FOR THE LOVE OF JUNK

SOME WOMEN DREAM OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES AND PERFECTION. SOME DREAM OF THE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH, OUTCAST ITEMS, THE TATTERED, THE CRAZED, THE RUSTED AND SOMETIMES DISCARDED TREASURES. IM A MEMBER OF THE SECOND GROUP. I'M A JUNKER FOR LIFE!



Saturday, January 9, 2010

Avatar...Amazing!

Here are my "babies". The handsome in the left is Geremy 13, Tito 18 and Miss Sassy Pants, Chairis, 14. They have the power to make me feel ancient. It seems like it was yesterday I hold them in my arms. They are mine in my heart, but they belong to my sister and brother from the heart, not blood, just love. They call me Titi which means aunt in Spanish. Geremy is my nephew from the heart and blood. I got two more nephews, all boys. There is no difference between any of them, I love them all the same.
We made it to the movies 30 minutes late, not by choice, the info in their website is not updated. We decided to go and have dinner first. We ate so much I thought we will fall asleep during the movie. No way that happened, that movie is too great to miss a beat.

I present to you the Blues Brothers and Sis. Too cute.


We went to TGIF Fridays. Why is that kids will go to a restaurant and order a cheeseburger or mac and cheese. For that I rather go to Mc Donalds, much cheaper. Kids will be kids.




Me and the little diva in training. She is so beautiful, everything about her. She is big on hugs and kisses. You should see the boys when she comes into a room. We will be planning her Quinceanera in June. I'm old.


Geremy the thinker, for real. He move to the US 4 years ago and already speaks perfect
English. Six months after getting here he pass the state Task test and score in the top 10 % for the state. The kid plays sax, first chair in the advance class. He plays tennis, basketball and football and I heard him complaining because he will not be able to play that many sports once he get to high school because of the seasons been longer. He maintains a 4.00 average and is in the tag group. We got big plans for him. Ah, last but most importantly he loves the Lord and his family.


Tito, OK, the boy is 18, he is already in college and works part time @ Goodwill so he can pay for his vehicle insurance and everything else he may need. He got so many friends and everybody loves him. He graduated top 10 of his class. He is planning to become an engineer from Texas A&M. He is a giant 6'3" and 230, not fat, just big and handsome. His heart is just as big, I don't know sweeter or more humble young men.
I can go on and on about mu babies and you can probably tell I'm so proud of them. My biggest prayer for them is that they continue to grow in the Lord and forever serve Him. The rest will come, life will happen.
Now on to the movie. Wow!, no wonder the movie Avatar may become the highest ever grossing film of all times. I have never seen anything more beautiful in film. The 2:40 minutes went by and we didn't feel it because you get so much into capturing the visual feast before your eyes. I always admire the beauty of the cinematography in newer oriental films like Hero, Crushing Tiger, etc. But with Avatar we are talking about something else. No more 3d paper "eyeglasses" with one red eye and another blue. The 3d the glasses look like something out of the Blues Brothers era. They fit really nice even over my regular prescription glasses. The story was so sweet, not completely innovative, just a new twist to it. James Cameron succeeded, I guess he is still "The king of the World", remember the phrase from Titanic? . He got a lot of grief over that one. It didn't bother me at all, when your good your good. He is giving moviegoers another art masterpiece, it was definitely worth the 11$. If you got the time I'm telling you go and see, you will thank me.
I ended up getting home about 1:30 AM. I know I will pay for it tomorrow. Love it, all worth it.
Last, I will love to express to Margo and her friends a sincere thank you for stopping by. I want to feature my town and fellow antique shop owners in future posts but I'm thinking I want to wait until I'm blessed with more followers. Not that I'm not extremely thankful for as many I have right now but in this case the more the merrier rule apply. Tomorrow I will post pictures of some of my Valentines vignettes around the shop. I went to a couple of shops in Roundrock and Georgetown today. I will post those later in the week. This is the end for today friends. Blessings, Marta.