Recommended Movies

We watched these two movies this past weekend... They are both excellent!

Weekend in Seattle

We enjoyed a family getaway to Seattle last weekend in celebration of our anniversary. DH found a 2-bedroom suite in a hotel in downtown Seattle. We had a great view of the Space Needle from our window!

On Friday afternoon, on our way in, we had to detour to Renton to visit DH's favorite place to shop: Fry's Electronic Superstore. Aisles and aisles (miles and miles?) of software and hardware and all manner of things that blinked and blipped and beeped. On the computer game aisle (okay, one of the computer game aisles) we found the first 7 of the old King's Quest games in one box for $20, so we "had" to get that. It had been updated so it would run on XP, but that's all the updates that had been made. We were telling the kids about playing it before they were born. I think we actually started with Volume 3, but the first game came out in 1983, so you can imagine how primitive the graphics were. The kids were not impressed when we installed it. Not even when we tried to explain what cutting-edge technology that was for the time. I think they fully imagine we lived in the Dark Ages!

We got a little turned around looking for our hotel downtown, but that ended up being a good thing (for me, at least) because we happened upon a Half Price Book Store. I had already told DH that he didn't have to hunt them down for me (which he did once when we were over there) but if we went past any we had to stop! So we did... and of course, since I need more books so badly, I ended up buying 5 or 6.

The kids watched episodes from the Andy Griffith Show on DVD in their room that evening, and DH and I watched The Ultimate Gift in ours. Great movie! Very touching story!

On Saturday morning DH took the kids to KidzFest which was part of the Franklin Graham Festival that was going on. They mainly wanted to go hear the Go Fish Guys. DH and the kids like their music, but I'm not a big fan, so I stayed at the hotel to write. (I'm participating in NaNoWriMo this month, so that was a chance for me to get off to a good start.)

In the afternoon DH and our oldest daughter went to a car show at the convention center. Seems that particular car show usually falls on our anniversary weekend. I went with DH one other year, but this year we decided that probably our daughter would enjoy that time with Daddy.

After going out for supper we relaxed in our suite again that evening, reading and playing computer games... We gained an extra hour that night when the time changed, and enjoyed the drive back home over the Cascades and across the prairie the next day. Not the most romantic anniversary getaway I've ever had... but still lots of fun!

Winners of "Boo Humbug"

Congratulations to Shannon and Nikki who each won a copy of Boo Humbug! It was fun to get the extra traffic to my blog for the Fall Y'all Bloggy Giveaway.

And the fun continues! I'll be giving away another book this week. Check my next post to find out what it is and leave a comment for your chance to win.

Thursday Thirteen - Edition #6

In honor of our 22nd anniversary tomorrow, I thought I'd list:

13 Things I Love About My Husband

(And yes, it could easily be 22 things... to commemorate 22 years... or any number really, because I could go on and on, but then we'd be here forever, and none of us have time for that, do we? So since it's supposed to be 13 things for Thursday, we'll just stick with that!)

1. He loves me!
2. He's my best friend. Really. I don't have close "girlfriends"... He's the one I talk everything over with, and while he doesn't always "get" the "girl stuff" I share with him, he's usually willing to listen anyway.
   
3. He works hard. Too hard sometimes, but I am really proud that he has such high work ethics.
   
4. He talks to me (but not necessarily to anyone else). Most people think he's quiet... and he is... so I appreciate that he will talk to me.
   
5. His brown eyes. Everyone in my family has blue eyes.
   
6. His sense of humor. This is probably the first thing that attracted me to him. He's not a "clown" (usually) but he definitely can see the silly side of life.
   
7. His strength. Physically, emotionally, spiritually...
   
8. His common sense. Which seems a stupid thing to mention, but it seems to be lacking in a lot of people I meet.
   
9. He is a good dad. The kids (and the dog!) adore him.
10. He's cute! Well... he is!!!
    
11. He likes to drive... and I like to go along for the ride.
12. His generous spirit. He loves to give and share.
13. His commitment... to God, to me, to his family, to his job...

Well, that's thirteen so I guess it's time to stop... Happy Anniversary, Dear!

A Love Story

For those of you who missed it last week... this is back up! And still worth a read!

Okay... y'all gotta read the post on my nephew's blog about his grandparents. It brought tears to my eyes.