old and new

There seem to be lots of really good movies right now.  Because of the cotton harvest, I went several months unable to grace the door of a theatre.  Since then I have tried to catch up.


The first opportunity after harvest, Georgiana and I sat through four movies across two days.  One on Saturday and three on Sunday.


Movies we have seen range from The Hunger games Catching Fire, to Gravity, The Book Thief (which I really enjoyed, just because of my love to read), The Counselor,   I am sure there are a few more but they escape me at this juncture.


The two most recent movies have been the Wolf of Wall Street and Lone Survivor.  Both are based on true stories and both featured top actors.


I probably would place The Wolf of Wall Street above Lone Survivor in personal preference.  Both are excellent movies.


I think my biggest problem with Lone Survivor is the revelation that American soldiers were lost because of communication glitches and multiple ops by support personnel and equipment.


Rest assured our special forces are top flight Taliwhackers and the four Americans took far more Afghani lives than the three American lives lost.


Probably the most graphic thing to me is how terribly harsh the terrain is over there.


In my books both movies are worth seeing.


Two movies that escaped Abilene before we could see them were The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Saving Mr. Banks.


Next on the horizon is probably The Monuments Men.


A side note, while Georgiana has not imbibed in popcorn since we began our biotrust program, I did a week ago, going popcorn with no butter and a diet Coke.  This last week we did neither.


Some things just don't feel right!  It is almost un-American!


I thoroughly enjoyed the Beatles 50 year celebration.  It was great seeing present day artists performing vintage material, seeing David Letterman talking with the two remaining Beatles, and finally seeing the two Beatles perform individually and together.  It is a real shame they never reunited when they were all still alive.


What a magical mixing of talent, desire, personalities and timing that all came together to produce a lot of really good music.  It was something to have lived it at the time and not realize the magnitude of it.


It was even more magical to have the opportunity to relive it.


The week prior to the celebration CBS retro-fitted the outside of the Ed Sullivan Theatre to 1964.  Of course this theatre is home now to the David Letterman Show.


Probably the biggest surprise to me was as much as America wanted to experience the
Beatles, they wanted to experience America just as much.  I thought it spoke volumes when they expressed their awe at performing on the same stage that Buddy Holly performed on.


Another really great weekend just completed.  Lots of rest and relaxation.  And of course Georgiana and I got to fall off our diet for one meal (the highlight of our week, LOL!)  We chose Mexican food again, but this time we went to Abuelo's.  Ah, my stomach's love affair with Los Mejores de la Casa continues!  A little layered dip and Grandeza margarita and I was a happy man.


Georgiana made some diet home made chili that we enjoyed twice over the weekend Saturday and Sunday and even Monday while I was in Abilene picking up some parts I went by and got me a bowl of chili again.  I still contend that beans, stews, soups, and chili's only improve every day.  The saddest part was we had no cornbread with it.


The diet GOD's frown on that.


Well, Ol' man winter must be lonely this year.  He just can't go away.  School is out in Abilene again today after being delayed yesterday.


Early yesterday the roads were very slick, but by late afternoon they were pretty good.  The fog and drizzle during the nights and freezing temperatures made for treacherous conditions again this morning.


Merrit called yesterday, saying she was having trouble with the little SUV.  This is a vehicle her maternal grandparents gave her and it has been a good one.  We have had to bring it to the barn once and again for service or to make some repairs. 


However, yesterday she said it was heating as she got to her Mom's house.  She tried to put water in it but it ran out the bottom as fast as she put it in.  I asked if it was a hose or what.  She couldn't tell me.


I tell her regularly that if you are going to drive you need to learn to care for your wheels.  I told her it may not be the newest or prettiest car on the road but it is the only one she has.


Don't ask me why, but this little car has a lot of Merrit's personality and I have never worried about little britches traveling from San Angelo to here in it. 


When the weather warms and clears up me and one of the guys may drive down and see if we can fix it, if she hasn't had someone look at it.  I did tell her if it is leaking water that bad she can't drive it to a shop.


Of course now she is going to have to have antifreeze again.  That will probably cost as much or more than fixing the leak.


And to think I was looking forward to not having to drive to San Angelo this week.


Well, keep the home fires burning and have a day!


FATHER, thank YOU again for YOUR blessing of moisture.  We continue to pray for those traveling in the weather and for those who don't have homes as warm as others.  We thank YOU for the many talents we all possess and what the culminative result of these talents coming together produces.  For different personalities.  For good weekends.  For warm comfort foods.  YOU are the KING of KINGS and the LORD of LORDS.