Bueller, Bueller

Blogging is hard tonight.  I am getting sucked into a show on the Biography channel.


It is called Inside Story: Ferris Bueller.  An in-depth, behind the scenes show on the making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off.  Jackpot!


If you're a fan of the movie, you should definitely watch it at some point.


I love this movie.  It is just one of those movies.  So many great lines.


Now watching it, I love to see the city of Chicago.  Hubby & I went a couple years ago for our anniversary.  It was a great trip & is such a great city.  Can't wait to go back!


I specifically remember going to see this in the movie theater, way long ago.


It was summer.  And summer meant going to the movies and having sleep overs with your best girlfriend.


Ahhh, those were the days.


My sis, D, took me and my best girlfriend to the movies.  I am pretty sure(remember it was way long ago!) we went to go see it by ourselves while my sis & her friend went to see another movie.


We thought we were so grown up.  Mind you we were 13 and it was the summer between 7th & 8th grade.  Oh yeah, we were so grown up.  Hah!


It was great.  If I also remember correctly, I am pretty sure we went to go see it a couple more times that summer.  Because that's what you did when you were 13. You go see the same movie multiple times in the movie theater.


Now, I am lucky to see any movies in the movie theater.  Of course, we were going to the 99 cent movie theater and not the katrillion dollar movie theaters there are now.


But, even the fact that the movies were 1st run in the 99 cent movie theater is amazing to think of now.

Great montage of some of the best lines.


On a side note, this was also the same summer that Stand By Me was in the theaters.  And, yes I went to see that multiple times with the same girlfriend.  Those were the days.

potd #36.  D came home today with the Scholastic book order form.  Love these things. There's nothing like the promise of new books to buy.

S.S. Minnow

A few weeks ago when I was away scrapbooking, hubby introduced the girls to Gilligan's Island.  We have a Roku player and he was able to get the episodes through Amazon.


They loved it from the 1st episode of the 1st season.  And I completely forgot that the first season was in B&W.


And, the theme song is different.  Same song, they just don't name the Professor & Marianne.  

Have fun listening.  And you're welcome.  Because I am sure you will want to thank me when you are still singing this tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day.

Let's just say I have been singing it non-stop since Saturday when the girls had a little mini Gilligan's Island marathon.

It has been all they've wanted to watch on TV for the last 3 days.  I am not complaining.  It is surely better than some of the shows that they watch.

D thinking that her mother is crazy for taking pictures of her while she's watching Gilligan's Island.

took this from the tv.  love it!

E enjoying an episode.  In her words, "that Ginger is so lovey".  Cracks me up!

It has been fun watching some of the episodes with them.  Even now, hubby & I are thinking of other old tv shows to introduce to the girls.

Laverne & Shirley & Happy Days, & Star Trek(they have seen a few of these over at my sissy's) come to mind.  Thoughts on other shows???

potd #35.  The girls got home from school and were being silly in the kitchen.  Love the look on D's face.  So happy that they have each other.  And truly love each other.  Nothing like a sissy to go through life with.

Super Sunday Songs

Today at church we sang some wonderful songs.  Good songs that really make you think about what the words mean.


Here is the list of songs from today's service:
He Reigns
Jesus Messiah
Great is Thy Faithfulness
How Deep The Father's Love For Us
In Moments Like These


My favorite verse from today is in Jesus Messiah:
Jesus Messiah
Name above all names
Blessed Redeemer
Emmanuel
The rescue for sinners
The ransom from Heaven
Jesus Messiah
Lord of all


This is who Jesus is to us and for us.

Jesus Messiah by Chris Tomlin.

Today was also Superbowl Sunday.  


Sadly, the New England Patriots did not win tonight.  It was a rough loss.  


Though I have to say it never seemed like the offense got it going tonight.  I think they were thrown off from the very 1st play when the Giants got Brady for a safety.  


They never got into a good groove.  And in the Superbowl, you need to get into a good groove.  


Aside from the loss, we had a fantastic time at a friends' house for a Superbowl Party.  There were lots of adults and even more kids.  


At times it was chaotic & loud.  Just what a Superbowl party should be.  


And there was a lot of food.  All really yummy delicious food.  Just what a Superbowl party should have.


I made a pasta fagioli, kielbasa w/pineapple in the crockpot, and some chocolate peanut butter bars.  There were yummy dips, meatballs, chili, sliders, various other munchies, and desserts. 

Needless to say, I am still full!

potd #34.  D and friend, A.  Can't believe we've known her since she was 4 months old!  

Science Experiment

This afternoon after going grocery shopping for Superbowl food, I tackled a much needed job in the kitchen.

Yes, it was time for the dreaded clean out the refrigerator job, because there are science experiments happening in there job.

Why is it that the fridge goes stays in pretty good shape for so long and then BAM, it's a disaster.  Or am I the only one this happens too?

I can't believe I am, but who knows?

Anyhoo, let's just say that I pulled out many, many plastic containers that needed to be cleaned out and washed.  And there were some jars of various items that were WAY past their expiration date.  How does that happen so quickly?!

So, I started shelf by shelf and emptied and cleaned and emptied and cleaned.  The shelves were also wiped down nice and clean.

Luckily there weren't too many science experiments that needed to be emptied.

I also won't divulge how many containers of sour cream that I had in the fridge. Seriously, how do I forget that I have sour cream?

Clearly I have a mental block when it comes to sour cream.  So, when in doubt a new container is bought.  Huh.

I will say that on the bright side, all the jars that I emptied and are now going through the dishwasher will be used next summer as candle holders on the back deck. Ahhhh, summer!

the aftermath!

an easy candleholder for the summer.  Take empty glass jars and spray with frosted glass spray paint. 

Then I buy citronella tea lights to place inside them & we light them during the summer on the back deck.  It looks very pretty.  Great lighting for a peaceful summer evening.

potd #33.  a dreaded job.  the refrigerator clean-out.

Kick-off to the Weekend

It was a really fun day.

Spent the day with friends.  We are calling the 1st Friday of every month, "First Friday".

I know, such an original name.

Our main purpose of getting together each "First Friday" is to get more scrapbooking done.

We do a lot of talking and laughing.  I did organize some if my pictures on the computer today.

And I got some knitting done.  I at least feel like I was a bit productive.

Then, tonight I was fortunate enough to get together with my sissy and a couple of our friends who just happen to be stepmother/stepdaughter.

We had dinner at a great local restaurant and spent the night talking and laughing.

I am exhausted from all the laughing I did today.

I am so fortunate to have such wonderful friends--and that includes my sissy.

Now, I am off to bed!

potd #32.  Guess who we're rooting for in the Superbowl?!?!

Late, Late Bedtime

This mornings' alarm came way too quickly.

Since before Christmas I have been in the habit of going to be much too late.

Normally I would go to bed around 11ish.  Then it started to creep later, then even later.

Now, I am mostly not going upstairs till close to midnight or later.  Then I watch a tiny bit of TV to get myself sleepy.

I have found that the Military Channel is an instant eye closer for me.  

Under normal circumstances, I do actually enjoy watching documentaries.  But, at 12:30 a.m. it's a wonderful way to go from being fairly awake to instantly asleep.  

Must be something about the old black and white war footage.  

I think that my bedtime has crept later & later because it is the time of day when I can finally sit and relax. 

Being a mom, I don't really relax until after the girls are in bed & asleep.  And now that they are getting a bit older that doesn't happen until around 8:30.  

So it is at that point of the night when I can knit, check email & surf the web a bit, watch a little TV, continue to do laundry, and now I have added blogging to that list.

Each night I tell myself that I will head up to bed a bit earlier, but so far that's not working so well.

Funny how I am so good at imposing bedtime on my children but not so much on myself!

Today was a pleasant day that included a visit with a dear friend and 2/3 of her children.  She just recently had a little girl 3 weeks ago, so it was nice to get some baby snuggles.  Her middle son & I had some fun playing with Batman & Robin but I missed her oldest since he was at preschool.  

From there I headed off to lunch with 3 friends.  Today was J's birthday, so my friends R & A, and I took her out to lunch. 

We met at noon.

We talked, laughed, ate, talked, laughed, laughed, talked, ate dessert, laughed, talked, and laughed.  You get the picture.

And then R looked at her watch and it was 2:50!  Somehow 3 hours had gone by. We couldn't believe it.  

But considering the amount of laughing we did, I am not surprised.  Such a great time.

 potd #31.  These are the clay gift tags I made last week with my sissy.  They are  stamped with music notes.  I love them.

Feels Like Spring!

It's February 1st and the highs were in the 60's today.

That is not a normal occurrence around here.  The normal highs for this time of year are usually in the 30's.

I am definitely not complaining.  No sir-ee!

I love spring like weather in February.

The grass, which usually looks pretty dead and brown this time of year, actually has the teensiest hint of green to it.  Now that is a sight to see in the dead of winter.

And that is really what we are in right now, the dead of winter.  Smack dab in the middle of the winter season.

And it was 60 degrees today.  Wahoooo!  

Now, tomorrow is Groundhog Day.  My personal opinion is that the groundhog better not be predicting a long last 6 weeks of winter.  

No way, that would not settle right with me.  

I am quite hopeful that this stretch of pleasant weather will continue.  Because I am really not kidding when I say that after last winter I am way t-i-r-e-d of snow.

So, on this glorious day I took Lucy out in the yard to throw her ball & "Mr. Duck" around.  She really is the perfect retriever.  

She just doesn't like dropping so much.  So, I trick her.  I use the old bait & switch trick.

Maybe not the best tactic for getting her to drop, but it works for me.  

Giving Mr. Duck a little bit of love.  Yes, she knows him by name.  If you head out to the yard and say, "Lucy go find Mr. Duck" she will run off and look for him til she finds him.  

We also have "Mr. Chicken" who is just like Mr. Duck, but is a chicken of course!  She loves them both.

Mr. Chicken was actually lost for a while last fall in the woods behind our house.  

One day in early December I took her out to play for a bit.  She took off to take care of business and then went wandering in the woods.  

She was gone for quite a while and was not coming when I called her.  I was starting to get a tad annoyed with her for not listening.

Then, all of a sudden she comes tearing out of the woods.  And who does she have in her mouth?  Mr. Chicken!  She came running so fast over to me, so excited!

I could almost see it in her eyes saying to me, "Look what I found Mom!"

She was so funny bringing Mr. Chicken to me like it was the greatest prize ever.

potd #30.  Let's just say she's a very happy dog!