Marriage maintenance with Mrs. C!

My wife and I both work full time, and we also have separate interests that we like to indulge in.
For that reason, we keep Saturdays as OUR day.

Yesterday was one of the better ones. we left home about noon and headed over towards the Regal cinema on Route 378 on the south side of Bethlehem.
We had lunch at Starter's Pub, ($37.00 with tip) and then we went to the movies.

I purchased us tickets for "Night at the Museum 2" ($13.00) and up until the very moment the movie started, we were the only people in the theater. When the announcement played to please turn off all electronic devices, I stood up and announced to the empty theater: "You hear that? Don't make me come down there!" This made Mrs C laugh. The Regal Cinema has stadium seating, and Mrs C and I sat in th very back row, right in the middle.

It is always nice to be able to go to the theater and hold your sweetie against your shoulder during a movie. I hope I am never too old to do that.

The movie was very funny, and it is a great date movie. Ben Stiller is great at deadpan comedy, and delivering his lines as a straight man. The movie had a great message about doing the job that makes you happy, not the one that sucks your soul.

Hank Azaria was hilarious as the campy resurrected Egyptian King, but for my money, Amy Adams steals the movie in her role as Amelia Earnhart comes to life. I first saw her as the Princess in "Enchanted," and she also stole every scene in the movie "Doubt."
Amy Adams is HOT! Not as hot as Mrs C in my eyes, but close! LOL!

Robin Williams as Teddy Roosevelt and Owen Wilson as the leader of the miniatures reprise their roles. There contribute just the right amount to the story.
The Smithsonian blessed this movie, and I read about their cooperation in this month's edition of their magazine. One thing I learned in the mag was that film makers spent more than a month photographing the inside of the Smithsonian's facilities. For the movie, the stages were created to scale foe filming.
The action scenes in the Air and Space Museum are entertaining for their incredulity. Can you imagine the rocket in there actually blasting off? or the SR-71 blackbird hanging from the ceiling actually taking flight?

After the movie was over, I suggested that we start hitting the movies on Saturday more often. I have been far too busy with my work and my book, but now that Mrs C has her MBA and no more school work, I have no excuse for putting off these Saturday afternoon matinees.

That's my post for now. I worked on the book until after midnight Saturday, and decided I should write a journal entry and a blog post, so here you go. I will schdule it for 8 AM. Good morning then!

Today is Mrs C's Birthday!

Next to Christmas, this is a very important day for me, my wife's Birthday. In our 14 years together, I have never forgotten it. Though it isn't like I could, because she does sort of remind me all the time.

("Oh honey, are you going to celebrate D-day with any of your veteran friends? I'm just asking, you know, that is ONE DAY After my birthday!")

Anyway, my wife is an aficionado of fine shoes. We actually have a closet in our home full of shoes. JUST HER SHOES. If I have 5 pair, that would be overestimating it. So in honor of my lovely wife's appreciation of fine shoes, I purchased the following Birthday card

I think it is perfect, and inside it says this:

It made me laugh.

On Wednesday I hand delivered twelve hand cut roses to her office, so she could enjoy them more than one day.
Tomorrow I have reserved the kitchen table at Buca Di Beppo in Reading for our lunch, though I confess to having fifteen dollars worth of discounts I can use.

There may be a surprise or two in store yet, but I'm not giving away her age. I know better, though the fact that my 30th HS reunion is this year could get you pretty close, depending on whether you think she is older or younger, but we did graduate in different years.

I'll let you know what happened Sunday.

One more for the road:

Happy Birthday Honey!