enlightenment for Nonnie

well, my 8 year old grandson, Asher, has decided it is about time that i was indoctrinated into the whole LotR movies!  i am NOT, by nature, a Trekkie nor a ringer, wraith-watcher, Tolkienite, Bagginess etc  :-)....but my grandson IS!  (only he doesn't know it!)

he suggested we watch the Star Wars trilogy a few months ago, only to start me out with the 3rd movie "because he wanted to see the two monsters in it"....then we watched the first one......little does he know how hard that is for his Nonnie to transition from the last movie to the 1st one and make sense of it!  :-)

so, i rented LotR:the Fellowship of the Rings. and we proceeded to watch it over a 3 day period.  he is a great partner for ME to watch these with because:  he likes to talk the whole time the movie is playing.....so he gives me a heads up about the "bad and scary" stuff that is going to happen and assures me that either: everyone is going to be okay....or someone is going to die!  Normally i leave the room when some scary part comes on in a movie i am watching.....but this way i was forewarned and could relax (sort of) and besides.....if i left the room, i may NEVER understand what i missed!

Asher spews out words like Nazgul, ring-wraiths, Sauron the Deceiver, Elvish, Orcs, Uruk Hai until i feel like i am listening to someone speaking a foreign language....and he has to remind me over and over of the previous words....but he is a patient teacher.

the first night, i went to bed with the name Bilbo Baggins on the tip of my tongue playing over and over in my mind and hoping sooo that i did NOT dream about the Nazgul!!!

today, we watched the last hour and 20 minutes......and i wasn't sure that my heart was going to be able to take it....but Asher continued guiding me through the parts i just could not wait to watch by explaining the outcome :-).....although i could NOT watch Boromir die by the hand of Uruk Hai....so i DID leave the room, but did watch when he died in the arms of Aragorn.....and Asher commented on the tears running down my face :-)

Asher immediately was ready to begin LotR: Two Towers....but i think my nervous system needs a break....and my mind has to categorize what i already learned....but i better not wait too long or i will forget all the lingo i know!

a question i DO have is.....do you think it would be worthwhile to go see THE HOBBIT before proceeding with the other two LotR sequels, or just continue with the Trilogy?

impromptu invite*

We are always getting ready to live but never living.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

one of my intentions this new year is to be present....live in the now...take advantage of opportunities as they arise....so when my hubby extended an invitation for an impromptu motorcycle ride into the desert......i let go of what "needed" to be done and accepted!  so glad i did....

look at what i would have missed!

new days*

The day is December 31st and we are on our way to Oceanside, California for a week by the sea.  I'm not so much in the frame of mind for resolutions, per se, but for reflection of the past year and purpose for 2013.

I have heard a lot about choosing a WORD for yourself, for the year ahead. A word that sums up your intentions, needs, resolve, or anything else that it might bring forth.  The word that came to me wasn't through searching.....or stressing......it just popped into my head, and i said "YES" that is MY world for the year 2013.

RESILIENCE/RESILIENT   

meaning 

able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed.
 able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions...buoyancy.

when i told bryan what i had chosen, he said that to him, it meant getting back to the original OR BETTER place with or because of the experience.

i like that.

and while i was at it....i thought well why just choose one WORD.....why not go with a whole phrase......more words.....more help! so i started thinking............... one thing i am not very good at is letting go.....of worrying about what i can't control.......there is so much worry involved in having 5 daughters, 3 sons-in-laws and 8 grandbabies......and while i wouldn't change it for the world.......if i didn't color my hair....i probably would be showing a lot of silver by now!   the phrase i chose is:

LET GO.....LET GOD

now i know there are things I CAN do ....that i am responsible for what i DO have control over.....and how i react to life and my daily intentions and work........how i treat others, what vibes i put out into this world......but my hope in 2013, is to realize and accept, that when i have done all i can.....and i have NO control.....to let go and let God.

easier said that done....but it is my intention 

along with a word and a phrase....i wrote down a few more *intentions* that i would like to work at:

*be more grateful

*get outside more....more short excursions with bryan and with the girls and grands

*more nature

*things we WANT to do.....DO them

*play more

*worry less

*be who i am

*ENJOY life

*LIVE life

*create

*be the best i can be to help others

*let go of anger

*harmony

*healing

*help the grands with hard things

*be active

*healthy eating

*adventurous

*spontaneous

*positive not negative

*create memories

*be PRESENT

*listen more...talk less

here is to new days.....and new growth