Godiva For Breakfast -or- I love you Snormy & Shayna

[tatertot]

This morning the postman came by with a package for me! Inside was a gorgeous box of Godiva chocolates from my two favorite lovebirds, Shayna & Spiny Norman. Usually, I would just thank them privately, but I wanted to take a minute to celebrate the love the two of them have found for each other and to thank them for giving me so much more than I'll ever be able to repay.

There is no happiness quite like finding out that two people whom you love have fallen in love with each other. In a strange way, I feel like their joy is my joy, too and knowing that two people I hold close to my heart will be there to comfort and protect each other makes the world seem like a safer place.

Jill, in the last few months you've become like the big sister I never had. Who else would send me the infamous pictures and listen to my crackpot theories and make me feel like I'm not crazy? We've shared so much sorrow, and now we're sharing the best times of our lives. And there will be so much more to come!

Thomas, I hope you know how very much you mean to me. You helped me find the peace and happiness I have today. When I needed it, you let me be just Tracy and rediscover the strength I forgot I had. I admire and adore you and if I had some small part in helping you find love, I will have repaid some small part of the debt of gratitude that I owe you.

The love you two share is a beautiful and wonderous thing. I am so very glad you two found each other, and your love will light up the lives of everyone who love you. And the ones you loved you, who haved passed before, are smiling down on you from Heaven and blessing your union everyday.

Thank you again, not just for the chocolates, but for allowing me to share in your joy.

Love you!

Tracy

[JavaMaven1]

Chocolate. Breakfast of Champions. (There is good reason it was named "drink of the gods"--Theobroma)

With Shayna & Spiny Norman, I have to say that it couldn't have happened to two better people. I'm hoping that I'll get to meet them when S.Norman comes to town in a few weeks, because it does give me the warm fuzzies to see such a lovely couple happy and in love.

[evilbeth]

So...chocolate is the standard reward for hooking up posters who fall madly in love with each other, hmm?

Well, I'll just be watching my mailbox, Ms. tatertot!

[tatertot]

Who ya gonna hook me up with, Ms. Bethie? I could really use a WBOCN right now.

[Spiny Norman]

tater, you're so very welcome.

Anyone who'd been briefing my wonderful Jill sufficiently that she didn't drop-kick me overboard from the infamous Amsterdam canal boat would be entitled to a small token of gratitude.

If I ever gave you any advice worth listening to, it was because you were ready to hear it, not because I had anything profound to say. So there.

Love you right back, tater.

S. Norman

BTW: They've got a new rollercoaster at the Dom this year. When are you visiting me ?

[tatertot]

Will they be having a Dom in September? I'll stay in a hotel this time.

Oh, and Shayna Love, there is one thing I must insist on...I get to get upside down with Snormy, it's tradition! You may feel free to ride the TOWER OF DEATH with him, however.

[evilbeth]

Originally posted by tatertot
Who ya gonna hook me up with, Ms. Bethie? I could really use a WBOCN right now.

Well, whoever he is, I'll make sure I get one who is mighty charming when intoxicated!

[tatertot]

That would be a plus, considering the problems I've had with intoxicated people in the past.

And I'd just like to state that my offer still stands to hook any and all askers up with the loves of their lives. As you can see, I am quite good at it, and all I ask is that I get to plan the stag party.

[evilbeth]

Originally posted by tatertot
As you can see, I am quite good at it,

I don't think I'm so bad myself!

[Coldfire]

Originally posted by Spiny Norman
Anyone who'd been briefing my wonderful Jill sufficiently that she didn't drop-kick me overboard from the infamous Amsterdam canal boat would be entitled to a small token of gratitude.

That's why they installed the plexiglass covers on these boats. Many an overambitious kisser used to find his way into the canals in the old days.

What, Shayna was briefed? This was all a set-up? taters, you evil schemin' wench! Well, not really, of course. Looks like you and me got some planning to do! Will the "Heeeeeeeeeeeeey baby! Hoo! Ah!" song do as a basis for the wedding anthem?

[London_Calling]

The Summer of Love, Part Two.

Get a grip and pass the bucket, Coldie. I can’t deal with this

Call me old fashioned but what happened to the days when men were (drinking) men and women were grateful once a week ??

Yours, curmudgeonly of London.

[tatertot]

Of course this was a set-up you silly Clog-wearin' goose! And as Best Woman, I get to plan the Stag Party; you, my Cheesy Poof get to organise the Bridal Shower. Hope you know a good caterer.

Bwahahahaha!

Hey Baby will most certainly NOT do as a wedding song, doofus. It will be played at the aforementioned stag party, since it's mine and the Viking's song. We'll play the entire soundtrack from Molly Malone's!

There are some that have their doubts about yours truly hosting a kick-ass stag party, so this will have to be the party to end all parties! Too bad members of the Bridal party aren't invited...;-)

Heh, this is great, chocolates, love and an opportunity to tease Coldie all on the same day.

I am the luckiest woman alive, I tell ya!

[TwistofFate]

Do I really have to say how happy I am for these two?
Ouch!! put the Cattle prod away tater!!

Just Kidding!

Seriously, I am really happy for them. They both deserve every joy that love could bring.

That, and Shayna posed with her head in my lap. how cool is that!!

[tatertot]

It's not as cool as what Snormy will be getting!

And you be good, or no woman-hunting for you.

[Falcon]

Originally posted by tatertot
And I'd just like to state that my offer still stands to hook any and all askers up with the loves of their lives. As you can see, I am quite good at it, and all I ask is that I get to plan the stag party.

So tatertot.....what's yer going rate to set someone up? Should I send over another box of chocolate?

And congrats again to Spiny and Shayna.

[Odieman]

OK Tater I'm ready for stage two of your three stage plan... eels some more money off the roll and slides it under the table;.

Keith

P.S. Beth better hook you up with a man of refined tastes who can appreciate the finer things in life...like Guinness....

[tatertot]

For the chocolate...still appreciate the friendship.

Right now I'm just savoring this incredible cappicino-flavored truffle thingy with a sugary shell. Oh my god! I think I've discovered something better than CANOOKIE. I can't concentrate on anything else, the box keeps calling me back...and now the kids hate me because I won't share and I made them eat stale Halloween candy instead. Mmmmmmmm.

Falc and Odie, first sign this simple waiver and contract stating *I* get to throw any stag parties, and I'll be glad to hook ya up.

Oh, and Odie, if I got a man who drinks Guinness, he'd be drinking all my beer! Can't have that!

[Falcon]

*pictures Tater in a chocolate coma....*

And of COURSE the kids get Halloween candy instead! You have to work up to being able to handle Godiva. It takes YEARS of practice! (Just trying to make you feel less guilty. Is it working? )

And here. *hands over signed contract*

[Shayna]

Tracy, my sweet, wonderful friend, you are so welcome for the chocolates. It was the very least we could do in return for the profound happiness you helped bring into our lives.

I have never been happier. Ever. You were so right about him and I am so grateful that I listened with an open heart. That he loves me, too, is such an amazing thing.

You should've seen how my face lit up and I literally JUMPED off the couch at Coldy's and threw my arms around Thomas the first time I laid eyes on him when he walked through the door, all sexy and hot in his leathers - mmmmmmm MMMMM! But who knew then that that gorgeous hunk of man was also the most incredibly loving and romantic man I've ever known.

I have yet to wake up a single morning and not find a beautiful love letter in my mailbox. He translates Danish love songs for me. He even sings me lullabies when I'm drifting off to sleep. <sigh> He is kind, loving, thoughtful, supportive, generous, funny, charming, and a million other adjectives that I could fill this screen with. He is everything I could have ever dreamed of (and many things I never dared dream were even possible).

So thank you, for all you've done for me - no, for us. Somehow chocolates and (uhm) pictures hardly seem adequate recompense for the love that's filling my heart and soul right now.

And Jasper, be expecting a small token from us, as well, for your part in bringing us together. But it will be a few weeks until you receive it. We've decided to pick something out for you together when he's here in 2 weeks.

Thomas, I love you from the depths and breadth of my soul, now and forever. Thank you for the gift of your love. I promise to cherish and protect it always.

Thank you everyone else for your love and support. I'll come back and reply individually when I get to work. As it is, I'm running terribly late now.

*HUGS* all around!

________________________________
I'm the luckiest woman in the world!
Click here to find out why.
Jeg elsker dig, Thomas

[Coldfire]

Ooooh!! Oooh!!! A gift!

I want the Official Ducati Factory Racing Team Leather Overalls!!
That way, I'll impress my instructor when I show up for my first bike lesson. Plus, you'd have TWO gorgeous men in leather.

But a box of chocolates will do fine as well, of course.

[Odieman]

:reads contract before signing it: Soul...soul, I'm white I don't have any soul...I guess I will let her have it....:signs in big loopy messy handwriting:

Keith

[Pandora]

Pandora (who has nothing to lose at this point)
happily signs her waivers and applications for Tater's long distance match making service.

I also wish Shayna and Spiny Norman all happiness
It's so nice when good things happen to good people.

-pandora

[ruadh]

Originally posted by tatertot
And I'd just like to state that my offer still stands to hook any and all askers up with the loves of their lives. As you can see, I am quite good at it

Yeah, but you haven't tried to fix me up yet - now that would be an achievement!

[tatertot]

Was some sort of dark chocolate thingy with an apricot and creme filling. Yummy. Plus, I think the apricot has some vitamin C in it, which makes it much healthier than my usual breakfast of coffee coffee coffee.

I will be thanking Thomas and Jill daily until the chocolates run out, which should be sometime tomorrow.

Shayna & Snormy, as much as I'd like to take credit for bringing the two of you together, all I did was tell you two the truth about each other. You did all the hard work of being adorable and irrisistable.

And Jasper, be expecting a small token from us, as well, for your part in bringing us together.

I think you oughta buy him a friend for Poofy...I heard she's lonely. God, I love that pig, she's brought so much joy into my little life. Plus, that way you can make Snormy ask if they have one in the box, that's always fun.

Odie, thanks for the soul, I'll start looking tonight.

Pandora, what sort of guy are you looking for? I'm all out of Danes, but I'm sure we can find you something just as good. A Swede perhaps?

Ruadh, bwahahahahaha, missy! You do know I'm making a little trip to Dublin in June, right? I'm sure in between giving Cubby pointers on picking up wimmins, I can find the time to set you up on blind date after blind date. :::evil cackle:::

[Spiny Norman]

tater, not even for you (let alone for Cloggie) am I entering that store to ask for inflatable animals again. No way. Never. Buying Godivas is one thing, entering stores that prominently display teddybears in full bondage gear is quite another. Nope. Won't happen. We'll have to find osmething a little more refined for Jasper, and that's that.

But still, I thank you for pointing my beloved Jill in my direction.

I most certainly recall entering Coldie's living room and have this amazingly beautiful redhead launch herself at me. And I remember a lot of not-so-discreet maneuvering to sit next to her as often as possible over the next days, the looks across crowded rooms - sigh. Most of all, I recall the kiss on the canal boat - how what was complicated 1 second ago just became so very simple.

Jill, my love, I'll hold you again, soon. I so miss you.

S. Norman

[Coldfire]

Poofy ain't lonely, taters. As a matter of fact, she got a good seeing to last n... errr. Heh. I bathed her last night, yeah, that's the ticket.
_{Well, I had to bathe her eventually, so technically, I'm not lying.}

ruadh, my dear: a lady as charming as yourself doesn't need a matchmaker!¹ But then, if you're the lazy type, I'm sure taters will sort you out as well.

[/quote]¹ = By no means am I suggesting that the lovely Jill did need a matchmaker. I'm not so sure about Thomas, though.

[Coldfire]

Originally posted by Spiny Norman
how what was complicated 1 second ago just became so very simple.

Gotta hand it to you: well put. That's exactly what it's like. 'Course, it's been a while since I myself had one of those "first contacts", but still. I have the memory of an elephant.

[Spiny Norman]

Originally posted by Coldfire
Ooooh!! Oooh!!! A gift!

I want the Official Ducati Factory Racing Team Leather Overalls!!
That way, I'll impress my instructor when I show up for my first bike lesson.

Coldie, that picture is SO wrong. You standing there in full racing apparel with kneesliders and the aerodynamic humpback, wearing your cool Ray Bans, while the instructor rolls out a battered, bruised and dented, mainly blue, throttled-down 34 HP Suzuki 1994 GS500 and starts to explain the whereabouts of brake and clutch. Nah.

We'll have to find you something more appropriate. You may start worrying.

S. Norman

[Spiny Norman]

After I read that footnote, Coldie, you may start worrying a lot...

S. Norman

[Damhna]

FAO: The Lucky Dane and the Lady,

I’ve been quite lately but have been lurking around and didn’t quite know where or even if I should post something like this about people I’ve not met but here seemed like an okay place.

I almost made it to Amsterdope , but the fates conspired against me. I figured however that I knew what I would be missing. I guessed that a weekend of licentiousness, debauchery and overindulgence was on the cards (just like it is any time Twisty arrives somewhere new J ).

Didn’t figure I’d miss out on meeting a grenade wielding ducati driver and someone trying to blind himself in a gutter (what the hell was all that about anyway?) not to mention Turkish TV.

It would appear though that I missed a little more than that. I missed out on witnessing the start of something special. I hear second hand reports and divined what I could from cryptic posts from “people in the know” and its fairly obvious that all the clichéd talk of cosmos colliding and two people fated to be together were started by people who knew people like the two of you.

Now I’m something of a cynical sort. I can take only so much gushing mush before I start to question the motivations and intelligence of the folk doing it. This time it seems a little different. When you talk about each other there seems to be a genuine, good and frankly very sweet amount of admiration, respect and love.

The whole story is a heart-warming tale and one that could make even the most cynical of observers give a little “ahhh!” and perhaps even pine a little for want of the feelings you two are lucky enough to share.

You two have a duty now.
You must set the world alight and accomplish magnificent things. You need to find a new depth of feeling for each other every day and strive always to increase the love you have. You must make SO’s the world over whine “why don’t you do things like that?” .You must go about building a stock of wonderful stories your grandchildren will actually like to hear.

Most importantly you must do all of this for me.
Otherwise I will have been wrong.
That is not something the world is ready for.



Congratulations you two and Good Luck.

[Pandora]

Originally posted by tatertot

Pandora, what sort of guy are you looking for? I'm all out of Danes, but I'm sure we can find you something just as good. A Swede perhaps?

hmm... decisions decisons...
you wouldn't happen to offer an international sampler pack would you?

Anything you would offer must be better than my choices here... I guess I should let the worldwide tater make such decisions.

-Pandora

[ruadh]

*sniff*

*sniff*

Damhna, that was beautiful. And I agree with every word, of course. Best wishes to the two of you, but I don't think you'll need them!

(and Coldie, thanks for the vote of confidence, but quite frankly I need all the help I can get )

[tatertot]

tater, not even for you (let alone for Cloggie) am I entering that store to ask for inflatable animals again. No way. Never.

What if Shayna asked? Oh c'mon you gotta take her to the Reeperbahn when she visits Hamburg! It's the best part after the Dom and Molly Malone's.

Poofy ain't lonely, taters. As a matter of fact, she got a good seeing to last n... errr. Heh. I bathed her last night, yeah, that's the ticket.
Well, I had to bathe her eventually, so technically, I'm not lying.

I am awaiting photographic proof that Poofy is indeed okay before I can rest easy. You simply don't understand what she means to me! And in a way, she brought Thomas & I closer together which made it easier for me to hype him to Jill, which made her more receptive to his charms in A'dam, which led to me getting chocolates. Dammit, we should be thanking Poofy just as much as anyone else!

Damhna that was very beautiful. Now I'm all weepy and not just because of Poofy. [inside joke]Heh, I wonder if they've RIBBITED yet[/inside joke]. Good, now I'm not weepy anymore.

Wow this is a long post...must run off and fortify myself with choccy!

Mmmmm...cherry cordials go great with Schwaben Brau.

hmm... decisions decisons...
you wouldn't happen to offer an international sampler pack would you?

Pandora, it just so happens I do have one, but you think I'm going to just give them up?!?!

Ruadh, you know the simplest thing would be for you to just start dating Cubby...

[ruadh]

Nah, I'm much too old for him

(although just between you and me, my friends who met him last weekend thought he was "very cute"!)

[Coldfire]

Damhna, you sure have a way with words mate. Chapeau!

And ruadh, cut the modesty already, will ya? If the circumstances were different, I'd do you in a heartbeat. So there.

[tatertot]

Originally posted by ruadh

(although just between you and me, my friends who met him last weekend thought he was "very cute"!)

I'll keep it between you & me, we wouldn't want to swell that cute little head of his.

And Coldy, we both know Ruadh doesn't need a hook-up, but if she's willing to let me have my fun and do it, then who am I to object?

FTR: I am still working on the top layer of chocolates. I am being a very restrained tater indeed.

[yojimbo]

Originally posted by ruadh
Nah, I'm much too old for him

::Checks birth cert::

::smiles::

AHEM.

And all the best to all the lovebirds.

[Pandora]

Originally posted by tatertot

Pandora, it just so happens I do have one, but you think I'm going to just give them up?!?!

No no, I would never ask you to "give" them up... I was thinking more of a barter...
You see I live near this lovely little factory where they make Godiva Chocolates. We have outlet stores
So, what would you like m'dear Tater?

-Pandora

[Spiny Norman]

I used to think of myself as something of a world-weary cynic myself, but what has happened here has taken me with surprise. I wouldn't have thought it possible.

I should've thanked you earlier, but having been a bit out of the loop - Sardinia, where I've been trying to make a pre-planned hiking trip pass as fast as possible, is regrettably underequipped, Internet-wise. (Make that infrastructure-wise, but I digress...)

We will do our damndest to achieve magnificent things - by my humble standards, what we have now is pretty magnificent already - and I think it's fair to say that we're falling more and more in love with every e-mail, every phonecall, every silly word.

And in just two days, I'll be in LA and holding my precious love in my arms again.

Damhna, friend, thanks for your words and your faith in us. And thanks to the other good people who've wished us well. We will certainly try to live up to it.

S. Norman

[Diane]

Shitgirl and Spiny? In Amsterdam? Really? I didn’t even notice.

Call me old fashioned but what happened to the days when men were (drinking) men and women were grateful once a week ??

First the orgasm induce fish slapping, and now this!?!?! Good hell LC, who would have guessed you were such a romantic?

And I'd just like to state that my offer still stands to hook any and all askers up with the loves of their lives.

Where do I sign up, girl? I’m more than a little bored with these U-taaaaaw guys. Feh

Purdy please find me someone good (and I do mean that in ALL senses of the word ) and not only will I send you a box of Godiva, but Kinder Eggs from my coveted secret stash I brought back from Europe.

About my future stag party. . . Will there be male strippers, beer, and buffalo wings? I mean, there HAVE to be male strippers, beer, and buffalo wings! Maybe some tortilla chips and salsa? Of course, male servers in g-strings and bow ties will need to be there to poor the drinks, lick the BBQ sauce off our fingers and wipe the slobber off the floor.

Plus, you'd have TWO gorgeous men in leather.

tater - I know this post was meant for Shitna, but feel free to use it when hookin’ me up. Kidding! I mean, what would I do with TWO?

Oh Gawd!


Must. . . Go. . . Now. . . .

[Shayna]

I honestly meant to reply with my thanks a while ago, but things got so busy and then I was too embarrassed to bump this thread, myself, it had been so long.

Damhna, I was (and am) so touched by your post. That you can sense the depth of our love through our words says so much to me. It's true; I have a deep and abiding respect, admiration and love for this man. I feel blessed beyond measure that he came into my life and actually loves me back. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your good wishes. I promise to do everything in my power to live up to your expectations of greatness for us. We are very lucky people, indeed.

And thank you to everyone else here as well. You'll never know what your kindness and support has meant to me.

Love,
Jill

___________________
Jeg elsker dig, Thomas

[tatertot]

I still have nearly 1/3 box of chocolates left. Like I said, this was an enormous box. And since I'm not going to let J. have any (*he* didn't help, after all) and TT can't appreciate it, I've got some eating to do!

I've also got 3/4 a pint of Ben and Jerry's left...nobody wants to come over tonight and help me eat all of this, do they?

Snormy, this is going to sound incredibly corny, but do you remember getting our picture taken by those American tourists on top of St. Michael's? And my camera was busted, though I didn't know it, so the picture came out very blurry. Pity that, because we make a very cute couple...ask Fraulein Superfreak. Anyhoo, I was sorting through my photos yesterday and came across that one and this (incredibly hokey) thought popped into my mind:

Thomas and I have finally gone into focus

And it's true, isn't it? Doesn't everything seem a lot clearer than it did in November? That's what love does, it makes everything so clear...what a wonderful feeling.

Sigh. I told you it was corny.

Diane and Pandora, I'm heading off to Memphis on Friday...anyone want a Tennessee boy? If not, I'll be back in Europe this summer and I'll go a-hunting then.

[tatertot]

It occurs to me that it might seem like Thomas and I were at one point together. Heh, he wishes!

No, we just look very cute together as we are very cute individually.

OTOH, Snormy and Shayna look like two people madly in love with each other. And cute, but mostly madly in love.

[London_Calling]

Ah shucks Diane, ain't you jus a sweet talking gal ! I guess my romantic side comes with being dysfunctionally English !

Thomas and Jill:

Wow, It never ceases to amaze me just how slow I am to pick up on how this kind of thing develops. There's me thinking about good, healthy fun when, actually, all this serious romancing is going on. I guess I get there eventually and then it's just beautiful to remember how it can be when two people find each other. Truly wonderful stuff. Hell, this is so cool and cute........and exciting !!!!!!

The thing about arriving late is that everything's already been said so I just want to add how happy I am that you two genuinely, very lovely people are really getting it together like this. Goodness me! Yeah, the more I think about it, the more it seems so ...natural. Wow.

That phrase ".... how what was complicated 1 second ago just became so very simple", phew, that's ...........it!. Spiny, it amazes me you can speak and write perfect English but to get across this change-of-life moment so perfectly is quite stunning. I salute you and the gorgeous redhead. Beautiful..............


I have but one question: What are your pet names for each other ?? Really, we need to know !! – and besides, 'Spiny' just doesn't seem to quite hit the spot ???

[Diane]

Tater - I dated an Alabama boy and a Georgia boy. In fact, the Georgia boy is my youngest son’s dad. Their accents just slay me and make me all gooshy, but as you can see, they were only temporary play things :::sigh::: I think I better wait for you to return to Europe, but doncha fergit me!

LC - Ya-huh, eyes jus’ one a those U-taw gals an if ya keep a tawkin those fancy words, eyes jus’ a might git awl sweet on ya.