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| Like this, but with better hair... |
Alternatively, a friend of mine suggested having a radio show like Car Talk, only the callers would be parents of teens looking for advice. Oh, my goodness, this would be so awesome and funny. NPR? Call me.
The movie nights I enjoy with my friend have led to our discovery of an awesome Danish director named Susanne Bier. If you enjoy movies with complex, multifaceted characters and don't mind subtitles, you HAVE to check out After the Wedding, Brothers, and In A Better World. If, on the other hand, you think Airplane was a great movie, just forget it. (Yes, Larry, I'm talking to you.)
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| Oh, my Lord, this is so NOT US. |
But it isn't. It really isn't. Susie climbed into the camper at one point and said, "It's so big! I don't remember its being so big!"
Of course, you don't, honey. The last time you saw the camper, we had just spent 8 days living in it; and, believe you me, it felt VERY SMALL by that point.
And...that's all I've got tonight, folks. Just sitting up late, nursing a migraine and trying not to puke, actually. Life is so much fun sometimes.
[Tom and Ray image: King Features]
[Camping image: TLC]
Okay, that's what I get for reading my blog list on my phone right before I fall asleep..I thought it was BOOKS for parents of teens, not seminars. Now I might have to go ahead and write my list. Because of course I kept thinking of them all night.
ReplyDeleteYour words about camping made me kind of melancholy! Haven't been camping since my baby was born..13 years ago. Might be time.
Hope your head is better :( Migraines suck.
Jenny
I hate migraines. Hate, hate, hate. I am amazed that you don't have PTSD just from opening the pop-up camper. I do not 'believe' in camping and think those that can do it without absolutely losing their minds are sainted beings... and that goes triple with kids.
ReplyDeleteGod bless the great indoors, where I plan to stay forever. My ex used to camp and I always wondered why he needed steak in the woods when we eat hamburger at home. I'm sure there's a lesson in there somewhere that doesn't involve the usual Paul Newman quotation.
ReplyDeleteI love all 3 of the Susanne Bier movies you mentioned, but especially After the Wedding.
I am a total fan of the actor who played the rich guy in After the Wedding. Amazing performance. And I KNOW, I don't get the steak in the woods thing at all. My husband keeps wanting to mess around with fancy recipes over the campfire, when we have a perfectly good stove at home. Tell me, what is even remotely appealing about crouching over an open flame and counting the number of briquettes you put on top of the dutch oven? "It's outside," he tells me. Oh, I see - being bitten by bugs makes food taste better..
ReplyDeleteNo, I just don't get it.
I can't believe Theo is already graduating. I remember when he left for college!
ReplyDeleteMisery loves company so perhaps you convinced a few neighbors to give it a whirl? As a kid, our tent trailer always seemed bigger when it was opened and inventoried prior to a summer trip -- and miserably crowded once the trip was well underway.
ReplyDeleteI will have to go check out those films. I happily have an indie film friend (single! childless! immaculate house!) with Netflix.
And why can't kids stay cute and little? My firstborn turned 22 today... he's all grown up, moved out, and married. Yikes!
Sorry about that migraine. 'Tis the season apparently!
Eight days in a camper. I am in awe of your fortitude.
ReplyDeleteIt's desperation, not fortitude. We can't afford nice hotels; so, without the camper, I'd never get to leave town.
Delete8 days in a camper. Ohh not fun haha. I max out after 4 days on a good trip.
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