The new thing to say is....

First world problems

Here is an example:

I hate it when I get home from Starbucks and my drink is gone.

Consider yourself educated and ready to hit the ground running with that.


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A great movie quote is one that stands alone, brilliantly, outside the story.
But it means the most to those who recall it fondly.
~Donna Boucher

Last night my son Patrick wrote on his Facebook wall, "Leave the gun, take the cannoli."

Immediately I thought of You've Got Mail. But isn't that from another movie?
I yelled to my husband, who happened to be in the bathroom, what movie is this line from?
He said, The Godfather.
Yes. That's what I thought.

Tom Hanks refers to The Godfather a number of times in You've Got Mail. He calls it the iching somethingorother...

You remember. "Go to the mattresses." or " Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday."

But I was actually typing lines from Downton Abbey on my wall as Patrick Jr. was typing a line from The Godfather...and then I wrote the above comment.

Lines from Downton, such as this;


"Without you, I have no one to pray for."

That is utterly lovely as it is....and even more touching when you think of dear Daisy.


"You are a storm braver, if ever I saw one!"

That is a GREAT line. It's so full of encouragement :o)


"I want a good man for you, a brave man."

Every daddy should say those words to their daughters at least once.

"Oh Papa."



Quotes that pop into my head regularly;

Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories.
~An Affair to Remember


...it was the nearest thing to heaven! You were there...
~An Affair to Remember
I can not see the Empire State building without saying this quote.


We just get the one life, you know. Just one. You can't live someone else's or think it's more important just because it's more dramatic. What happens matters. May be only to us, but it matters.
~Ghost Town


"Tis but a scratch."
you guess...


"Well, I - I think that it - it wasn't enough to just want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em - and it's that - if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with! Is that right?
Oh, but anyway, Toto, we're home. Home! And this is my room, and you're all here. And I'm not gonna leave here ever, ever again, because I love you all, and - oh, Auntie Em - there's no place like home!"
~The wizard of oz


Those are the ones that popped into my head just now.

What movie quote to you think or say at least once a day?
There must be one!


Encourage one another,
Donna

On Saturday Katie washed her hair.
At sunset a saw a sliver of light in the backyard.
I dragged her outside to sit in it.



It was cold and she did not have shoes on....so I think I got nine pictures before she ran in the house.




Sometimes I do nice things for her too.




I spotted the bumble bee doggie toy at PetSmart. I put this picture on Facebook and Instagram.

No one seemed to get the joke. I even called the picture, "Best in Show".

Why doesn't anyone get this?





This picture is the most viewed picture on my Flickr stream.
I have lost most of my old Flickr friends and rarely do people comment there any more much less see my stuff...but that's okay, I use flickr to organize and save my pictures and I use it to get the html code of my blog.


The above picture has 2867 views and it was taken almost three years ago to the day.
I was using my D80 and adding lots of colors :o)


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Downton Abbey was amazing.
I can't wait to watch it again.

Please feel free to talk about it in the comments.

SPOILER ALERT IN THE COMMENTS.


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Happy Monday!

Encourage one another,
Donna

I spent a whole lot less time on Pinterest this week since I was
mulling over the rightness and wrongness of pinning.
What can I pin? Do I need to ask permission?

And so I did my best to link with love....









Dare I try this? Oh these looks so wonderful!




Ahhhhhh.....

this appeals to me %100




The movie Summertime (1955) was on tv. I have never seen this movie before. It is set in Venice and it is shot with love and beautifully styled. Kathryn Hepburn's character felt sorry for herself for the first half hour so I lost interest in the story...
but my goodness, it is one gorgeous movie.





I have heard for years about the stunning cinematography in the movie The Black Stallion (1979).
Finally I saw it.

Caleb Deschanel is the cinematographer.

Could this be Zooey's dad?

Yes. It is. Wow.




Start at 3:40 to see some spectacular riding and filming.




I am excited to say, I searched this morning and found the name of the person who created this fantastic Airstream.
Designer Craig Dorsey.

I just love everything about this.

Don't you?


I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Lots of love!

Encourage one another,
Donna

Every day, I stop at Target to get my chai.
I have to wait for the store to open.
I wait about 30 minutes.

This wait used to bother me.

Now I love the quite, the stillness, of sitting in the car.

I don't get that quiet and stillness on my couch anymore. Nope. I don't.

So I wait until the Target opens and I get my Chai and I wander quietly around the store, picking up this and that.

And then I go home, down the road where people drive too slow, and meet with the Whirlwind.

Said Whirlwind is sleeping now, she is worn out from puppy class last night.
She pulls and pulls and pulls me and I feel like I have just worked out with Bob or Jillian.
The teachers noticed Ginny pulling and suggested a little harness for her.
I took it and learned how to use it and it is already working nicely.

Like I said, the pup is sleeping so I am going to go and sit on the couch and enjoy it while I can.

Happy Friday!
Enjoy the weekend.

Sunday is the big finale to Downton Abbey.
I can not wait.

I'll post a few Pinterests tomorrow.
Things will be a little different, tho.

Perhaps we will go to the movies this weekend.
I'd like to see a few more Oscar noms before the big show in a few weeks.


Take Care!

Encourage one another,
Donna

p.s. I have my next question from Patrick set to go :o)
Monday!

This is Maggie. She hears Ginny.
She is more terrified than curious.
I am sure.

This however is not really a new thing.
This is how Maggie looks when Katie comes around.

She's a charmer.




This is Ginny.
She is a good girl, except when she is not.

And let me just say...I think all labs look like boys.
It's hard for me to think of her as girly.

Sorry honey.



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I am going to start a new feature on this blog.

Things my husband tells me when he comes out of the bathroom.

He is not a chatty guy.
He is not a conversationalist.
But he reads in the bathroom and always has a fascinating tidbit of news.

Here is my favorite from this week.

What actor received the most votes for the first academy award?
This actor did receive the statue? It went to someone else.

Do not google.

Just take a wild guess. I did not guess correctly;
I think I guessed Al Jolsen or Rudolf Valentino.



Encourage one another,
Donna

Katie helped me with my photo challenge yesterday after school.

The theme was hearts.




And then she danced.





and was gone.....


A Psalm of Life

Tell me not in mournful numbers,
"Life is but an empty dream!"
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
"Dust thou art, to dust returnest,"
Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us further than to-day.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act -- act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


(this is the poem I found when googling.....fleeting.)

I'm off to a ladies Bible study this morning.
I'm bringing treats.
Gotta run.



Up and doing,
Donna

"Let's talk photo crediting."


Go see this great poster

(I'd love to share it here...but I do not have permission. But it's really a great way of explaining things, so take a minute to visit and read it.)


It will help you understand when it is okay to use or pin an image on your blog, or on your pinterest.







So. I want you to pin this. I want you to share this.
BUT. I am not the original source. So it is best NOT to pin from me. (Although, if you are clever you can see that I have pinned it from the original source.)

Do you see the little words that say, 'linkwithlove.typepad.com'?
If you click on that, you will go back to the original source.
Kal Barteski's website.
This ensures that Kal will get credit.
Not me.

Any questions?


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I confess, I am not perfect. I do not know who took many of the Marilyn Monroe pictures or Jackie Kennedy pictures that I love.
Does their age matter? I do not know who took the Golden Globe dresses I love to share. And what about all of those beautiful houses?
If I do know the photographer but don't have a basic original artists website, I will type the person's name under the picture.
This can be erased, but at least I feel I have passed it on correctly.

I am still guilty, I think.

But I promise to try to do better.
I will take a few minutes more to check before I pin.
I will also continue to leave notes in the comments that say, "who took this picture?"

Perhaps it is just a drop in the bucket. But I can do what is right even when other people are not.
That's always a good way to go.


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This is what I believe, right now, in this auditorium, there is someone who is with you, someone who is willing to pick you up, dust you off, kiss you, forgive you, put up with you, wait for you, carry you, love you. So while everything may not be okay, one thing I know is true, you do not have to be alone.
~norah, The Beaver

Encourage one another and love,
Donna

I did not watch one second of the Grammy's, but just now I spotted Katy Perry dressed in
one of my favorite dresses of the season.

Elle Saab. Of course.

Thanks Mail.uk

~image from Masterpiece Theater

Downton was overflowing with joy and pain and surprise last night.
Dear broken Whitney Houston died. May she rest in peace.
She had it all, from the worlds perspective.
Somehow that perspective is very wrong and corrupt and full of pain.
The world.

How to live in it but not be consumed by it?

It's a tricky thing.

I am determined to be content with this ordinary, quiet life...trying to love Jesus...
trying to love like He loves.

Thankful for each person, thankful for every day.

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well. – Julian of Norwich

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Some questions for the comment section...

How could Mary ever marry Richard?
Who killed Vera?
Lord Grantham? Hypocrite
Is Thomas a changed man?


See ya in the comments.

Donna

Perfect Pinterest Pins.





weeeeeeee!!!




I am watching Little Dorrit.
Man, that Dickens is gritty.
I love Little Dorrit's wrappy sweater.
It looks nice and warm and it would not get in the way.





Dear Oscar Nominees,
Wear this dress.

You're Welcome
Miz Booshay, stylist to the imaginary








I like this.









I gave and received this darling valentine when I was a little girl.




More and more, I want white, white walls.
White woodwork.









Don't forget to link with love.


Encourage one another,
Donna

What good is a blog if you can't hand out your personal opinions and favorites
as often as possible?

Huh?
What?


Ree over at The Pioneer Woman is having a Romantic Comedy favorite challenge.
In the spirit of a tournament bracket competition, like March Madness, movies are pitted against one another
to see which movie gets the most votes.

Since I am not the Queen of Ree's blog or her comments....I have no control...just one tiny voice, one tiny vote.

But here. At my blog. I get to be Queen.



Hello.
Do you like my hat?


I will share with you my favorite romantic comedies.

1. My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

I am Greek. I love the cast. I see Aunt Dorothy and Aunt Zabeta. I see Diana. I see me.
I love the dialog. I love Windex.

When my grandpa came to the United States from Greece his name was Glymakopolous.
Instead of Nickys, we had Jimmys.

In my opinion, the biggest flaw of this movie is that it pretended to be in Chicago but it was shot in
Canada. Oh what an opportunity they missed by not filming it in Chicago.

This movie is worth wonderful.
The whole family can watch it.


2. You've Got Mail

To me, this is the perfect movie. I adore it. I love it.
I know it by heart.

Location love.

'for as long as we both shall live'

3. On Golden Pond

This is another perfectly beautiful movie. Old people love too, don't cha know.
Norman and Ethyl have a long and lovely love.

He is cranky and she has a joyful spirit.

If you have not seen this movie. See it.
You may think this is a drama. But every thing that Norman says is hilarious.
"Wanna see my teeth!"


I relate to this couple more than you can ever know.

"The loons! The loons!"
"You're my knight in shining armour. Don't you forget it."

4. Holiday

Charming. Sweet.
We went over this at Christmas time.
But this is not just a holiday movie.

Best new romantic comedy.


5. She's the One.

I watch this movie a few times a year.
This one is rated. N and S
Not for your kids.
Lots of swearing

But I love this movie almost the most of all. It is really, really funny.
It is shot in New York. It is written by Ed Burns...who I think is genius.
Ed Burns is the Irish Catholic Woody Allen.

For some reason, this sleeper, is high on my list.

Okay, I know the reason.

The writing. The acting.
And it's New York again.


Maybe it's just New York I love?

That's a real possibility.





(warning: while this video does not have swearing...it's still not for children....at least my children....don't watch it Emma....how old are you?"




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When Harry met Sally is up against My Big Fat Greek Wedding in the Movie Madness today at Ree's....

I choose My Big Fat Greek Wedding even tho I love When Harry Met Sally.

But as far as wedding dresses goes.



This one beats Toula's by a mile!

"Oh Marie."

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I'd love to know what romantic comedies you love.
Surprise me!

Dazzle me. (who says that?)


Love and Kisses and movies,
Donna

Once upon a time
I had a quiet life.
I was a couch potato.







Until there was you.







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What do you think of rawhide bones for your dogs?
Not at all?
How often?
Any troubles?

Thanks!

Love,
Donna and Moneypit aka Ginny

sometimes in your daily daily life
you wonder

what's it all about

i'm nearing the end

what am i doing here


And then you ask your daughter
what is the point

anyway

and she says...

B.L.E.S.S.

Begin with prayer
Listen
Eat
Serve
Share


and then i feel better
because i can do some of those things

today



encourage one another,
donna

It's Matthew's birthday today so I went looking for a really fun picture of Matthew to post to his facebook page.
I did not find the picture I was looking for...

but LOOK what I did find.

Oh my goodness, gracious sake.


Katie Gracie at the Brewers game.







My heart is about to bust.

I am so thankful for this little girl.

And her big brother Matthew too.




Matthew, when did you go and get so handsome?
Looking just like Colin Farrell here....

I am so proud of the man you have become! You are a great dad and loving husband.

Love you very much!
Happy 27th Birthday!!

Encourage one another,
Donna aka Mom

I love....










the magic of ordinary days....

and a sleeping puppy.


Encourage one another,
Donna

Downton Abbey discussion welcome in the comments.
Did anything else happen this weekend?

It's Pinterest time again!!!
I'm so glad I thought to do this on Saturdays!!
It's an easy post for me and well....I get to share my favorite things...and show and tell was my very best part of school when I was a little girl.
I am not kidding.

Show and tell in grade school.
Cheerleading in high school.



So stinkin true!!!

Stephie found this one and pinned it to my facebook! Thanks Steph!






I spotted this adorable photo yesterday and immediately thought of my sister Cindy.
She loves hearts found in strange places.





I continue to live in the past, as far as fashion and style....
I follow a woman on Flickr who posts the most fabulous fashion images.




Unknowingly.....











I posted singular people alone in spaces.
What does it mean?


People with other people...and dogs....










I am not a fan of props....
except when that prop is a very cool car.






Happy Weekend!
Happy Super Bowl watching to those of you who are lucky enough to have a team playing!

Encourage one another,
Donna