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Seven years of Gage posts and I’ve chosen ten of my favorites.  From the highs of first being a mother, to health scares and diagnoses, to watching my boy blossom.

1. Baby Gage’s Arrival

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2. Sundays with Gage – Ventilators, ICU, Medical Mystery and a Miracle

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3. Sundays with Gage – An Early Celebration 

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4. Sundays with Gage – A Day in the Life of My 3 Year-Old

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5. Sundays with Gage – A New Era

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6. Sundays with Gage – Autism One

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7.Sundays with Gage – Scopes, Stress & a Tip

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8.Sundays with Gage – Booklovers Advent Tree (we still do this every year)

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9.Sundays with Gage- A Mother/Son Reading Challenge (I love that we accomplished this together!)

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10. Sundays with Gage – Fly

 

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1. While You Were Sleeping (1995)
2. Ever After (1998)
3. Only You (1994)
4. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
5. The Proposal (2009)
6. Serendipity (2001)
7. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
8. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
9. Chocolat (2000)
10. An Affair to Remember (1957)

What’s your favorite romantic movie?

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It has been a crazy few days and I didn’t have time to finalize my quotes list, so you get this mishmash instead 🙂  I worked at our library book sale this morning for 4 hours and these are the first 10 books I found that had Qs on the cover.  Haha. This is the best I can do today within the parameters of the challenge.  Have you read any of these?

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I’s been a while since I posted about my love affair with Postcrossing.  Here are the fronts and backs of some of my favorites.  So far Gage and I have received 624 postcards from around the world.

1. from Germany
2. from Austria
3. from China
4. from India
5. from Israel
6. from Russia 
7. from Netherlands

8. from Finland

9.from Pakistan

10. from the United States

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There are an unlimited number of one-hit wonders when you start perusing lists, but these are the ones that stood out to me.  Pick your favorite and have a listen 🙂  Have a great morning!

1. Mickey  https://youtu.be/NW7VnHnX3LQ
2. Come on Eileen  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVxcwe7EcaY
3. 99 Luftballoons  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La4Dcd1aUcE
4. Tainted Love  https://youtu.be/WlV5AKdIGOQ
5. Play That Funky Music  https://youtu.be/N-Xfr-gc8Pc
6. Lady in Red   https://vimeo.com/82491561
7. Puttin’ on the Ritz   https://youtu.be/OG3PnQ3tgzY
8. It’s Raining Men   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJBLAu1E
9. Don’t Worry Be Happy   https://youtu.be/d-diB65scQU
10. Somebody’s Watching Me  https://youtu.be/7YvAYIJSSZY

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Have you noticed that there are lots of books with full names in titles.  I thought that this was recent trend, but when I looked through by books I realize that it’s not.  Here are 10 of the books that I’ve read.  Read through the list and then vote on which name you’d choose if you have to use it for the rest of your life.  Say, you had to go into the Witness Protection Program and only had these names to choose from  🙂

1. Jane Eyre
2. Bridget Jones
3. Eleanor Oliphant
4. Cee Cee Honeycutt
5. Lucy Barton
6. Harry Potter
7. Ethan Frome
8. Owen Meany
9. A.J. Fikry
10. Samuel Lake

 

 

 

 

 

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I love to go to the movie theater.  We go through stretches where it seems we go every week or times like now where we are lucky to get there once a month.  These are the actors and actresses that make me more likely to pay money for a ticket and popcorn.

1. Keanu Reeves – I’ve watched 32 of Keanu’s movies. It started with Bill & Ted, Point Break and Speed and continued with The Matrix movies, Something’s Gotta Give, The Lake House and the John Wick films.
2. Viggo Mortensen – I took notice of him first in GI Jane, but my heart didn’t flutter until his turn as Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings movies.  A Walk on the Moon is another fave, but I’ll watch him in anything.  I’ve seen him in 17 movies.
3. Leonardo DiCaprio – I first saw Leo in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape in 1993 where he was first nominated for an Oscar and I’ve gone on to see 19 of his films.  I love his movie choices.
4. Tom Cruise – Love him or hate him his movies are usually good. I’ve seen him in 30 films starting with Top Gun in 1986.
5. Ben Stiller – Over the years I’ve seen 28 of Ben’s movies, the first in 1994 with Reality Bites.  I’ve got 3 of his movies in my top 25 so I guess he belongs on the list 🙂
6. Sandra Bullock – I saw her first in Speed in 1994 but It was a year later with While You Were Sleeping that made me a big fan.  25 movies and counting.
7. Julia Roberts – It started with Pretty Woman and last year she did it again with Wonder.  I’ve seen 25 of her movies.
8. Rachel McAdams – I’ve seen 15 of her movies and always like her, even when she’s mean 🙂
9. Kate Winslet – I remember her from Sense and Sensibilty, pre-Titanic fame and love her choices.  Somehow I’ve only seen 10 of her movies though and not her latest.
10. Melissa McCarthy – She’ll always be Sookie first but I’ve seen her in 11 movies.

So, who are some actors you like to see at the movies?

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Eight years ago next month Jason and I took our last big trip before becoming parents.  In January I started planning the trip to visit friends who had moved back to France.  In February I found out I was pregnant and in April I thought I was losing the baby (I’d already had one miscarriage) but I didn’t.  My doctor was taking extra care with me because I was an old woman (38) but told me going to Europe in May and even drinking some wine would be okay but not to overdo it.  To say that the trip wasn’t overshadowed by constant worry and morning sickness is an understatement.  But, I am so thankful we were able to go!  It’s a beautiful country made better by staying with our friends and their two young girls in Lyon half the time.  Having someone from the country hosting you and showing you around really makes the trip extra special.  After Lyon we went to Paris for 5 days and our friends left the girls with the grandparents and met us there.  But that’s another story altogether 🙂

These pics are from the city and areas outside Lyon.

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What was your last big trip before you had kids?  If you don’t have kids what was your last big trip?

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I remember reading Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit by John Douglas when it came out and was fascinated by not only the mind of the serial killer but the race to find him before he killed again. Nowadays I just can’t stomach the ones in real life but still love reading about the fictional one or watching them on the big screen.

1. John Doe in Se7en
2. Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs
3. Patrick Bateman in American Psycho
4. Norman Bates in Psycho
5. Tom Ripley in The Talented Mr. Ripley
6. Doctor in The Bone Collector
7. Not telling in So I Married an Axe Murderer  (one of those college movies I have a soft spot for)
8. Detective in Kiss the Girls
9. Mickey & Mallory in Natural Born Killers
10. Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Who are some others that come to mind?

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1. Luxury Bed Tester – Look here.   It’s really a thing!
2. Chocolate Taster That Would Not Cause Weight Gain – Nestle has a testing facility 5 minutes from our house so this is a possibility!
3. Cleveland Tour Guide – maybe you could hire me to show you around?
4. Gondolier – This would mean a move to Venice. I’m in!
5. YouTuber – Now all I need is to find something I’m willing to do that people want to watch 🙂
6. Travel Guide Writer – Send me anywhere!
7. Fortune Cookie Writer. I could do this!
8. Philanthropist – Yes, please.
9. Board Game Designer – So fun.
10. Bookstore/Wine Bar Owner – Two loves for the price of one!

Fess up. What your dream job?