The Day Keanu’s Face Stood Still

Wait, isn’t that every day? George and I managed to escape for a date on Friday. Yay! We saw The Day the Earth Stood Still. The best part was the steak I had at Claim Jumper. I love Keanu, but, oh wait. I hate Keanu. Okay, not personally since I don’t know him, but I think a horny toad could make a larger variety of facial expressions than Keanu. Or a tree stump. It is a neverending mystery how that man has an acting career. Every time I see one of his movies, I have the same discussion with myself. Poor George has to hear it over and over. And now you get to too. Aren’t you lucky?

Actually, the best part of that movie really was….. the preview for Terminator: Salvation. Eeek! Okay, I’m a huge Christian Bale fan, which I’m pretty sure goes along with liking the flavor of actors who can actually act. And, I’m a big Terminator fan. Used to watch those with my Dad. Thanks for corrupting me early, Pop! Terminator + Christian Bale as John Connor = AWESOME! Yes, yes. Me dork. I know. Plus, it’s the first part of a trilogy so there’s more to come. Yay!

So, this week we have been snowed in. In Portland, land of little snow! Saturday night we got five or six inches and the whole rest of the city had enough that church was canceled on Sunday. I always feel weird when I don’t go to church on Sunday.

Yesterday George decided he needed to go to Walmart (he’s one of those guys who needs to get out of the house every day or he starts getting weird and cooped up), so he hopped in the truck and backed out the driveway. Then he spun his tires on the street, and since he couldn’t get back in the driveway he had to roll the truck down and park it on the side of the road. It was a very short trip.

Today George decided he needed to go to Walmart again. Determined to go anywhere, he headed across the street to go move that truck. An hour later he had successfully cleared most of the ice from beneath the truck and managed to roll it several more feet backwards along the curb down the hill. I watched from our bedroom window. Hey man, it’s 25 degrees out there!

Then he decided to try taking our mammoth van. After trying to pull out of the driveway three or four times and managing to not munch the neighbors nice car, he finally made it out of the driveway and off the mad, mad worlds of Walmart and Winco. I managed to not have a heart attack watching him try to get out of the driveway and have ordered chains from Amazon. They should be here in a couple of days, just in time for the next big snowstorm headed our way. Tomorrow the kids and I are making Christmas cookies. Yummy!

Hope if you are stuck, you are enjoying the Christmas season. Actually, I hope that even if you aren’t stuck.

Rachel