Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

**~~~**~~~**~~~**~~~**~~~**~~~**~~~**I went. I had fun. People broke out into spontaneous applause at the end. And No, I didn't lead it. ,-) I didn't even clap. I was just smiling from ear to ear... Going out of theater, leaving the mall, all the way home, "crowing about it" when I got here, to family and to the Mail Lady, who was coming around.

If you could use a little girlie, chick-flick, escapist Springtime fun, then go! This weekend. Because the nutty $ men only count the box office results of the first weekend, of a film. That number makes or breaks it. Nutty, yes. But that's the way it goes.

So if it would be fun to spend a couple of hours, munching on popcorn and seeing beeeeeeutiful clothes, and hair styles, and decor, and an idealized version of life in "The Big Apple," and lots of cocktails and champagne, and yes! At the very end, the "Cosmopolitan" cocktails you've been looking for, the whole film! -giggles- And seeing lots of shoes, those high heels which I could never wear, not even when my feet wouldn't have bothered me. ,-) And the highs and lows of relationships. The 'perfect' and the 'imperfect' man/woman relationships, and the gorgeous wedding gowns.

{'The Gown' ~ getting into limo ~ "Like stuffing a marshmallow through a keyhole" -giggles-}

Yes, I said plural! Oh wow, that wedding gown photo shoot is deeeeeelicious! And girlie fun, did I mention girlie fun? Of course, even someone like me, who never watched the tv series, knows it was all about girlie friendship... The highs and the lows of that, too.

And I've said I love Sarah Jessica Parker's character of "Carrie." But that I didn't like the other characters. Now I've come to a greater appreciation of the "Charlotte" character, as played by Kristin Davis. They are all ditzy. That's part of the fun of course. But, now I like "Charlotte's" brand of so-cute ditziness too. :-) But I don't think I'll ever exactly 'warm up' to "Miranda" and "Samantha." I actually like "Samantha" more than "Miranda." Hmmm, so I guess that makes my "I Like" Meter on these fictitious gals...
1) Carrie 2) Charlotte 3) Samantha 4) Miranda. -grin-

Now there is an earth-shaking statement, if ever there was one. :-)))

Maybe I like "Charlotte" more now, after seeing her in the film version... because she looks more like the 'me' I was. 5'3" and 110 pounds. For a while, in college, I went with a gorgeous West Point Cadet. We girls who were going with cadets, rode down to West Point on special weekends and ... lived 'a dream.' :-))))) Anyway, Richard called me "his fragile equipment." -sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh- Isn't that precious? Poor ol' Richard is dead now, according to my H.S. friend Michael {couple of star general when he retired... My HS friend Michael, that is}. Richard is dead, but will be remembered, for giving me the sweetest compliment I ever received. "Fragile equipment" :-))))

I stayed 110-112, till I was about 30. Even after 3 pregnancies. And without having to do one single thing, about it. {Nirvana, but I didn't appreciate it then} Then, in my very late 20's, I had my 4th child and... Quelle Horreur! I had 5-9 extra pounds on me! Eeeeek! How could this be!!! I didn't come home from the hospital easily, in the same size I'd been, before getting preg! {I used to get a new dress, in my same 'before' size, to wear when we brought the babies home from hospital.} But after my last child, I panicked at those 5-9 extra pounds. And starved myself. And eventually, couldn't keep starving myself. And gained weight. And I've been yo-yo-ing my weight, ever since. :-((((((( If only I'd not panicked at those extra 5-9 pounds!!! -sighhhhhhhhhhhh-

But that's life!

Also but! ~drum roll, please~ I've lost another pound with my LI and careful eating, only to satisfaction. 9 down. {But I won't tell you, how many to go. -grin-}

And another 'but'... Of course, if now-and-then glimpses of perfect forms of the human body, upset you, I suppose you might have to avert your eyes from the screen, at times, with this movie. Myself, I figure we all have one... a human body that is. And so what's the big deal, about glimpses of some perfect forms, of it? >,-) No, even I don't "need" them, to be "in action." But... I can stand it. ,-)

Sooooooooo, it's not Shakespeare, or Austen, or Wharton, or any of the Brontes. It's pure escapism. Like eating bon-bons {which don't make you fat}. And like drinking lots of Champagne {which doesn't make you drunk, only makes you giggly}. And the fun of watching a small group of fictional girl-friends-for-life. Which, if we're lucky, we have memories of being part of such a group, once. Or if we're not so lucky, we can make-believe, we had it, once. :-)

I'm going again this weekend. My d-i-law wants to go with me, but was {near the real NYC"} at Ellis Island yesterday, with her daughter's class field trip. But, she wants to go today! ,-) Maybe we'll stop somewhere, for a 'Cosmo,' after. I have never had one! Can you imagine that? Never-had-a-Cosmopolitan-cocktail. -sigh- How *sad* is that hu? ,-) Seems like it's time to rectify this "missing link," from my life. :-)

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And last but not least! Please look below at this lovely lady. "Lady Of A Certain Age"!

Look at this lovely looking, obviously older lady, at the NYC premier! Who says one can't look stunning, at any age?!? Her name is Lynn Cohen. Have no idea who she is, but I'm certainly going to do a search on her! :-)

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This and that, on the long holiday weekend...

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I'm baking {click for link} Susie's Dump Cake, for dessert for family BBQ dinner, today. And I added coconut and some chocolate chips. :-)
It smells gooooooood! And we got Vanilla Ice Cream to go on top... ~~*~~ I can't eat it, because of the butter and ch. chips. Hope to make myself some Rice Pudding, made with Soy Milk.

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Beware Black Fly bites!!!

Above, is Grandson's not-bitten-ear...

And here above, is his ear, bitten by a Black Fly.

And his bitten ear, from the back. -sigh- They are doing what the doctor told them. Black Fly bites... Ugh!

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I don't usually want to see films, when they come out. If I want to see anything, I'll wait till it comes out on DVD. I'll make a list of films to see, and start NetFlix again and watch them. And this is why it's fun to be looking forward to the {click for link} 'Twilight' film, in December. But... that's a long way in the future. I'm actually getting the urge to see one, a lot sooner.

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One that's total fun, escape, fluff. Like lolling around all day in one's night gown, drinking Champagne and eating-bon-bons kind, of escape fluff. Totally not my life, as it's lived. E-S-C-A-P-E! Yummy. Delicious-ness. And Decadence too! -giggles- Whatever film might that be??? :-)
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Plus, I wasn't even a real fan of the long-running tv series, it's based on. Have had fun, renting some episodes but... That's it. And, I only like one of the actress's who play in it! One! But she is so cute!!! She's tiny and wears lots of pink and high heels and some short puffy skirts and all. :-)))) So, can she really make up for my not being that thrilled, with the other actresses? Will the clothes and the {perfected} big city ambiance and travel {Paris} and etc., be enough?
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OK, who is the actress and what is the coming-this-weekend movie?
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So... Did you guess???

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Garden Gnomes, snow and films of fantasy...

Well, here is my poor Garden Gnome, this morning. Back under snow, again.
My Garden Gnome...
Reminds me of the Garden Gnome in the sweet fantasy film, 'Amélie'.

.I loved that film! So much that I got a DVD of it. Maybe we'll re-watch it tonight.
.To remember the fantasies she wove, to survive a sad childhood.

And the sweet, childlike ways ~ like skipping stones ~ which she carried with her, into adulthood. Even when moving to and living in the big city of Paris.
.Look! There is the Gnome again!

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Have you seen this film? On DVD now, since it came out a few years ago. Have you? Do you love it too? Do you own it, too? Do you love to escape into a fantasy, like this? Like I do?

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It beats looking at snow... ,-)

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One more time...

I seem a bit stuck on the topic of ladies of older films.

Billie Burke

Perhaps she is most remembered for her role of The Good Witch
in 'The Wizard of Oz.'
.But I love her best in films like Dinner At Eight, Topper, Merrily We Live, etc. In which she plays the parts of dizzy society matrons, to the hilt.
.A couple of quotes attributed to this lovely lady...
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"A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face."
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"Age is of no importance unless you are a cheese. "
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"But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head,
who am I to complain? "
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Gotta' love her! :-)
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