New Toy

Hi everyone,

I have a VERY fun new toy, and I’m very excited about it. I went to visit a friend recently, and he had had a huge movie screen and a projector installed in his home, so he and his family could watch movies at home. And although I’m not very into technology, I got excited the moment I saw it, and thought about how much fun we could have with it. He had had his installed by a friend, at a fairly reasonable price, and he gave me the friend’s number and I called him. We have an old playroom that my kids don’t use much anymore, with a Ping-Pong table in it, a good sized TV, 3 couches to lounge around on, and a round table where they still play games when they’re at home: Scrabble, Monopoly, and cards.

I made a quick decision to have a screen and projector installed, and presto magic, 2 days ago, they put up a huge screen, about 9 x 6 feet, a projector that even does 3D movies, and surround sound. And WOW!!!! It’s fantastic and I love it!! I can’t wait for my kids to see it when they come home in a few weeks. I’ve watched 3 movies in 2 days since it was installed (a double feature last night, with popcorn!!), and am having friends over for an early dinner tomorrow—-the same friend who inspired me, and they are coming to check out my new movie set up. I think it is going to give us hours of fun, and I can now imagine having friends over for an easy dinner, and a movie after. I have room for 8 people to watch a movie comfortably, on couches, with ottomans to prop their feet on.  It’s neither a sophisticated nor a glamourous way to spend an evening, but it sure sounds like fun to me!! I was grinning from ear to ear like a kid tonight, as the movie came on. I felt like I was in a movie theater, except that I was sprawled out on a comfortable couch, and had a movie of my choice right in my home!!! It feels like a fantastic luxury to me, and given how much pleasure I think our whole family will get out of it, I think it was a good investment that we’ll enjoy for a long time, and the screen is HUGE!!! I went to buy some new movies yesterday, and am going to catch up on movies I haven’t seen. Since I work incessantly for most of the year, and always at night, I just don’t have time to watch movies, except in my off times when I’m not working. I do all my movie-watching on airplanes on screens the size of a paperback book, so this is a major luxury. It was a great idea!!! I suspect I’ll be spending a lot of time watching movies for the next few weeks!!! Bring on the popcorn!!!

Love, Danielle