FIRST SEPTEMBER FIRST

THOUGHTS HAVE GONE TO THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.  September 2023.  I am in shock that the days are passing quicker than I can get a grasp on.  It seems like the month starts and we zoom right through it.  August ended with a beautiful day spent partially outside, indoors, in a movie theatre and in the car.

We celebrated our 49th wedding anniversary by exchanging cards.  My Husband asked me out on a date so we went to a movie in Manhattan and ate greasy hamburgers watching the big screen.  We might go to one movie a year and this was the one.  

It was a tad bit hard justifying that we spent so much on refreshments, but since it was our special anniversary, I went along with it.  I can see where people want to sneak things in and not pay the inflated prices.  I usually have mints and popcorn, but we decided ahead of time to get LUNCH at the movies so WESTERN BURGERS it was.  Messy, but hey we were in the dark.  

Between the burgers with onion rings, ice tea, mints, milk duds and some beef jerky, we rang up a tab that made me wonder how on earth do people take their whole family to the theatre any more?  A rare event.  Will watch movies at HOME.  

We were the only ones in the auditorium for the matinee.  Sitting high up, we had the place to ourselves which made me think of Elvis renting a theatre all for himself and a date back in the day.  I'm not famous, but we had the place all to ourselves.  Which was nice.  Sitting in the air conditioned room, we could talk during the movie when we were instructed not to according to the before the movie  instructions.

At one point I had to escape to the Ladies room as nature was calling.  The theatre seemed vacant throughout.  What keeps this place afloat when tickets are so expensive and refreshments are higher?  Has the thrill of the big screen vanished because of HOME television streaming competition?  Yes.  In a matter of months this movie will be available to watch through streaming.  We could have waited, but then our big date wouldn't have been.

Actress Helen Mirren on the left and Gold Meir on the right.

Hubby and I dated in 1973-74, so when we watched the movie GOLDA for our anniversary outing, it was appropriate that the time era was during the 70s.  When the YOM KIPPUR WAR was going on, I was oblivious to it.  I had no understanding about the JEWISH HOLIDAYS.  I was far removed from what was really going on concerning the Yom Kippur WAR in 1973.  I found the movie to be more informative and interesting then anything.  It's not what you'd call a barn burner movie.  Not for everyone for it lacks glitz and glamour.    

Helen Mirren did a superb acting job of portraying Golda Meir.  The make-up/costume crew got this one spot on.  Spoiler Alert, Golda smokes in most of the scenes. 

Not that smoking is comical, but this smoking gesture was very evident to me.  When she'd pull a cigarette out and light up, I began thinking, really? Again?  It takes a great deal of talent to smoke a cigarette.  

Scene after scene, she lights up and puffs.  It must have been her signature back in the day.  It wasn't uncommon for women to smoke in 1973, but chain smokers was something else.  Golda must have been a chain smoker.  Some say she smoked to ease the guilt of what was going on with the position she was holding.  Prime Minister.  

In real life did Golda smoke like a chimney?  Perhaps she did.    

Well, what can I say.  We watched GOLDA and left the theatre.  Off to HOME DEPOT.  My dear Husband isn't as good of a driver as he once was.  He ran a stop sign and as he was accelerating the car into the road, he nearly T-boned a car next to him that he did not see. Avoiding one car, he nearly hit another.  I screamed.  I told him that I would drive, so he pulled the car over at a service station and I took over.  

We are in agreement that I should be doing the driving.  I'm 6 months younger than him.  This is when being younger has some advantages.  When he gets into traffic, he doesn't do very well anymore.  Tis scary.  Too much excitement for our anniversary.

Home Depot.  He needed to pick up some supplies for home repairs.  I've been thinking about the flowerbed beside the screened-in porch  as it has gotten over grown.  Home Depot had some $1 mums that I thought we should purchase and plant in this flowerbed to clean the area up.  So we bought some.

Needing some greens for salads, we stopped by the grocery store in the area for spinach, arugula and spring greens.  I will wash these again when I get HOME even with the box saying prewashed and ready to use.  Better to be safe than sorry.

I'll try my luck at growing some greens next Spring in a small garden beside the COTTAGE.  

Feeling tired, it was time to go HOME.  Rested once I arrived.  Hubby unloaded the groceries and plants.  He is a huge help to me all the time.  He fixed a special meal from left over fajita meat for supper.  It was delicious.  We ate, we rested and called it a night.  Happy Anniversary to us.

This morning he very quickly cleared the flowerbed out, went and got some soil to refresh the flowerbed by the screened-in porch.  My part in this will be planting the $1 mums when the temps cool down some.  

He placed the irises that were popped out of the ground and put them in some boxes for safe keeping.  My part in this will be snipping the iris leaves while sitting on the patio in the shade.

He's faster than I at getting things done. 

September.  ON THE HOME FRONT:  Today, I need a nap and then I'll gather things to take to the COTTAGE.  More laundry needs done.  I'll be sweeping the stairs and damp wiping them clean in preparation of staining them this week-end.  Hubby is working on laying new tile in the Entryway.  In a few days this will be completed.  Salad for SUPPER.  Having to have our big car towed to the mechanics as she is leaking power steering fluid in a bad way and shouldn't be driven incase something else is going on.  Our cars are old and have issues.  More unwanted expenses.

On our way,

~d