BABY, it's COLD OUTSIDE! yes, it is. I think the whole USA is covered in a POLAR ICE CAP! I don't remember it being this cold in the past few years!!!! In fact, a couple of years ago, we had the mildest winter on record. NOT SO THIS YEAR! 2014 came in like a LION! BRRRR!
I watched "FROZEN", the new Disney Movie , online this week-end. Not a good time to watch a movie about ice and snow, I guess . (Although it's freezing in Alabama, no snow for the kids, so what a bummer. If it's going to be COLD, at least let there be some white stuff, right??)! Anyway, I was disappointed. Again, maybe I was freezing enough, without watching a movie about freezing ice and snow! HAHA! Don't get me wrong, I loved the music!!!! Awesome! Like, REALLY good music. "Let it go!" * actually, my favorite part was when Ana was singing in the castle next to the portraits in the Castle hall!!!!!!!*But , for 90 % of the the movie, to me, it seemed a rather dark movie for kids. Where was the hilarious scenes like in "Aladdin" or the funny characters like in "Little Mermaid". (Sorry, a snowman who keeps falling apart isn't funny to me). Where was the evil queen/witch/sorcerer like in most (gotta have good with evil, right?)? where was the love story , well, I guess there was kind of a love story. To me the cutest part was the interplay between Ana and her goofy , I guess (?), her boyfriend. but, the thing about the sister who had to live in another part of the castle because she turned everything to ice??? HUH? So, those 2 girls lived in a castle together and never saw each other? Did they eat? All Ana did was watch the clock, apparently. And what about the parents who perished in the ocean??? OK, I'm asking in an adult voice but I know kids wonder that too. LOL! That was odd. Letting the black curtain down over the parents portrait in the castle? Leaving the parents have to explain to their kiddos, "well , the parents went down on the ship . and, um, drowned". UGH.
Daisy and I had it on and we watched it but she kept losing interest. Case in point. And Kemp would for awhile and then say"I don't really like the music". Poor boys. NOT a movie, AT ALL, for them! ANyway, the whole frozen/snowy/icy movie was strange if you ask me (and my daughter-in-law, Kadie--she said she did her grocery list while it was on! LOL)..... And my final question: will Elsa (is that her name?) always have to wear gloves for the rest of her life? HAHAHAHA...just my take on the latest Disney adventure. I think they were already thinking "HMMMMM, this would be a great Broadway hit". And they are probably right. Hence the reason they chose the girl's voice to sing. Already thinking about the latest Broadway Smash Hit. I can promise you, it will be on Broadway sooner than later! (might be better there). Sounds like "WICKED" to me in a child form. Oh well, maybe next year they'll ask ME to write the next Disney adventure! And I can promise you I will have some Princesses/some strong and funny Prince Charmings and some evil witches for good measure. AND they will live HAPPILY EVER AFTER....(without gloves)! enuff on that. I know , I know. Most people like it. But, not me. Sorry.....
Yes, it's cold in the 'Ham. which means for me: No going to my little garden and checking tomatoes. Or walking barefoot to get the mail (OK, sometimes I still do that, hopping and squealing all the way there!). Or ice cream at the neighborhood "Whole Scoop". Or walking down to the lake to see the ducks. Or walking on my secret path in the woods. NOPE. TOO COLD. BUT, I am not complaining anymore. Trying to find beauty in the winter too. Like seeing my dogs snuggle by the fire. Covering up in my heated throw watching T.V. ...Drinking coffee with lunch. Seeing the frost on the yard when the sun comes up. And, most of all, remembering to be THANKFUL when the thermometer says 100 degrees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!