Today we were planning to carry out a village clean with the school children - the event had been postponed from last week. I had checked the weather forecast and whilst it was a bit wild first thing it was due to calm around 9.00am and we were due to meet at the school at 9.30am. It was incredibly wild when we woke, wild and damp and grey and we had a phone call from Georgia to say that the school had decided it was too unpleasant for the children - we didn't argue!!! As it turned out the forecast was correct but by the time the weather improved it was too late and we were, by then, ensconced on the sofas with the film guide to hand.
I was allowed to chose the first film. John and I have very very different tastes in movies - in fact it is quite hard to get me to sit and watch a film from start to finish and I absolutely hate, and I mean hate, going to the cinema with the great unwashed and their bloody nachos and mobile phones. I think the last time I went to the cinema proper was in Yeovil with the skittles team to watch Love Actually and that film is about 15 years old and I am still getting over the experience!
So my choice was a film called Wonder from 2017 which starred Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson. It got some pretty good write-ups scoring 8 out of 10 on IMDB and was nominated for an Oscar.
Basically the story is "based on a bestselling book and tells the inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time".
It was a nice little movie with some laughs and some tears and is one I would recommend others to watch. Nothing too taxing and if you have children it might just make them think about how they treat other children who are deemed to be 'different'. Actually that isn't just a lesson for children it is a lesson for us adults too.
John said he didn't mind it as a film and had quite enjoyed it but then after we had had a big old crumpet, lounza, egg stack as brunch he got his turn to pick.
John is either an all-action, sci-fi or animation movie kind of guy and so I had my fingers very firmly crossed for the latter and I was not disappointed when he chose something called Smallfoot which is a new 2018 movie.
Now this is a great little animation film which references scenes from other movies and has some subtle jokes and references which would possibly only be picked up by an adult so it is good for young and old alike. Basically it is a story about how Yeti believe humans exist rather than the other way round.
This is a Warner Animation film rather than Disney or Pixar and the quality of the animation is superb and the songs are pretty good too.
One of the main characters is voiced by James Corden and we know he can actually sing because we have seen his Carpool Videos - anyway he does a fair funky rendition of Under Pressure!
So we both enjoyed that film as well and didn't feel in the slightest bit guilty for having slobbed out all day as we have a busy few weeks ahead of us starting this weekend with Nicky and Mark coming to stay. With this in mind I was getting pulled pork and chicken biryani started - not sure which meal we will be having on which day but I want to be doing as little prep and cooking as possible whilst they are here and then Mum comes on Sunday so will need to have something ready for that too!
This evening we were out at Fitos catching up with Mina and Claire and meeting Mina's legendary Pops Peter. Peter is a London Cypriot who has just celebrated his 80th birthday - he is an unbelievably switched on and lively guy and we really enjoyed his company. I said to Mina that if someone told me he was in his 60s I wouldn't have argued except for the fact I know how old she is and that would have been impossible!!!
It was a great evening with a great bundh of people and went by in a flash - the food was excellent - I had a taste of the two bean soup on offer - I really liked it but knew it would have been too much as my main meal but I was glad I tried it. Peter had the beef soup before he made his way through a beef and mushroom pie - that man can eat and hold court at the same time!!! Today we had a really lovely moist carrot cake as the free pudding offering which we havent' had before and this was all washed down with coffees and drinkies for those that wished!!!
Thank you to Di and Rob for kindly driving tonight and for coming in for a nightcap before returning down Cardiac Hill.
I was allowed to chose the first film. John and I have very very different tastes in movies - in fact it is quite hard to get me to sit and watch a film from start to finish and I absolutely hate, and I mean hate, going to the cinema with the great unwashed and their bloody nachos and mobile phones. I think the last time I went to the cinema proper was in Yeovil with the skittles team to watch Love Actually and that film is about 15 years old and I am still getting over the experience!
So my choice was a film called Wonder from 2017 which starred Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson. It got some pretty good write-ups scoring 8 out of 10 on IMDB and was nominated for an Oscar.Basically the story is "based on a bestselling book and tells the inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time".
It was a nice little movie with some laughs and some tears and is one I would recommend others to watch. Nothing too taxing and if you have children it might just make them think about how they treat other children who are deemed to be 'different'. Actually that isn't just a lesson for children it is a lesson for us adults too.
John said he didn't mind it as a film and had quite enjoyed it but then after we had had a big old crumpet, lounza, egg stack as brunch he got his turn to pick.
John is either an all-action, sci-fi or animation movie kind of guy and so I had my fingers very firmly crossed for the latter and I was not disappointed when he chose something called Smallfoot which is a new 2018 movie.
This is a Warner Animation film rather than Disney or Pixar and the quality of the animation is superb and the songs are pretty good too.
One of the main characters is voiced by James Corden and we know he can actually sing because we have seen his Carpool Videos - anyway he does a fair funky rendition of Under Pressure!
So we both enjoyed that film as well and didn't feel in the slightest bit guilty for having slobbed out all day as we have a busy few weeks ahead of us starting this weekend with Nicky and Mark coming to stay. With this in mind I was getting pulled pork and chicken biryani started - not sure which meal we will be having on which day but I want to be doing as little prep and cooking as possible whilst they are here and then Mum comes on Sunday so will need to have something ready for that too!
This evening we were out at Fitos catching up with Mina and Claire and meeting Mina's legendary Pops Peter. Peter is a London Cypriot who has just celebrated his 80th birthday - he is an unbelievably switched on and lively guy and we really enjoyed his company. I said to Mina that if someone told me he was in his 60s I wouldn't have argued except for the fact I know how old she is and that would have been impossible!!!
It was a great evening with a great bundh of people and went by in a flash - the food was excellent - I had a taste of the two bean soup on offer - I really liked it but knew it would have been too much as my main meal but I was glad I tried it. Peter had the beef soup before he made his way through a beef and mushroom pie - that man can eat and hold court at the same time!!! Today we had a really lovely moist carrot cake as the free pudding offering which we havent' had before and this was all washed down with coffees and drinkies for those that wished!!!
Thank you to Di and Rob for kindly driving tonight and for coming in for a nightcap before returning down Cardiac Hill.
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