On this Christmas Eve...

[ladyofavalon77]

I have so much to be thankful for...a nice job to provide for all the things I want to buy, a family who loves me, and a nice house to live in. Nothing more to ask for except what career I want to pursue for the rest of my life. However, that can wait till later...right now I'm just going to enjoy this wonderful day before Christmas :)

My mother and brother went to church for the biscuit breakfast but I decided to sleep in. I had stayed up late watching "Tristan and Isolde" and there was no worship today. That movie did a very good job interweaving the love story with the combative action. However, the actor who played Tristan was a little too mournful for my tastes. He needed to be stronger instead of moping around after Isolde married Lord Marke. The actress who played Isolde could not have been more perfect...she should have been Helen of Troy. And it was nice to see the actor who played Lord Marke in a good guy role...usually he's always cast as the villian. I love seeing actors in different roles than their usual fare.

Well after Mom returned home, she was in one of her cleaning moods so we dusted up the house to make way for the presents that would be put under the tree for tomorrow's festivities. She had a few more things to get so we headed out to the mall to return a jacket and Wal-Mart for potatoes and some items to make a used bike like new. The lady at the pretzel shop ended up giving me two pretzels because she wanted to close early so they could all go home. Being Christmas Eve, I don't blame her one bit. Wal-Mart was of course a zoo and I loved it...reminded me of the rush after Thanksgiving Day. I think I like the crowds because it reminds me of living in the city :)

Then it was home again so I could make "A Very Married Christmas" with Jean Smart. I had never seen it before. However, it aired late so I had to wait till Cold Case was over. I like how they flash back to the past as they investigate the case but I still don't like the actress who plays Lily...there's just nothing about her that I can latch onto. Well, the movie finally came on and my copy turned out being crap because I had a lousy reception. We have never had cable in our house so we use the bunny ears antenna. Usually I can get pretty good reception for CBS but not tonight. At any rate, the movie was ok but kind of campy in parts so I let the VCR finish recording it and will check it out later.

And now for today's website...There has been a lot of publicity about Kiefer Sutherland in the last few days...gearing up for Day Six of 24 so I naturally have to showcase a link that had one of the indepth articles about him with lots and LOTS of pictures.  Thanks to xandra73 for showing me the link *Grins*  So click me to see living proof that men just get better with age just like fine wine and cheese!

I love you, Charles, but sometimes you can be a real pain in the neck!