Smurfs

On Saturday we went to see Beezus and Ramona. It was wonderful. Everyone should go see it. Just be warned that there is a bad word in it.
The previews made me think about my nieces and I decided to blog about it. There is actually a movie about Smurfs!!! I have to wonder why, because they weren't popular for very long and there can't be that many people nostalgic enough about them to want to go see a movie about them. I wonder if Pam even has much memory of when they were popular. My girls don't.
Sometime in the very early 1980's I flew with Popi and Grandma in Popi's little plane to visit the Bailey's in North Carolina. I got really sick and I threw up in front of Carianne-something that happened quite often when she was little. She admired me, so she thought throwing up was really cool.
One of my memories from that trip is the little Bailey girls begging Popi to buy them some Smurfberry cereal. Popi kept telling them no because he said they wouldn't like the way it tasted. They kept begging and finally he gave in and bought them some. I think it was supposed to be blueberry flavored, but I think it just tasted like dark blue food coloring. It was awful. I think the girls ate it anyway, because it was supposed to be smurfalicious or something. Marketing worked again.
I do remember that Beckie had decorated the girls room with a Smurf theme-complete with Smurf sheets and curtains. Charming.

Fabulous New Kitchen

The new kitchen is finally done and I have time to blog about it. It was finished Tues afternoon. It took them 7 days, rather than 5, but it is beautiful. I don't have a camera, so I can't post a picture, but trust me.
I guess there is one way to tell you how great it is. I don't have to have anything on the counters except the toaster, breadmaker and paper towel holder. I could actually store them, but it is easier to have them on the counter.
The men who worked on the kitchen were great. It amused me that they would listen to Sean Hannity on the radio and talk about things like missions and being Bishop.
So now everyone has to come visit me and see my perfect new kitchen.