Something About Nothing ... #12

[keishashadow]

lynne - but the middles are sooo good, come to dark side. ever have a chocolate covered one?

Bag0 - I rarely turn down candy but not fond of coffee/mocha flavored chocolate or that type of flavored kcups When feeling decadent will glady add some baileys or frangellico to my java

something about truffle texture that puts me off. More of a snickers or chocolate covered nuts/raisin sort.

fine, now the leftover xmas candy is starting to call me. Can't wait until the boys polish it off, my will power is wavering lol

 

[BagOLaughs]

haha, don't get Keisha on a sweet triffle. She and Schumi don't see eye to eye on an oreo one

Uh oh, didn't want to re-open any old disagreements I'm an odd duck, I always love the Turkish delight sweets when you have a selection box. YUM!

 

[Lynne G]

Ahh BagO and Keisha, yep, not much candy I don't like. Chocolate plain is mostly my favorite. Happily, all our Christmas candy is gone. Everywhere there's valentine stuff though. And Turkish Delights are one of my DH's favorites. He calls them loukoumi. I only buy them around Christmas. And with that, I'm on the hunt for candy too Keisha. Goes well with my tea, though I favor shortbread cookies with tea most of the time.

 

[schumigirl]

No disagreements from us about trifle..........

Rachel......Cadbury need to go back to the original creme egg........big hooha about it now.......it sucks! I actually felt a bit sorry for the girl trying to defend the new one and us only getting 5 in a box......lol.....Ever since Kraft came on board it's definitely not the same chocolate.......I miss the good stuff!!! It's probably the one thing I don't like in America.......the chocolate........except for the American version of Milky Way.......that is lush!!! Galaxy and Lindt are our choices now........and we adored Cadbury.......

I hate coffee flavoured things too Janet........adore Baileys though.........



My friend brought round carrot cake today....... I hate carrot cake........think she did it deliberately so she could eat it all........lol.......I had made some petticoat tails type shortbread earlier, so I had that. I don't get carrot cake.......

Doing chicken in spicy bbq sauce with red peppers served with roasted diced sweet potatoes.........DS wants Mac and cheese, so made that earlier for him........I may or may not have eaten a little!

Off to buy a couple of books for the kindle.......I really wasn't sure I would like it.....and I don`t.

 

[BagOLaughs]

I'll pass on the message Shumi but I don't think the business will listen to a lowly engineer like me. haha. I still love our chocolate, seeing it made is brilliant, although just because I work for the company doesn't mean I won't buy other chocolate brands. Lindt is one of my faves.

Save me some of that BBQ chicken tho that sounds really scrummy!

One of the foods I love to buy from America is the rice crispy cakes. I don't know what you guys put in them but they taste amazing!!!

I've booked my wedding dress appointment today for the end of Feb, yey. but I'll have to cut down on the chocolate and sweets hehe.

 

[schumigirl]

Think the public are passing the message on by not buying them anymore, such a shame.....hard to beat a good old simple bar of Dairy Milk........but I agree Lindt is gorgeous...........

Oh wedding dress fittings.......I loved that!!! Fun!

 

[Robo56]

Afternoon all Having a little cold snap in Florida. The high today only supposed to be 64. I will take that considering what I have read here.

Had my coffee today Lynne. Nothing like it to get the engines running.

Keisha I love Oreos. They are one of those cookies that when you start dunking them in milk and eating them you looked down at the bag after awhile and wonder where did all those cookies go they are a infrequent guilty pleasure.

BagOLaughs what happens to the reject candy in your chocolate plant? Was visiting family up in Merriville Indiana before Christmas and went to the Albanese Candy Factory. They they make all kinds of candy, but are known for their gummy bears. They had gummy bears with slight imperfections that they were selling at a big discount.

Have a great evening everyone.

 

[schumigirl]

Rachel.....bbq chicken was lush! Bit odd having a bit of creamy Mac an cheese on the side tho........couldn't be bothered making sweet potato after all.........

Watching the new Griswold Vacation movie.........it's ok........

but, hey Chris Hemsworth is in it ..........how bad can it be

 

[TaylorsDad]

Hey All, thinking of making a spur of the moment trip this Sunday for 3 or 4 days at the Darkside. What has the crowd level and weather been like in Orlando? Just trying to decide if its really a good time to go or not

 

[macraven]

Hey All, thinking of making a spur of the moment trip this Sunday for 3 or 4 days at the Darkside. What has the crowd level and weather been like in Orlando? Just trying to decide if its really a good time to go or not

. Hey homie!
Good to see you again

I think spur of the moment are fabulous trips
I've been watching the weather for Orlando and it is up and down lately

Haven't read much on crowd issues in threads but think MLK for Monday holiday could up the attendance some

 

[BagOLaughs]

BagOLaughs what happens to the reject candy in your chocolate plant?

Some of it goes to a 3rd party company who sells it as imperfections (I have no idea where though! ) some of it gets recycled because you can melt chocolate back down and mould it again. Anything left goes for animal feed, believe it or not. Nothing goes to landfill which is pretty sweet. Hehe... puns.

I've visited on of the candy plants we have in the north of England and that amazing too. But smells super sweet! Haha.

Rachel.....bbq chicken was lush! Bit odd having a bit of creamy Mac

Ohh so jealous. I had a dull old ready meals last night. Didn't have time to cook but totally self inflicted.

I forgot my house keys and so had to track up to my partners place of work and get his.

There is snow here this morning! OK it's more like a tiny sprinkling but I love snow. Forgot to mention I was in Finland last week for 7 nights. Now that was snow! And so so cold. -31 deg C wow!!

 

[schumigirl]

Hey All, thinking of making a spur of the moment trip this Sunday for 3 or 4 days at the Darkside. What has the crowd level and weather been like in Orlando? Just trying to decide if its really a good time to go or not

Hey........nice to see ya post again.....been a while........go for it! Two of our friends arrive in Orlando today.......they're expecting mixed weather but mainly decent........have a great trip if you do go.........

Ohh so jealous. I had a dull old ready meals last night. Didn't have time to cook but totally self inflicted.

I forgot my house keys and so had to track up to my partners place of work and get his.

There is snow here this morning! OK it's more like a tiny sprinkling but I love snow. Forgot to mention I was in Finland last week for 7 nights. Now that was snow! And so so cold. -31 deg C wow!!

We have heavy rain again today....bit of snow through it this morning.......think up in the NE had some snow last night too.......it'll work its way down eventually.......Finland.....oh they are cold!!! I made the mistake of going to Norway and Sweden in winter many years ago.......stuck to the summer after that visit.......wasn't much warmer then either......lol......beautiful countries......but couldn't live there.......


Would like to wish our wonderful son a very today.........we couldn't be more proud of him and the amazing young man he is........ He's in University all day today.........presents and cards when he gets home......

If rain goes off will head out to shops for a while.........Happy Thursday..........

 

[Lynne G]

A big Happy Birthday to Schumi's DS Kyle!
Hope the rain lets up for you Schumi. We will be having a rainy week-end, as thankfully the nor'easter that's coming up the coast is bringing some warmer air. Just north and west of us will get quite a bit of snow. Flurries today though, it's still below freezing, but at least the wind has died down.

Oh, and TaylorsDad - I say go for it too, even in some rain, there's still stuff to do. And, it's gotta be warmer than where I am. LOL

BagO - so exciting the dress hunt next month.

Robo - good to hear you are enjoying your coffee. I hope you are feeling well, and have all your energy back.

And, since it's still cold here:

I need my cup of tea this Thursday morning.

Mac, I'm sure your up already.

Have a great day all!

 

[schumigirl]

Gutted to hear Alan Rickman has died........another true gent gone from us

 

[BagOLaughs]

Ah no! I've only just found out. How sad

 

[schumigirl]

He was Amazing in Die Hard, as Sheriff of Nottingham, Glaxy Quest and of course Snape.

Loved him in Sense and Sensibilty and Barchester Chronicles many moons ago........He was also tremendous in a little known film called Blow Dry........so funny.........

Again, another celebrity who didn't live their entire life in the limelight and crave public adoration for everything.......he will certainly be hugely missed. Not just for that hypnotic voice..........so very sad.

 

[Bluer101]

Truly a great actor, don't forget robin hood.

 

[schumigirl]

Truly a great actor, don't forget robin hood.

I didn't........He was Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood.........one of my favourites......we only watched it about two weeks ago.........

He was a great actor..........

 

[BagOLaughs]

If you've seen the movie, he's really funny in Dogma. It wasn't a great movie but Alan, as usual, stole every scene he was in.

Its such a shock to me, I would never have guessed he was unwell. Which is good really, he obviously liked his privacy.

 

[keishashadow]

He was Amazing in Die Hard, as Sheriff of Nottingham, Glaxy Quest and of course Snape.

Loved him in Sense and Sensibilty and Barchester Chronicles many moons ago........He was also tremendous in a little known film called Blow Dry........so funny.........

Again, another celebrity who didn't live their entire life in the limelight and crave public adoration for everything.......he will certainly be hugely missed. Not just for that hypnotic voice..........so very sad.

so sad to hear, such a diverse actor and imo 'stole' the HP movies. RIP Professor Snape. What is it about January that seems to always bring so much death notices?

doing a 180, happy happy to Kyle!!!

bago - how did i miss you will soon be a blushing bride! when is the big day? what style dress do are you leaning towards? since you're in the chocolate biz, have you ever been to Epcot during F&W, the Ghiradelli chocolate sculputures are amazing...as is the candy. Always have an emergency bag of it on hand lol.

robo good to hear you are making progress in your recovery.

I will be making my 2nd pot of soup this week today, nothing better when the deep freeze hits. stay warm all