Let's Go To The Movies!

Hello my 3 or 4 readers! Time for you to get involved. Here's how the game goes. I will give you some of my all-time favorite underrated movie lines. Then you post a comment with one or two of yours. Easy enough? Well let's get started...

Happy Gilmore

Shooter McGavin: Stay out of my way, or you'll pay. Listen to what I say.
Happy: Why don't I just go eat some hay? I can make things out of clay, or lay by the bay, I just may! What do you say?

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

U.N. Representative: So, Mr. Evil...
Dr. Evil: It's Dr. Evil, I didn't spend six years in Evil Medical School to be called "mister," thank you very much.

Meet the Parents

Greg Focker: Oh, dear God, thank you, you are such a good God to us. A kind and gentle and accommodating God, and we thank You oh sweet, sweet Lord of hosts for the smörgåsbord You have so aptly laid at our table this day, and each day, by day, day by day, by day oh dear Lord three things we pray to love Thee more dearly, to see Thee more clearly, to follow Thee more nearly, day, by day, by day. Amen.

The Man With Two Brains

Girl: Sounds like a subdural hematoma to me.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: Oh, it does, does it? Well, it's not your job to diagnose.
Girl: But I thought...
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: You thought, you thought. Just go. Three years of nursery school and you think you know it all. Well, you're still wet behind the ears. It's not a subdural hematoma. It's *epidural*. Ha.

Come Over to the Dark Side

"Nine out of 10 people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies." -- John Q. Tullius

October 28th is National Chocolate Day. It's actually one of numerous National Chocolate Days, a concept I don't quite understand but that's what Google says...so it must be so.

In my world, just about every day is National Chocolate Day. I say "just about every" 'cause you gotta leave room for Key Lime Pie somewhere! Actually, to be more precise, it would be National Dark Chocolate Day.

Milk chocolate is OK, if you don't have a choice. Like if you're stranded on a desert island and you haven't eaten in 9 days and a plane drops a crate of milk chocolate bars on the island...you may eat the chocolate bars.

Now white chocolate -- that's a different story. I don't see the point. I really don't. If you want something white with your chocolate, have a Mounds bar. Or three.

In the last several years, there have been many innovations that cater to those of us with a sophisticated dark chocolate palette. Godiva Ice Cream, Dove Chocolates, Klondike York Peppermint Pattie Bars, just to name a few.

Besides the obvious taste benefits of dark chocolate, there are some really good health reasons to partake. So enjoy National Chocolate Day with some dark chocolate of your choice (or milk chocolate if you happen to be reading this from a desert island).

"There are four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate and chocolate truffles." -- Author Unknown

"We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corn and syrup. " -- Buddy (Will Ferrell), Elf

"There are four basic food groups: dark chocolate, dark chocolate ice cream, dark chocolate cake and dark chocolate truffles." -- Me

Florida in 3-D

(Glasses Optional)

David, Daniella, and Disney World. Sean was the big winner this past weekend as he got to spend the day at Mickey's -- scratch that -- Pooh's House to celebrate his 3rd birthday, with his favorite people outside of us (and many times I think they are favored OVER us). Oh he had his moments, thanks to minimal napping, heat, and thirst. But overall Sean, and Brian and Colin, had a great weekend because David and LaLa came to visit.

Brian, Sean, and I headed to the Orlando airport on Friday morning to pick up our rock-star visitors. Brian and Sean were excited all week (as were we), and when the moment came it was as if all was right in the world again. (Did I mention that Lot 121 is still available for purchase?) We headed back to the temporary homestead for some lunch, and then it was on to Port St. Lucie and Club McDonald Riverfront. We spent the rest of the day boating and relaxing, then capped it off with a big Oktoberfest dinner (yum). After retiring for the evening sometime after midnight, we awoke on Saturday to tackle some more boating, swimming, and grilled meats. That really is about all you need in life.

After lunch, we had a small birthday party for Sean complete with a Pooh/Tigger themed cake. I think he enjoyed it just a bit!

Sean's first round of presents included a Disney Playhouse, a remote-controlled caterpillar, a Thomas video, and some books.

We then said goodbye to Gramma and Grampa and headed back to Melbourne for an evening at the Killick ranch. I think we pretty much maxed out the accommodations, enjoying the pool, pool table, vintage 1950's Coke machine, popcorn cart, and of course the movie theatre. Did I mention we were going to Disney the next day? Somehow that must've slipped our mind as we stayed up well past midnight. Then of course, the Red Sox-Indians game went into extra innings so I ended up going to bed around 2:30. Nothing like getting 3 1/2 hours sleep before a full day at the Magic Kingdom!

Despite the minimal sleep, and the aforementioned occasional Sean meltdown, we had a great day at the Happiest Place on Earth. From Pirates of the Caribbean to the Haunted Mansion to Space Mountain (even though someone was so nervous before boarding...OK, that was me too!), it was a classic Disney experience. And it was made perfect because of our visiting family/friends, David and Daniella. For a brief couple of days, we forgot about how we're separated by almost 900 miles these days...about how we left them behind to pursue our Florida dreams. We just enjoyed their company like in the good old days. And when I say "we", I'm definitely talking about the entire Kelly family. Brian, Sean, and even Colin now that he's getting to be a big boy...they love them some David and LaLa. It's really cool to watch the unconditional love and excitement of a child, especially when it's directed toward your closest friends/family.














Of course, all good things must come to an end (or do they? Lot 121...) After enjoying one last meal together (for the time being), we drove our friends back to their hotel and said our goodbyes. It wasn't quite like the last horrific goodbye, mainly because we didn't drag out the proceedings for hours hoping that it wouldn't happen somehow. Kinda like the death row inmate waiting for a call from the governor.

It was still very sad though, but we did leave with some really great memories of a fabulous 3-D weekend -- David, Daniella, and Disney.

Now It's REALLY Official

Never let it be said that I can't admit it when I make an honest mistake. A couple of weeks ago in this space, I claimed that we were officially Florida residents when we got our driver's licenses and plates for the cars.

While I guess that is still technically true, the REAL official moment came this past Friday morning. That's when we bought our Florida Resident Season Passes for DisneyWorld! Now we can come and go as we please...as many times as we want, to any combination of the Magic Kindgom, Epcot, MGM, and Animal Kingdom. (Blackout dates apply, but they are the most crowded times when you probably wouldn't want to go anyway.)

Well come and go we did on Friday. We amortized the heck out of those passes on visit #1. Closed the Magic Kingdom down. And collected a lot of "lessons learned" for future visits. Not the least of which being "don't stay all day with 3 young boys." Oh well...live and learn. We still had a great time. I think Brian's favorite was Mickey's PhilharMagic. Sean loved him some Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. And Colin seemed to be enthralled with It's a Small World. The Haunted Mansion was probably their universal choice for least favorite attraction.

We'll be going back in a couple of weeks for Sean's birthday, and will be accompanied by some very special visitors. (I won't say who, just in case Brian or Sean are reading this.) Can't wait!