Showing posts with label dark chocolate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dark chocolate. Show all posts

Saturday, January 24, 2026

grit and hot chocolate

Those are two separate things, by the way.
It's not like I had any grit in my hot chocolate, right?
That would be nasty!
I certainly don't want to cast any aspersions on the maker of the basis of my hot cocoa, as they have a superb product for that drink.
 
All I need is a cup of Silk Dark Chocolate Almond Milk, heated to the perfect degree of sipping warmth, and it's totally satisfying!
That's what I told my first niece when I sent her this photo a moment ago.
Knowing I would be texting her, I specially chose this 'Superhero Miyah' mug, a happy memory of a warm day with her and the littlest girl.
Yes, thoughts of that July day always bring a smile!
(smile!)
What else had I done that brought a smile?
I found a movie on GRIT TV that I'd never seen and, as a bonus, one that starred two men I find quite attractive.
It's a Western, of course, from 1984, so I was surprised that I'd missed seeing "Draw!" on television.
Then I remembered: I didn't have a TV in my little 1-bedroom apartment in the Imperial Beach area of San Diego! 
Hahahaha!
Kirk Douglas was playing cards in Bell City and ran afoul of a man who lost a lot of money to him, leading to a gunfight with several shot and the sheriff dead.
Oops!
The townspeople hire a former gunslinger, James Coburn, to take on the cardshark, but there's a problem: that gunslinger is a drunkard now.
Plus, the cardshark is holed up with the woman who came to his rescue when he was shot by the sheriff, so what to do with her?
I very much enjoyed the movie!!!
So many comedic moments, as well as romantic turns!!!
I'm sure Daddy would have loved this movie.
I'll have to ask Bonnie about it sometime.
I'm sure they would have watched it together. 
(smile!)

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

candygram!

And when you open the door, it's a shark! Remember those SNL skits with Chevy Chase as the Land Shark? They aired in the mid-1970's after "Jaws" made the ocean a scary place to stick a toe in.
Well this post is not about that. Nope. This deals strictly with actual candy, lovely bits of dark chocolate, this time with raspberry swirls, wrapped in shiny foil with a hidden message. I think of them as fortune chocolates! I had stayed away from them for some time, but I'm again indulging in their rich delight... yum!
So, here are the fortunes received the past few weeks.

Smiling is free. (It also releases endorphins and elevates your mood. try it right now. I'll wait.)

Happiness looks great on you. (See above.)

You have a great laugh! (Definitely a favorite and I've had this fortune several times.)

Be a little naughty with your nice. (But don't let Santa know!)

Be playful with your love. (A sense of humor is so very important and doesn't get the airplay of external appearances.)

Live well, laugh often, and love much. ("L" words are liberating!)

You are exactly where you are supposed to be. (Even if you're lost... which I am so very often.)

Tempt your sense of exploration. (See above.)

You're delicious. (Even though I'm not covered in chocolate?)

Take this moment. Enjoy it. (Meaning, of course, savor that chocolate and let it melt eversoslowly in your mouth. Yum...)

Relaxation by chocolate. (See above.)