One of my Favorite Movies

On Facebook the other day we were listing 15 movies. Fifteen movies right off the top of your head. List 15 movies without thinking much about them. Could you do it? What movies would be on your list?

My son listed this movie. I didn't. Silly me. I've watched this movie all my life. I watched this movie whenever it was tv when I was a kid even through we only had three channels. Hey it was the 60's and the 70's and we lived in the country.

Three television channels - one channel each of ABC, CBS, NBC. I know there was a time when I was wee little that we only had ABC. How many channels do you have now? We have 132 channels but I think I only watch about a dozen of them.

Here's a clip from the movie my son listed and I didn't. By the way, it's just about the funniest part of the whole movie. Big Sis - I know you'll enjoy it!!!


Do you know it? Have you seen it? If not you should. You'll laugh and laugh.

It's The Great Race starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Natalie Wood.

Here's Natalie in the movie:


I counted her dresses one time. Just to see how many changes she made. Can't remember the number now but I'm sure it was 30 or more. I could never figure out how or why the characer would take so many different coats with her.

I now own this movie on DVD. Now I can watch it when ever I want! Thank goodness for modern technology.

Oh and if you were wondering about my list of 15 movies. Here it is:

15 Movies
Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen movies you've seen that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, INCLUDING ME (please) because I'm interested in seeing what movies my friends choose...

1. My Favorite Wife
2. Mr Blandings builds his dreamhouse
3. Titanic
4. Cars
5. Gladiator
6. Meet me in St. Louis
7. Barefoot in the Park
8. Young Frankenstein
9. The Island
10. It's a Wonderful Life
11. The Bishop's Wife
12. McClintock
13. Open Range
14. Sahara
15. Clue

Let's see your list of fifteen movies.

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!

Movies, Movies, Movies

Have you ever gone to the movie theater to see a movie more then once?

I have several times! Between 1977 and 1979 I saw Star Wars 12 times. Yes, TWELVE times! Remember these were the days when once you saw a movie at the theater you never knew when you were going to see it again and ticket prices were around $2.00. I also saw Star Wars when they brought out the 20 year release in 1997! So that makes 13 times!

I saw Titanic, Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Rings, and Stars Episode III Revenge of the Sith each twice at the theater. Now a days when I see a movie more then once it's because I go with different people to see the movie at different times. Maybe the hubby or one of the kids or my sister.

This was the case with the new Star Trek. I have seen it 4 times!!!! Once with the hubby and daughter, once with just the daughter, with my sister, and again with the hubby.

But I loved all 4 times!! It was great. If you're a fan of Star Trek, a fan of movies, or science fiction and you haven't seen it yet GO! You will love it! I did!

4 Times and I have the ticket stubs to prove it!

Of colds and movies

Well, after working 12 straight days for work I just had to come down with a head cold. So I've been resting and sneezing this weekend. I did have fun on Saturday watching a movie from Netflex. The Stock Club starring Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald, and Don DeFore.

Here's a clip from the movie. Betty singing Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief


I enjoyed the movie very much. I love these old Black & White movies. They are just fun to watch.

Lori and I also watched Marley and Me. We laughed and then cried.


My sneezing stopped long enough on Saturday night for Paul to take me to the movies. He had gone and saw State of Play while I was in New Jersey and liked it enough that he wanted me to see it. The movie stars Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, and Robin Wright Penn. The movie was good. I'm a big Russell Crowe fan and he was good in the movie. It's a politcal thriller. Lots of intrigue! If you are intersted the trailer is here!

I sure hope this cold goes away soon. The weather here is beautiful and I'd like to get working outside in the garden!

Cars - My Favorite "Car"toon

A few photos of Jackson's Car collection. I've been collecting these since I knew he was coming. Paul's been helping. I'm trying to get all the main characters. I like the cartoon so much I want to share it with Jackson. It will be fun to have the cars to play with while we watch the movie.







I need a few more! Everyone asks me what will I do if Jackson doesn't like the cartoon? Well, I'm sure he will and if he doesn't I'll have a nice collection for another grandchild! Grandma's are funny like that I guess!

Things I'm thinking about????

Did you watch Newhart back in the 80's? Season 1 is on DVD.



Why do I have to pay more for a box of decaffinated tea bags and not get as many in the box as a regular box of tea bags? And they are the market brand as well.


Will the Steelers repeat next year????


Did you see the parade?

We watched some of it at lunch time today on the NFL network! exciting stuff!

I still haven't finished this book! Why? I have no idea.

Probably because of football!

I have been watching Coach on DVD.

I love watching these TV shows for years past!

It's been a tough week!

It's been a long week and weekend. We are sick again! Coughing, fever, chills, etc. etc. I'm hoping we are on the mend. We been eating a lot of this:


The weather people are calling for some bad weather for our area over the next two days. It would be lovely to have a snow day or two.

We had some movies home from Netflex over the weekend.

Don't bother with these two movies:


We still have this one to watch:

I just found out that this mini series from the 70's is finally on DVD:
Captains and the Kings

Did anyone watch this all those years ago? I loved Richard Jordan. I've got it in my Netflex queue. I hope I'm not disappointed. Have you had that happen? You look foward to seeing something you haven't seen in years and then you see it and wonder what was the big deal. That happened with Paul and me and the movie Airplane! I was pregnant with John at the time we first watched it back in 1982 and Paul thought I was going to go into labor because I was laughing so hard. We watched it a few years ago on DVD and I couldn't see what I thought was so funny. I guess we all grow up!

Lovejoy season 4 is finally out on DVD and the first disc is on it's way from Netflex. That will make my week! Well except for watching Lost and CSI!


Paul and I did have fun Friday night at the pep rally for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Check out the Camera Totin Idiot's page for more photos on the rally!

Well I'm off to the kitchen to make a ham and turkey sandwich on 12 grain whole wheat bread. Sounds yummy!

A good movie - Australia

Lori and I went to the movies on Thanksgiving evening! We saw the new release -Australia starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. The movie isn't getting very good reviews and didn't do well at the box office but Lori and I liked it very much. It was fun and exciting and the ending was just how I wanted it to end. I'll be buying it on DVD when it comes out!

Fireproof - Go see it!

Friday night Lori and I went a saw the new movie starring Kirk Cameron called Fireproof. I highly recommend the movie. The theater was packed and it was a mixture of older and younger people. It was just like a church crowd. I heard a few Amens doing the movie and when it ended we all clapped. That doesn't happen too often. It's nice to see a good movie come out. A movie you can take your daughter to and not worry about the content. The Samuel Goldwyn Films were involved with the film. They were also involved with the movie Amazing Grace which I wrote about here. Fireproof is from the creators of Facing the Giants. Another good movie. Other companies involved are Affirm films and Sherwood Pictures.


Fireproof - Never leave your partner behind!



The movie has a great soundtrack as well. One of the songs from the movie is titled Love is not a Fight by Warren Barfield. You can watch the video here.

The official website for the movie is here.

Find out more about Kirk and his ministry here.

From The Internet Movie Database:

Lt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind. Inside burning buildings, it's his natural instinct. In the cooling embers of his marriage, it's another story.

After a decade of marriage, Caleb and Catherine Holt have drifted so far apart that they are ready to move on without each other. Yet as they prepare to enter divorce proceedings, Caleb's dad asks his son to try an experiment: The Love Dare.

While hoping The Love Dare has nothing to do with his parents' newfound faith, Caleb commits to the challenge. But can he attempt to love his wife while avoiding God's love for him? Will he be able to demonstrate love over and over again to a person that's no longer receptive to his love? Or is this just another marriage destined to go up in smoke?

You might enjoy this movie. I do!

How to Steal a Million



Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith

Courtesy of Internet Movie Database:

Charles Bonnet, the latest in a long line of master art forgers, loans one of his best works, a faux Cellini Venus, to a Paris museum despite his daughter Nicole's objections. Later, Nicole surprises a tuxedo-clad burglar in her father's workshop. She can't call the police because her father's hobby might be discovered, so she ends up driving the man--Simon Dermott--back to his hotel. Dermott is actually an inspector who is gathering evidence against Bonnet, but his attraction to Nicole complicates the assignment. Nicole learns that the museum plans to conduct a test on the Venus for insurance purposes, which she knows will expose the statue as a fake. To save her father from jail, she asks Simon to steal it, unaware of his true identity. Simon, intrigued by the challenge and now smitten with Miss Bonnet, agrees to the proposal. Written by alfiehitchie

Some old movie clips for your enjoyment!

August is Summer Under the Stars on Turner Classic Movies. I love this time of year. I like seeing a day's worth of movies of a favorite star. Last week I watched several movies with Marie Dressler. She is an actress from the 1930's. I had never heard of her before. I'm glad I found her. She is a great actress.

Here are a few clips:

Dinner at Eight with Marie Dressler with Jean Harlow


The Hollywood Revue of 1929 - "For I'm the Queen"


Her facial expressions on wonderful and so funny!

Dinner at Eight trailer:


Her biography can be found at the Internet Movie Database.

From IMB:
"In an era of Harlow, Garbo and Crawford, it was homely old Marie Dressler that won the coveted exhibitor's poll as the most popular actress for three consecutive years. In another film from the same year, Min and Bill (1930) she received a best actress Oscar for her dramatic performance. She received another Academy Award nomination for Emma (1932). She had more success with Dinner at Eight (1933) and Tugboat Annie (1933). In 1934, cancer claimed her life."

This and That

The thing in my photo from Wordless Wednesday is a Bennington Ceremic Bed Pan.

Jackson getting a bath.

Jackson on his one month birthday!

Sneeze, Cough, Cough, Sneeze

I've been sick! A bad head cold, sinus congestion, cough, aches, and pains. That's about the whole of it. I missed a few days of work and managed to be unproductive the days I did show up. So it will be busy, busy, busy this week at work.

What I'm thankful for:

Kleenex Tissues with Lotion - My Nose is very thankful!


Vicks VapoRub Cream - I hate the smell of this stuff but it works!


Pillows - without them I couldn't have slept! These aren't mine but aren't they pretty?


And just when I needed a laugh my Netflex movie showed up! Season 6 Disc 1 of Wings. Funny, funny, funny.


It was a good weekend to be stuck at home on the couch sick. Besides Wings I also watched King Kong 3 times (well parts of it over three days) and three Star Wars movies!

King Kong is pretty good. I like Adrian Brody. He's quite funny in the movie. I don't care for Jack Black and his character in the movie is worth not liking. The end is sad and happy!


Also watched Star Wars - 3 episodes - A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi! They are favorites!





The Spike channel has been showing all the Star Wars movies over the last two weekends. So between last weekend and this past weekend, I've now watched the entire Star Wars saga from Episode 1 to Episode 6. This is the first time I've ever watched them in order. I enjoyed it very much. George Lucas did a pretty good job of putting all the episodes together. There are a few plot holes but so what. It's fun! Maybe someday I'll own them all on DVD. Sweetie, that's hint!

Any other Star Wars fans? Do you have a favorite? Mine will always be the original Star Wars. I saw this for the first time on July 4, 1977 with my brother and sister. I was 17 years old and had just graduated from high school. We drove one and half hours away from our hometown to see it because we couldn't wait any longer for it to come to our town! I'll never forget the first time the music started! It was just great! We ended up going to the same place a week later and seeing it again. We took my best friend along this time! We loved it! In all I guess I saw it 12 times during 1977. You'd go broke doing that now a days! It's a great memory! That was 30 years ago last summer!

Here's the original trailer from 1977 for Star Wars! enjoy!