It's Chocolates and a Movie Day!!

                       {All photos link back to their source in this post} 
       It's FRIDAY!!!...Phew!! I thought the end of this week would never come!! Don't get me wrong, the week  started off perfectly fine last Friday. There was the event for the Poet Emily Dickinson, the 'walk around the town' of Amherst; and hubby's bus trip to New York. I had also gotten my 'Oprah Magazine' in the mail, and finished my book, To Kill A Mockingbird!
     So who knew that, after all of those good things, it would all go downhill?! And it only took two things to do it too: A giant black monster spider in the house, and an "Unwanted visitor"...*Ladies, you know who I mean!*...I hadn't seen that "visitor" for about 6 months!...UGH!!
    So, I feel like this week, starting today, needs a good jump-start. The kind of jump-start that might make the WHOLE week be good! So that means it's Chocolates and a Movie Day!! :-)
     Usually I give you a list of movies that I think are good. Today, feeling like a 'drama Queen' myself...*hormones!*...I felt that only one movie was necessary.....Gone With The Wind!!

      Now, if you want to experience the mood of Gone With The Wind, you should click HERE and listen to the theme music and see a great photo montage of the movie...I'll tell you what it's about. But first, you need some chocolate to keep your mouth busy while your ears and eyes are occupied. ^_^ Here's some Chocolate fudge, for the candy lovers.

       And some shortbread cookies for the cookie lovers!

       Oh yeah! And just so you can feel dressed in the mood too, here's some earrings for you ladies to wear! :-)

      Okay, now we're ready!! :-))
       Gone With The Wind is about a real 'drama Queen' with a heart of.....Well, I'll let you figure that out for yourself!! :-)) Her name is Scarlett O'Hara. In the beginning of the movie you quickly find that she's in love with the dashing Ashley Wilkes. I mean she's IN LOVE yall!!
       But she becomes devastated when Ashley announces that he plans to marry her cousin Melanie!...*Oop! There it is!!!*...She pleads with Ashley to marry her instead, but....
     .....on the first day of the Civil War, she meets the handsome and unpredictable Rhett Butler. A man who matches wits with her, and matches her strength of character.
      Wait a minute! I didn't get any chocolate for myself!!!...I need something with some chocolate and pecans....*Pecans is a Georgia specialty! And that's the setting of Gone With The Wind!!*...

        It was either these, or some potato chips dipped in chocolate....just saying!!! LOL

           Okay, back to the movie....Now, Rhett Butler changes the course of Scarlett's life. Ooooo! So many things happen in this movie!!...By the way, did I tell you that this movie is really long, almost like a mini-series?! But no worries, I think it'll keep your attention alright! :-))
     The backdrop of this movie is the Civil War between the North and the South. During this time Scarlett is trying to keep hold of her family's plantation, Tara. And despite hunger, and the burning of Atlanta, Scarlett survives the war and its aftermath.
    This movie is a complex blend of intrigue, a love story, a drama in parts, a comedy in parts, an adventure in parts, and a surprise and thought-provoking ending!...And interestingly, a TV mini-series (6 hours long) loosely based on this old classic was made in 1994.

       It kind of follows the story line of the original movie by taking you on a journey of what happened next!...The series was filmed at 53 locations in the United States and abroad, and starred Joanne Whalley as Scarlett O'Hara, Timothy Dalton as Rhett Butler, and Sean Bean as Lord Richard Fenton, as well as many other notable British and American actors...It was a long time ago that I saw it, but my memory is that it lived up to the hype!! I thoroughly enjoyed it!
      So, there you go! I hope this jump-starts a good week for you all...and ME! I could sure use one at this point!...Have a good weekend everybody!! :-)


Chocolate

A snow storm on the way,
finding out you're hard in debt.
Somehow it's not so bad,
if you have melted chocolate!

Bad news everywhere,
want to throw your T.V. set.
Thankfully there's music
and some deep dark chocolate!

Doggie had an accident,
another long trip to the vet.
A waiting room with lots to read,
but you can nibble chocolate.

Grocery shopping too.
While you run in their to get
dinner for the evening
you can grab some chocolate!

Okay, you know what's coming.
Are you sick of this poem yet?!
If you are, just roll your eyes,
and sit and eat some chocolate!