#4 January 4, 2013

Worked until 12:30.

Tonight Rain went to Flick & Float at the Y, Ethan and Gavin were there also.

Mike and Penny stopped by for a little visit.

That is Sydney getting in the picture.

TV Shows & Movies watched tonight

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The Honeymooners

The Big Bang Theory

The Saint Meets The Tiger

#3 January 3, 2013

I worked today until 12:45.
Other than that nothing much happened.

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT
 We watched Tangled. We had seen it before at the theater in London. It is a cute movie.

Later I watched After the Thin Man. I absolutely love this series.

Also Jimmy Stewart is in this movie.

  

I love William Powell his acting is wonderful. He can do comedy and drama and everything in between.

# 2 January 2, 2013

Today is Perry's birthday. 

I am off. Just a lazy day, trying to get back into the routines of pre holiday season.

TV Shows and Movies We Watched Tonight

 Top Chef Seattle premiere was on tonight. It looks like a good season.
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                                       One of my photos, with a little sentiment.

2013

This is my first post of 2013 and my first in over 6 months. I have not had the inkling to do any posts until now. For now I am going to try a different approach and think of this as a daily journal. I'm not exactly sure how I will go about this, or if I will even keep it up, but I am going to try. I am hoping to do a project life type of album this year, so this will help me to keep everything in order.
I hope everyone has a wonderful new year with lots of hope, love and adventure.

#1 January 1, 2013

This was my mom's 75th birthday. She looks so good for 75. We had a surprise birthday party for her on Boxing Day. She was thrilled with that.

Sadly it also the anniversary of the death of my cousins 21/2 year old son, Kiran. My cousin Brian and his wife Sejal asked his family and friends to wear Kiran's favourite colour yellow on this day in remembrance of him. And then he wanted us to send him a picture of us dressed in yellow. So all that were here that day did just that. We felt honoured that we could do this for these beautiful people. 
Mike and Penny came over for the afternoon. And Ethan and Gavin wanted to come over to play with Rain. Logan and Cathy were already here. We ordered pizza and had a nice meal together.
Cathy and mom took off the decorations on the Christmas tree.
Amberley & Perry went to Sarnia for Perry's birthday. They met up with Owen, I was buying his Samsung tablet and he gave it to them to bring home to me. My laptop broke during the holidays, so when he said he would sell it to me I jumped at the opportunity. I was thrilled to get it, but it takes time getting used to a tablet, I had to stop thinking of it as a computer and start thinking of it as a mobile device.
All in all it was a good day.

 TV Shows And Movies Watched:
The Big Bang Theory

Black Widow

Cary Grant & American Idol

On Monday of this week my mom and I went to see a Cary Grant movie, Notorious. Our cultural centre shows a classic movie on once a month. Notorious was this months pick. It was nice to see it on a big screen, with a room full of other people. We all reacted to the suspenseful scenes, it was nice. I had never seen an old classic on anything other than my tv, so I really enjoyed it. Of course if you have read my blog at all you know that Cary Grant is my all time favourite actor. When I mentioned at work that I was going to see his movie one of the girls I was telling had no idea who Cary Grant is. That really made me feel old.
     

Warning: Spoiler Alert - if you haven't watched American Idol yet don't read any farther

We watched The American Idol Results show last night, all I can say about it is wow. First off I would like to say that I have enjoyed this season with Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler. At first I thought Jennifer would be to much of a diva for this type of thing, I am glad to say I was so wrong. She is a wonderful judge I have come to like her and Steven Tyler (I am not an Aerosmith fan) adds some crazy moments to it, they are both a great addition to this season. Ok to the result show, first of all the guests Stevie Wonder, what would it be like to have him sing happy birthday to you like he did to Steven Tyler, then Sugarland I don't have any of their music but I do like some of their songs to sing along with (not a big fan of what she wore though) And the Jennifer Hudson who herself was an idol contestant who was eliminated. But the biggest surprise was that Casey was voted off. I am not a big fan of the type of music he sings but he is very talented, I was glad the judges used their one and only save. It was a great show.                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Grandchildren, Postcards, Stamps and More

I bought these 3 postcards in Las Vegas in 2000.   
This postcard is from Thailand, which I received from another member of Postcrossing. And these beautiful stamps were on the card.

  
I watched these 2 movies recently. It was the first time I have seen Singapore, I liked the movie, I like intrigue movies, however I found Ava Gardner's voice kind of annoying. I am not sure if she always talked like this or if it was only for this movie. I have seen Robin Hood many times before, and it is always fun to watch. Errol Flynn is a fine swashbuckler. I recommend both movies, but the 2nd one is more family friendly.          In March I made this Swedish Meatball recipe, which was in my grandmother's recipe box. I enjoyed it very much, it was easy to make the meatball's. I am thinking that I would like to attempt to make as many of her recipes as I can.
Here are some pictures of my grandchildren. They are growing up so fast.   
And finally I was able to get a good picture of the moon, it's not the best but it is one of the best I have taken.
Have a good day.
Terry

September Happenings

Lots of things have been going on in this old world of ours and I missed posting on the actual days so I will try to make it up now.

First there was the Sept. 11. A day we should never forget.

Then there was grandparents day, on Sept. 13, so here is to you grandma & grandpa Weston & Stull.

Last week while I was cutting the lawn the lawnmower quit working. So when I mentioned this to my friends at church, Perry arrived the next day with one and he even put gas in it. God is such a good provider. Thanks Perry
Also my vacuum stopped working this week. I am changing furniture around in the living room this week and I like to vacuum the carpet before I place the furniture. So I might have to borrow Amberley's vacuum for a day.

Tomorrow I am going to London to see Brittany & Rain. We are going to go out for lunch and then she is going to show me the rooms she will be using for her wedding next year. She has booked the Sheraton for it. I can't believe it is only a year away, she has been planning for so long.

Both of my girls are homeschooling their children this year. I have seen the results of homeschooling with Ethan & Gavin. Their reading abilities are wonderful and Gavin (4 yrs old) loves math. And when I talked on the phone yesterday with Rain he said he liked going to school at home. I asked him if mommy was a good teacher and he said "yes", so cute.

Owen surprised me yesterday and came to Chatham for a visit. We ended up going to Amberley's for supper and a game of Settlers.

I watched the movie "The Man In The Iron Mask" last week. I didn't think I would enjoy it, but it was actually very good. It starred Leonardo DeCaprio in the leading role. His acting was very good.
Did you know there was a real man in the mask, only the mask was velvet. Read about him here.

Some pictures I took the other day at C.M. Wilson Conservation Area.




I hope you all (how is that for optimism) have a wonderful day.

Rest In Peace, Desi

Saturday

On Sat. I took engagement pictures for Brittany & Ryan. I got some nice ones, but I have a lot to learn. Brittany looked real pretty and I wish I could bottle Ryan's energy I would be rich. Rain was a cutie pie, just saying. The weather was beautiful, it was a nice place to go. Ryan took us to parts that if he weren't there we would not of gone. He knew them from when he was a kid he used to go there all the time, it was only about 10 minutes from his house. I will post some of the family ones, but not of Brittany & Ryan until she picks the one she wants.


I watched 2 movies Sat. night. I enjoyed them both.
The first one was "The Duchess" starring Keira Knightly and Ralph Fiennes. It is based on a true story. I don't normally watch this kind of movie, but I like history, what can I say.

Charles Grey (he was the lover) became Prime Minister of England in 1830. He was known as Earl Grey and the tea is named after him. And Georgiana (the main character) was a distant relative to Princess Diana.
I just love connecting things together.

The second movie I watched was "Going My Way" with Bing Crosby.
I enjoyed this one very much. The sequel to this is "The Bells Of St. Mary's".
I have seen bits and pieces of this movie but until tonight I have never seen the whole movie. I am glad I watched it.

One of the kids in this movie was Carl Switzer. Do you know what he is famous for. He was Alfalfa in the "Our Gang" series. Remember he had a thing for Darla. This one is for you Amberley, you know the picture of Freckle-Faced Haines in "White Christmas" that is Switzer's picture.