Fall 1997 - October
At Sarah's
MOVIES:
The English Patient
Uforia
Jesus Christ Superstar
My Best Friend's Wedding
Don Juan DiMarco
Evita
Somewhere in Time
MUSIC:
Sountracks from The English Patient, Evita, and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
FOOD:
Con Queso Dip from MiMexico
Hot Fudge Cake from Parkette Drive-In
EXCURSIONS:
Visit with Mimi
Spring 1998 - April
At Sarah's
MOVIES:
Ryan's Daughter
Like Water for Chocolate
My Life As a Dog
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Story of Boys and Girls
Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan
MUSIC:
The Yearning by Michael Hoppe & Tim Wheater
Soundtrack from Wings of the Dove
Northsound - The Loons and The Natural Guitar
FOOD:
Columbia's in the old Cork & Cleaver
Hot Fudge Cake from Parkette Drive-In
EXCURSIONS:
Ride through Lexington Cemetery
Fall 1998 - October 23-25
At Sarah's
MOVIES:
The Perez Family
The Apostle
The Wedding Singer
Rambling Rose
The Full Monty
FOOD:
Chips and white cheese dip from MiMexico
Popcorn and M & M's
Vegetable soup & cornbread
Pumpkin roll w/lemon filling
MUSIC:
Pictures at an Exhibition
Soundtrack from French Kiss
EXCURSION:
Saturday lunch at Flag Fork Farm
-Cream of broccoli soup w/rosemary
-Fresh fruit and fennel
-Benedictine & bacon sandwiches
Spring 1999 - March 12-15
At Sarah's
MOVIES:
The Mission
The Waking of Ned Devine
Sunset Boulevard
Citizen Kane
MUSIC:
Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th Birthday taped from KET
Michael Crawford taped from KET
FOOD:
Beth's famous potato soup
Sarah's famous cornbread
St. Patrick's Day wedding cake
Roast & cabbage
EXCURSION:
Amanda, Jason & Morgan joined us for lunch on Friday afternoon
Kelly joined us to see The Waking of Ned Devine on Saturday afternoon
Fall 1999 - October 16-18
MOVIES:
Passion Fish
Birdy - fell asleep!
MUSIC:
Linda Ronstadt's Canarones de mi Padre
Richard and Beth's gospel music
Anuna (gaelic)
Handel's Messiah
Old western songs
FOOD:
Beth's famous potato soup
Beth's famous goulash
Sarah's famous cornbread
Assorted goodies from Burke's Bakery in Danville
Spring 2000 - April 7-10
MOVIES:
Life is Beautiful by and with Roberto Begnini
Meet Joe Black - Brad Pitt (new version of Death Takes a Holiday) - Amanda & Morgan came and watched it with us
Contact with Jodie Foster
Eyes Wide Shut with Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman
MUSIC:
Timi Yuro
Pictures at an Exhibition
Engleburt Humperdink
National Public Radio
Handel's Messiah
FOOD:
Potato soup and cornbread
Rolls, pimento cheese & hotcross buns from Burke's Bakery in Danville
Spinach salad w/roma tomatoes, cucumbers, sunflower seeds, garlic spray, mushrooms w/Wishbone Sun-dried Tomato Vinegarette dressing
Pizza w/roma tomatoes, cheese and basil
EXCURSIONS:
Skaggs Junk Store - bought teacups from Liverpool, French working glass, brass candlestick holder, bungy cords, hammers, Hawaiian ashtray, spinning dragonfly Barbies
NOTE:
The temperature dropped from 70 degrees to 20 degrees & snow. Wind, thunder, lightening, rain, snow and warm sunchine - all in one weekend!
Saw waterfalls and hills covered with pink phlox.
Listened to Car Talk and A Prairie Home Companion on NPR
Read 8 Weeks to Optimum Health by Andrew Weil, MD
Went to Nolt's Amish Bulk Food Store near Liberty
Went to the Treasure Barn
Had lunch (Homemade chicken salad w/pecans and grapes on a croissant) at Main Street Station in Jamestown and visited The Crafty Lady craft shop
Fall 2000 - October 21-22
At Beth's cabin
MOVIES:
Rushmore w/Bill Murray (a pick by Kelly)
The Hiding Place - the story of Corrie Ten Boom
MUSIC:
Clannad & Enya
Sogna by Andrea Bocelli
Ramazotti
KY Christmas by Jean Ritchie
FOOD:
Beth's famous vegetable soup
Sarah's famous cornbread
Burke's butterflake rolls & biscuits
Burke's pimento cheese & ham salad
Burke's lemon creme cake
(Biscuits and gravy didn't work out, it's a long story)
WEATHER:
Overcast, no sun, but warm, probably mid-70's. More than 1/2 the leaves around the cabin had already fallen, ground completely covered with orange leaves.
RADIO:
Listened to A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor on Saturday afternon, episode from Ireland
EXCURSIONS:
Went to house on Saturday night to look at Elf Bowling, Herding Cats & Evian Waterbabies on Internet & to show Beth my Hall Family genealogy CD.
NOTE:
Saw a little furry creature in the cabin, it hid under the couch and we left it alone.
Red-headed woodpecker pecked on side of cabin while we watched a movie on Sunday afternoon til we went out and it flew away.
Spring 2001
Fall 2001 - September 20-22
Sarah's house
Beth arrived at Sarah's house Thursday evenong at 9 p.m., just in time to watch the President's call to war at a joint session of Congress. Kirby watched it with us.
MOVIES:
Gladiator - Kelly & Wayne watched with us
FOOD:
Ham on rye sandwiches for Lunch on Saturday
Sarah's famous vegetable soup for supper
Sarah's famous cornbread
EXCURSIONS:
Went to Garden Ridge at Hamburg Place to do a little shopping.
TV:
From 9-11 pm Saturday night, watched a special fundraising tribute to heros of 9/11. It was on ALL stations & the radio - great music with celebrities manning the call-in phones for pledges.
NOTE:
On Saturday, we slept late and instead of watching movies, we watched the "war news" on TV, listened to 9.1 Patriotic Music Radio & went to "Michael's" for red, white, and blue beads & pins.
A very different get-together for us from previous ones because of the September 11 attacks, but we made the most of our time. It was a very pleasant and peaceful few days in the midst of the tragedy that has struck.
Spring 2002
Fall 2002
At Beth's cabin
MOVIES:
Babette's Feast
Moulin Rouge - We gave this a 3-4 rating on a scale of 10. Waited 1-1/2 years to watch it, was very disappointed.
CRAFTS:
Watched two Donna Dewberry instructional videos on One-Stroke Painting and painted for a couple hours. Sarah decoupaged a clay pot for Beth.
FOOD:
Beth's famous vegetable soup & corn cakes
Burke's butterflake rolls, pimento cheese and sunshine orange cake.
FESTIVITIES:
Celebrated Morgan's 6th birthday at the church gym. Her dad set up a D.J. disco set complete with crystal ball and strobe lights.
Amanda baked the cake and sprinkled it with nerds, had re-lighting candles.
EXCURSIONS:
Visited downtown antique store and a couple places on 619 to look for things to paint.
WEATHER:
Rainy on Friday, then dry - nice temperature.
MUSIC:
Listened to Martha Stewart's Spooky Scary Sounda for Halloween
A mix of popular Italian artists, Sarah's Blue Mix & Mandy Patinkin
Sarah slept like a rock!
The leaves were beautiful.
Spring 2003
Fall 2003
Spring 2004
