Still Waiting

Only a few more days and we get to celebrate the coming of Christ.   I love midnight Mass.  I can't wait!

So.  Okay, I am now under the impression that I must have somehow made y'all think I was sick.  I'm not sick.  I'm having a "visitor".  Ahem.  Chief brought home the flu (I think Seasonal, but could be Swine), but is back to work and only just sniffling still.  Squirrel Boy has it bad . . . but is recovering now (thank God).  He really only complains about his face feeling full.  Snot can be fun that way, yeah?  Teenie has a mild scratchy throat, but otherwise feels fine.  I'm fine.  Crickles is fine. 

However, I do want to thank you all for your concerns and prayers for us!  They do count for a lot!!!!!

Today I will finish that Oreck Steam-It job downstairs.  I love.that.steamer.  It is slow going to use it . . . not as smooth until the pad gets a bit wet.  However, does it clean the floors good!  I also forgot to wrap two presents so I'll do that today as well. 

Tomorrow morning Crickles and I will go to his appointment to get a referral to Ped. Urology.  I bet we'll get an appointment for mid-January.  In which case, I may have to ask about refilling his antiobiotic?  Not sure about that, but I'll ask.

Tomorrow night we'll take the Harbor Lights tour . . . and see all the Navy ships lit up for Christmas.  I would bring my camera and take pictures, but I'm absolutely positive I would muck it up and the pictures would not be worth the effort.  So, just imagine it with me.

Thanks to my friend Dawn I now have the name of an old black and white film that I have seen twice and absolutely love:  Follow the Fleet, starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, and Ginger Rogers.  I'm not usually one to like musicals, but this one I like, as well as (of course!) The Sound of Music. 

Wishing you all a very Merry, Happy, and Blessed Christmas!

Some Thoughts

We just returned from seeing Coraline at the cinema. I'm going to say it was visually appealing and the storyline strange, but good. There was only one scene in which I gasped at - for the sake of all the small children in the theatre: There are two old gals living in the basement apartment of the pink house . . . in the world behind the door, these old gals have an act where they each sing in rivalry fashion - but the one is basically Dolly Parton in the front with the sisters niples only covered by sequins and a skimpy sequined bottom. Let's just say, we get to spend a good three minutes with this character (un)dressed as such. For a PG film rating, folks, beware of this "no point for it" scene. My youngest is eleven - he noticed (he didn't like it either). My husband even said, "What the heck? I'm offended!" Other than that, it's an okay film. It will cost you, though! $47 for me, my hubs, and our three kids. No military discounts 'cos you are also paying for the "Austin Powers" 3D specs.

Now I'm off to the commissary to score some of this for our cat. I noticed she has a few bits left in her bowl and nothing but dust in her empty food bin. Pathetic.

Hope ya'll are enjoying your Valentine!

PROCRASTINATING

I am the QUEEN of Procrastination!

It snowed last night so school started two hours late. Okay. But I was up and down all night long hacking. I slept in, so the two hour late thing really worked for me. Now, I have these other things I need to do. First, I called a gal to make sure the parish council meeting is tomorrow before I called back the financial gal who will or will not attend (based on the weather and her being older). I was on the "horn" a long time with the financial lady. I don't mind, but I mind. When I'm 87-years-young I hope to hell I meet up with some people as patient (as I come across) as me some day. I don't really mind listening to their stories. In the long run, it is not a problem. But, my being sick I only have so much energy - I need to take a bloody shower and it's presently 11:30am! I finally have the boost of energy to do so and what do I do? Sign on to this . . . I mean, I have nowhere to go and nothing to do . . .

I do have to upload several assignments for the kids (tests, actually) while they take their other tests. It takes five minutes, but I act like it's going to be a surgical procedure to remove my left lung, yeah?

I am on the other side of this illness, I believe, as I feel better as every hour passes.

I watched Elizabeth: The Golden Age yesterday. I'm a fan of that era so I've seen and read enough to be interested. Still. The film was very glossy and such, but like watching a re-run. If I have time today, I'll watch Pride and Prejudice. All three of the films aren't what my hubs would watch . . . so I am watching them as quickly as I can so some of the others in queue come that we can watch together.

If you leave a comment, let's discuss our favourite scents. What's yours? You can tell why if you like.

Addendum: Well, folks, it's 12:47 and the dern stuff is uploaded to Seton and I'm going to run a brush through my hair now . . . blow it dry. It's too cold out not to dry my hair all the way. One of the many reasons I love blogging is: it sorta holds me accountable! Yeah, you all know what I mean.

Oh, and please offer up a prayer for author and blogger, Amy Welborn, as her husband passed away quite suddenly. Mary, Mother of God, Ora pro nobis. St. Joseph, ora pro nobis.

I Do Have a Strange Taste In Humour

Okay, h/t goes to Creative Minority Report (link under my blogroll). I saw this trailer over at his site and just about died laughing.

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/yearone to preview Year One - a film to be released this summer, from what I gather. It has Jack Black in it and a score of others and the story runs along Mel Brooks/Monty Python type humour. So be warned. I do not offend easily when it comes to film - really, I don't. I'm married to a man who says that people expect too much out of films altogether. I agree. Of course, I have found some films absolutely dumber than dumb and some that are extremely sexual - I object to those sorts of films.

I do love British humour, though. Betcha all didn't know that! So. I like a show that ran in the UK called Father Ted. There's a whole lotta mocking the Church going on - but one priest who does constantly point out what the Church actually teaches. Is it clean? No, not really. There's the cursing, the alcoholic priest and the really nitwitty priest, Dougal. Do my kids watch it? NO WAY. I rarely watch it myself, having it on DVD. I prefer The Vicar of Dibley easily to Father Ted, but find both okay for adult viewing. Leastwise, funnier than Benny Hill, see?

Okay, so you have been warned. I keep my posts really rather clean, but I think it only fair to point out my telly weaknesses. I just might cough up some change to go see this film in cinema when it comes out.