I read somewhere that a survey sent to economists asking when they thought the recession would end did not even include any dates in 2009.
We saw Slumdog Millionaire Wednesday evening and it lived up to its hype. Definitely one you should see and a likely prospect to take the best picture Oscar. The audience stayed longer into the titles than any in my recent memory and I’m thinking they didn’t want the experience to be over. (It’s a story of a young man who succeeds remarkably on India’s version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” He is accused of cheating and explains how he knew the answers with flashbacks to his growing up. The child actors are phenomenal; the whole film fascinating and poignant.)
You know how sometimes after you’ve been driving too long, even after you get out of the car it still feels like you are moving? Yesterday when I finally turned off the TV after the Orange Bowl (way to go Virginia Tech!), I could still hear football announcers in the house. Three games back-to-back is really too much for me.
But I must confess I switched back and forth a lot during the Orange Bowl to the movie Waitress on HBO. The film had all the signs of a Lifetime channel movie, but was entertaining nonetheless, perhaps because Keri Russell is about the cutest person on the planet.
The guy that invented the button on the remote that jumps back-and-forth between two channels ought to be given a damn Nobel Prize.
When do you take down your Christmas decorations (including the tree)?
Christmas decorations are all down and packed away. Have been since Sunday.
I just wasn’t into the holidays this year and was SO ready for it all to be GONE.
Taking down the decorations is done…but I haven’t even started the packing up and putting away of said decorations. What a job. I don’t wanna.
I didn’t decorate this year, but normally I take down my tree on New Year’s Day. To me, that’s the end of the holidays. As with Jill, getting them packed and put away is another issue altogether.
I tried to take them down last weekend but the boys begged me to leave the tree up until tomorrow. So, tomorrow; asap. And I’ll be recycling my tree by dropping it at Ladera golf course. Last year it sat in my side yard for 7 months… then I chopped it into little pieces and burned it.
I’m trying to be more proactive…
I can hardly wait to see that movie. My mom saw it and loooooooved it.
🙂
Usually by now, but will wait until next weekend. I have a beautiful and tall artificial tree donated by friends this year. It will be my first experience in dismantling a tree for storage in the attic and I expect it will take me the better part of a day.
Last year, our cut tree was so beautiful, I left it out on the porch for months [in its stand and sans decorations, of course] . Due to the cold Nebraska climate, it stayed green for an amazingly long time, and the birds loved it!
Yesterday and today. Tossed the tree outside (in the back) until I get around to doing something with it. It’ll look pretty again if we get the snow predicted for today.