After my lovely evening and morning in Enid's I decided to continue my nice weekend and make myself some pancakes.
Pancake with sugar and lemon! Nommm!
Saturday, 9 March 2013
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Hot chocolate for two
Enid and I sometimes meet on a Wednesday evening after work. We tend to just potter around the towncentre and chat.
Last night we treated ourselves to Signature Hot Chocolates (made skinny) from Starbucks.
I very much enjoyed my hot choc.
But when I had to get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom I was cursing myself!!!!!
:-)
Preparing for St Patrick's Day
This year I have been informed by my mam that I am hosting her and my nana (her mam) for dinner on St Patrick's Day - 17th March.
Now normally for me, Paddy's Day (what we Irish call it - NOT patty's day!!) is all about drinking and having the craic and general merriment. But this year going into town and drinking does not hold any major attraction for me. Oh god am I getting old?!!!
But one thing I will never grow out of is dressing up for St Patrick's Day! This year I am going to wear a denim skirt, green t-shirt, shamrock print tights and a cute little green, white and gold (our flag colours) hairband.
I am looking forward to the day. I hope you are too!
Happy Paddy's Day y'all!
Monday, 4 March 2013
Review of (preview) of Oz, the Great and Powerful
Great books from my childhood!
I am doing some clearing out in my house at the moment.
The problem with my cleaning / "clearing out" is that I always find it hard to throw stuff away.
Case in point - the items pictured below.
I came across these 3 books tucked away in a press...and I am telling you now these bad boys are going nowhere!
These books are A4 in size with a soft cover. They were published by World and Whitman and the author is one Brenda Asley. Good woman Brenda!
They would have arrived in our house from Granda Fluskey - he probably bought them originally for our Uncle Brian around 1980 (Brian would have been around 10). We had them in our house around 1986/87/88 if I remember correctly.
I loved the stories in these books.
Famous Disasters and Famous Mysteries were my favourite.
I see there was another title "Famous Places".
I must see if I can buy it on the internet and complete the set!
I especially enjoyed Have They Lived Before and The Thing in Loch Ness.
So there you have it! A blast from the past!
Sunday, 3 March 2013
Oz, The Great and Powerful
For a Sunday I was up early today! Katie and I went into town to meet Enid to go see the preview of Oz, The Great and Powerful.
Enid was running a little late (Truth: our phonecall to her to see where she was actually woke her up!!!) so Katie and I went into the Gibson Hotel beside the Odeon in the Point Village.
Katie pretending to be a munchkin from the film :-)
We then headed into the cinema where we followed The Yellow Brick Road!
Katie and I laughed and laughed at this photograph.
She looks about twelve and that she is really happy with her big sister bringing her to the cinema!
The film:
I LOVED IT!!!!!
But this afternoon I have since read alot of reviews which were very critical of it. I find this really surprising...
From the first minute of the film starting I knew I was going to enjoy it.
For me it had a really nice old fashioned feel to it - I thought it nicely payed homage to the original Wizard of Oz film of 1939. Some reviews made reference to the 1980's film Return to Oz - which I remember seeing in the cinema on first release - I always felt that Return to Oz was very "of the 80's" whereas this new Disney film felt timeless to me.
I loved the costumes - Mila Kunis was stunning in her first outfit of a wine fitted jacket and tight shiny (leather?) trousers with high heeled boots. But the dresses I liked best were Glinda's gowns (Michelle Williams). In particular I adored her tiara!
I see from the reviews that James Franco is getting a bit of slating. I thought he was fine! Not exactly very likeable - but that's the point of the character he was playing.
Rachel Weiz was in fine form playing outside her usual "good girl" type characters.
Truth be told I thought Mila Kunis was a little bland as Theodora...but I did think her story was very sad. A real insight into how being treated badly by people can cause serious repercussions for the hurt person for the rest of their lives :-(
Michelle Williams portrayed the good Glinda perfectly perfect (can I say that?!). What I am trying to say is she was perfect for the part. And beautiful to boot.
The 3D effects were spectacular. I do love films in 3D - aren't we lucky living in a time when this dream is a reality.
So all in all a really lovely morning out. I'd thoroughly recommend this film. Oh before I finish, how could I forget, a special mention for Finlay the monkey - he gave Katie, Enid and I some of our best laughs.
Well done Disney!
Saturday, 2 March 2013
Free cinema tickets - preview of film
On Friday afternoon a neighbour of mine rang to see if I would be interested in going to see "a wizard of oz thing in the Point Village on Sunday".
I was very excited when I heard this:
1. I love free stuff :-)
2. I figured it was the new film Oz The Great & the Powerful - which is not even on release yet
3. I am a big Wizard of Oz fan
I rang Enid and confirmed with her she was available. Today (Saturday) the neighbour kindly called to the house with the tickets. She was delighted that I was into it and going to make use of the tickets as she unfortunately could not attend.
And as a bonus it turns out there are four tickets! I contacted Katie to see if she is available. She is. And she is even more excited about it then I - said she saw a trailer for it when she saw The Hobbit and has been dying to see it since.
Enid and I were trying to think of someone else for the 4th ticket. Enid suggested our cousin Kasey and I have just texted her to see if she is a available.
See pics below of the tickets. They are fancy!
Plus it is 3D!!!
I am very much looking forward to tomorrow.
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