AAAANNNNDD...we have a winner!

Congratulations, Melanie K, you are the official winner of the Amy trivia.  She may have had a slight advantage, seeing as we've been friends for 11 years now.

She posted her comment on my FB wall, since she didn't have any of the accounts required to comment (sorry, guys), so I have pasted her comment below:

"Hmm, well I will guess C, B, A, D, and D, although I don't know how you can think movies A and C are stupid. Although I wish you didn't hate cheesecake, cause it's delicious, I can understand. Also, I totally feel the same way about tea!! Since you've seen "The Holiday" now, I'll tell you the house Cameron Diaz stays in is the type of house I want to own someday. And lastly, if the guy in #6 is who I think it is, yes!! tell him. :)"

Correct answers:

I do not eat cauliflower.  White food weirds me out, especially white food that grows in the ground.  It's just weird.

The animals I'm pet-sitting for are named Tigger, Honeybear, and Smilie, the first two being dogs and the latter being a cat.  You can tell they were named by kids, eh?  But the names actually fit the personalities.

I have never read "Crime and Punishment."  I read "Kidnapped" in middle school and don't really remember it, "The Scarlet Letter" in high school and enjoyed it, and have read "The Brothers Karamazov" TWICE.  If that doesn't earn me some sort of prize, I don't know what does.

At the time of the quiz, my fingers were painted pink, which is odd for me, and my toes were green--mint sorbet, to be exact.  Thanks to Rachel T. for introducing me to that color!  My toes remain green, but my fingernails are now painted purple.  *Ahem* lovely lilac.  I feel like a menopausal scrapbooking fanatic when I write that.  "Excuse me, Sally, could you pass me the lovely lilac cardstock?  It matches the shirt I'm going to put on after I stop sweating from having a hot flash."  But I digress.

I did NOT think "Up" was stupid.  In fact, it's one of my favorites.  "Wall-E", "Despicable Me", and "Madagascar" were all mediocre, in my opinion, although I wish Steve Carrell would've used that accent on "The Office."

So there you have it!

Last time I spoke with Melanie, she was still thinking about which dessert she wanted..."There are so many good choices!"  I think I'll use that as my excuse to post my first cooking demo.  Be kind to me.

Sidenote: Wisconsin weather in summer is super bipolar.  Four days ago the high temperature was 94 F.  Today?  55, with a low of 43.  FORTY-THREE.  If this was fall, we'd all be covering our petunias and bringing our precious prize-winning geraniums inside to avoid the frost.  So I've been sitting on the couch all day, in a sweatshirt and socks, curled up in a blanket.  I'm currently contemplating a cup of hot chocolate.

Shiveringly,

Amy