- Doug
- Found BB Bats after many years … childhood nostalgia
- a Lizzi birthday drawing
- I found some hell dollars (from the closet cleaning) after being reminded of them from Michelle’s post a few weeks ago.
- the ocean is still fresh in my mind
- Remember Murray the taxidermied rooster that my neph wanted for his birthday? He is settling in nicely with plenty of bling.
- Happy accident . I was updating my friends blog (not done yet) and accidentally downloaded photos I didn’t need.
- Lots of them.
- “Operation Meet the Brit” is coming up soon!
- I have managed to avoid updating the “unsticking project” because I am being willful and self-pitying and not moving on something I really need to commit to. Whew! Dodged that bullet.
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What are BB Bats?
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They are flavored taffy pops! They aren’t even all that good but I just remembered them from childhood. The banana ones actually smell a bit like WD40.
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I use to eat these when I was a kid…..I think a kid’s taste is quite different with this type of thing once they grow up. (back then…when we hardly had two pennies to rub together…if it tasted like cardboard, I probably would not have noticed since it was labeled as candy! 🙂
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You speak the truth! I was just saying that about these this morning! It didnt matter if we were being told it was candy. Like those sugar dots on paper … you ate half the paper with them! Yet they were still a favorite!
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Hi Ivy–great post as always; like the bling on the bird, love the beach! (Not sure if I mentioned this is the old Valida, moved…) Looking forward to next 6-Sentence cue!!
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Operation Meet the Brit sounds like it’s going to be epic. Have fun all.
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And the ocean…enough said.
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the ocean…yesssssssssss……
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OMG…I ate BB Bats as a kid all the time…❤️ Doug
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Dougie says thanks! ❤
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Z – posts like this go great with the first cup of coffee of the day. Sunlight is stretching through the half opened blinds not even minding the sheers pretending to hold it back. And first up? “Short and Sweet”. Thanks 🙂
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I like the easy reading sat. am before work…
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Those sticky pops. I loved the chocolate best. Doug sure has springs on his legs in the video. Looking forward to “Operation Meet the Brit” and the N’oreasters as well.
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Me too , Val… looking forward to meeting all you guys in real time….
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A lovely collection of thankfuls! Hi Doug! To say he looks fluffy is an understatement! xox jean 🙂
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the fluff is just that…. fluff and cover… he is quite bald…
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Are those BB bats kind of a molasses type toffee? I think I remember occasionally finding them in my Halloween haul as a kid.
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I dont think there is anything that good in them!!!! I do remember them with Smarties… the cheap candy haul… thats why we had em!!!!
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(nearly) everything that I admire in dogs, and hold as a goal in my own personal development (as a person) is illustrated in your video.
if I could spend 1/10 of my day with such guile-less abandon and simple enjoyment, I would totally do it.
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I hear ya. Doug spends about 1/10 that way and the other 90% is asleep!
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Loved all your pictures…made me smile..Thanks..
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YW! TY!
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I LOOOOOVE BB BATS!!! I used to get them from the dime store when I bought penny candy. What are your favorite flavors? I love banana, vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. There’s some other flavor that I don’t like.
Doug’s all out run is adorkable. Those ears!
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There is another flavor!? DIdnt know that! Adorkable, yes!
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What a happy run Doug has!
Your #10 made me smile. I’ve felt like that before. Hang in there.
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Doug is as Dyanne says, ” adorkable!” Re #10, Im hoping I can move on it soon!
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Your post made me smile – especially the blinged stuffed rooster! 😉
I’m sure “Operation Meet The Brit” will be a big success! Having followed Lizzi for a few months now, I’m certain she’s a riot!
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Murray the rooster … I still cant believe it….
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Keep avoiding that bullet! And YAY to OMB working so well (relatively speaking) and THANK YOU for your huge part in it.
Glad for Doug and Beach and Hell dollars(?)
If you have WD40-flavoured lollipops, then I’ll tell you now that anything ‘wintergreen’ flavoured smells like a muscle rub called Deep Heat.
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Here its called Bengay muscle rub
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Sounds worse than here’s name for it 🙂
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My all time favorite Doug video! 😊 Dodging bullets is a blessing, even if only temporarily. Sometimes we just need a bit more time to wrap our minds around things first.
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MINE TOO!
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I just need to say as many times as I can on as many platforms as I can that I AM VERY UNHAPPY I CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE OCNJ MEETUP WITH THE BRIT! Dammit. Just dammit.
I will also say again that I absolutely covet the place where you live and the next time I threaten to run away from home, I’m coming to you. I’ll bring BBBats – I know where to get them!
And Doug running – so cool.
Not sure if the dodging a bullet is a good thing or a bad thing, but know that I think of your unsticking and hope that all continues to … unstick.
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Come up to the house anytime… I just worry you will be dissappointed… Its not all that and a bag o chips… its just all that!
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I like willful people.
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Whew!!!
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A Taxidermy rooster — Does the Bloggess know you exist because you’d be best friends already?
Murray needs to meet Rory. Google #WhereIsRory
Do it.
xo
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So I looked and found minimal… am I missing something? Is Rory a Racoon?
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I think you recognizing that you are avoiding the unsticking project means you are unsticking. My deep thought of the day, lol.
Doug running. Could watch that all day!
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Very deep and I DO hope you’re correct!
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Love that little woolly cloud aka Doug 🙂 Is the video recent? He seems pretty fit! Taxidermied animals are somehow creepy, the rooster definitely is!! Love you picture of the ocean.. Need to find a way to a beach vacation some day! Enjoy your week, Ivy!
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Thank you for the joyful moment of watching Doug run. 🙂 Well, either my memory is going (could be) or I’m just way to old, but I don’t recall seeing or having BB Bats. I wonder if the Vermont Country Store sells them. I know there was some kind of a taffy like candy shaped similarly, but I’m pretty sure it didn’t have that name. It could be that it was the same thing but sold by a different name in this area. I became aware of things being identical, but marketed by different names in different areas quite a few years ago. That in itself is kind of an interesting marketing concept.
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