Saturday Off To The Movies

Yesterday, I got so much done...I made it to Wal Mart and Costco and was back home in 2 hours !!!  Almost unheard of this time of the year.  The trick to my success (I think) was the time of day..I left home at 3pm and believe it or not, there were not big crowds at either store because it was a work day for most and they were all still working.   Both stores are approximately 12 miles from my home and I stayed off the freeway (I could see it was stop and go traffic) so I think that helped too. 

So today Barbara and I are off to the movie.  We are going to see "The Holiday" with Carmen Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black (oh, he's such a cutie).  This is a story of two women, one in Los Angeles and the other in England who exchange houses for the hoilidays to get a new lease on their lives.  Both women suffer a bit of culture shock at first but then settle into their new temporay lives.  Of course a romantic comedy would not be complete  without men coming into the picture.   Thus  the roles played by Jude Law and Jack Black.  Of course the movie critics only give it 3 stars but that's because it's not action filled with buidlings and cars blowing up.  I've been seeing the previews for months and Barbara and I are sure it's going to be an enjoyable movie.  We sort of made a pact...no more blood & guts movies for awhile. It's too hard on the blood pressure.   LOL  

It's been sprinkling here all morning but now at noon the sun is out and shining brightly.  You just never know what the weather is going to be from hour to hour here in the northwest.  The temperatures has been holding right around the 40 degree mark for several days now.

I've also noticed the last couple days...the big Air Force planes from the local airbase are really doing alot of touch & go's.  When they come over my house they are 200-300 feet off the ground.  Most times I don't even hear them but when they come over every few minutes, you begin to notice.  Usually there are 3 or 4 of them up at a time...all in a row.  I live about one and half miles from the end of their runway. so when they are practicing I really hear it.   Two of them have gone over just while I was writing this paragraph.   I really don't mind it unless it's late at night and I have to get up and go to work in the morning. However,  I know they need to practice in all kinds of conditions so they can do their job when the time comes.  

Well, it's almost time to leave for the theater so until next time............Linda

Will The Papers Even Mention It ?

It seems every year the remembrances get put farther back into the local newspaper, if there are any at all.  Will it be mentioned on the evening news ?  Watch and see....look at your calendars in your homes...does it mention what happened 65 years ago on that sunny Sunday morning ?   I only have one calendar in my house that mentions "Pearl Harbor Day."  And that's one that came from Hawaii.  I bet the people over there remember....thousands of men and women lost their lives because of what happened that day.  God help us to never forget. I was a month from being born that Sunday morning and 6 months later it took my dad away from my mother and I, when he went into the Army.  He returned safely but many didn't.  Again.....God help us to never forget.

The pictures are back

I was able to get into my Monday Decmber 4th entry, regarding my daughter's birthday and put the pictures back into it.  If you have a moment, hop back a couple days and see what a little cutie came into my life on December 4, 1961.

http://journals.aol.com/lsfp1960/LindasWorld/entries/2006/12/03/december-4-1961/1322

They've all disappeared

As I look thru prior entries I see all the pictures I've posted in the last four or five days are gone. I've looked clear back into my November entries...gone...they're all gone!   Has that ever happened before?  What's the deal ?

Where Did They Go ?

I see the pictures I put in my entry for my daughter's birthday have disappeared.  Also for the second time...the sunset picture for Sunday afternoon has disappeared.  WHAT'S GOING ON ???????????

Monday Morning Question

    

Fruitcake.  Delicious or doorstop?

What's your answer?  Krissy at; http://journals.aol.com/fisherkristina/SometimesIThink/entries/2006/12/04/monday-morning-question.../1200

Linda's answer;  I love it made from my mom's recipe.  I made some a few weeks back, it will be ready in a couple weeks.  It has rum "flavoring" not the real stuff.  I really believe that's why people don't like it, because often times it's soaked in booze and the alcohol gives it a weird bitter taste. 

 

December 4, 1961

I have to do this entry tonight as I have to go to work in the morning.  Anyway, I want to take this opportunity to wish my daughter a very happy birthday.  It's appropiate that this year...45 years later... her birthday falls on a Monday, the day of the week she was born.   She was born on my dad's 48th birthday and for many years  (28 to be exact) they shared a birthday cake.  My grandmother (my dad's mom) was born on December 11th, so until she passed away the three of them had one family party.  My grandma and my dad were both railroad emplyees and Julie loved horses...so several years there were cakes with little trains and horse pastures decorating their tops.  One year after Julie was married, her husband was working a lot of overtime and he asked if she'd mind ordering her own cake and then he'd pick it up.  So she stopped in at the local bakery department to order the cake.  The lady asked her what she wanted it to say and after a moment she said "write across the top..Happy Birthday Queen Julie."  Boy did we get a chuckle out of that and her husband was surprised when he picked it up.

Anyway, happy birthday daughter dear and I hope you have many more.    Love Mom