Today’s Thoughts, Memories, and a Movie Review

Here are my thoughts for today — what I did, some memories, the week in review, and even a movie review….

Today is August 16th – the anniversary of the death of two special people: My Grandpa, who died 10 years ago today. I can’t believe he’s been gone for 10 years! He was so very special to me and I miss him so much! The second is Elvis — it has been 31 years since Elvis passed on. Last year at this time, I wrote a post in their honor – click here to read it.

It has been a crazy couple of weeks – we hired a new Executive Director for Communities In Schools, I had an extremely resistant and stubborn upper respiratory infection and pretty intense laryngitis (there are people who found that to be a blessing – ha-ha), and it seemed like I was on the go for something every day – little or no down time!

To help me get through the craziness, I had a back facial at Natural Balance Medical Spa — oh, that was like visiting heaven! If you’ve never had a back facial, it is like a facial you have on your face, except that it is on your back! They do a deep cleansing, exfoliate, a series of hot towels to deep steam the pores, moisturizers, a relaxing massage, and a mask (not necessarily in that order) and, in this case, a scalp massage while the mask set up. It is great!!! And Natural Balance is one of the best places to have one done – especially this month – they are on a 50% off special throughout August!

I met a friend at Myra’s Friday for dinner — FYI — if you are ever there and her Pot Roast is on the special board, GET IT!!! You won’t regret it — that is what I had Friday and it was FABULOUS!!! Some man at the check out responded to the question “how was the pot roast” with the statement “best meal in the county” — I am inclined to agree! The beef was so tender and juicy and full of flavor!!! It is served with potatoes, onions, and carrots and you STILL get a choice of 2 sides! No room for dessert after that!!!

I went in to Cary today cause I wanted to go to Target and pop in to Red Lobster for lunch! The last couple of times I went in there, I got spoiled — the traffic and crowds were pretty light — not the case today!! Everywhere I went was PACKED and I could barely inch along through the traffic! It reminded me why I hate to go up there!!! I was trying to maneuver through the parking lot at Target and there were somewhere near 100 cars all looking for the 2 or 3 parking spots and mobs of people walking to/from the store! And everyone just blindly walked/drove through it all as if they were the only person in a 20 mile radius! The walkers wandered around like they thought the cars would know they were there and just let them walk on. The drivers drove through gawking for parking spots like they thought the walkers and other cars would see them and let them by! And the obvious problem was that NO ONE noticed ANYONE!!! I was amazed there weren’t any accidents! And, inside the store was just as bad! Crowded and people just walking through like they were the only ones there! I had FOUR, count them, FOUR people walk right into me or my cart – and ALL after I saw them coming and spoke out to them and tried to stop or back up to avoid them getting hurt! And they all looked at me like they were wondering where I came from — like I just appeared out of nowhere to be in their path! Then there were two children — one who’s mother was able to grab her just before she walked into the side of my cart and one who’s mother reached out for her, called her name several times, and I veered over to avoid her, but she still walked right into the side of my cart and started to cry! But the one that made me the maddest was when I was standing in an aisle looking at the displays – I was up against the shelves and there was plenty of room for others to get by, but some lady came barreling up the aisle not even looking where she was going and ran right into the back of my legs!!! She darn near knocked me off my feet – if I didn’t have the cart to grab onto, I would have been on the ground!!!! I have a lovely bruise just above the backs of BOTH my ankles. I did find what I went for, but it was like a zoo trying to get it!!!

While I was in Cary, I decided to see if there was a movie out that hasn’t opened in Sanford, yet. I found “Henry Poole Is Here”. I haven’t seen any ads on this movie, so I didn’t know anything about it. But, it starred Luke Wilson and I like Luke Wilson. The brief write up I read about it sounded cute and it was labeled as a “comedy/drama”. I figured it was worth a shot! I wish I had passed on it!!! I don’t know where they get that it is a comedy — it was pretty dark and depressing!!!! It had some heartwarming tendencies and the story was a good idea and Luke Wilson was good in his role —- BUT —- it ended there! I was not a fan of how it was filmed and the story was not told well. There were parts of the movie that I didn’t quite understand what was going on and some of the points made in the brief write up I read were never really made clear – if I hadn’t read them, I wouldn’t have made the connection! I dozed off a couple of times and kept thinking about what I wanted to get at Target and what I thought I might order at Red Lobster………….it was a bust!!!! If you think you might like this movie, I recommend you wait and get it from Netflix or catch it on HBO when it comes to cable! I give it a C+ and I think I’m being generous to give it the benefit of the doubt — it might just have been my mood today — maybe it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was!

By the time I saw the movie, fought the crowds at Target, Home Depot, and Lowes, I decided to just come home and have a left over hamburger I had in the fridge from Thursday night and skip Red Lobster — I’ll go another time!!!

I saw a preview of an upcoming movie that is opening on October 3rd – Beverly Hills Chihuahua – it looks sooooooooooooo cute!!! Click here for the trailer! This is one that I am looking forward to and can’t wait until it comes out!!! I’ll have to buy the DVD when it comes out so the girls can enjoy it, too!!

George Lopez is popping up everywhere, lately! He was a featured segment on Sunday Morning last week, he had a role in Swing Vote, he was in Henry Poole Is Here, and he is the voice of one of the Chihuahuas in Beverly Hills Chihuahua!!!

I was flipping channels this evening and found my very favorite movie — The Notebook — just starting! I was so happy and settled in to watch it! But, after the stressful day I had, I ended up falling asleep on the couch and missing it all……. I am now watching Kevin Costner’s Message In A Bottle – another really good love story that I never get sick of seeing over and over!!!!

I guess that’s all I have on my mind tonight! Have a great weekend!

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