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She's Back!

Yesterday we were happily, if briefly reunited via FaceTime air waves with the First Blog reader. She paid scant attention though as she has had a plate of Spinach Pasta in front to of her which she was methodically destroying. At one point she was going at with both a spoon and a fork. I’m guessing she likes it. Wingman was a bit distracted because the electricians finally showed up at the house to address several issues except they showed up six hours late and barely spoke English. Yet another chapter in his rapidly increasing book on the joys of home ownership.

Wall Progress

I snuck out between rain showers to exhaust the existing pile of bricks on the final terrace. I made it to the uphill end and started the turn into the hill before the bricks ran out. There’ll be another trip to Home Depot tonight after work. I’m actually getting pretty good at this. None of the prior walls fell over the winter.  I owe a lot to the engineer son who preached the importance of leveling the bottom row, even though it’s an incredible pain in the butt.

We hooked up with the Neighborhood Mafiosos for a movie double date last night to see Unforgettable. This was a like a Lifetime (Evil Man) Channel movie on steroids with an A-list cast who truly delivers. The one, huge, change is the villains are women and the men in the cast just window dressing, turn about fair play. I’m not sure Heigl is this good an actress or this is her real personae but she was chilling as the crazed ex-wife. This is a woman’s movie with the two leads squaring off against each other instead of being victims. The final confrontation was worth the wait although there were stretches leading up to it that I found excruciatingly boring. A good taut thriller with the obvious plot holes that are required in such fare but don’t detract from enjoyment.  I liked it.