Day 61 of 100 Days of Blogging

The passing of Sydney Pollack this past week sparked me to rewatch for the zillionth time my favorite movie of all time which Pollack directed. That is the 1995 version of Sabrina. Sabrina is based on a play by Samuel A. Taylor called Sabrina Fair. It played on Broadway over 300 times. In 1954, the original movie version was made starring Audrey Hepburn as Sabrina Fairchild, Humphrey Bogart as Linus Larrabee, and William Holden as David Larrabee. It was remade into my favorite version in 1995 with Julia Ormond as Sabrina Fairchild, Harrison Ford as Linus Larrabee, and Greg Kinnear as David Larrabee.

It's the story of the chauffeur's daughter who is in love with the younger Larrabee son who doesn't even know she exists. Sabrina travels to Paris to find herself and upon returning, attracts David's attention. The Larrabee family is in the midst of a huge corporate merger with David's fiancee's family, so Linus makes the decision to distract Sabrina until the merger is completed. What happens instead is that he, "the world's only living heart donor", falls in love with Sabrina.

I've had a video tape copy of this movie for years and practically wore it out watching it so much. Russ bought me the soundtrack early in our relationship and I still listen to it quite often. Russ replaced my video tape copy with a DVD copy last year and I've recently shared my love of the movie with Damaris. If you've never seen it, definitely find a copy. It's worth seeing numerous times :-)

Day 60 of 100 Days of Blogging

Responding to her question:
If you had a day to yourself what would you do?

Sleep in, have breakfast in bed, a long bubble bath, and then spend the rest of the day in bed with yummy snacks, my knitting, and Gilmore Girls on tv.

Day 59 of 100 Days of Blogging

WOO-HOO! 2 HOURS AND 30 MINUTES UNTIL LOST!!!!!!!!!!!

To tide you over while we not so patiently wait, here is the LOST Flash-Forward Scenes in chronological order in 8 minutes and 42 seconds (that should get you to 2 hours and 21 minutes to go!):

Day 58 of 100 Days of Blogging

Oh, dear God, why? I have no words - http://audreycaroline.blogspot.com/2008/05/luke.html

Day 57 of 100 Days of Blogging

I'm in this Ethics class on Money, Sex, & Power this week. This afternoon, we had a licensed marriage and family therapist in talking with us. One of the things we discussed was the church's role in sex education. Several great thoughts were brought up and discussed. So, I'm interested to hear your thoughts as well.

What do you think the church's role should be in the sexual education of our children and youth?

Day 56 of 100 Days of Blogging

I was tagged by Elyse.

The Meme originated over an idea that was prompted by the book written by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser, Not Quite What I was Planning: Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. It's a compilation based on the story that Hemingway once bet ten dollars that he could sum up his life in six words. His words were- For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.

Here are the rules:
1. Write your own six word memoir.
2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like.
3. Link to the person that tagged you in your post and to this original post if possible so we can track it as it travels across the blogosphere.
4. Tag five more blogs with links.
5. And don’t forget to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play!

OK, here's mine:
Christ follower, wife, mom, friend, grace

I hate tagging people, so if you want to do this, go for it. Link back and let me know.

Day 55 of 100 Days of Blogging

As I read the specifics of Maria Chapman's memorial service, I couldn't help but notice how much of a blessing it must have been to the Chapman family to be surrounded by the community of the body of Christ. This song immediately came to mind:
How Beautiful the hands that served
The Wine and the Bread and the sons of the earth
How beautiful the feet that walked
The long dusty road and the hill to the cross
How Beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful is the body of Christ

How Beautiful the heart that bled
That took all my sins and bore it instead
How beautiful the tender eyes
That choose to forgive and never despise
How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful is the body of Christ

And as He lay down His life
We offer this sacrifice
That we will live just as He died
Willing to pay the price
Willing to pay the price

How Beautiful the radiant bride
Who waits for her Groom with His light in her eyes
How Beautiful when humble hearts give
The fruit of pure love so that others may live
How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful is the body of Christ

How beautiful the feet that bring
The sound of good news and the love of the King
How Beautiful the hands that serve
The wine and the bread and the sons of the Earth
How Beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful is the body of Christ