A good night's sleep, chocolate, the happiness and satisfaction of sharing on AgingCare forum. Does anyone have some favorite things to think about? Yes, this phrase is from the song in the movie "The sound of Music". My husband and I often resort to using movie lines and song to improve communication. We were the only two in a gathering of people who heard the background music playing. We both had the same (cassette tape/CD). A connection bringing two people together. To this day, we crack up when one uses a simple movie line to make a serious point.
SO, What is one of your favorite movie line, some of your favorite things?
Here in our city, we paint small rocks and hide them around town. Whoever finds them, either rehides them or paints more to hide. On the back of the rock you paint (name of city Rocks). Take a picture to post in the city FB group. It it is fun community spirit and many cities around the country are doing this.
I would like to bake Christmas cakes this year. I've always managed to squeeze that in but last year I didn't because I was too tired. Fingers crossed for this year.
You forgot pie for breakfast with a big cup of coffee
Hubs had that! His favorite.
As long as there is music!
All I need now to "decorate" is one ornament to hang outside on the distressed potted pine tree, dried out by the low humidity and crazy winds. It will be my very own "Charlie Brown" Christmas tree!
Thank you so much for your kind words. I hope you are well.
With the holidays fast approaching, I am looking forward to the Christmas baking. My favorite are ginger cookies. Soft and chewy are my favorite kinds.
The conversation about christmas songs had me searching youtube for all the advent and christmas music I grew up singing in church and I actually found a playlist somebody had posted from our old hymnbook, so I spent the morning singing the songs nobody seems to sing anymore, not even when I do make it to church. I've also enjoyed a couple of sing-a-longs in the nursing home, nobody there much cares how bad the singing is. (lol)
Start playing a recording of your song of choice. E.g. "All I want for Christmas," that's a good one.
To start, the player begins by singing along. Once the player is fully under way, the MC fades the volume of the recording right down so that the player is now singing unaccompanied and must continue full pelt (it does help to have the lyrics to any songs you want to use because it's surprising how hard it can be to remember them), including any la-la-las, repetitions, breaks or instrumental passages.
After a pre-agreed time interval, the MC turns up the volume again; and the object of the game is to see how closely the player has managed to keep to the recording.
Well. That's the object. The fun is listening to grown men whooping uninhibitedly about I don't care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree.
How many reindeer does Santa have?
eight reindeer
In traditional lore, Santa Claus's sleigh is led by eight reindeer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder (variously spelled Donder and Donner), and Blixem (variously spelled Blixen and Blitzen), with Rudolph being a 20th-century inclusion.
A Hippo?!? Is that a song?
If you want a Hippo I hope you have a pool! And a big shovel!
The fair hippopotama he aimed to entice
With the something something
'Cos she hadn't got a ma to give her advice
Came tip-toeing down to her love.
Like something the something something
Of the song that he sang as they met
His inamorata
Adjusted her garter
And lifted her voice in duet:
[falsetto]
Mud! Mud! Glorious mud!
Nothing quite like it
For cooling the blood!
So follow me, follow
Down to the hollow
And there let us wallow
In glooooooorious mud.
From 'The Hippopotamus Song' by Michael Flanders & Donald Swann.
Lyrics for The Hippopotamus Song by Flanders & Swann
A bold hippopotamus was standing one day
On the banks of the cool Shalimar
He gazed at the bottom as he peacefully lay
By the light of the evening star
Away on the hilltop sat combing her hair
His fair hippopotami maid
The hippopotamus was no ignoramus
And sang her this sweet serenade
Mud, mud, glorious mud
Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood
So follow me follow, down to the hollow
And there let me wallow in glorious mud
The fair hippopotama he aimed to entice
From her seat on that hilltop above
As she hadn't got a ma to give her advice
Came tiptoeing down to her love
Like thunder the forest re-echoed the sound
Of the song that they sang as they met
His inamorata adjusted her garter
And lifted her voice in duet
Mud! Mud! etc.
Now more hippopotami began to convene
On the banks of that river so wide
I wonder now what am I to say of the scene
That ensued by the Shalimar side
They dived all at once with an ear-splitting splosh
Then rose to the surface again
A regular army of hippopotami
All singing this haunting refrain
Mud, mud, glorious mud
Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood
So follow me follow, down to the hollow
And there let us wallow in glorious mud
Only a hippopotamus will do
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door
That's the easy thing to do
I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh, what joy and what surprise
When I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too
Mom says the hippo would eat me up
But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
There's lots of room for him in our two car garage
I'd feed him there and wash him there
And give him his massage
I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh, what joy and what surprise
When I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles or rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too
For years I had them in my bedroom that I shared with fave sis. She hated those dolls. My family couldn’t stand them, creepy how their eyes followed them. To my regret, I finally caved in and got rid of them. ... As the years went by, I bought 2 more realistic dolls but the grown up version. One is obviously a studious teenager with eye glass. The second one is an young medium brown skin Indian in brown leather outfit with long black hair and eye glass (looks like my people.)
Lastnight, I found the ultimate realistic doll in Amazon. I actually gasped when I first saw it. She’s described as similar to Mexican. I debated for hours because she’s quite expensive. I finally asked myself, “Will I regret not buying her?” Immediately answered yes. And guess what, the shipping cost was only $13 not a ridiculous price of $25 +... I still have some leftover Amazon gift card which I applied to the purchase. I got it!!
FYI, I went to the doll’s official website and was going to buy an oriental dress with matching shoes and a black boots plus $5.50 shipping = $33.00. OMG, when I put my zip code in at payment, the shipping cost went from $6 to $55!!! Heck no! I didn’t buy it.