Our weather can't decide whether it wants to be summer or the tail end of what we call winter. This morning as I look out the window it is overcast and a little blustery. When Maggie came in her coat was cold. Well, a little chilly. People on the east coast love it when we talk about our bad weather. "Helicopter cams are recording pile ups on the roadways because of a heavy drizzle in the L.A. area. Drive cautious out there, folks, the roadways are really dangerous this morning! Stay tuned with your Doppler report keeping you informed up to the minute." Like we need Doppler reports. Unless they report earthquakes, we're good with an unobstructed window. And I say, "Three cheers to that!" Living here wasn't an accident, folks. We planned this. It was about the only thing we planned. We certainly didn't plan well enough for our retirement. (deep throated chuckle.)
Bob and I have been mostly just blissfully happy meeting basic needs. We have always called it the "contented cow syndrome." We've just happily munched our way through life. Financial planning? Not so much. It never really mattered until...the economy tanked and people stopped buying as much art as they used to. We always thought hard work would get us there. And it has...to the orthopedic doctor, the chiropractor...poor Bob, he has paid with his body for a life of work in construction. I did read the other day that your blood pressure drops 5 points just from holding hands. Well, we've got that going for us! Ah, such is life. As long as we can go to Costco for lunch or $1 Taco Tuesday occasionally, throw in an occasional movie that we deem "big screen worthy" and we're OK.
Then there is the wonder of NETFLIX! If you haven't been introduced, allow me!
www.netflix.com
You can have anything you want delivered to your mailbox. I do mean anything! From old movies to all things British, PBS specials, television shows, music concerts of all kinds, if someone has put it on CD they have it. You don't even have to think. They pop up suggestions based on what you have watched before. You can type in a star's name and up pops everything they have ever been in. They have single-handedly changed the way we rent entertainment. We have the full deal for under $20 a month. They come 3 at any given time by return mail. It blows me away that they can get them back to us so fast! We live so far out that renting in the traditional way was just not feasible. But, Woo Hoo to Netflix! I've almost quit buying movies because if I get a hankering to watch a movie again I just go on line and add it to the top of my que. No late fees so I can keep one for a couple of weeks if I want. Get this, they actually reduced the monthly fee one time. Dropped it $1.50 a month. Ever heard of that? Right now we are watching the whole series of Ally McBeal. It is just as good now as it was then. I'm about ready to watch Bette Davis in "Now Voyager" again.
At the end of the movie they stare out the window at the night, Paul Henreid, in that very sexy movie way, lights two cigarettes and gives one to her.(cough) She looks into his eyes and says, "Let's not ask for the moon, Darling, when we already have the stars."
Very heavy sigh!
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