It took us a week to see the movie, but Mommy and Daddy got to see "Age of Ultron," heading off to the theater with our nephews David and Jonathan - and Ye-Ye went as well. It was fun to see the Marvel gang back in action - of course we're big fans of all the heroes involved. That being said, it wasn't our favorite of the movies. The Hulkbuster scene would probably be the favorite part of the movie, more entertaining than we initially suspected. Not that we're in for an all-out battle all the time with the Hulk, but the one thing we've been missing with Hulk movies thus far is a battle of this sort of enormous scale. In order to accomplish it, however, you need to have the Hulk either not in his right mind, or battling some sort of villain in which case there is no choice but to level a city. In this case, we got one of the two. And so we finally got our epic Hulk battle. Yes, he fought in the last Avengers movie, and it was cool. Yes, there were two movies previous. But none showed the true comic book stuff that we finally got to see in this movie. The irony is that he was fighting Tony Stark the entire time, but even that was handled well.
ANYWAY, we did get to see the movie. Spoilers galore were out there, lurking, so we had no choice but to race to a theater to see it. Even Yahoo, a current search engine sight, decided to give out a spoiler right there a one of their headlines on their page. So before too much time went by, we had to get to the theater and see it.
Madison, meanwhile, stayed with Hannah and Nana at their house, the three of them having a quiet evening with ponies and Clone Wars episodes. Madison is very much into the Clone Wars now, esepcially with the realization that all the episodes are on Netflix. She's watching a few without Mommy or Daddy, even though we're trying to watch them generally together.
We have one week of second grade left. No more comments about time flying - you just throw your hands up in the air and work with it the best you can, mentally. I mean, how can she already be done with second grade? Didn't we just get started with it? Did we make every moment count? What were some amazing, unforgettable moments for the year? Fortunately, there is this blog to look back upon. We can see the year unfold that way. But if not for that, I would be sort of lost at the moment trying to account for all the time - where did it go?
Today, time stopped for our Uncle Dave - just for a few hours. He was in his planned surgery to remove the cancer that was within his body. Stage Four cancer is nothing to mess with, so doctors were diligent about cleaning up the best they can. He'll be in there a few days more, pretty much as Mommy was. He'll also have a long road ahead towards recovery, just as Mommy did. There is chemotherapy on the calendar, all of this scheduled for June, right away.
We'll visit him in the hospital soon enough - it's down in Cumming. That's also where the chemo will take place. We'll be there for that as well.
Madison is diligent in helping water the flowers. That's one of her chores, something she is concerned about - making sure the flowers get their daily rationing each day. Although as of late, there have been more days with rain than those without. We've had those days of humidity, whre storms roll in frequently and drench the ground. Dark and looming, low hanging clouds spiral lazily towards us, their long twisting tendrils reaching towards the next target zone. These clouds are made more impressive when constrasted with the blue sky all around. This has been the pattern over the last few days, although there have been a few days with no rain. Still, the lake is amazingly full. It hasn't had a chance to go down much. We must not take it for granted, all this rain. Only a few short years ago, we were enduring a lack of rain that brought lake levels perilously low. And of course this year in California, there is an amazingly bad drought. We won't take this rain for granted.
Time is growing short for Summer Xtreme. Lots of writing and work still yet to do, but we had a few productive meetings today. One involved the plotting of our daily skits, which should be a lot of fun. We've gone from a Space Camp on ground, to an actual Space Camp on a ship in space. For giggles, the name of the space station is Ceti Alpha V. Nobody will probably get that joke but Daddy, because he is a geek.
ANYWAY, we did get to see the movie. Spoilers galore were out there, lurking, so we had no choice but to race to a theater to see it. Even Yahoo, a current search engine sight, decided to give out a spoiler right there a one of their headlines on their page. So before too much time went by, we had to get to the theater and see it.
Madison, meanwhile, stayed with Hannah and Nana at their house, the three of them having a quiet evening with ponies and Clone Wars episodes. Madison is very much into the Clone Wars now, esepcially with the realization that all the episodes are on Netflix. She's watching a few without Mommy or Daddy, even though we're trying to watch them generally together.
We have one week of second grade left. No more comments about time flying - you just throw your hands up in the air and work with it the best you can, mentally. I mean, how can she already be done with second grade? Didn't we just get started with it? Did we make every moment count? What were some amazing, unforgettable moments for the year? Fortunately, there is this blog to look back upon. We can see the year unfold that way. But if not for that, I would be sort of lost at the moment trying to account for all the time - where did it go?
Today, time stopped for our Uncle Dave - just for a few hours. He was in his planned surgery to remove the cancer that was within his body. Stage Four cancer is nothing to mess with, so doctors were diligent about cleaning up the best they can. He'll be in there a few days more, pretty much as Mommy was. He'll also have a long road ahead towards recovery, just as Mommy did. There is chemotherapy on the calendar, all of this scheduled for June, right away.
We'll visit him in the hospital soon enough - it's down in Cumming. That's also where the chemo will take place. We'll be there for that as well.
Madison is diligent in helping water the flowers. That's one of her chores, something she is concerned about - making sure the flowers get their daily rationing each day. Although as of late, there have been more days with rain than those without. We've had those days of humidity, whre storms roll in frequently and drench the ground. Dark and looming, low hanging clouds spiral lazily towards us, their long twisting tendrils reaching towards the next target zone. These clouds are made more impressive when constrasted with the blue sky all around. This has been the pattern over the last few days, although there have been a few days with no rain. Still, the lake is amazingly full. It hasn't had a chance to go down much. We must not take it for granted, all this rain. Only a few short years ago, we were enduring a lack of rain that brought lake levels perilously low. And of course this year in California, there is an amazingly bad drought. We won't take this rain for granted.
Time is growing short for Summer Xtreme. Lots of writing and work still yet to do, but we had a few productive meetings today. One involved the plotting of our daily skits, which should be a lot of fun. We've gone from a Space Camp on ground, to an actual Space Camp on a ship in space. For giggles, the name of the space station is Ceti Alpha V. Nobody will probably get that joke but Daddy, because he is a geek.
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