Savannah Retreat - Day 1

I had off for Confederate Memorial Day and so did a friend of mine. Her dad lives on Wilmington Island (near Savannah) so we decided to pay him a visit. She never gets to go to Savannah as a true tourist - because when she goes, it is mostly a short trip to see her dad.

Since I've been several times, I pretty much just let her do whatever she wanted. We had a nice time.

We didn't do a lot - we got a late start because Ga Power decided to come block my driveway for a few hours and install a new pole - so we didn't leave until almost noon. We packed a cooler full of ice, filled it with bottled water and diet cokes and headed out. We ate lunch at Zaxby's in Dublin and had dinner at the Lady and Son's with her dad. Her dad knows Paula Deen's husband. He made a phone call and we walked right in and were seated right away for dinner (normally there is a 2 or 3 hour wait). Here is my dinner...fried chicken, low-country boil (shrimp), collards, lima beans, black-eyed peas, mac-n-cheese, swiss steak and a biscuit. I just got a little bit of everything so I could decide what my fave was. I went back for a little more shrimp, lima beans, collards, and got some mashed potatoes instead of mac-n-cheese the next time around. We all decided that the shrimp was the best !!

After dinner, her dad drove us around Savannah a bit and drove us down River Street. It was getting late by then (almost 11 pm) and we knew he was tired (and so were we) so he took us back to our hotel for the evening.

Glee - Emma's Pamplets

I love the pamphlets that Emma has in her office. Emma is the high school counselor, but when students come to see her for advice, she is obviously quiet nervous about it and doesn't know how to handle it.

They don't focus the pamphets in her office really, but it is one of those subtle things that you see in the background. Here are the titles of a few of them.

My Mom's Bipolar and she Won't Stop Yelling

So, You Like Throwing Up

Wow! There's a Hair Down There!

I Can't Stop Touching Myself

DIVORCE: Why Your Parents Stopped Loving You

Help, I'm In Love With My Stepdad

I Still Breastfeed, but How Old Is Too Old?

Brittnay - Glee

I am so glad that Glee is back - I missed it !! You know it is so hard to pick a favorite character - I can't do that because I like them all in their own different ways. But I must say that Brittnay cracks me up every single time she opens her mouth! She is played by Heather Morris.

Brittnay is one of that characters that kind of lingers in the background for the most part. She doesn't say a lot but when she does - oh my gosh, you about bust a gut from laughing so hard. She mostly just has a bunch of one-liners.

I think her delivery of the lines is perfect but also I think her bit of sweetness and naivity adds to it. Brittnay is both a Cheerio and Gleek.

One episode had them all in wheelchairs for the week, when Brittnay was asked where her's was, she simple replied "I lost it" (who loses a wheelchair?)

When asked to raise their right hands and repeat an oath, she raised her left hand

Mr Schue: Can anyone tell me what a ballad is?
Brittnay: A male duck

Later, when drawing ballad song titles out of a box - Brittnay says "I bet the duck is in the box"

During a discussion, Brittnay asks "Do you know that Dolphins are gay sharks?"

Mr. Schue was having a discussion that the boys weren't treating the girls well and said something along the lines of how they were misogynistic.
Brittnay says "when I pulled my hamstring I saw a misoginist"

Spring in Piedmont Park

Finally, finally Spring is really here - and what a glorious Spring it is !! The weather was 100% perfect today ! Not too hot, not too cold - it was baby bear perfect and was just right!

I got up early and headed down to Piedmont Park to take advantage of the beautiful day and the clear atmosphere. I took almost 200 pictures - wow! I had no idea I took that many. Here are some of my faves from the day (I had a lot more favorites but I tried to narrow it down a bit).

A view of the city

Pink Dogwood
Silly Duck in a Tree (I watched this duck for a while because he kept looking up in the tree at some robins and I thought he wanted to be in the tree too - he finally got up in the tree but then seemed a bit perplexed on how to get back down)

Another view of the city - reflected in the lake

Funky Flower

Dogwood Trees

Dogs playing in "Piedmont Bark"

Flower, flowers, everywhere!

Easter Buckets

I found these cute little buckets somewhere - Michael's, I think - several week ago. Later, I got some Easter grass and candy and today I filled up the little buckets for my staff. This time I waited until later in the day and delivered them while they were sitting at their desks - so they'd have to at least acknowledge them. They all said thank you. I still don't get the impression they are truly happy to receive my little holiday gifts but I enjoy giving them, so.... I give them.

Happy Easter !!

Amy Grant - Better Than a Hallelujah

Amy Grant was being interviewed on FISH 104.7 this morning and she sang this song in the studio and I just loved it. I love Amy Grant anyway but this song really touched me. She sang a couple of more songs - I have to get this CD !!

2010 Movies - so far....

So far this year, I've seen 19 new movies. Now these are not all new releases but rather they are movies I have never seen before. I am not counting movies I watched this year but have already seen before (such as Breakfast Club, Wedding Singer, etc).

My fave so far... "It's Complicated". Great cast, great story, great movie!

My least fave so far..."Ghost of Girlfriends Past". I was so disappointed in this movie. It didn't look all that great but I figured, hey Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Breckin Meyer, Emma Stone, surely this great cast can make the movie good, right? wrong!! As much I as love all four of these actors, this movie was (in my humble opionion) downright awful - awful. I can't believe these talented actors/actresses agreed to even do this movie - they must have had some might bucks thrown at them.

Anyway....here is my 2010 movie list and ratings so far this year.

Date . . . . . . . . .Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . Rating
01/01/10 The Princess & The Frog . . . . . . ♥♥♥♥
01/03/10 It's Complicated . . . . . . . . . . . .♥♥♥♥♥
01/04/10 The Soloist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ♥♥ 1/2
01/07/10 Extraordinary Measures. . . . . . . .♥♥♥
01/13/10 Revolutionary Road. . . . . . . . . . .♥♥♥
01/15/10 Avatar - 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .♥♥♥♥♥
01/16/10 Yes Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ♥♥♥
01/18/10 The Proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ♥♥♥
02/06/10 National Treasure 2 . . . . . . . . . .♥♥♥
02/06/10 Julia & Julie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ♥♥♥♥
02/28/10 Before&After (M Streep) . . . . . . .♥♥ 1/2
03/13/10 Up in the Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .♥♥♥
03/21/10 Ghost of Girlfriends Past . . . . . . .1/2
03/21/10 Snow Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ♥♥
03/26/10 Frost/Nixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ♥♥♥♥
03/26/10 Goonies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ♥♥♥
03/27/10 Shutter Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . .♥♥♥♥
03/27/10 Be Kind - Rewind . . . . . . . . . . . .♥♥