The Stone Rabbit

Pink Soccer Shoes. . .and a movie!!

 

I believe this is the latest I've ever posted on Pink Saturday. . .but I'm finally here!   We were having internet issues for a day. . .and then I was out and about having birthday fun with some buddies yesterday!!

Here is my amazing Grand Girl. . .at soccer practice!!! Note those fabulous PINK soccer shoes!!!  Her dad let her choose the color!!

 

 

 

The Grand Kiddos spent last Friday night with us and for the occasion, I bought the DVD FROZEN for all of us to watch together.  The Grand Girl had already seen it, but the Grand Boys hadn't.  What a great movie!!!

After the Grands went home, THE STONE RABBIT and a few of his concrete friends watched it, too!!!  They agreed it was really good!!

 

 

Something else that's really good is PINK SATURDAY!!!  If you visit Beverly's blog, HOW SWEET THE SOUND, you will find lots of other bloggers who are sharing their PINKS with you this weekend!!

DANA

 

The Descendants . . . a really good movie

 

I have loved George Clooney and his work for a long time.  The Perfect Storm, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, The Ocean's series. . . even him at Batman (to name a few), but I have to confess, that I have become a bit unhappy with George Clooney in recent years....because of his outspoken political views.  Guess you can now tell, that I am not a Liberal!  :)

 

I feel that HOLLYWOOD and other personalities, including TV talk hosts (Oprah, Martha Stewart, etc.) should not use their fame as a way to influence voters, because, sadly, the ones they seem to influence are the ones who don't dig any deeper into a candidate's background other than to hang on every word of the "personality" as the "honest to goodness truth".  

That goes for Liberal and Conservative personalities alike.  "We" just seem to put these folks on pedestals....making them more important and knowledgeable that what they are...they're actors,  TV personalities.  WHY are their political beliefs any more important than those held by my checker at HY VEE or my mailman?  They are certainly professional enough to keep their views to themselves....why can't the actors/hosts?

Anyway, I can tell  you that because these folks do this, I have become a boy-cotter of their work, their shows, etc..  They just irritate me so much, that I feel the only way I have any power over them..is to not support their lively-hoods.

 I have to say, I don't put the hosts of the irritating shows on the national news channels  on my Boycott List, cuz that's their job...to be crazy over the top, politically....on both the Liberal and Conservative sides.  I just don't watch them often, cuz I don't value much of what they say.  Their jobs are to "stir folks up"...and I don't need that in my life.

 

Enough said.

 

 

Now, back to George.

  I guess I am a bit of a hypocrite by saying that so far, I'm not boycotting him.   He hasn't been "over the top" about his Liberal beliefs.....just expressing them (as I am expressing my beliefs right now in my NON- Liberal leanings).  So far, he hasn't offended me like many others that  have made it to my Boycott List.  . . . .  

AND I have to say, I am thrilled that George hasn't made it to my list, cuz if he had I would have missed out on one of the very best movies I've EVER seen :   THE DESCENDANTS.

 

Bonnie and I went to see it yesterday as part of our "Christmas Gift Exchange and Get-together".

There are parts that will probably offend lots of folks....for instance, his children in the movie, are prolific foul language users and the F Bomb is dropped frequently...especially in the beginning, but to me, that just "fit" with what the family was all about at that time.

I will say, that while there weren't a lot of us in the theater, cuz we went on a weekday morning , there was no jibber-jabbering going on, no rustling of food wrappers and no cell phones lighting up from sending and receiving texts.  Folks were focusing on the moving and entertaining  story unfolding before them.....from start to finish.

 

THE STONE RABBIT said he didn't know who George Clooney was, so I Googled some photos for him to view.

After looking at them, he said that he was a very nice looking man and then asked if that had anything to do with why I enjoyed the movie so much.

That rabbit is really a smarty-pants sometimes.  :)

 

 

 DANA

MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY MOVIES

 This week, our Pink Saturday assignment was to share our favorite holiday movies.

I have to admit, I pretty much love most all of them.  In fact, I really look forward to November and December and the onslaught of holiday movies.  I've been watching the Hallmark Channel whenever I can. . . they have some of the best movies around, especially this time of the year. Many other stations are also showing holiday movies.  However, I have to say that hands down, I have two favorites that I love above all the rest.

First, I adore "HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS".  I recall living for the cartoon version to make it's appearance on TV each season.  It was made in the sixties for television!! When it was later released on VHS I asked for a copy of it as a Christmas gift so I could watch it whenever I felt like it!

I am enthralled with the voice of Boris Karloff, the narrator. . . and the evilness of The Grinch as he takes his hatred of Christmas out on the Whos in Whoville.  On Christmas Eve, when he took the material parts of Christmas away from them, he thought he was also taking their happiness and spirit, too.  

 

 

 

On Christmas morning, he was amazed to hear the Whos as they gathered around the big town tree, holding hands and singing. . . .

                                         WELCOME CHRISTMAS!

 Fah who for-aze! 
Dah who dor-aze! 
Welcome Christmas, 
Come this way! 

Fah who for-aze! 
Dah who dor-aze! 
Welcome Christmas, 
Christmas Day. 

 

He realized the Whos held Christmas in their hearts and he couldn't take that from them!!  

The Grinch's heart "grew 3 sizes that day" when he heard the Whos singing  . . . .and he returned everything to them. . . right down to their cans of Who Hash!

In the end he was loved by the Whos and "he even carved the roast beast" at their Christmas meal.

 

 

 My second all time favorite movie is the 1938 version of "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" starring Reginald Owen.  I first watched this movie alone at our house when I was pretty young.  Typically we weren't allowed to watch TV when mom and dad deemed it time to turn it off, but for some reason I was able to that night. The house was dark and quiet as I watched it for the first time. . .  I remember being very  scared, but I loved it at the same time.

 Ebenezer Scrooge was filled with hatefulness and stinginess ...

and certainly needed some Christmas Spirit intervention.  That's when his long time (and deceased) business associate, Jacob Marley, visited him while he slept, as did three Christmas ghosts.  Here is my favorite one. . .the "Ghost of Christmas Present".   

During the movie it was revealed why Scrooge had such an outlook on life.  His early years were impacted by a less than kind father.  While he later met and fell in love with  Belle, greed took over him and became his "lover" from then on.  During his visits from the other spirits, he was shown what people in his life thought of him and what his future would bring if he continued on his current path.  He didn't want to be wearing the chains he saw on Jacob Marley!!   When he awoke, he realized he had a second chance to make an impact on those around him by doing good !  

He helped Tiny Tim and his family. . . 

and surprised others by happily giving to the poor and needy. 

 

He no longer felt the need to shout "bah humbug", but instead. . . . 

 

found the meaning of Christmas. . . as did the Grinch!  It was in his heart!

Below, THE STONE RABBIT shares how Scrooge lived the rest of his life. . . . . . 

 

 

I am so excited, because in a few days, I will be seeing the KANSAS CITY REPERTORY THEATRE'S  30th production of :

 

 

 

 

 

I haven't seen it in a few years.  What makes it even better . . I will be seeing it with my daughter, DIL, and my niece and her family!!  If you live in the Kansas City area, this is truly a special Christmas event you will thoroughly enjoy!

 

The wonderful prints THE STONE RABBIT shared with you were ones I recently purchased at a local handcrafted Christmas sale.  They are letterpress print creations of Diane and Madeline Tompkins of "TAG TEAM TOMPKINS".  You can visit their etsy shop (HERE) to view their amazing designs.  Mine are 5" x 7" and will soon be framed!!

 

 

Don't forget to visit Beverly of HOW SWEET THE SOUND.   You will find LOTS of other bloggers who are eager to share their favorite holiday movies, too!!

 

DANA

WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE MERYL STREEP

It was just about a year ago that Bonnie and I were standing in line to buy our tickets to see MAMMA MIA!!  It was such a fun movie, filled with great music, dancing and scenery....and Pierce wasn't too bad on the eyes!  How uplifting to see Meryl Streep tackle that type of a role and be so great in it. 

 

We loved the movie so much we even went in search of the Perfect Pink Shirts!  Click HERE for that story! :)

Well, it looks Meryl has done it again!!  When I first saw the preview for her new movie, JULIE AND JULIA, I just knew I would be at the theater on opening day to see it.

As THE STONE RABBIT and I enjoyed a bit of time on the patio this morning, I showed him the article in our local paper about the long-awaited movie!  I also told him some of my friends and I were going to be attending one of the showings of the movie on opening day----Friday!!!

He thought it was especially great that the story line of the movie was about a blogger cooking her way through Julia Child's cookbook, Mastering The Art of French Cooking, and posting about that experience.  He asked me if I'd ever thought about doing something "creative" like that.

"Yeah,"  I told him, "I just bought a cookbook entitled 101 Ways to Cook Rabbit!"

Shhhhhh. . . . . .of course I was kidding, but sometimes I have to remind him of who the boss is around here! :)

DANA