dual personalities

Today is my last day at work before taking off for my Christmas holiday! Yes, I took some vacation days not long ago, but my pilgrimage to the holy land was hardly restful! Now I am going for restful.

1. I am going to enjoy my Christmas decor…

2. I am going to enjoy the fact that I have already wrapped all my presents…

3. I’ll watch Christmas movies…

4. I’ll make a grocery list for our party on Sunday…

5. And await the arrival of daughter #1, daughter #2 and DN this weekend.

BTW–Congratulations to daughter #2 👏👏👏 who was “hooded” yesterday! She is now officially a PhD. I think she looks like a Presbyterian minister.

The two PhD couple–adorable!

I will also note that it is time again for the TCM Remembers video:

It was news to me that Barbara Harris had died. She had quite a career, although most people nowadays probably have never heard of her. She appeared in a lot of stage productions on Broadway, including On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, which Lerner and Loewe wrote especially for her. She was in some good movies too, my favorite, of course, being A Thousand Clowns (1965). She was also in the original Freaky Friday (1976) with Jody Foster.

I also just heard that Penny Marshall died the other day. Although the New York Times chose to remember her as “the nasal-voiced co-star of the slapstick sitcom “Laverne & Shirley” and later the chronically self-deprecating director of hit films like “Big” and “A League of Their Own,” I will always remember her as the very talented director of one of my favorite movies, the wonderful Awakenings (1991).

I think I will watch it tonight and toast Penny Marshall, Barbara Harris and my  lovely, talented and deeply intelligent daughter #2!

Onward to Christmas!