Hootin' Anni's Day Trippin'

~THURSDAY 13
HOLIDAY JUMBLED MOVIE TITLES
[here are 13 movies with the letters scrambled]
--Can you figure them out--
* * Some are multiple words

1. pcaenrr
2. hprefchltidaeetoy * *
3. lef
4. cmhhhhwttterriinolgecassso * *
5. mshhiiersttwac * *
6. lthrrsmscaacaoi * *
7. ru'eiiaotwdllfnsfe * *
8. kfacrjots * *
9. ahcntttmmrrbeoeehriissfhega * *
10. oohmaneel * *
11. titmrrsaaswtkhceknhihs * *
12. njawliglealheyt * *
13. cutnalssaa * *

{ANSWERS tomorrow]

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Okay, I'm sure just about everyone has heard about health issues and the obesity of the American population...especially the young children and teens. Sure, I can go along with that. At least for the main purpose of getting the kids away from the computer and get out and become more active.

Now my son [who's a marathoner and a 'health-food' addict] has repeatedly told me: "Mom, you should really try soy milk! It's good. And I bet you'd like it since you drink fat free milk already." I've been leary for a good many years on this subject. I never tell him otherwise tho...if it's his choice to drink soy milk, fine by me! But over and over in our phone conversations and when we're together, the subject of soy milk once again comes into focus.

Well, I noticed that there is now soy nog in the dairy section of our neighborhood grocer. Ummmmmm, ya. Okay. Soy nog! Well, I still was questioning this....soy milk? Now soy nog? Eventually I thought, "what the heck, I'll try it. I've got nothing to lose." [Sonny boy would be so proud of his ol' lady!] I bought a quart of the "Silk" brand. They can't call it Egg Nog!! Nosireebob! No eggs allowed. Hmmmmmm.

I got it home. Made sure it was chilled to an icy cold [if I had to try this stuff, I'm sure not gonna drink it if it's not ICY COLD!]. Last night then, I got a cup down from the cupboard...And I got out the nog---

"What's this stuff again? The manufacturers call this nog?" "What a misnomer that is! Ha!! Okay." :::shake, shake, shake::: "Sounds runny to me. It's sloshin' way too much here." I open the carton, and- :::sniff::: "Well, it smells like egg nog. But there's no nutmeg floating. It's gotta have nutmeg!!" [disappointment sets in now] "And....It looks kinda greenish!"


I pour. It's mighty thin in texture! I'm not sure about this, I think to myself. The aroma is a bit like the real thick, sweet, wonderful egg nog...but still leary over this experiment. I'm just not sure about this crap stuff.


At this point, while the nog is flowing quickly from the carton into my cup, I'm thinking...."Wait'll Erik hears about this!" "It's so thin!" "He won't believe me if I just tell him over the phone. "I gotta get the digital out to show him what I mean about it...it's just not the REAL kind!" So, I get out a crystal gobblet and pour what I had in my cup so he could see the green tinge and the thin liquid he expects me to like.

:::flash::: The cameras flash goes off, and I can see this isn't gonna work...I then adjust the gizzie witch on the camera functions to "no flash" and :::snap:::!! "Ya baby, NOW you can see what I'm talkin' 'bout dear son of mine!" "It's so thin, you can see through it!!" "Notice." "You can see the cupboard THROUGH the nog!" :::sip::: "Well, it tastes like nog all right; no egg nog tho! And I want the real thing, sorry." "You can have your silk and drink it too."

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Me? I'd much rather eliminate butter for my one meal and have a half cup of the genuine super-gob-sloppshish good stuff!!! You betcha.

So back to the store I go for the "Southern Comfort" EGG Nog!!!

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Do y'all watch Dancing With the Stars on ABC [American television]? I love to watch this. Altho, I have to admit that there were some years that I got so frustrated with it, I tuned it out. But, each season, I find myself coming back to watch the ballroom dancing. This guy, this year, was just amazing! And before the last two programs aired this week, hubby and I made a bet. Hey, ya gotta make tv as interesting as you can make it these days. There is a lot to be desired with ALL programming anymore. So, hubby, He was sure that Mel B and her dancing partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy would take the trophy; I was positive [secretly hoping] that Helio would win. Did I mention how good he was?!!


All I can say is: "Thanks Helio"! I won a buck. "And each time I get a stick of Wrigley's Cinnamon gum, I'll think of you." [can't buy much more than a pack o' gum with a dollar y'know.]

NEW YORK (Reuters) © 2007- Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves beat out English pop singer Melanie Brown on Tuesday to win "Dancing with the Stars," America's most popular television show that pits celebrities' ballroom dancing skills.