1/13/2013

WEEKLY UPDATE 1/13/2013

(I don't know what's going on with this blog - I can't upload photos.  I tried yesterday with my usual Sunday posting, and when it didn't happen, I waited to see if it might correct itself on Monday morning.  Nope.  I couldn't add any pix last week either.  so, I'll just post the text, and keep trying.  maybe next week I'll get it right.)

HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY SARAH

How did that happen? and so quickly. Sarah will soon be taking her drivers license permit exam, and then she will learn the ways of the road from behind the wheel.

Downton Abbey returns: I don't get it. Did Richard Carlisle never publish the scandalous story of Lady Mary, or of Bates? Where are the tabloid stories that were to bring ruin upon the Crawley family? Wasn't Lady Mary going to have to flee to America, on the advice of her father, to avoid the rumors that would destroy her once the story was known? Didn't seem like any of them were shunned at the wedding, or that the Earl's disaster had anything to do with all the moral lapse of his eldest daughter at all.

And the continuing soap opera of the NFL playoffs. Not to go on and on about the games, but this week end, of the four games that were played, I was only able to predict one winner. That makes me 2 for 6 so far, and I'm completely out of it for the Super Bowl as I picked Denver to beat Green Bay in the Big Game. A couple of very good and exciting games, a couple of ho hum ones. The most exercise I’ve had in weeks was pacing back & forth in front of the TV all during the OT of the Ravens game.

From the news reports from Rochester that I read almost daily, I can tell that there was a January thaw this week. Savannah, not to be outdone, recorded a record high temperature of 81 on Saturday.

 

Monday was Book club this week. At least I got once all week. The book that we all read was called Dream Variations, and it was written by a Chinese-born professor at SCAD who came to the US as a student, and never returned. She wrote of some of her experiences in adapting to the culture of a different country. Quite interesting. 

Sunday, I had to give a Second Sunday Tour at Bonaventure. I only could watch the first quarter of the early game before I had to go to the cemetery, so I missed a lot of that exciting game. I got back to the condo just at the 2 minute warning. For the late game, I went to Donna's and had lasagna and wine while the TV was on in the background. I thought that wouldn't be a very good game, so it was more fun to spend time with her and chat than to watch the football.

So another week of doing almost nothing. Perhaps next week I'll be able to report on even more tv shows that I've watched. Stay tuned.