This has really been a Richard Gere/Jennifer Lopez weekend on TV! Friday night I saw the end of "Pretty Woman" with Gere and Roberts, and then saw the entire thing Saturday afternoon. I thought of Joanne, Dolly's mom, who LOVES this movie! This a.m. while other people were in Bible study, I was lying in bed, watching Gere and Lopez in "Shall We Dance?" Sometime yesterday I saw Lopez in "The Wedding Planner" but only the very, very end of it. It would have been quite easy for me to just stay at home to watch MORE TV this a.m., but instead, got myself up and showered, dressed and out the door in plenty of time to serve as Greeter. The Wednesday night Bible Bites class is a re-play of the Sunday a.m. class so sleeping a bit later today will be made up on Wednesday night.
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No, no, I didn't spend my entire day in front of the box Saturday. Emily and Paul invited me over to their house for weekly "family dinner" and from there, Paul and I headed off to the Symphony. Eight of us went to hear the music of John Williams performed by our own JSO. The Rosses' joined Justin, Grove, Paul and me in the 3rd row center front, where we had an exquisite view of the Star War characters who theatrically paraded on and off the stage in their full regalia. (These were not my usual reserved seats, as it was a special concert.)
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Anyway, Mem and Christopher had the most obvious enjoyment. The grown-ups showed more subdued glee.....except for one of us whose face hurt from smiling! One of us also had a few tears run down listening to the theme from "E. T." where the boys are being chased on their bikes, and take flight across the face of the moon. I can't watch that movie without remembering the tears---my own, and also Lisa's! When she was little, we'd planned on going for ice cream after the movie but Lisa was so upset, she had to go home to regroup! And Lynn had told us not to even bring up "Bambi"! To this day, I won't!
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Anyway, part of the fun was watching the kids watch the "show" around us. It's like when you put your child on the merry-go-round and wave "hello" everytime they come around. Or when you take little ones to Disney and enjoy vicariously the great pleasure they have when at "Mickey's House". Those are the times when it's just NOT about you at all! Taking pleasure in someone elses' great fun, that's living!
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The sad news was that Rick took a mess of pictures of the characters and the kids and all that, then realized there was no memory card in the camera....talk about a sinking feeling! We have one picture which we could share, it's of Paul and a storm trooper!! Kids come in all sizes....
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Since Grove had to go right to work from the Symphony, Paul and I gave Justin a ride back to his place. After dropping off Justin, I took Paul home in Argyle and then took myself home. It was nearly midnight by the time I got settled in, which is why I slept a bit longer than usual.
So far I have one person interested in my "Memoir Writing Workshop" and hopefully more will become aware and decide to join the fun!
