A Few Things I’ve Really Enjoyed Lately
On Mondays I try to answer Reader Questions, on Tuesday I try to do a Top 10 post, on Wednesdays I always post about marriage, and on Fridays I try to post a 400-word inspirational marriage post. That works wonderfully for planning, but it means that sometimes I have things to share that don’t really fit on any particular day!
So today I’d really like to tell you about a few things that I’ve really enjoyed lately, because maybe you’d enjoy them, too!
Here goes:
Netflix Series–TurnI am totally hooked on this. It is amazing. My husband and I have always been history buffs, but this is just such a well-done series about Washington’s spy network during the American Revolution. My youngest daughter is absolutely hooked, too, and we’ve convinced my oldest daughter and her husband to watch it as soon as their exams are over.
Keith and I just finished watching Season 3 before we left, and let me just say–Mary in Episode 5 with the gun. SO FUNNY. And so amazing. And surprising.
CBC Series–X-Company
Here’s another historical spy series, but this time it’s about Canadian spies in France during World War II. I think this is probably my favourite TV show ever. Even beating out Call the Midwife. You can watch episodes on the CBC website, though their streaming isn’t the best.
Movie–The Intern
When we were staying with friends in Pennsylvania this week on the beginning of our RV tour, we watched The Intern with Anne Hathaway and Robert DeNiro.
Oh, my goodness, what a great movie! It’s about a retired widower who had a great career, and is now trying to keep himself busy, and failing miserably. Meanwhile, a new ecommerce fledgling business is hiring senior citizen interns. So he joins an internet startup company, and even though he looks totally out of his league, soon those around him start to imitate him because they realize that the older generation has something important that the rest of us have lost.
I just loved the father-daughter type of relationship that developed between the two main characters. It’s really beautiful. And I don’t know–I guess I just related to Anne Hathaway’s character. She built this business that took off beyond what she intended, and it had major ramifications for her family. And she was trying so hard to balance it all, and feeling guilty at every turn.
I kind of feel like that’s been my life over the last few years. My husband has actually cut back on work in the last year so that he can do more with me and encourage my speaking. And there’s a big part of me that feels guilty for that, especially since Keith really enjoyed his job. But we’re enjoying our life here, too. It seems, though, that when it’s the woman who has a business, there are always tensions that aren’t there in the same way when it’s a guy. Keith and I and the girls have had to navigate it, but I did feel for Anne’s character.
It was just a great movie.
Speaking of Father-Daughter Relationships…
The other series we just love is Blue Bloods. But Netflix did something terrible!!!!! They realized that 90% of Canadians were using a patch to convince Netflix they were actually in the U.S., because American Netflix offerings are way better than Canadian Netflix offerings. Anyway, I realize that this isn’t exactly good, but we were all doing it (somehow I don’t think that’s a good excuse! 
