i'm getting a bathtub! I'm so f'ing excited, i could kiss every one of ya!

[bettyellen]

smooch smooch smoch smooch
yes!!! i get to move downstairs- two flights closer to the the washer/dryer, and..... the beloved backyard...
omigod, my yard parties will never end now that it's only one flight to the bathroom!!!
as if i wasn't pleasant smelling and soft skinned enough as it is. i am going to be over the top soft, sweet and relaxed. aaaahhhhhhh yes.
i love my landlord! :loveya:

[Left Is Write]

1. Just don't get lipstick on me.

Having once lived in a place that had only a shower and no bathtub, I understand your excitement.

[bettyellen]

4. i get lipstick on everybody! LOL! here, i'll wipe it off! *smack!!*

[4_Legs_Good]

2. Wooo hooooo!!!

Lucky us!

You should get a bathtub more often!

david

[bettyellen]

6. *mmmmmwwwwaaahhh* *smoochie smoochie*

i always make good on my promises.

[4_Legs_Good]

19. Oh my!

:bounce:

I'll never wash my eyeballs again!

david

[bettyellen]

22. *opens eyes* oh, is that what they were!

[4_Legs_Good]

26. :)

doh!

david

[bettyellen]

29. ( :

isn't this cozy!

[4_Legs_Good]

30. Yup

Ahhhhh...

david

[bettyellen]

35. it's head to toe, so it's sweet and innocent!

[4_Legs_Good]

39. Of course of course

Head to toe is the way to go!

david

[bettyellen]

41. it looks like we're lying on the lawn, looking at the stars........

[4_Legs_Good]

49. Gah! I can't come up with anything clever to say

it must be the dewey air.

nap time!

david

[bettyellen]

61. another man rendered speechless........

[4_Legs_Good]

72. At least I haven't resorted to incoherent babbling

yet...

[yvr girl]

3. Do you have a Lush store?

You need to stock up.

[bettyellen]

9. *hug* *smooch* yes we have one in nyc, near where i work..... i was so

nervous about this, i didn't want to jinx it, i wouldn't allow myself to even look at the lush store for the last few weeks!!
what are your lush faves? i had a creamy green thing with wildflowers mixed with the heart fizzy rosebud thing.... that was pretty awesome when i was in dc. that was my last bath, in a hotel!

[yvr girl]

11. Do DC was quite a trip, then?

I love so much there. Bath Bombs are a fave. I love all the girly things. I dragged a visitor from one yummy, smelly store to the next.

The chocolate massage bars are also good...I just need a willing partner.

[bettyellen]

12. DC was quite a nice trip indeed, great DUers, nice homey irish hotel

with a big tub and my favorite whiskey. it was a great day. they let me check in six hours early- they gave me a key to an occcupied room- this strange beared guy who luckily was wearing this silky royal blue robe........
theen when i got to the next room and flipped on the TV, it was faux news and their heads were exploding because they knew barbara boxer was supporting coyners!
it was a great beginning to a damned nice day. and my last bath. wish i had a do over, i might have slept up a little. i didn' t pack so well, LOL, but i brought me a lot of lush!

[yvr girl]

15. A big tub and whiskey

You must have been a happy girl.

I'm glad you have a Lush store. I was going to send you some stuff if you didn't. Quality bath products make life better.

So there was a strange bearded man...

[bettyellen]

17. maybe two, now that i think on it.

you can bring me some lush when you visit. i have got to find a new couch/ bed now and we're set.

[yvr girl]

21. I am well known for my ability to sleep ANYWHERE

I fell asleep on a tile floor in front of a fireplace. (I'm a bit like a kitty - I like the warmth.) I woke up hours later, sore and with a second degree burn.

[bettyellen]

28. well it ought to be more comfy than that.......

the big dilemma is it's probable i would have to climb over the bed to get to the bathroom or kitchen. so your ability to curl up might really come in handy. maybe a pullout loveseat...hmmmm. i gotta take some measurements!

[yvr girl]

32. Curled up in a chair - the kitty thing

I have my laptop on a tray and I compute from my couch. I often fall asleep sharing the couch - I get half and the computer gets half.

No worries.

p.s. I've even fallen asleep standing up.

[yvr girl]

27. Wait....two bearded men

My hotel room in DC didn't come with any. That's so not fair.

So the first one was wearing a blue, silk robe. What was the other one wearing?

[bettyellen]

33. it's starting to sound so twin peaks....

hmmmm, a really nice tatoo.
tweed, denim, leather, does it matter for very long?
LOL.

[yvr girl]

38. tatoos like clothing

I was going to say biker dude, but I don't think they wear tweed.

...although if I read you right...it sounds like clothing was done away with at some point.

[bettyellen]

40. i don't go for biker types.....

i go more for the brooding, intellectual do-gooders. haunted buddist ex-boyscouts and such.

[yvr girl]

42. You should date Batman

He's a brooding, intellectual do-gooder.

That type can be stimulating - if a little intense. Although sometimes intensity can be...delightful...and stimulating.

Do you think it WAS Batman?

[bettyellen]

43. some crusaders are goood.......

i've been compared to julie newmar- the only catwoman that ever mattered.

[yvr girl]

44. So he's a crusader

Does he fight for truth, justice and the American way?

Or is he more into pillaging the middle east?

[bettyellen]

46. fighting facism, one manevolent despot at a time.....

although i coulda used some frankenscence or myrh for the bath.

[yvr girl]

48. Did you have a bath....together?

Fighting facists is dirty work.

Since you're Catwoman, did you leave any scratches?

[bettyellen]

50. boy, there ain't enough hours in some days.......

and that was certainly one of them. don't ya just hate the limitations of
time/ space/reality sometimes?
i find that some combination of the two often gets in the way. dammit.
i saw some marks/scrathes, but i swear it wasn't me.

[yvr girl]

51. It would be nice to slow down time...sometimes

Marks/scratches? Do you think he got them fighting fascists or was he stepping out? Maybe he has a thing going with Wonder Woman?

...or maybe you were just out of your mind with desire, and you didn't know what you were doing. Did you wake up purring?

[bettyellen]

52. i was out of mind with a lack of sleep and too much adreneline pumping

thorugh my veins, and a few other things. it was a bit difficult to slow down, but i gave it my best.
wonder woman? i've been told i look like her too. LOL. and no, i wasn't slumming with robert downey, i swear.

[yvr girl]

53. You can't be Wonder Woman & Catwoman

Back to your mystery bearded man...

So he was brooding? Is he recovering from a broken heart?

[bettyellen]

54. i'm guessing he was a little wounded... you know the look they have.

some kind of ennui that i felt was best left unexplored. i hate to be intrusive about sad things.
i can so be both. you'll see . i need dark contacts and some liquid eyeliner to do julie newmar, but lynda carter is second nature to me. i think she's corny looking, but sereval guys have mentioned the resemblence. it's all about the hair.

[yvr girl]

55. Let brooding superheros lie

I'm sure some woman broke his heart - kicked it with her spikey heels until he couldn't take the bleeding anymore. He wanted to save the dying relationship - that's what superheros do - but eventually he had to walk away.

One stormy night...it was over...and he went to the pub to fill up the emptiness with beer. The next day he put his cape back on - 'cause that's what superheros do.

It should be a movie - a dark cautionary tale.

I'm bitter. There are not enough women superheros. I'm not tall enough to be an Amazon....I think I'll be a goddess instead - Diana, the huntress.

[bettyellen]

56. they lie in the otherworld, waiting until we really need them...

the fianna in old irish myths there were troops of wandering poet warriors, famed not only for their courage, strength and their prowess in hunting and war, but also for their moral code and polite nature. i remember they could never be violent to a woman, and never run away unless they were outnumbered by ten. they could not refuse you anything they could give you. they were known to tranverse the country and sleep in fields at night after long days of righting all the wrongs around them. the greatest ones always have two end stories, and in one they go to tir na nog for a while where they stay young until it's time to come out and save their land. they disappeared and the church emerged.
yes, they live in hidden underground lairs, too. funny how that works.

[yvr girl]

57. They have prose warrior brethren

Not nearly as romantic a creature...but fierce. You don't want to cross them. They'll slay you with both pen and sword. They travel the land - warning the people of all things dire. The truth is their mightiest weapon.

...oddly enough though - they're afraid of spiders.

[bettyellen]

58. the truth is better than a golden rope, i guess.

i love a good story myself. it's the irish in me. my brother is a policemean, but a fianna at heart- that's his code, too. so, he's covering the sword angle. he's the one who paid me to write for him. but otherwise he's as honest as they come.
i have a friend who had a flesh eating thing just this summer because of a spider bite. he swears it happened the last time i had seen him, and it kept him bedridden for 3 weeks. i think he was trying to make me feel guilty. i felt too guilty to ask for a good look at the wound. if i knew i'm sure i would have brought him soup or porn or something, jeeze three weeks from a spider? you know how these spiders get to you? they hitch a ride on the grapes, and he loves grapes.

[yvr girl]

59. Nothing like a good story or lyric to speak to the heart

Truth is often realized in fiction. I forgot about your entrepreneurial youth...anything for a future man in blue.

...I don't know where you find these men of yours - flawed creatures all. I'm not so sure about the spider bite - was it laden with poison? Now grapes they can be dangerous. Many things can be blamed on too many grapes.

[bettyellen]

60. i stopped ghostwriting when i got to highschool... no more non de plumes

for me.
i think you have to find the flaws and face them to make double dog sure you really love someone. some demons you can live with, and some you have to cast out onto the street at some point. but flaws are endearing a lot of the time.
oh, we all have a weak spot or two, don't we?

[yvr girl]

62. The scratches life deals us makes us unique

Perfection would be annoying anyway.

...sometimes love is not enough. Sad but true. Not all great lovers and friends can tolerate breakfast together or share a newspaper.


BTW, where did you find Batman?

[bettyellen]

63. perfection is the worst......you can never feel worthy enough when faced

with it. thank god it's so rare.
i was in the vicinity of a cave, it just so happened.

[yvr girl]

64. Rare indeed

Near the cave were you? Well you do live near Gotham don't you?

Did you meet the Boy Wonder? More importantly, did you get to try out the Bat Tool?

[bettyellen]

65. gotham has such light pollution that the bat signal would go unnoticed....

you have to be lucky and recognise the the supeheroes when they are in their mild mannered mode. they generally smell of tobacco, paper and little old ladies. you know, from helping them a smidge of lilac or freesia rubs off.

[yvr girl]

66. Keeping my eyes peeled for Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent

Although, Clark might be too much of a goodie-goodie. A guy has gotta have a bit of edge. Helping old ladies is nice...but you want to know he can deal with the bozzo who hassles you at the bar.

...lilacs and freesias are two of my absolute favourite flowers...does that mean I'm a little old lady or just drawn to the scent of a superhero?

Can a superhero smoke?

[bettyellen]

67. superheroes have bad habits...you put old hands on young, capable

strong shoulders and what do you get? sometimes you get kryptonite, or worse, sometimes you get marboro lights. it can't be easy,ever. i myself love the old clark kent from the b+w tv show. lois was fucking blind. i woulda knocked her down and stepped on her on my way to clark.

[yvr girl]

68. Clark Kent was yummy but so damn earnest

In his more recent incarnation, he was a little more hip. You're right though, Lois was blind - glasses are no disguise. I think she was just so distracted by Superman's...erm...package - that she never looked at his face. Those tights can be distracting.

...Kryptonite - we all have our weaknesses and our crosses to bare. Why should superheros be any different. I expect too much.

[bettyellen]

71. ah, the relative importance of being earnest...

and looking past the tights. not always easy. often worthtwhile.
thought for the morning. i hope you're feeling better. i'm stuffy. it seems i have caught your cold. i'm off. have a good morning.

[uppityperson]

5. Bravo!!! time to go buy bath stuff

bath bombs, salts, oils, bubbles, candles, plastic champagne glasses... Thanks for the good news and hope you have fun.

[bettyellen]

7. why thank you, *smooch smooch* - the champagne glass is a nice touch!

[Sugar Smack]

8. HEY Zelda!! Hey, Daisy from The Great Gatsby!!!!!

When I come to your wild cocktail parties-400 of your closest friends-I'm going to find the man who looks most like Francis Scott Fitzgerald and a bottle of gin, and we're heading up there so I can take an apple-scented bubble bath. He'll sit on the closed toilet and gaze at me while I prattle on in a buzz! And I won't take my straw hat off!!

*kisses back atcha!!!*

[bettyellen]

10. *kisses* now that's a nice plan.. i'll see what i can do, apples and gin..

i finally believe spring is on it's way!

[Sugar Smack]

13. Thank God- Seasonal Affective Disorder and Bush do not mix for me-

I want that eight o'clock sun hitting me right in the face as I throw bubbles at my gentleman, and talk about smart things. Bathtubs inspire; I don't care what anyone says!! We'll open a window and let the scent of peach trees and the sound of jazz float thru the tiny window of your bathroom.

[bettyellen]

14. oh yes, i'll have to buy seeds to start some sweet peas and moon flowers..

outside the bathroom window to the scents will waft while my toes turn pruney!
you inspire, too.... thanks!

[trof]

16. Rub-A-Dub-Dub

[bettyellen]

25. *smocchy smooch schmootch!*

[Zomby Woof]

18. No kisses until bathtime!

:loveya:

[bettyellen]

23. you gonna hold out on me for three weeks? *smack* gotcha!

i am the kissing bandit!

[stellanoir]

20. Ye Olde Yankee psychic detox cure for all ailments. . .

This is from Edgar Cayce. . .2 parts Epsom Salts & 1 part Baking Soda in bathtub (1&1/2 cups to 3/4 cup works well for my tub). I also add Avalon's Lavender Bath gel. . .just 'cause I like it.

Full immersion=total restoration of one's well being. Repeat weekly. Find happiness.

Congrats on your new tub. This combo of substances is fantastic, totally satisfying, and far cheaper than trendier salts, gels, and elixers.

Hope you have many happy and relaxing baths in your future.

[bettyellen]

24. *big smooch* thank you! I'm saving the recipe...and adding a little scent!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

31. I'm thrilled for you!

I went without a bathtub for years and still remember how wonderful it was to sink into it for the first time. :)

Suggestion: Buy bubble bath!

[bettyellen]

36. *kiss kiss* thank you!

[Debi]

34. There is a store in Iowa City called

The Soap Opera...has the most DIVINE bath stuff!! Stock up every chance I get..!! You should come visit!!

http://iowasoap.com/welcome2.html

[bettyellen]

37. Oh wow, thanks for the tip, *smooch!* i love having a variety of stuff

for every mood! thanks for the invite! whenever you're coming to nyc, give me a holler!

[enigami]

45. I am so happy for you

and you live in New York, makes me sorry I live way out here in the sticks of Missouri. I have two bathtubs, three showers, and a three acre backyard. jeez I wished I lived somewhre civilized like New York

[bettyellen]

47. thank you *mwah!* i'm a little squished in... but i spend the spring/

summer/ fall out in the yard as much as i can. it's a nice little getaway from the city.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

69. Wonderful, wonderful news

Congratulations! Enjoy and take advantage of your new place and the opportunities it offers. A warm (or cold) relaxing bath sounds absolutely wonderful. So glad this worked out for you

:toast: :toast: :toast:

[bettyellen]

70. thank you *mwah!* as you can probably tell, i'm ecstatic.......