Six Word Saturday (12/1/13)

Yes, I Know It Is Sunday

I just don't know why I didn't write yesterday.  So I will give a rundown of everything today as if it were yesterday.

We dog-sat for our neighbors' Yorkie from Friday the 22nd through all last week.  Everything was fine till Tuesday.  I took my daughter to school, came home, four dogs (our three plus the Yorkie).  Took youngest son to school, came home, three dogs.  Thinking that my husband actually cared about me, I called him to say I couldn't find the Yorkie.  My husband yelled at me, do I want him to come home right that second and look for him or what?  I said never mind and hung up on him.  I screamed for God to help me find him and I went outside and yelled his name.  I see this little expensive ball of fur running down the middle of our street, and he came right to me!  God is so good.  I found out he got out through a hole in the fence (that our dogs are too fat to get through), so I had to keep my eye on little Houdini till my husband got home later to fix the fence.

Wednesday I went to Target with my daughter to get my son and his wife some Christmas presents because I want to mail them early so they get them in time.  My daughter picked out some clothes that she thought my daughter-in-law would like and then a few things for my son (plus my daughter needed two things).  Grand total was just over $200.  Funny how you think it's going to be $50 maximum before you even set foot in the store.  I noticed as my daughter put stuff on the conveyor that she had hidden other things in the cart underneath the things I did know about.  And since this trip, she has worn two of the shirts I thought I got for my daughter-in-law.  So tomorrow I'm going to wrap up whatever is left and then maybe Wednesday after my session go to the post office by myself and mail them.  Every time I need to get a couple things and I take my daughter with me for safety (because I am terrified of getting lost), I end up spending way more than I want to.  And I feel really, really used.

Thursday was Thanksgiving and we went to Cracker Barrel as usual.  It was pretty good this time and not all dried out but I think it's because we went there early and got seated right before noon.  It was very noisy and I started to feel frantic by the time we got pie, so we took that home.  My husband and daughter put up the Christmas tree, and my daughter told me she felt bad because my husband kept yelling at her.  I personally feel paralyzed getting ordered to do things just because I know I'll get in trouble or yelled at if it's not done right or quick enough (or whatever else reason my husband has that I failed).  Anyway, that night my husband took me to Dick's Sporting Goods at 8 p.m. for their early Black Friday sale and had me get a box of some 22 long bullets.  It was one per customer so basically my husband got two boxes because he used me.

Friday I went with my daughter to the Dollar Tree to get one thing (she wanted a big initial letter of her name to put on the wall).  They didn't have any but she did manage to find 20 other little things she wanted (and I got a bottle of Dr. Pepper and some wrapping paper).  I just can't win.  I really want to get her on an allowance and tell her I'm not buying anything for her anymore so she'll learn how to manage money and also learn how to save up for big things.  Friday afternoon she helped my husband put the Christmas lights on the house.  I'm not sure why anyone does this.  It's too cold most of the time to go outside and admire your own lights at night so why bother.

Yesterday afternoon my daughter had a sleepover at her friend's house (with a bunch of other girls) so my husband got Sonic for dinner which was fun.

Here are the movies I've watched since my last post:

Diary of Anne Frank (BBC):  Everyone knows this story, right?  I thought this adaptation was particularly well done.  The actress who played Anne was perfect for the part.  The movie ends where the Nazi guards make them leave the attic to go to the concentration camps.

The Pianist:  I really liked this movie, a true story about a Jewish Polish musician and his quest/luck escaping the Nazi concentration camp and being in hiding.  The actor who played Szpilman was just wonderful, although the movie itself was a little harsh (violent).  I wonder how people like him who lived during those times were able to go on with their lives without being really angry that their entire family was killed or being bitter that they were mistreated or almost starved, etc.  I almost feel stupid moping about some of the crap I've had to go through.

Freedom Writers:  This was actually a good movie even though I didn't care for the genre of music used (R&B, hiphop, rap).  A new English teacher finds a way to connect with her students and encourages them to write in journals and they end up getting published into a book.  This is based on a true story.

Intouchables:  I loved this movie!  It was in French with English subtitles and it was funny and very touching overall.  A very rich man who is a quadriplegic hires a young black man to be his caretaker (the black guy only wanted the job INTERVIEW so it would look like he was trying to find work, the rule for getting his welfare).  Basically, you discover that the rich paralyzed guy is "untouchable" because he can't feel anything even if you were touching him, and the black guy is "untouchable" as in nobody wants anything to do with lazy good-for-nothing black guys.  I didn't want the movie to end and I couldn't imagine how it could, and the ending was just marvelous.

Regarding Henry:  I remember when this movie came out but I never saw it.  Harrison Ford looks so young in this now!  He plays a vicious attorney who gets shot in the head during a robbery, and as he recuperates his personality changes.

Sarah's Choice:  I probably shouldn't have watched this movie during this time of year (six weeks from my abortion anniversary).  It wasn't too triggery though.  It was kind of like "A Christmas Carol" because the pregnant girl Sarah ends up having three visions of what her life would be like if she had her baby.  There was a good quote in the movie and I know I'm not saying it exactly, but it was something like "Don't let circumstances make your decision; your heart knows what you should do."  The girl Sarah is played by Christian singer Rebecca St. James and she looks a lot like Princess Catherine.  Sometimes Christian movies don't have very good scripts or good actors, but this movie had both.

The War:  This was about a Vietnam vet (Kevin Costner) with PTSD whose young son (Elijah Wood) was being bullied, and he was advising him what to do about it by relating stories from the war.  One of the things the veteran couldn't get over was that he left his buddy in combat to die while he got rescued by a helicopter.  Later in the movie, he gets a job in a mine, and I personally think his guilt about the war resolved because *spoiler* ** he did get to save his coworker's life in a mine accident.  He got critically wounded himself though and ends up dying.  The son later also basically saves the life of the brother of one of the bullies toward the end of the movie and the bullying stopped. **