Audra Jennings

I successfully lobbied for Saving Mr. Banks rather than Madea for our annual Christmas Eve dinner (Applebee's was open until 2 AM) and movie. Dad thought it was going to be a silly comedy, but it's actually a drama. A sad one at that! But, oh-so good! He really liked it, but said watching Tom Hanks made him think Forrest Gump. He looks nothing like Forrest Gump anymore. That's his mental hang-up. The trailer below has more of the lighter-hearted moments. The movie is actually two-fold. One aspect of the story is about Walt Disney trying to convince the author of Mary Poppins , Mrs. Travers, to sign over the rights to make her books into a movie. She's very stubborn and is afraid of the spectacle he might turn her story into (NO ANIMATION!). The other half of the movie is a series of memories as to why Mary Poppins (never just Mary) is so close to Mrs. Travers heart--why Mary is family. Very serious. The movie is PG-13 mainly because of this part. Afterwar...

I know that everyone on Facebook agrees with me, but vacations should not fall on Wednesdays. On one hand, it made today seem like Monday all over again, but on the flip side, it also felt like a Friday. For what reason, I have no idea. I'm just thrown of whack. In addition to the holiday, I have the summer time "don't want to's". I don't want to do anything, but need to do a lot of things, especially since I'll be taking time off soon. Tonight, I would have put in a couple of extra hours, but I went walking at 5, then picked up something to eat, got home and decided there was no way I was going to want to do anything else work-related now that I am home. So, I think I'm going finish my latest crochet project instead. I'm getting really close to finishing it off, and it may be one of my favorite finished projects ever. I'll post pictures in the next day or two. My goal is to finish it before I leave town, so I can ship it off before the...