Day 347 - Friday night movie

My entertainment for the evening -- a biopic about singer Bobby Darin w/Kevin Spacey. Not only can he act, but he did his own singing too -- the guy is good!

Day 236 - Consistency

1st game

2nd game

3rd game

Pardon me tootin' my own horn, but WooHoo! - not bad for an ol' broad! ;) Wish I'd been this consistent when I was league bowling on real lanes.

We are having entirely too much fun with this Wii thing!

Day 232 - He did it!

Remember those little noises I said Lew was making the other day?? Well, they grew into one big ruckus and surprise, surprise, a Wii remote was sitting on my desk yesterday morning - an early Happy Birthday to me!!

He's the only person I know who can mosey into the local WalMart and mosey on out with something that the whole rest of the country is still having a hard time getting their hands on!! And for about half the price, too. The man is ridiculously lucky!

Today he went out and picked up the pretty pink skins too. Fun stuff! :)

Day 228 - Wheeeee! (aka - Wii)

The boys will be leaving tomorrow and taking their Wii system with them. They both excel at most games, but I bowled my best game tonight - a 267 - so I can hold my own in that area. It's really quite a remarkable piece of technology, and we've had lots of family fun with it.

Lew has been making little noises about getting one... we shall see. :)

Day 226 - Movie junk food

You have to munch while you're watching movies, right? 'Course you do! Soooo, Christopher wanted popcorn and soda, Michael wanted chips and soda, and me? Oh, I just settled for a plain ol' dusty banana split (two scoops, extra whipped cream... and yeah, that extra cherry.)

Oh.my.God!! I knooooow I'm going to put on 10 pounds this week... but I'm sure going to enjoy doing it! ;)

Day 225 - Movie Central

We've spent the late evenings this week watching movies. Bucket List, Jumper, and Next took up Sunday and Monday nights, while Mr. Brooks and Gone Baby Gone are scheduled for tonight. American Gangster is on tomorrow night's agenda. I was wanting to see a couple of them but have enjoyed the boy's choices too.

Day #364 - REDSKINS 27 - DALLAS 6

Yes!! Beating Dallas - how sweet it is! We're in the playoffs!!

Day #322 - I shoulda watched a movie...

*sigh* I don't know why I watch this stupid game!

Jason Campbell getting ready to throw an interception.
Redskins lose to Dallas (again!) 23 - 28.

Day #210 - Blimps and other things...

Christopher got this shot of the Goodyear blimp from our backyard. I later found out it was flying in our area to fulfill a ride-in-a blimp contest prize. Later on we went out for dinner and took in a late movie the boys wanted to see.

Day #208 - Friday night movie...

The boys opted for some horror combination of Friday the 13th/Nightmare on Elm Street but I was perfectly satisfied with this one. Love Forest Whitaker and his Oscar-winning performance in his portrayal of sick puppy Amin.

Day #206 - Going without...

While the family room is being worked on, the boys have been reduced to watching plain ol' dusty cable TV on their bedroom set, sans HBO or the recorded program feature. Life is soooo difficult!! *sigh* ;)

Day #192 - A boy and a book...

I got this book for the boys in hopes of sparking their interest in the magic and mystery of being a boy. It's an old-fashioned collection of useful and interesting facts and bits of info that encourages exercising the imagination rather than losing it to the electronic age we live in.

Day #190 - Puzzle puzzle...

We spent the afternoon working on this challenger until we got bleary-eyed from all the numbers and took a dinner break. Looks like Lew and I may finish the rest ourselves since the boys have opted for a little TV diversion instead.:)

Day #161 - Out of reach...

Not my best effort, the picture's about as good as the match was. I thought it was some rather uninspired tennis - Rafael Nadal didn't even have to play his best game to win. Roger Federer will have to wait another year for a chance at the French Open title.

Day #105 - Reading material...

Whee! Got my Amazon order yesterday! This must be the week for books - I've noticed book photos on a few other blogs in the past couple of days.

Anyway, besides my regular favorite mystery series writers - Patterson and Kellerman - I've recently added Davidson (Goldy Bear culinary series) and Lehane (the Mystic River guy - I realllly like him!) to my list of likes. Throw in a couple of novels for a change of pace and these waiting unreads oughta keep me busy for a few.

Day #98 - They're baaaack...

...finally!

Well, they started these final episodes off good - it'll be interesting to see how they end the series.

(this is a shot of the TV screen just as they flashed the title after the theme song - I'm surprised I caught it!)

Day #94 - A night at the movies...

Tonight was pizza and movie night at Mommaw's. Meat lover's, plain, and pepperoni pizzas were on the food menu, while Happy Feet, Pursuit of Happiness, and Grease are on the movie marquee.

Day #83 - Movietime...

This is the best I could come up with today. Had great plans of getting out of the house and taking some nice outdoor photos but the Gods must be angry with me or something. This flu thing apparently enjoyed my "hospitality" and has hunkered in for an extended stay. So, instead of being out in the fresh air, I'm laying around, feeling lousy, drinking fluids until I float, and watching movies... again. Maybe tomorrow.

Day #21 - Tennis is on

Being a big tennis fan - spectator-type - the Australian Open has had my attention this week and will next week too. Also learned something new about the flash on a camera. It comes on automatically each time you turn the camera on (even if you've turned it off previously... erg!) *sigh* - learn something new every day.