22 August 2008

The Best of Times?

I took my girls out last night for our end of the summer fun night. We went to the drive in theater to see a couple movies. At our drive in theater when you pay for the first movie you can stay for the second one too. Which is great, except that it is really hard on the car battery! Because you get the sound through the radio not a speaker like in the 60's. But it's just really cool that we still have a drive in theater to go see movies! My kids had only seen those in Grease! I remember when i was little going to the old Razorback Drive In with my parents and our neighbors and their kids. We would take their big old full sized bronco and take the top off of it so everyone could see and snuggle under some blankets and take our own snacks and just kick back and enjoy the movie. The best part is though, like last night, my kids took their showers before we went, they went in their jammies, i went in my jammies. We took our blankets. And we all just snuggled in and enjoyed. So if the kids get sleepy they can go to sleep. And mom and dad can snuggle together! LOL Too bad dad isn't home right now! We all love the modern conveniences we have now....our laptops, wireless internet even at mcdonalds, our cell phones, internet on our cell phones, everything we need and want is at our fingertips. We can watch movies on our iPods. We can watch movies at home. We don't really have to go out to see a movie any more. But when we do, we can be as comfortable as we want. It can be just like home. Even i was excited about the fact that the drive in has wireless internet service! I took my laptop and between movies i was online checking my myspace and seeing who was online to chat with! I of course had my cell phone with me so during the first movie i was talking to my mom, you can't do that in a regular theater. But then it got me thinking.....is all that really necessary? Isn't the point to spend time with family? How are we spending time with family if we are on the phone and computer even when we are out? Is this really the best of times? Sure these conveniences make our lives better in many ways. I couldn't imagine my husband being gone right now and not having my cell phone or internet. If all i had to depend on for communication was my house phone and the postal service i'd never leave my house! But i could easily have let my cell phone and my laptop ruin the time i spent with my kids. I could easily have let it all have get in my way and i would have missed the night sky and the meteor shower we saw. It was a perfect night at the drive in. We all kept thinking we were seeing things. At first it was like a shooting star or two then they were more frequent. We noticed there were several small ones then a few larger ones. Had to have been a meteor shower last night. There were just too many to be shooting stars. As for the movies we saw.....The first one was Tropic Thunder....i could take it or leave it. It was funny it parts, kinda slow to start. Honestly none of us paid that much attention to it til the last half of the movie. We were talking and just enjoying ourselves. The second movie we really wanted to see though....it was Step Brothers....very funny. Some parts inappropriate for children...only brief seconds. such as seeing Will Ferrells testicles. But overall a funny movie that we laughed many many times at......if you enjoy those stupid humor type movies. After all this is Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.....yeah...think Talledega Nights. If you enjoyed that you would enjoy this....although this is not that crazy i didn't think. So anyway.....it was funny. I suppose i should get up and get started on my day. I have tons of laundry to finish and I am not feeling well. I think too much popcorn last night! Glad i didnt get the large after all! So i am going to go find something to settle my tummy now and start some laundry. Have fun today! It is Friday after all!

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