"The Thing About My Folks"

That's the title of the movie we watched last night. After going out to the Chinese Buffet for dinner, we decided to see what was new at "Blockbuster." We don't get videos very often, but every once in a while, we have a look-see in there.

Neither of us had heard of this movie before.... the package just caught my eye because of the photo of Olympia Dukakis. I've always liked her, and figured that she wouldn't do "just any movie." Peter Falk is also in this movie, and Paul Reiser. In fact, Reiser wrote the script and produced the film.

In the movie, Olympia and Peter Falk are husband and wife, Reiser is the son. There are other great characters--- Reiser has three sisters in the movie, as well as a wife & family of his own. The magic in this movie is between Reiser and Falk, and there were so many parts of this story that reminded us of when my dad was down here.

The movie will make you laugh out loud.... and it will make you cry, so have some tissues nearby.


The sun is out today and it's a glorious day.... so nice to see, after all the cloudy days we've had. Our young friends C and L rode their bicycles over here yesterday and had breakfast with us. They rang the doorbell at a little past 7:30.... we were still sleeping, but it didn't take us long to wake up once we knew who was at the door. The girls stayed till nearly noon-time.

C's 15th birthday is coming up, so we've made plans to take her out for a birthday dinner. We gave her the option of inviting one of her friends to join us. So it should be interesting to see if she'll ask L, or if she'll ask one of the boys. C and her friend M are best friends, and they see a lot of each other. On a friend-to-friend basis, not a dating thing. C isn't ready for dating yet, and she knows that, and neither is M. They just have a lot in common and they're both nice kids who like riding bikes, playing games, and watching movies. Plus, M is a budding chef and loves to cook, and is always surprising C with new recipes. When C invited M to our Christmas party, he brought along a tin of his homemade cookies--- you would've thought they came from one of the best bakeries downtown.

Anyway.... so nice to see the sun shining. I hope the cloudy, foggy, drippy days are a thing of the past now.