Happily Ever After Cafe discussion

Okay lets see who will play this one. You are to be locked away in a secret, hidden city for five years with only five...

5 friends
5 books
5 foods
5 CDs
5 movies

5 friends Hubby, daughter, friend for daughter to play with, I don't know who else...
5 books Hard to pick just 5 :(
Ransom, Honor's Splendour, Open Season, Unlawful Contact, Gentle Rogue
5 foods - Steak, potatoes, peaches, strawberries, peanut M&Ms
5 CDs - Eagles (their greatest hits), 70s greatest rock hits, Fleetwood Mac (greatest hits), mixed cd with hits from 90s and 00s, mix cd with hits from 50s and 60s
5 movies - Shrek, Ladyhawke, The Princess Bride, Father Goose, Always

My answers are subject to change whenever I want em to :)

5 friends: Sister, Michael, Carolyn, Kristy, Denise
5 food: ice cream, cherries, french fries, tomatoes, pizza
5 CDs: Time is Fiction by Edison Glass, Duran Duran Decade, Interpol Our Love to Admire, Two mix CDs
5 movies: I can't choose
5 books:
The Bible
Ritual Sins
Lord of Scoundrels
The Texan's Wager
Devil in Winter

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "5 friends: Sister, Michael, Carolyn, Kristy, Denise
5 food: ice cream, cherries, french fries, tomatoes, pizza
5 CDs: Time is Fiction by Edison Glass, Duran Duran Decade, Interpol Our Love to A..."

can our cities be next door to each other? I want ice cream and pizza too :)

Great topic Pamela!

5 friends - boyfriend, Anne, Lori, Elizabeth, Kari
5 foods - mac & cheese, pizza, ice cream, fried chicken, coke zero (not really a food but throwing it in there cause I'd die without it) :)
5 CD's - Soundtrack to Wicked, and Aida, and volumes 1, 2 and 3 of Glee (LOL)
5 movies - Pride & Prejudice 1995, Pride & Prejudice 2005, Avatar, Casablanca and GWTW
5 books - Pride and Prejudice, Perfect, Something Wonderful, Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night, and Married By Morning (man that was really hard!)

Would be nice to force 5 of ur fave authors to go with u :)

Then We wouldn't have to worry so much about books we could make them write continuiously for 5 yrs.

my picks would be Linda Howard, Pamela Clare, Julie Garwood, Lisa Kleypas, Lisa Marie Rice

Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "Would be nice to force 5 of ur fave authors to go with u :)

Then We wouldn't have to worry so much about books we could make them write continuiously for 5 yrs.

my picks would be Linda Howard..."

Too true, Pamela. I would choose:

Kresley Cole
Gena Showalter
J.D. Robb
Lisa Kleypas (guess we'll have to be on the same island)
Nalini Singh

I was thinking again... I know that's not necessarily a good thing. But since I decided it was a secret city I'd like to believe that it was have shops and restaurants so...

What five restaurants and what five shops do we need to include?

Got to have at least one of those fast food places...
Wendy's or Arby's
Olive Garden
Red Lobster
A really good Mexican Restaurant
A good steakhouse

shops
Well, how bout 5 bookstores? lol

5 friends - my 2 daughtrs and 3 grandkids
5 books - Ravished-The Butler Did It-Angel-Honor's Splendour-Candle in the Window
5 foods - popcorn, apples, chocolate, bread, peanut butter
5 CD's - The eagles Hotel California, CCR's greatest hits, Michale English Gospel, Elivs greatest hits, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Live On
5 movies - Dirty Dancing, Sixteen Candles, Lord Of The Rings all 3

5 authors

Jayne Ann Krentz
Christina Dodd
Patricia Briggs
Teresa Medeiros
Hannah Howell

good picks Ann :)

5 friends: my best friend, Anita; my ex (believe it or not!); my sister-in-law, Sheila (ex to one of my brothers); childhood friend, Cheryl (who I haven't seen in years); my youngest brother, Earl Ross.

5 books:
(the last two are 3:1 - but I have them each in one volume, so it counts!)

5 foods: Pizza, garlic roasted chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy, coffee ice cream, broccoli salad

5 CDs:
“What If Mozart Wrote, 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'” by Hampton String Quartet
“I Dreamed A Dream” by Susan Boyle
The Soundtrack to Forrest Gump
“Stardust” by Willie Nelson
The Soundtrack to Working Girl by Carly Simon
I was going to add Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors CD, but since I’m on the island with Pamela, I don’t have to. :)

5 movies: Finding Nemo, The Quiet Man, Rear Window, Sabrina, The Lord of the Ring trilogy.

love ur picks, Lisa Kay. I was stationed in Spain when I was in the Navy and they (restaurants in town) had the best garlic chicken ever! We (co-workers) and me would get some for our evening work shifts (12 hour cycles) and eat on it all night.

Some right about now sounds good! Let's charter a plane to Spain. :)

Another Five!


5 places you want to visit
5 famous (historical or contemporary) people you would want to dinner with
5 classes you would want to take
5 animals you’d like to be able to shape-shift into
5 superpowers you’d like to have

Places
Grand Canyon
London
Scotland
Figi Islands
Jamaica

Famous People
Mother Teresa
Eleanor Roosevelt
John Wayne
Bob Hope
William the Conqueror

Classes
Ballroom dancing
Writing for dummies
Photography
2 other literature or writing classes

Animals
Panther
Tiger
Cougar
Polar Bear
Domesticated short hair

Superpowers
Invisibility (already have it except for when someone is looking for me)
Flying
Super hearing
Super eyesight
Super speed

Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "Superpowers
Invisibility (already have it except for when someone is looking for me)"

FOFLMAO!

Pamela, I like all your answers. I may just have to do a copy and paste, LOL!

No cheating, Lisa Kay! lol

you should really take a ballroom class! it's so fun! =)

I have - and it was fun. I could use another.

Ntzee wrote: "you should really take a ballroom class! it's so fun! =)"

I will if I can lose some more weight.

5 places you want to visit
Jamacia
Ireland
Scotland
China
Japan

5 famous (historical or contemporary) people you would want to dinner with
Oprah Winfrey
Johnny Carson
Walt Disney
Lucille Ball
William the Conqueror - too irresistible, Pam!

5 classes you would want to take
photography
watercolor
romance writing
French - and really learn it!
cooking at Le Cordon Bleu in San Francisco

5 animals you’d like to be able to shape-shift into
dog
snow leopard
polar bear
eagle
dolphin

5 superpowers you’d like to have
invisibility
x-ray vision
strength
speed reading - i.e. lay hand on book and absorb its contents/knowledge
telepathy

great choices, Lisa Kay. I see a few I'd steal from you, like telepathy and Lucille Ball and watercolor. I wanted to be an artist when I was a teen. It was devastating to me to find I didn't have the talent. I'd love to get back into art though.

I have taken a several of watercolor classes and they are great. I learned so much! I almost put down the superpower of "calming people" - I can make up my own, can't I? Or maybe superhealer.

BTW, I'll go to dinner with you and yours if you want to come to mine. That way we get to eat with William twice (if we survive), LOL!

Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "Ntzee wrote: "you should really take a ballroom class! it's so fun! =)"

I will if I can lose some more weight."

I hate to share too much, but it helps your sex life too. ;)

lol, not having problems there but thanks. Hubby is 52 but thinks he a 20 yr old at times.

Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "lol, not having problems there but thanks. Hubby is 52 but thinks he a 20 yr old at times."

Nice, Pamela! :)

5 Places I want to Visit:
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Australia
Spain
:P

5 famous or historical people to eat dinner with:
Ryan Reynolds (I mean, come on! Ryan Reynolds!)
Jane Austen
Josh Groban (oh please, oh please)
Anne Curry - I think she would be so lovely to meet.
J.J. Abrams - He created two of the best shows ever to grace the television: ALIAS and FRINGE.

5 Classes I would like to take:
A Jane Austen study class
Salsa Dancing
Web Development - think it would be fun
?
?

5 animals to shape shift into
polar bear - cause they look so cuddly all white
wolf
jaguar
tiger
swan

5 superpowers
hmmm. Not sure.
I'll have to come back to that one.

Lynsey, I've been to Hawaii. I was stationed there while I was in the Navy way back in the 1980s. I was there almost 3 years and I loved it. Only problem is I got rock fever and I had to leave. But I'd love to go back and visit. My fave island is Maui that I've been to. Salsa sounds good. I wouldn't mind learning some moves.

Lisa Kay,
Have you looked into the Romance Writing class offered by Ed2Go. It's all online, relatively affordable. Not the be all, end all but it does give you some good ideas. I wish they'd come up wiht a follow up to it hosted by another author. Classes start online about every 6 weeks. check it out.

Thanks, Marijayne!

5 places you want to visit
Washington D.C.
Boston
Tahoe (countdown on...2 weeks!)
my hometown (see my family)
Utah (Bryce, Zion, Arches)

5 famous (historical or contemporary) people you would want to dinner with


5 classes you would want to take
Writing
Microsoft Office 10 (lots of changes!)
Nutrition
Cooking
Massage

5 animals you’d like to be able to shape-shift into
Cat (I want to be a lazy lump on someone's floor!)
Bird (so I can fly, see below)


5 superpowers you’d like to have
Flight
The power to make the chores do themselves (hey you didn't say it had to be a REAL superpower)
Power to pull back that email that you realized you screwed up on a millisecond after you hit the send button
power to slow down time
power to be in more than one place at a time

Sounds like superpowers to me!

I want my hubby to take a class in massage :)

me too!

A massage sounds divine right now. :)

I need a Like button!

Actually just about anything relaxing sounds good right about now. Had a crazy work week and I have two more coming up before I get to break free for vacation. Crazy clients and chaotic deadlines!

Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "Lynsey, I've been to Hawaii. I was stationed there while I was in the Navy way back in the 1980s. I was there almost 3 years and I loved it. Only problem is I got rock fever and I had to leave. But..."

Lucky you! My sister and her husband went there on their honeymoon. They loved it and didn't want to leave!

It's so beautiful there. Pictures don't do it justice.

I can certainly believe that is true, Pamela.

I've been three times, Kauaʻi, Kona, and Maui. I want to visit all eight. I love it there.

Beautiful!!!!

You are right, though, pictures don't do it justice.

Gorgeous, Lisa Kay!

How about...

Another 5
Your five favorite desserts.
Your five favorite holidays.
Your five favorite cars that you’ve owned or driven. (No lusting after allowed here!)
Your five favorite beverages.
If you could only choose five electrical appliances/machines, what would they be?

Desserts
1. Strawberry shortcake
2. German chocolate cake
3. Banana pudding
4. Texas Chocolate shealth cake
5. Pineapple upside down cake

Holidays
1. Thanksgiving
2. Christmas
3. Easter
4. My birthday (well, it SHOULD be a holiday) lol
5. Valentine's Day

Cars
1. Ford Mustang
2. Ford Explorer
3. Honda Odyssey
4. Honda Accord
5. Honda CRX

Beverages
1. Dr Pepper
2. Iced Tea
3. Jamocha Shake
4. Vanilla Shake
5. Sparkling Vanilla Cream Soda

Appliances
1. Washer
2. Dryer
3. Stove
4. Air Conditioning
5. Stereo/radio

Your five favorite desserts.
My mom's lemon meringue pie.
Coffee ice cream.
Root Beer float with vanilla ice cream.
My mom's Lemon Puff Pudding.
My friend Marilyn's "Best Cookie In the World" cookies.

Your five favorite holidays.
Thanksgiving.
Christmas.
Halloween.
4th of July.
Labor Day (usually go to the state fair!)

Your five favorite cars that you’ve owned or driven. (No lusting after allowed here!)
'68 Mustang - maroon
'80 Honda Civic - dark blue (first and only brand-new car)
'93 E320 - dark green
'71 Ford Torino - dark green
'86 Jetta - red

Your five favorite beverages.
Lemonade
Henry Weinhard's Root Beer
Chocolate malt.
Henry Weinhard's Orange soda
Henry Weinhard's Vanilla Cream soda

If you could only choose five electrical appliances/machines, what would they be?
microwave
washer
dryer
stove
stereo/radio

Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "Desserts
3. Banana pudding"

Is that the banana pudding with those little vanilla wafer cookies?

Yes!!!!! My mom makes the bestest Banana Pudding ever.