Oscar Weekend

We had a lovely visit with daughter V and her husband Matt on Long Island.  We still don't have our bearings without depending upon some written directions, or GPS, which wants to take us a direction we do not want to go.   But I assume that we will eventually master it, if Gerry can ever get the map in his head.  It is an extremely complicated map, involving multiple bodies of water and multiple bridges,  an island and a very large city.  (his internal compass always fails on any island, for some odd reason).

It was an Oscar weekend.  On Friday night at home, we watched a Netflix movie, The Social Network (which is nominated for an Oscar) I didn't care for the movie especially, because the main character was distinctly un-likeable!  Plus, the question of who did what wrong always seemed to be in the gray area, and confusing.

Then Saturday afternoon, we went to the movies to see The King's Speech, which both Gerry and I just loved!  It is such a good movie!  I'd definitely rate it a 5, which I never do with Netflix movies; a 10 on a scale of one to ten.

Saturday morning V took me as a guest to her gym,  which is extremely awesome and upscale.  They get a half price rate, since Matt is a volunteer fireman in the area.  The treadmills have televisions mounted on each one.  I tried a bit of every machine, always enjoying the weight/resistance Nautilus machines that work every part of the body, with all the accompanying aches and pains.  Saturday evening we enjoyed a meal with V& M and Matt's parents for Matt's birthday.  It was delicious with great company and conversation.

We did manage to find our way home in a reasonable time frame, once we got out of the city.  We got home in time to see part of the Oscar Award Ceremony.   I could not have been more thrilled to see Colin Firth win Best Actor, which was what I wanted so much.  But the added bonus was that The King's Speech won Best Picture, which I had not expected.

So besides a good visit,  our weekend was filled with a great deal of Oscar,  something to which  I usually pay little attention, because most of the time their picks are not my picks.  This time, however, they got it right!!