Hope Springs ~ Movie

As part of Mina's birthday, we had a girls' day today starting with a movie and then lunch.  The movie was Hope Springs with Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep, two of my favs.



It was a good movie and Steve Carrell was excellent in his role.

As much as I enjoyed the movie, it made me very sad.  It brought up regrets about things I didn't ever get to say or do with Raymond. It reminded me of what ifs, and missed opportunities in other parts of my life.

It also reminded me of a friend's ex-husband and what an ass he is, and how happy I am that she has such great possibilities for happiness now.

I think a lot of people could benefit from this movie.

Pirate Radio

We had a family day Saturday and went to see "Pirate Radio" and loved it. What fun. I was dancing in my seat.

I have probably seen more movies in the theater this year than I have in the last 20.

Thumbs Up, There Was Laughing and Sobbing

I just finished watching P.S. I Love You. It was great. It had laugh out loud laughs in between scenes that caused great sobbing. A perfect movie for me.

I loved the letters that the dead husband wrote.

I still get mad at Raymond that he left letters for the boys and not me.

I want a letter. I want something I can read over and over again. I want a goodbye letter.

I have all the letters we wrote each other in college, but some of those are not happy letters because it took me a long time to get to the place I needed to be to appreciate Raymond. I need to dig through the stacks though to get to the happier times we had together in college because I remember one particular letter that Raymond wrote me that still makes me laugh and I would like to read the actual words again.

I wish I had several more movies to watch today, but I have completed my stash except for the ones I have set aside to watch with the boys. All the chick flicks have been watched.

I guess I can dig out "The Big Chill" again, anything to avoid doing the very last bit of the tax preparation for the CPA.