buddy Luke here tonight and I have it on as I play with him...what a great movie and an even better book!
J/L...feel better soon. Hope your sore throat goes away. I always like lemon, honey and ginger tea when I have a sore throat....it helps!
Zona...loved this blog. So fun! Hope your family stuff and everything is okay! You have plenty mail....MS awaits you!
JUST LIN - So sorry that you have a sore throat....I won't even tell you what MR. JODI says is a cure-all for a sore throat....lmao!!! Just take it easy. Maybe sucking on a popsicle will help?!!?
ZONA - I hope you're ok....will be catching up to you when I get up for work. SWAK!!!
TINA - You know you're a ho....but I luv ya!!
ITEACH - Are you out of your freakin' mind? Christmas?!!? Nice thought, but I guess I will think more about it 3 weeks before the holiday!!!
Good night HO's....it's been a long day so I'm going to bed. I have to clock in at 4am tomorrow.
VIG - I love Ya Ya!!!! Have a great night!!
Just-Lin - Drink lot of orange juice to get that vitamin C. You had too many late nights. LOL
Bebbi - You are doing so great. You are an inspiration.
VIG - Enjoy Luke and your movie tonight.
ZonaBaby - Thanks for the fun today.
Shirley - I took an extra "Slim Fast". Was that a bad thing to do?
I am tired and heading to bed. I am going to watch "Down with Love". I also bought season two of "Happy Days", another guilty pleasure of mine. I have lots to entertain me tonight. Tomorrow my baby visits me so I am excited about that.
Sleep Tight. Love, Tinka
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Good Evening Everyone!!!
Whew, its been a LOOOOONG Day here in the Donna Jean/ Laurie Elizabeth household!
We just got home from a very fun day with some friends. Out to lunch, and then to see a local Community Play Production of "The Music Man"!
I really think DONNA JO & I are related somehow, what with her daughter being in a play this weekend, and then Miss Laurie and I attending a play!!! We have way too many similarities going on!
Anyway, I was so impressed with our local Santa Rosa Players! They have a beautiful small theatre, renovated from an old Brewery, and they kept most of the old brick walls etc, so it's still got that "old" Santa Rosa feel. The costumes were exquisite, and the singing and dancing superb! And Laurie and her little friends enjoyed themselves so much!
As for the Blog today, I can't think of a REAL "guilty" pleasure movie wise. I love to watch over and over "Lonesome Dove" with Robert Duvall, & Tommy Lee Jones, all 8 hours on a rainy day. I guess that would be a guilty pleasure, because nothing else gets done that day!
I can't believe it's been a whole week since the 2nd Annual BABBQ! It was such fun, and time just flies by! Can't wait for the next one!
Well, my lovely Owls, I am now going to catch up on the soaps I DVR'D this week (I guess that is a guilty pleasure, too), and make something for Miss Laurie and I to eat.
We have been having such a heat wave this week, I sure don't feel like cooking! They say the weather is going to break on Sunday night, I sure hope so!
Till tomorrow, Peace and Love, Donna Jean
Jodi....backatcha, backatcha!
Tinka....sweet dreams of beautiful grandbabies! Hope you have a lovely visit with your wonderful girl tomorrow!
DonnaJean..glad you and your own wonderful girl had such a good day today!
Luke wants french vanilla icecream and a play in the park, so we are off to find both.
before we head to the park....there is some quiet marching to be done here in the nest....
no one seems to be around...
so as not to bring attention...
...sneaking quietly along the ground...
...getting closer to the goal....
hop....
skip...
jump!!!!!!!!!
Woohoo...happy hundred dance!
I haven't done that in ages....this old girl has still got it!
okay, off to the park now for real!
Have a wonderful Saturday evening everyone!
Jodi: LOL at what your hubby thinks will help a sore throat..!!! I heard that before too, not sure when or where.
Vig..nice one!! Really awesome moves to 100 there! Congrats!
Okay off to bed. I hope everyone had as good a day as I did. Hugs and big Owl wing wave! Nighters.
Shirley...crap! I forgot what I wanted to say....my "roommate" has upgraded my computer....this is a good thing right?????
Yes Scirish, upgrading your computer is a good thing.
Good night everyone!
JustLin I hope that "doctor" was able to help. Lol!
Has anyone shopped out of the Lakeside Collection catalog?
I had my two oldest go through it today and circle items that they like for possible Christmas gifts.
I thought it was a pretty cool catalog for people on a budget.
It came in the mail yesterday and I just love it.
zona~ what a fun movie~ I've seen it and loved the old Doris Day movies too~ I think my guilty pleasure movie is Love Actually. My other guilty pleasure are Harliquin's...but I favor two authors. Every time one of their books comes out, I buy it and read it in a day. It's silly, but takes me far away when I need to go somewhere~
Mo~ congrats on first~
Goldie~ congrats on first~ :)~
Jodi~ I know you are but what am I? :D
iteach~ I've never heard of that catalog~
bebbi~ omg...you had me laughing at your "other" 69~
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