It is now 12:25am and I'm upstairs with my daughter Christine because she has to stay up until 2:30 to pick up two of her daughters and a friend from the theater. Why, you may ask? Because they wanted to see the first showing of "Hunger Games" which started at midnight.
Christine is exhausted and told me she will never do this again, and then we laughed hysterically because we both know she will. She would walk over glass and nails for her daughters.
Like George says to Mary in 'It's a Wonderful life', "What do you want? Do you want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down." That is Christine with her children.
Of course right now she is swearing and calling them terrible names about every 15 minutes.
She just said, "I can't even drink beer tonight. I'm giving up beer and sleep, my two main staples in life. That movie better be good."
Since we had to stay up anyway, I asked her to take a picture of me with my new haircut. I figured if there was one that didn't look too horrible I would put it on my About Me thingy. This is what she said, "Mom, we'll do it tomorrow." Why? "No one looks good at midnight, just wait until morning." I told her I didn't see how I could look better than I do now, but okay. Personally, I think she is just being lazy.
Goodnight Everyone!
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I am sure you look good!
That is such a good post. WhAT we do for our children, eh?! But we wouldn't have it any other way. I do hope those girls enjoyed their film! Pity she didn't capture you with your new haircut because we all know it probably won't look as good once you've slept on it. Although I know that you would look good anytime dear Belle. Hee Hee!! I loved that quote from It's A Wonderful Life by the way.
My own teenager was galloping through the third book in the Hunger Games trilogy tonight and came in looking mad. When I asked her what was wrong, she said she was mad because she was almost finished with the book and she didn't want it to end.
Christine's a great mom, and we can see who she gets it from! :)
P.S. Can't wait to see a pic of your new haircut~
That was really funny Belle in a way. I feel her pain on missing out on sleep and beer. How terrible. I have heard a lot of folks talking about this movie but I know nothing about it.
You are probably right about the lazy part. Sounds just like Linda's daughter Beth.
I am excited to think we will be seeing a new picture of you, and not just the hair like I have seen on other blogs.
Have a wonderful Friday. I will be driving to Rocky Mount today to meet with my 3 girls for lunch and my birthday get together. Should be fun.
I can see your daughter's side on the whole nobody looks good at midnight although that is an extreme side to that argument, glad to hear she got the chance to see Hunger Games early though.
Sleep deprivation has been a way of life in my household for years, Belle.
In my college years I used to love to stay up all night and sleep until the afternoon. I can remember many days getting up at 1 or 2pm to START the day. Our body clocks change over the years and we find ourselves yawning right after dinner which, over time, has moved up from 8pm to 4pm. It's 7am right now and I've already had lunch! (LOL)
'The Hunger Games' has had good reviews here. I gave the book series to my grandson for Christmas and I must say the excerpts I read really interested me.
Hope your granddaughters enjoyed the film. Maybe you and Christine will go to see it.
oH THOSE MOMENTS THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED YEARS LATER WITH A WARMTH AND SMILE .....
You were a nice mom to stay up with her.....even if she wouldn't take your picture. I'm sure she got lots of her good mom genes from you.
trekking your blog!!!
can't wait to see your new haircut! :-)
cheers!
..TREK..
The Hunger Games is pure money. I looked at Roger Ebert's review of it today and he liked it, although he offered some very heavy-handed criticisms in that both the book and the movie skirt an opportunity to really nail a comparison to class inequality. Instead, they just showcase the violence of teens killing each other.
Ebert indicated that he would rather have seen a comparison to Occupy Wall Street protesters, or perhaps the TEA Party, or even to a statement at how an oligarchy and proletariat can have nothing in common, yet, keep the proletariat in check simply by offering them bread and violence the same as was done in ancient Rome.
Overall, he gave it three stars out of five. Most critics on Rotten Tomatoes have given it a thumbs up so out of 135 reviews, it's over 80% fresh. This is good enough for me to want to see it, so I'll go next weekend, after the hype has died down, and watch it for a matinee price.
That's funny. Hope it was worth it for the girls. And yes, I'm betting she does it again.
Great post Belle =)
It's nice to have those moments. I bet your hair looks great [hehe]. Have a lovely weekend!
Big hugs
Eva
I wanna see your haircut. I wanna see your haircut. Haha. I think I would have went to sleep and set the alarm if I were her. What a good Mom. Wonder where she got it from?! Hugs.
Claudia- Well, I like short hair in the summer because otherwise I am too hot. I do like the cut.
Diane- They did enjoy the film. Christine and Sandy are at the matinee showing right now. I don't want to see it because I know it will upset me. Children killing children. What will they think of next?
Shelly- Thanks, and my granddaughters have read the books too. The story and writing must be very good for so many people to like it. I'm told it does have a good moral and I'm glad.
Odie- Happy Birthday, dear friend! I know you will have a wonderful time being with your family! Wonderful. I'm afraid I look worse with each passing year, Odie. 60, 61, and now 62. Everything is sagging, age spots are darker, wrinkles are deeper - yeah, I don't know how long I will keep posting pictures of myself!
Hi Matthew- Yes, by tonight everyone will have seen it. I hope you have a lovely weekend.
Tom- My sleep patterns have changed too. I sleep longer and have naps. Just like a newborn! I hope you are getting enough sleep.
Janice- They did enjoy the film. I don't want to see it as I have a hard time watching children suffer in movies. I know it isn't real, but still...
Rhonda- You are right, we will laugh about staying up half the night later on!
Jeanie- Thanks so much.
Hello Icedgurl! It is nice to meet you.
Michael- The girls loved it although Faith was a little disappointed it didn't follow the book exactly. But Christine explained it would be too long if they did that. I hope you enjoy seeing it!
As for wishing for a political statement from the movie, I don't know. Perhaps that can be inferred just from viewing it. I don't think you should push your own agenda into a movie that is based on a book.
Sorry, pushed the wrong button!
Alex- It was worth it for the girls and they have no trouble staying up all night!
Eva- We did have fun being crabby together. My hair is okay - what I need is a new body.
Barb- Thanks, and I did ask her if she wanted to sleep, but she was afraid she wouldn't be able to get up. Well, I hope I can get a good pic of the hairdo!
I bet ya look good any time of the day Miss Belle!
I hope everyone enjoyed the movie immensely.
Have yourself an awesomely blessed weekend sweetie. Rest up! :o)
I look forward to seein' your new do! :o)
I hope it was worth it! I'll go see the Hunger Games, but only after the chaos has died down a bit.
I would have gone to bed and set an alarm clock! Still, though, that is really sweet of her to do that, and sweet of you to keep her company. :)
Nezzy- I wish you were right!
Sherry- Yes, they had a great time. A night to remember.
Lydia- I think I would have stayed up. I find it really hard to get up once I'm asleep.
Ha! You are so incredibly funny! Aww, moms are awesome! Mine would do similar things with us/for us. I can't wait to see your new hairdo! :)
Hi Yvonne- Thanks, Sweetie. We were both lucky to have good moms. I've been busy and tired lately and haven't visited everyone as much. I'm sorry.
Oh my goodness I remember the pain of those days! sandie
Giving up sleep? That's above and beyond!
I've come to the conclusion that it doesn't matter how much you do or don't do for your kids. At some point they are going to be throwing us under the bus during counseling... In my case, the first kids got too much done for them and the last ones, probably not enough.
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