Reviewing Weekly Fun

Its great to think about all the cool stuff that happened in the week. We mostly were at home because of Sue's procedure.
But for fun.. I got some really cool pens via ebay for drawing in the moleskine. They are from Japan and have a tiny brush in them instead of a point. The ink coming out is totally waterproof and it comes in several colors. The brand is Sakura. They are designed for controlled brushstrokes. They have 8 different colors and there is even  a set for each of my artsy sisters.. One of my artsy sisters is doing a drawing every day to keep up her drawing skills. The other is a moleskine travel artist that journals and paints as she travels.

I has a chance to catch one of my favorite romantic movies on TV this week. The Adjustment Bureau. Its got a little sci fi mixed in but it is a wonderful story of finding your destiny in romance. Damon pulls a wonderful role as the New York politician that discovers the doors that short cut travel of the "desiny providers."

I also finished a "free" book that I downloaded for the kindle. Its Susan Denney's book Snarky and Sweet: A Romantic Comedy about Twins, Texas and a Big Red Diamond. Its a sweet romantic novel with sex written about a couple of identical twins. One becomes a teacher in Texas, and the other marries a multimillionaire from San Jose. Its a great little read and a fascinating story that you can pick up on her blog about how she gave away for two days a huge amount of her stories and exclusivity to Amazon in exchange for getting her novel read and a readership for its sequel. Read all about it from her blog Snarky and Sweet.   This author has an interesting hobby of collecting vintage patterns for sewing. While the novel was free for me since I hit the two day inclusion, the novel is now available for $2.99. Its still a great bargain for a quick read. 


As I noted before my dear sweet wife had her second epidermal this week. She was much less fearful of the procedure since she had her first 2 weeks ago and she knew what to expect for this one. The biggest issue is getting the Iv installed. For this one the Dr hit is right away so there was no bruising.. just momentary stinging. 


I have completed the pruning required to keep my apricot tree in the back from getting too tall. It took 3 90 gallon plastic totes.. garbage cans really to contain most of the trimmings. the city comes by once a week to haul them off to the landfills compost pile. They have a huge machine that chops everone's lawn clippings, leaves, and branches into compost.  They sell it back by the pickup load to gardeners and ranchers that need soil enhancement materials. 


I saw two movies in the netflix this week. Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris has some wonderful post card like images for the first 4 minutes of the movie. The sci fi connection with the classic authors and their times was kind of unexpected since the previews really didn't highlight that angle of the movie. It was benign. You can really feel the rhythm of Wood Allen in the director's seat, but the movie was not overstated beyond the obvious strange connections with present day Paris to the legendary Paris of Picasso and Hemingway.

The other movie that I watched was called Flypaper. Essentially it tried to be a comedy where two bank robber teams descended upon the same bank to rob it. The comedy part didn't come off right and the movie could barely get out from under its own premise to play. 


The superbowl is on tap tomorrow. It should be a good game. I am cheering for the Pat's. Brady, the patriot's quarterback is from San Mateo and there is a local angle in that one of the defense lineman lives in the off season in Mariposa.


I just found out the one of my friends that retired in my class, Jan, has a brother that played in a couple of superbowls for the 49ers. He was part of that goal line stand in 1981 that kept the Cincinnati Bengals from scoring. Its a bit ironic since but Jan and her grew up in Ohio..


I was sad to learn that my sister's black and white cat passed over the rainbow this week. He was a smart cat that learned to talk on my sister's direction. Like all black and white cats a keen eye was required to keep him in line. He was with her for a very long time. He was always a good companion to her.. 


So in retrospect this was a pretty mixed bag of a week. We are now in February.. so its got to be good!


: ) Pat