A Mother’s Minute

Thursday, August 06, 2009

A summer full of books & movies, road trips and a few other things!

What have I been doing this summer?

Well I've been doing a lot of reading!

The Thirteenth Tale - Loved it!

The House at Riverton - Reading it now. Like it so far.

The Forgotten Garden - Loved it! Loved it!

Water for Elephants - Not sure if I liked it or not! Might have to read it again to figure that out.

Harry Potter - Reading now cause my daughter wants me to read the series!

I've been watching a lot of movies from Netflex! I love it!

Where Eagles Dare - Love it. an old family favorite!

The Lady Vanishes - Interesting Hitchcock movie. I liked it.

The Thin Man - I love Myrna Loy. This was very good. Going to watch the complete series! Eventually.

The Long Engagement - Foreign film with sub titles. Interesting. had to watch it twice to understand it. Interesting look at WW1.

New in Town - This was very good. Love Harry Connick Jr. very funny.

Knowing - I did not like this. It was creepy and strange.

Inkheart - This was very good. I like Brandon Fraser. There are 3 books to the series. I'd like to read them.

Very good. Very heartwarming WW2 movie.
Defiance -

Brainstorm - An old favorite I hadn't seen in years. Natalie Woods last movie.

Boom Town - Very good movie. I wasn't sure I would like it but I did. Spencer Tracy and Clark Gable were good.

I made my first batch of homemade chicken soup! It was good.

I broke the green bowl to my set of pyrex dishes. ;-(

We got a new vehicle!!!! Well it's new to us. Less miles, 2 years newwer and a better payment then are truck. Don't you just love the color? I do.

I got a new camera! I love it. Fits in my pocket or pocketbook for easy access espcially for the photos of Jackson.

Went to the Pittsburgh Steelers training camp with the Camera Totin Idiot!

Got to see Troy!!

and Big Ben! Fun fun!!

Daughter and I had a our own road trip when we went to my oldest and one of my dearest friends daughter's wedding! Ann, Racheal, Adam, and Randy!

Don't you just love the cake? The elephants on top are so cute. The bride collects elephants!

Also been driving the Lincoln Highway! It is so fun to take road trips with the hubby! Never know what we might see or where we might end up.

This little park was so cute.

The grass was so cool I just had to take by sandals off and walk in my barefeet!

Some sights from along the highway:

I'll have more on the Lincoln Highway next week.

We are leaving for Tenessee on Saturday to see the son and visit with my brother family. Oh and to see a concert - Cheap Trick!

See ya all soon!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Route 30 - The Lincoln Highway

Have you traveled the Lincoln Highway? You might have and didn't even know it! I didn't! That is until I watched a special on PBS about the highway. Here's a little teaser for the show:

The Lincoln Highway goes from New York City, NY to San Fransico, CA. It goes through 12 states along the way.

A little history from the Lincoln Highway Association:

"The idea of the Lincoln Highway came from the fertile mind of Carl Fisher, the man also responsible for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Miami Beach. With help from fellow industrialists Frank Seiberling and Henry Joy, an improved, hard-surfaced road was envisioned that would stretch almost 3400 miles from coast to coast, New York to San Francisco, over the shortest practical route.

The Lincoln Highway Association was created in 1913 to promote the roadusing private and corporate donations. The idea was embraced by an enthusiastic public, and many other named roads across the country followed.

Americans' enthusiasm for good roads led to the involvement of the federal government in building roads and the creation of numbered U.S. routes in the 1920s. The Federal Highway Administration and the Interstate Highway System is the culmination of these efforts."

We aren't far from the highway in Pennyslvania and we have traveled the road many times on our way to Gettysburg PA.

So since one of our favorite things to do is to take road trips on the back roads of America we thought it would be a fun to see what we could find along the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania.

Here's a section of the highway in Pennyslvania which is straight for miles and miles. It's fun to see where you're going

and where you've been!

Along the highway you'll find some interesting barns painted up to commerate President Lincoln and the highway.

You'll also find gas pumps all painted up for fun.

This overlook offered a great view!

The overlook was the site of S. S. Grand View Point Hotel or "The Ship Hotel" as it was called because it looked like a ship.

People stopping here to eat at the hotel would have had a great view while they dined! The structure was lost to fire in 2001.

The Lincoln Motor Court, Manns Choice, PA.
This place looks like a fun place to stay for the night.

Today you've traveled with me along the section of the Lincoln Highway in and around Schellsburg, PA. I'm sure we'll be taking a road trip soon to see what interesting sights we can find along the Lincoln Highway!

I'll leave with this intersting video I found on YouTube. From the looks of the cars and clothes the video is set in the 70's.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Finally some more photos of adorable Jackson!

I've been told by several people I need to get back to blogging. Well, I will attempt to please those special people!

Of course I don't mind blogging on my favorite subject: my grandson, Jackson

I was visiting one night with Jackson and his mommy and Daddy and he had just had his bath! Here he is just out of the tub!

Of course he is interested in everything going on around him.

Now lets see what we can find in the toy box. He let Grandma brush his hair!

Reaching for something.

He found something!

Here is Jackson today, 7-21-09. His mommy emailed this to me. Poor child doesn't have anywhere to play but in the cupboard. Don't you just love the blond hair.

It's a little different then the dark hair on the day he was born!

Come back soon and I'll tell you what I've been up to! Just a few things, reading, watching old movies, taking road trips on the Lincoln Highway with the hubby, and soon a trip to Tennessee to see the favorite son!