Friday Faves Five & Saturday 9

Thankful for another week!

1. I am always thankful and blessed to see my granddaughter leading a worship song.

2. Thankful for another year of Bible journaling. This year we went over a name of God. We learned about the Jewish Holy days and celebrations. The things that Jesus would have experienced. Hanukkah pictures on the previous page.

3. Thankful for a good visit with the doctor/Orthopedic regarding my shoulder. I decided not to get a pain shot in my shoulder. I don't want to not feel and then over do it. If I want to have full use of my arm, I will need an MRI and possible surgery. A torn rotator will not heal by itself the way my finger is healing.

4. Thankful for the Advent studies I am doing. The focus in that Jesus is the light of the world!

5. Thankful for a day I don't have to go anywhere. I am in my pj's as I write this!

Saturday 9: Hurt So Bad (1980)

Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here.

I heard that song in the 60's. It made me sad. Little Anthony and the Imperials sang it in 1965.

1) Do you have any aches or pains this morning? I am feeling pretty good this morning, but something usually hurts.

2) In this song, Linda Ronstadt complains that her ex doesn't get what she's going through. Have you recently felt misunderstood? Yes

3) Now let's put a positive spin on it: Is there someone in your life who gets you completely? Yes, my sister Terry and a few close friends.

4) Linda recorded a best-selling album in Spanish, and has also performed in French, German and Italian. How many languages do you speak? I can speak basic Spanish. I understand more than I can speak. I took 1 year of French in 1968 and can pick up a few words. In the late 1980's my family went to Linda perform Canciones de mi Padre with a Mariachi band. I think it was at the Pacific Amphitheater in Irvine CA. I also have the CD. We didn't grow up listening to a lot of Spanish music. Linda won an Emmy for her album in 1989.

5) Linda once dated George Lucas of Star Wars fame. Who is your favorite Star Wars character? 

That is a hard question because I like so many. Hans Solo was funny! I also have seen George Lucas up close. He sat 3 rows in front of me at Disneyland. We got VIP seats to the firework show for my 60th birthday in 2015. We saw him go bye when it was done and I got a side picture of him. The Star Tours ride is one of my favorites.

6) Steve Martin has spoken affectionately about Linda and their romance in the 1970s. Are you a Steve Martin fan? Yes, I enjoy watching him.

7) Linda worked consistently and successfully with record producer Peter Asher throughout the 70s and 80s. Tell us about someone you enjoyed working beside. 

I liked most of the people when I worked in the marketing department at the postal service. It was higher management I did not like. I retired in 2011.

One of the girls I shared an office with was fun to work with. We both liked old school music. I also listened to Christian music, and she would listen and would be honest and ask me to put my headphones on. I shared what was going on in my church. In 2004, our church had a day we could write names of people you wanted to know the Lord on the cement before they put in the carpet. I told her and she was touched. In 2013 I found out she had accepted the Lord and she had shared it with a friend. She end up going to our church until she moved to Texas. There was also Vera, my supervisor who encouraged me to go back to church and she mentored me and taught me to take over one of her programs. I took over that program when she retired. I will always thing of her fondly.

8) In 1980, when this song was popular, People magazine named author Stephen King one of the year's most intriguing people. Have you read any of his books or short stories?

I have not because I do not like scarry books. I did go by his country house in Maine back in 2008 while on a bus ride to Kennebunkport for lunch. Our cruise ship was docked in Portland Maine.

9) Random question: Looking back on last week, would you describe it as exciting or boring? 

It has been busy and not boring.

Thanks to Susanne and Sam for the memes. Links are on the left column.

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: As Time Goes By (1958)   Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This song begins with, "You must remember this." Do you often write things down to help you remember? I try to write them in a mini calendar and put them on my iPhone calendar.

 

2) The lyrics tell us that moonlight and love songs are never out of date. Tell us about something else that seems timeless. The Word of God.

3) Originally written in 1931, "As Time Goes By" is best known as the love theme from the 1942 film, Casablanca. According to the American Film Institute, there's only one song from a movie soundtrack that's more expressly identified with the film: "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz. What song reminds you of your favorite movie? Tara's Theme from Gone with the Wind. Theme song from Star Wars Orchestra Version This is the ring tone I have for my so Andrew. I saw the movie with my hubby when it first came out in 1977.  I took my son Andrew to see Empire when he was almost 3 and he loved it. I was pregnant with my son Daniel and he was jumping around to the loud sounds from the movie. We saw all the movies and he got all the toys when he was a kid because mom would play with him. Star Wars is our favorite movie together and we love Star Tours at Dinseyland.  He buys and sells Star Wars toys and makes a lot of money too. I saw George Lucas at Disneyland in 2015 on my 60th birthday.

 

4) This version is from The George Sanders Touch, an LP recorded by an Oscar-winning character actor. There is scant evidence that it sold well. Tell us about something you thought was a good idea at the time, but looking back, would have done differently. Buying this house. It had the basic of what we needed, but I compromised on the kitchen cabinets and lighting. We rushed into buying. We looked at the features that would get us through our future, like being near the market and Health clinic. I do miss my old neighborhood that was in the hills, but further away from the things need as we are aging. 

 

5) This album was really something of a consolation prize for George. He worked with a vocal coach, hoping to win the romantic lead in the film version of South Pacific, but alas, the role went to a younger man. He had fun making this record instead. Have you recently taken lemons and made lemonade? We have done some things to this home to make it homier. I gave up my craft room so that my grandson would have a room when he is over. The grand boys have one room and the grand girls have the other. They are here as I speak so it works out well. We have a larger backyard at this house, and we added a spa which I enjoy. Overall, we are comfortable. 

6) He usually played suave but unsympathetic characters. That's why he gave his autobiography the self-aware title, Memoirs of a Professional Cad. What would you call your life story? Becoming Real.

 

7) The night he won his Oscar, George Sanders accepted the statuette, bowed deeply and then, safely behind the curtain and away from cameras, surprised onlookers by crying. Have you ever cried tears of joy? Yes, when I had my babies and when my grandkids were born. Other times too, but this is what came to my mind first.

 

8) George Sanders wed perennial talk show guest and occasional actress Zsa Zsa Gabor in 1949. Sixteen years after their divorce, he married Zsa Zsa's less famous but also glamorous sister, Magda. After a month, George and Magda thought better of it and had the union annulled. Sam thinks this is one of the oddest romantic tales she's ever stumbled upon while researching Saturday 9. Have you ever known anyone who divorced one sibling and then married another? (Hallmark movies don't count.)

Not that I can think of.

9) Random question: You're in a line of 25 people at the post office. How many of those other 24 are more patient at waiting than you are? I am usually pretty patient. I try go when it is not too busy. Most people are on their phones now passing the time away. I worked for the postal service at one of the busiest offices and rarely saw lines that long except for the night before taxes were due. They get extra window clerks during the holiday season. But it really depends on what kind of service one needs. 

Susan