tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post6682475632925845250..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: Betty by the Numbers: Copyright DatesBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-69203348276903235702012-10-16T06:30:35.021-07:002012-10-16T06:30:35.021-07:00Starlit Promise, cover (large image), and synopsis...Starlit Promise, <a href="http://ca.pbsstatic.com/xl/20/4620/9780373704620.jpg" rel="nofollow"><b>cover</b> (large image)</a>, and <a href="http://www.fictiondb.com/author/petra-holland~starlit-promise~18820~b.htm" rel="nofollow">synopsis</a><br />Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-78332656319937835712012-10-15T17:04:16.243-07:002012-10-15T17:04:16.243-07:00Starlit Promise written under the pen name Petra H...Starlit Promise written under the pen name Petra Holland. A Harlequin SuperRomance (#462) from August 1991.<br /><br />Betty MillerBetty Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14745187425622413007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-55189833094354795252012-10-15T11:19:54.539-07:002012-10-15T11:19:54.539-07:00Betty Miller, a Frisian Betty from a small Dutch t...Betty Miller, a Frisian Betty from a small Dutch town in Michigan. Cool. Thank you for sharing your backstory with us.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-91527712888538707182012-10-14T21:14:48.653-07:002012-10-14T21:14:48.653-07:00Wow. Betty van den Betsy never ceases to amaze me...Wow. Betty van den Betsy never ceases to amaze me! Clearly the only way to keep these straight is to shrink down the master BvdB chart to a size that can be laminated and slipped in a wallet....Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-21392868999446734262012-10-14T20:17:12.788-07:002012-10-14T20:17:12.788-07:00Betty Miller -
You have to tell us the title so t...Betty Miller - <br />You have to tell us the title so that we can all read it!<br /><br />Betty von Susie<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-15674960682352062442012-10-14T17:31:52.627-07:002012-10-14T17:31:52.627-07:00My backstory? Let's see...I grew up in a smal...My backstory? Let's see...I grew up in a small Dutch town in Michigan. I occasionally read Betty Neels in with all the other romances, but I didn't truly love her until I married a man from Maryland and moved away from home. What I love best about Betty Neels is that she makes me homesick. That doesn't sound quite right, but reading Betty can be like going home. Everything feels familiar. I got really crazy about Betty right after 9/11/2001. I was working for the Department of Homeland Security in a highly stressful job and commuting 5 hours each day. My evening train ride home was just long enough to squeeze in a Neels novel. And it was a cozy, comfortable, familiar read. Every time. After a while, I changed government agencies and moved to the middle of West Virginia. Lots less stress. Lots less Neels. At least, until Dad died of lung cancer and Mom followed in less than a year of ovarian cancer. Now a Neels novel is even more likely to make me homesick. It is not just the familiar food (erwtensoep!) but familiar attitudes (although in my family, the family trade is education rather than medicine). My very favorite scenes are the ones where a character says something along the lines of, "We are not Dutch; we are Friesian." I can remember my grandmother saying the exact same thing to me when I came home from a junior high school pep rally for our football team (the "Dutch") with a pin that said, "If you're not Dutch, you're not much." :) <br /><br />Oh, and the knowledge of Harlequin procedures is because I wrote a romance for them a hundred million years ago before I embarked upon my career as a bureaucrat!<br /><br />Betty MillerBetty Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14745187425622413007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-2828697536052524482012-10-14T15:56:53.583-07:002012-10-14T15:56:53.583-07:00BTW, this has nothing to do with anything, but For...BTW, this has nothing to do with anything, but Fortnum & Mason has Christmas hampers! Oh my stars, I must have one of the musical tins of biscuits. And a tin of Christmas spiced tea. And...<br /><br />Betty AnoninTXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-84998259145837695112012-10-14T15:31:56.290-07:002012-10-14T15:31:56.290-07:00Shoot, I don't care where. I just want tea! Ha...Shoot, I don't care where. I just want tea! Ha Just tell me where and when so I can figure out how to get there. The PRT and I usually stay at the W because we're going to a Stars game or a concert. <br /><br />I can't do vegan. I like dairy too much. I'm ovo lacto. I can't live without milk. I just don't eat meat. <br /><br />Betty AnoninTXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-16142100492504594412012-10-14T13:05:38.312-07:002012-10-14T13:05:38.312-07:00Conquering the World Moppet!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ibNTshXARFE/UGxQdDU3lFI/AAAAAAAAAWI/MiCjbQ-yQx4/s320/happy.jpg" rel="nofollow">Conquering the World Moppet</a>!Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-82907039815653551712012-10-14T13:05:36.094-07:002012-10-14T13:05:36.094-07:00This is a once in a lifetime deal. Calories, shmal...This is a once in a lifetime deal. Calories, shmalories, carbs, shmarbs. We can go back home and work out later.<br /><br />B von S<br /><br />Let'em eat cake!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-86464180942849006232012-10-14T13:00:14.458-07:002012-10-14T13:00:14.458-07:00September would be good if you want to go to the A...September would be good if you want to go to the <b>Adolphus</b> because<br /><br /><i>Afternoon Tea takes a summer break during the months of July and August</i>.<br /><br /><i>Afternoon Tea will be served <b>Friday through Sunday</b> with reservations <b>beginning at 2:00 pm</b> and <b>ending at 4:00 pm</b>.<br /><br />A seasonal fruit plate is served to those on restricted diets.</i> (That could possibly present a problem to those on a low-carb diet...)Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-89838959156773649972012-10-14T12:14:53.523-07:002012-10-14T12:14:53.523-07:00Two of the ladies at my church have been volunteer...Two of the ladies at my church have been volunteering at the Arboretum for decades, they recommend it highly, but the Adolphus is pretty spiffy too. I tried vegetarianism, I knew I didn't have the time/determination to go strict vegan, and then lapsed into ovo-lacto pescetarianism. I did a good job of keeping up with my calcium but not my iron and became a little anemic. Im sure we could request a vegetarian tea. I must have milk for my tea though, I'm warning you now...<br /><br />B von S<br /><br />B vd B where do you live?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-7877301583784260832012-10-14T12:07:46.190-07:002012-10-14T12:07:46.190-07:00Yea! It'll be September, at least if you want ...Yea! It'll be September, at least if you want me there. We'll be Crater Lake-ish in August.<br /><br />Betty AnoninTXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-47364817159175307572012-10-14T12:02:18.738-07:002012-10-14T12:02:18.738-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-51041022651063828912012-10-14T10:20:21.987-07:002012-10-14T10:20:21.987-07:00Surely all the world flocks to DALLAS IN AUGUST!?!...Surely all the world flocks to DALLAS IN AUGUST!?!?! I once had a local, driving me in from the airport, point out the book depository and Dealey Plaza, and then say, "Well, that's about it." But the next day on my very-early-to-try-to-escape-the-June-heat morning jog, I passed a nice-looking museum and a statue garden depicting a cattle drive, which I thought was wonderful. And I love botanical gardens. So please keep me on your invitation list, especially if you push the party back to September...Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-6357526733835111402012-10-13T22:21:48.182-07:002012-10-13T22:21:48.182-07:00I *love* the Adolphus and know I could talk the PR...I *love* the Adolphus and know I could talk the PRT into staying several nights there! I just looked at the Arboretum and Botanical Garden site. It looks beautiful. I have never been there. Wish I could go see the pumpkin village! Both menus sound fabulous. You'll have to eat the meat sandwiches! ha I'm a vegetarian. I guess we could figure it out as the time gets closer. We haven't finalized 2013 vacation plans but are starting to work on them. If the trip does bleed over into mid September, we could always do a belated Betty day.<br /><br />I'm trying to think. I know we're not the only Texans who have shown up on the spinning globe thingie. I've seen Arkansas and Oklahoma too. Surely someone else might come? <br /><br />Betty AnoninTXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-3667206669119640852012-10-13T13:37:39.935-07:002012-10-13T13:37:39.935-07:00Have I ever mentioned that when I joined the membe...Have I ever mentioned that when I joined the members I tried to change the picture while still filling in the "forms" and ended up losing my blog name, instead my email address appeared. I withdrew my membership quick as can be because that seemed the fastest way to fix the problem. Phew! What a blunder.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-86353608979722718682012-10-13T13:14:44.972-07:002012-10-13T13:14:44.972-07:00Used to watch Are You Being Served? in the 80s. Ca...Used to watch <i>Are You Being Served?</i> in the 80s. Cannot claim to be a fan, but found it very entertaining none the less. Too weird! In a positive way, of course. Just discovered you can watch the show on YouTube.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-45324125036688076112012-10-13T12:22:15.151-07:002012-10-13T12:22:15.151-07:00Ooooh, I'm always up for a cuppa. There are th...Ooooh, I'm always up for a cuppa. There are three or four cute tea rooms around, I would suggest that we go "whole hog" and hit the Adolphus hotel for tea but I have a feeling that any Betty gathering would get out of hand quickly, LOL. We wouldn't want to offend their sense of decorum! Are there any other Betty's within driving distance of the DFW metroplex, do you think?<br /><br />Possible tearooms: Lavendou, Chocolate Angel, Maudee's Cafe & Tea Room, or, what I think you would really enjoy, The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden on White Rock Lake. They serve a Harvest Tea in the fall, check out the beautiful photos on their website.<br /><br />B von SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-84466459811183726672012-10-13T07:39:51.934-07:002012-10-13T07:39:51.934-07:00Army Betty, one would think that it was easy to ke...Army Betty, one would think that it was easy to keep the heroines' names straight. One would think... If you read the first Betty by the Numbers post, published almost ten months ago to the day(!), you will see why that may not be so easy after all. Read Betty van den Betsy's <a href="http://everyneelsthing.blogspot.de/2011/12/betty-by-numbers-guest-post.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Betty by the Numbers: Names</b></a>. Statistics. It's all there. Fascinating. <br />Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-82007683219205030002012-10-12T23:20:55.692-07:002012-10-12T23:20:55.692-07:00Thank you, Betty Miller. I thought it might be so...Thank you, Betty Miller. I thought it might be something like that. And welcome! What's your backstory, if I may ask?Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-65525256641720685112012-10-12T20:55:53.556-07:002012-10-12T20:55:53.556-07:00Free? Not so sure. I just use Amazon. It's ...Free? Not so sure. I just use Amazon. It's magical when you buy a book because it just pops up in the Kindle! ha I fought against getting one for years, but I was given my mother-in-law's when she passed away in May. I have found that I love it most at night. I am able to read in bed without bugging the PRT with a booklight or lamp.<br /><br />Anyway, BvS, I wanted to tell you that I may be in Texas next September. The PRT and I have been vacationing in September/early October to avoid the crowds. But, the national park where we are going next year will probably require our going in August. So.... I may be able to swing a metroplex visit for a TEA PARTY! Wonder if anyone would join us? I've been horribly jealous of the tea partiers. <br /><br />Betty AnoninTXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-11078192394554711832012-10-12T20:49:09.153-07:002012-10-12T20:49:09.153-07:00I can't keep them all straight! My top ones I...I can't keep them all straight! My top ones I know by heart. The others I find by using key words in the search this blog features. For some reason I get little fragments of books floating in my brain, so I'll try a few keyword searches until I can find it. Actually, I was a librarian for thirty years, and keywords searches often saved me. :)<br /><br />Betty AnoninTXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-90403806580394803992012-10-12T18:50:12.026-07:002012-10-12T18:50:12.026-07:00Okay everyone I finally have my Kindle. Which webs...Okay everyone I finally have my Kindle. Which website has the most free Betty books to download? <br /><br />B von S<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-15748810855151180352012-10-12T16:57:29.864-07:002012-10-12T16:57:29.864-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.com