This was a typical action/comedy type film. It had a couple of laughs; the plot was ok. Casting Helen Mirren as a hit-woman was an inspired choice, though. I approve.
catching up
I tried planting a couple more things in my “fall” garden last week: carrots, spinach, peas, and more radishes. Of course, we got a couple of inches of rain right after I planted the seeds, so who knows if they will sprout? I hope some of what I planted works out–it would be nice to have a few veggies in my fall arsenal.
Yesterday morning, we went to the range to target practice and in the afternoon, we took a motorcycle ride to the Flight 93 Memorial. It was a lot different than the last time we were there (quite a while ago), but I thought it was going to be further along for the 10 year anniversary. The next phase isn’t going to be complete until 2014, which will pretty much wrap things up. I guess we’ll be going back then.
This afternoon, we went to Yellow Creek State Park for a wind and solar power class. It was pretty interesting. They have both wind and solar power set up at the park and went over the pros and cons of each. If we build a house in the future, as we are hoping to, we’d like to implement some green technologies in order to reduce our dependence on “the grid”.
Tomorrow is back to school for Jake and we already have a packed fall schedule. I’m almost looking forward to winter so I can relax for a couple of months. Yeah, right.
infrequent occurrences
So, the earthquake yesterday was pretty exciting. Who would have ever thought we’d have an earthquake in Pennsylvania?
I was sitting at my desk and heard Brian get up and walk down the hall. My first thought was that he was walking rather heavily to be shaking the walls like that; my second thought was that he was doing something in the basement that rattled the walls; my third thought was that someone hit our building with their car. I didn’t have a chance for any further thoughts as one of our employees exclaimed that there had been an earthquake. Crazy! Hopefully that will be the first and last of that nonsense.
Yesterday was exciting for other reasons, too. I actually left the office at lunch and went out with Judy. She was in the area around lunchtime and invited me to the Village Street Cafe, which happens to be one of my favorite places to eat, so how could I say no?
the mechanic
This movie was ok for what it was–full on action–but certainly not the best of the genre. Still, I liked it better than last weekend’s movie, The Fighter.
kentuck knob
Ever since we visited Fallingwater a few years ago, I’ve been wanting to see Kentuck Knob (not to mention a number of other Frank Lloyd Wright creations).
I actually liked this place better than Fallingwater, if you can believe that. I felt it was more practical in nature. Plus, it was very well kept. Apparently the owner of the house still entertains there in the summer.
We couldn’t have asked for a better day to visit. We both took the day off and went there on our bikes–what a nice trip it was! Perfect weather and motorcycle roads. We stopped for some pizza when we got back to Johnstown. Who could ask for anything more?