FINALLY FRIDAY: an unexpected perk of getting older

Triggered by the 30-year anniversary of the release of Die Hard, my hubby and I have started “re-visiting” some older movies, which thanks to the little touted perk of age–poor memory–seem like new releases to us. 😉

First up: Quigley Down Under – starring Tom Selleck and his moustache.

We truly enjoyed this movie for several reasons.

First, Tom Selleck’s hero never wavered. He carried the female lead (Laura San Giacomo) across a freakin’ desert and — be still my heart–when he left her to go finish off the bad guys, he did what every great hero does…he looked back. I cheered. My hubby rolled his eyes.

Second, to our complete surprise (“Is that… No, it can’t be…OMG, it is…) Alan Rickman played the bad guy. So well. With such smug, self-satisfied egocentricity, he could have been a politician. I miss him. 🙁

Third, we were reminded of the sad facts surrounding the treatment of native residents at that time. I’d never heard the term “pacification by force.” Some scenes were truly heartbreaking.

Do you have an older movie favorite we might enjoy? I’m making a list to get us through the cold winter nights. 😉

Cheers, Deb

P.S. – one of my Tule books is currently free and it has a pretty cool hero, too. FYI.

FINALLY FRIDAY: the first Friday of the New Year! Join the 65 squats/day challenge!

Happy New Year, my friends!

My old gym is sponsoring a 65 squats/day challenge. I’m doing this on my own because I can’t commit to going to the gym every day. Not going to happen. But I CAN do squats. In fact, I love squats. If this was a 65 Burpees/day I would die. 😉

I asked the owner of the gym, “Why 65?”

She told me: “65 X 365 = 2019.” Not true, actually, but I hate math and I actually like anything that gets me out of my chair, so I’m in.

65 squats/day for the rest of the year. Are you in?

Deb

 

 

FINALLY FRIDAY: It’s the LAST Friday of the year, folks.

How is this possible? How can we be kicking 2018 to the curb so soon? I had so many things on my list of things to do this year that are going undone. Gah!

Alas, there’s nowhere to go but forward, so…see you all in 2019, I hope. May the new year bring us all joy, prosperity and excellent health! HAPPY READING,

Deb

PS: I accidentally included the wrong link in my last blog. If you tried to download MONTANA GIFT for free and it took you to the wrong book, here is the correct link. It will remain active through the middle of January.

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