Girls' Day Out
Laura and I met for lunch at Cafe Dolce in the Southgate Mall. We seem to be in a rut because we both enjoy the sandwiches we order there. I forget what Laura has but my fave is a Porchetta (roast port slices with Arugula and cheese on a toasted focacia bread. (Jeez, did I spell all that correctly?) And how does one say Porchetta? The servers seemed to be of mixed opinion but I opt for "porshetta". It would be simpler to ask for a "Porky"!
We shopped 'til we dropped at about 4 PM and then had a latte and mocha. We both resisted the bakery goodies. (Cheers for us!) We both tried on lots of things and I bought a couple of items to flesh out my wardrobe for the upcoming "girls trip". What I really need to do is take everything out of the closet, lay it all out, create my mix and match outfits and then fill in the blanks with new purchases. But I'm afraid that when I lay it all out there will be no good outfits and I'll have to buy all new. Oh well! I haven't bought very many new clothes in our 5 years on the road.
I'm enjoying being here in Montana and spending more time with my "baby" daughter. We have a few more weeks here so there are surely more shopping trips in store. It's great fun to have someone help out in the dressing room and run get different colors and sizes. We had a good laugh she held up some crop pants for me to try and I said, "Oh, those are too big for me! They look like they'd fit two-ton Tessie!" Well, bummer! They fit me! Guess I shouldn't order that "Porky" sandwich :)
Today we got a delightful surprise via email. First, a little background....when we hit the road we left behind a few treasured boxes. Most are in storage but we left one with our son, Jim. Maybe you have a treasure like this--a box of 8 mm movies from our early marriage/family days. He said he'd try to figure out how to get them digitized.
Now he's made it happen and sent us a link with a "teaser" video! "Check it out!" he said. Here's a link to a sampling of dance movies. (There's no sound :) We'll have to add that!)
The dark picture of a couple dancing is me and a friend probably dancing to "Rock Around the Clock" or some other 1956 hit! This is from a rare movie that my Dad took. The next samples are of my kids dancing in the 60's and 70's. What a joy it was to get this little video! Jim says that all 86 movies (you know the 4 minute reels) are captured and DVD's are in the works :) I imagine there will be lots of laughter and tears when we get a chance to view them. Thanks so much, Jim!