Every year someone comes up with one of these little quizes. I thought I’d share the first one that came across my desk.
Christmas Song Quiz 2003
Birthdays
Most people recall December 7th as the day that will live in infamy. My family remembers it for being the day Pearl Harbor was attacked, but we also remember it because it is my Mother’s birthday.
We have a large family, and it is spread far and wide. Tomorrow one of my nieces, one of my nephews and one of my sisters will join us to take Mother to a local buffet. We’ll come home to open gifts, and then we will make more Christmas cookies, play cards and chat. It may not sound like a lot to you, but my just-about 87 year old mother is excited to be going out, and having company.
Movies
Not new ones……old ones.
We spent a quiet evening at home. I was going to sit at the computer in the living room after dinner when DH turned the TV to a movie channel that was playing “Young Frankinstein.” One of our sons decided to watch with us.
Are you familiar with the phenomenon of “Rocky Horror Picture Show? People dress up as the characters and go to midnight showing and shout out their character’s lines. Well……we had a mini version of that going on for “Young Frankenstein.”
The movie started while I was around the corner in the kitchen, and when I heard the opening music, I filled in the three note half-step French horn part, and walked in to sit down. One by one we piped up with the lines as they came along…
Roll, Roll Roll in the hay
Where wolf? There wolf….
Frau Blucher
PUT THE CANDLE BECK!
Abe Normal…..
and so on.
I didn’t realize that I’ve memorized the movie. Clearly, it’s a family favorite. I have it on VHS and on DVD, so we’ll have to try this again when the whole family is around.
I can see a new Christmas tradition starting. *G*
Party time!
Well, we had our first party of the season last night. I host a quilting bee, and to celebrate the Season, we had a soup supper. Each of the ladies brought something to share, and I made Minestrone soup and Cheddar Chowder. One of our more adventurous cooks made a wonderful salad with baked herbed goat cheese from a recent Cook’s Illustrated magazine. Another made a cream cheese frosted pumpkin cake for dessert.
It was a wonderful meal, mostly because we had the luxury of sitting and chatting with friends.
Sigh……
I’m in love with Horatio Hornblower.
Or…it could be that I’m in love with Ioan Gruffudd.
We’ve watched the Horatio Hornblower series that has been running on A&E (Arts and Entertainment). What a pleasure it’s been to see these books brought to life. We’re watching “Loyalty” tonight. It’s been amazing to see Gruffudd mature over the life of the series, as he goes from a seaman to a captain.
In this segment, he has been given command of his own ship. All the familiar charachters are around him, plus a few new ones, and it’s like meeting an old friend. The other night I was watching a special on Trio about mini-series. They were listing the top ten, and I missed the top three. If this wasn’t in the top three, it SHOULD have been!
I think I’m going to take Horatio to bed with me tonight and let him run through my dreams…
Weddings
Did you know that the wedding industry is a $120 BILLION industry? If it was a company it would be number six on the Fortune 500 list.
We’ve recently gone through two weddings in our family, and a third is coming up next year. I know that girls are being groomed to think of their wedding as their day of limelight, and I think that we do them a disservice.
Young couples are paying what amounts to the down payment for a house, or the cost of an upscale new car for two days of celebration. Despite the fact that they both may work, they saddle themselves with unreasonable debt that some never escape.
What’s my color…
I lifted this test over at Blue Witch’s blog. I don’t know that I would agree completely with their estimate. I surely don’t FEEL sunny most days.
#E0FFFF |
Your dominant hues are green and blue. You’re smart and you know it, and want to use your power to help people and relate to others. Even though you tend to battle with yourself, you solve other people’s conflicts well. Your saturation level is very low – you have better things to do than jump headfirst into every little project. You make sure your actions are going to really accomplish something before you start because you hate wasting energy making everyone else think you’re working. Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation. |
Mini-Series
Dear Husband has discovered a channel on TV that is presenting a variety of mini-series. It’s called “Trio.” Perhaps you’re familiar with it.
Cookie Day
Each year at this time the women of my family have had a tradition of baking together for the holidays. We have had as many as six of us in the kitchen at a time, making dough, washing dishes, taking hot cookies out of the oven. We share what we have made and everyone goes home with more variety than they might have made on their own in one day.
This year schedules are so tight that we are foregoing the larger get together. One of my nieces joined me today, and another will cook with me next Sunday.
Oh Doh!
In the next entry…..please disregard the first paragraph. I swear, occasionally I could be the poster child for the ad that says “This is what your brain is like on drugs.”
What I wanted to harp about was the inequality of Social Security vs the Federal employee retirement benefits. For all I know, their medical benefits are better, too. Although the first part of the post is odd, I hope you read the part that is collapsed. That at least makes a little more sense.
Just chalk up my confusion to blogging too late at night, on autopilot, after a LONG day. I’d delete it, but I figure it’s a learning tool for all you young uns who need to know what happens to your mind as you age….
It’s either that, or I’ll just have to admit I’m a ditz, and stick to writing about herbal things.