June 5th, 2015

Charles de Gaulle: "The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs."

  
We watched a few more of our Best Picture Oscar winning movies this week, we watched The Silence of the Lambs (1991) which is a classic and everyone should see it at least once.  Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster both do a great job!  We watched Unforgiven (1992) too, another great movie!  I've never been a big fan of Clint Eastwood but I get why people like him. Morgan Freeman is also in this and as always, I think he's awesome!

Anyway, as you can tell we're still taking a break from our mystery bag challenges.  Summer time gets pretty busy for us with family functions, holidays, work events, volunteer events, etc.  So unfortunately, we've just been to busy to think about it but I promise, we will get back to it soon!

But until we do, I want to introduce you to someone.  We adopted a fury faced child from the shelter, meet our new addition to our family, Sadie Mae!

Sadie Mae is a sweet girl with lots of love and energy, they said she was a lab/shepherd mix.  Then again, they also said she was 4 years old and we're thinking she can't be any older than 2.  We'll see when we take her to our vet.  In the meantime, let the puppy training begin!!

Happy Friday Ya'll!!!

May 30th, 2015

Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Men are what their mothers made them."

  
It's been another busy week but we managed to get in a few of our Best Picture Oscar winning movies, we watched Rainman (1988) which if you haven't seen it at least once, I don't know what planet you came from.  Dustin Hoffman is awesome in this movie and it's interesting that a movie was made about a man with autism back before everyone and their mother had autism.  Then, when we watched Driving Miss Daisy (1989), another great movie!  Morgan Freeman is great in this (as I tend to think he is in everything he does) and the chemistry between him and Jessica Tandy is inspiring.

Anyway, I know it's Saturday and we're not in Winslow again but we had to celebrate my mom's 66th birthday.  Here we are out at Logan's Roadhouse, my mom's first time eating there.  She thought we were all rude for throwing peanut shells on the floor but she enjoyed herself anyway!  Happy Birthday Mom!!!

Oh, and a birthday isn't a birthday without presents!!!

After all is settled down for the night, we're going to watch our next movie, Dances With Wolves (1990), another awesome movie though it is a bit long.  Great movie that everyone should see at least once! 

Another happy weekend to all and to all a goodnight! 

May 22nd, 2015

Mark Twain: "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you.  This is the principal difference between a dog and man."

Molly Brown turns 6 next week so we had a little birthday party for her.  Yes, I made the dogs wear birthday hats and gave them treats, no I did not make them a cake or cook them a steak dinner LOL. I love dogs but I am not a crazy dog lady yet!  

We also got in a few more of our Best Picture Oscar winning movies this weekend too, we watched Platoon (1986) which was a good movie, better than some of the other war movies we've watched from this list.  Then, when we finished making dinner, we watched The Last Emperer (1987) which was also a pretty good movie and based on a true story!

Happy Friday Everyone!! 

May 17th, 2015

Walt Disney: "Keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we are curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."

I know, another not so Friday Night in Winslow but rather a Sunday afternoon in Fayetteville.  Today is the Annual Block Street Block Party and we haven't been before so we decided we'd go check it out!  

There was tons of fun people watching to do, we saw people hula hooping, belly dancing, body art, and ladies dressed as Disney Princesses.  Listening to music and hanging out in the beer gardens was fun, we entered some contests, and just walked around.  Good time!  Check out some of our pictures!

We did get in a few of our Best Picture Oscar winning movies this weekend too, we watched Amadeus (1984) which was a quirky little movie about Mozart, I don't know how factual it was but it was a pretty long movie and well, it was just different.  Then, when we finished our house chores, we watched Out of Africa (1985) which was pretty good overall.  I think we're making our way into a good slew of movies, ones that we've seen but still good, classic movies!

When you get the chance, do something you've never done before! 

Mother's Day 2015

Oscar Wilde: "All women become like their mothers.  That is their tragedy.  No man does.  That is his."

So like I said last week, we've been super busy with birthdays, anniversaries and other trips and decided to take last weekend down a notch.  We did get in a few of our Best Picture Oscar winning movies, this week we watched Gandhi (1982) which was really surprising to me.  It was a good movie and I believe relatively factual but it did change how I think about Gandhi. It seems to me that Gandhi didn't really do much, except try to start stuff...  Don't get me wrong, I appreciate and applaud him for teaching nonviolence but I don't know what he really did.  Next up, we watched Terms of Endearment (1983) which was pretty good. You have to love crazy pants Jack Nicholson because he's a nut bag and Shirley MacLaine.  I don't get Debra Winger but whatever, it was still a pretty good movie!

Anyway, enough of that, it's Mother's Day!  We took mom out to Golden Corral for lunch.  I think we typically go out on Saturday to avoid crowds but we went on Sunday and it was crazy busy there. We we're able to get seats and enjoy our meal after a short wait and it all worked out fine. 

Afterwards, Damon, my sister, and I took mom out to Cherokee Casino, we all gave her cash and let her gamble.  None of us did too good but we still had a good time and we got to spend time with mom so that's all that matters!

Happy Mother's Day to all of the amazing mothers out there, you deserve the best day ever and I hope you get it!

We love you, moms (Judy and Wanda)!! 

May 1st, 2015

John Wayne: "Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much."

So we've been a little busy with birthdays, anniversaries, and trips and what not, so this weekend we're just relaxing at home. We're still watching our Best Picture Oscar winning movies, this week we watched Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) which was another kinda slow movie, though I guess I get why it won an Oscar.  It's very typically that a single mother is portrayed raising her kid when dad leaves so this was probably a little gritty for it's time.  Next up we watched Ordinary People (1980) which was really just an ordinary movie.  It was cool to see some of the cast so young, as they have been in a lot of things when they were older and they are generally good in their roles.

We have some mowing and some eBay selling to do tomorrow but other than that, we're keeping it simple this weekend and trying to slow it down a bit before we get ramped back up for another busy few weeks!  

I whipped us up a yummy 7 layer dip, well it has 7 layers, just maybe not the typical ones.  Anyway, we're going to tear into this for dinner and get started on the next movie, Chariots of Fire (1981). The last movie to watch that came out before I was even born!!!  

 

That's all for tonight folks, come back and check me out next week!

 

Enjoying the quiet!!