The Sickmiller Express

So we recently watched The Station Agent. This movie totally gets 3 stars (out of 3 remember). We absolutely LOVED the characters. It was so much fun to watch. They were all so different but extremely lovable. It was also short which is a huge plus in the Sickmiller household. I am always really tired in the evening and barely make it through most movies and Adam just likes short movies in general. It was also nice to see a quiet movie. I don't like being bombarded with noise for hours on end. Just doing this review makes me want to put it back on the queue and watch it in another month or two. I rented this one thinking it was an "Adam" movie and acted like I was doing him a favor by putting it at the top of the list but we both really enjoyed it. This next one is definitely a "Danielle" movie. I kind of forget the story line but hopefully Adam will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed this one. Ok, I don't think that'll happen. I hope he doesn't fall asleep at least.

Before The Station Agent was No Country For Old Men. I had been really excited for this movie but by the time we got it I had no interest in watching it. I told Adam to watch it when I was gone. He didn't like it at all and said I didn't miss anything. I trust his opinion enough to rate it, so it gets a 1.

So I decided to get up and run a 5k. I paid to run. That's right. I've never ran 'up here' and for that matter I never ran 'down there' either. I didn't have any problems with my muscles (I've been weightlifting and going to pilates, with an occasional spin class thrown in) but I could NOT catch my breath very easily. I was able to jog for the majority except for on the two hills. Yay for me.

After that we ran around getting ready for the parade and rhubarb festival. I followed the brass band along the parade route and therefore didn't see much else. I was running around recording their songs, well at least I tried to record their songs. Little things like me not knowing how to use the recorder and falling off the sidewalk twisting my ankle kept getting in the way. I apparently managed to get part of one song though.

The band played in the park while I handed out pie and ice cream at the rhubarb tent. We ran out of pies and only a few people were hard to deal with. Next year I'll have to make a ton more. I've mapped out some rhubarb that didn't get picked this year and I'll have to get it next year. I only made 5 pies this year.

We came home and crashed. Watched Across the Wide Missouri and took a nap. We woke up and wanted to go out for dinner and get ice cream at the grocery. It was quite a scene downtown. It took forever and there was a HUGE line at the grocery. We got our food to go from the diner and brought it home to our picnic table. We watched the fireworks from an empty lot by our house with our neighbors. I always heard how good the show would be but I didn't really believe them. I thought small town good? or big city good? They were AWESOME. I don't think I've seen a show that long. Maybe I have. I made a video of the first 5 minutes and then our memory card was full. You can see it here. Start watching at 4 minutes to get the best part. I saw the two biggest fireworks I've ever seen. One is at 4:15. The other I didn't get on video and unfortunately it was the biggest. YOU ALL need to come out here next year. Rumor has it the hotels are already booked but luckily we have a house calling your name. So starting saving, buy your ticket, get ready to fuel up the car. We'll see you here next year!