I took my son and a friend of his to see Return of the King tonight.
I remember reading Tolkien’s trilogy when I was 12 and even back then I though it would make a great flick.
To sum it all up:
If you liked the Fellowship and you really liked the Two Towers you will love The Return Of The King.
It was phenomenal. The battle for Minas Tirith was mind-boggling. A perfect marriage between special effects and acting. well worth the $$$
If I had to say something bad about it. It was about 20 minutes too long.

My trip to the Y came early today. Because its the last day of school before the Christmas break all the kids were let out just after lunch. For me this meant, drop the kiddies off and straight to the gym. On my way there I planned out the rest of my morning before the pickup. This included finishing off the rest of my shopping. I definitely did not want to have to drag my little ones along with me next week to battle the masses at the shopping malls. Even today it was insanely busy. I decided to park about a km away from the toy store and I am glad I did. I always get a kick out of the sea of mini vans out front of the Toys R us this time of year. I only had to get one more gift for my niece. I have to confess I do not see the interest in "girl toys." To me one doll looks allot like the next and the next and the next. I choose to go the route of the craft and picked up a pottery wheel kit and a doll thing just in case.
It feels good to be done.

Exercise
13 miles on the bike
2 km run (this one hobbled me and I still hurt)

Diet
Breakfast
None
Snack
poweraid, V8
Lunch
a licks burger and fries.
Snack
None
Dinner
Lasagna and garlic bread
Snack
Popcorn

Instead of exercising my physical body today I exercised my good will toward my fellow man, I exercised my heart, I exercised my Christmas spirit, I exercised my compassion for the less fortunate and I exercised the values that I hope to pass down to my children. Instead of going to the YMCA with my gym bag over my shoulder I went with a big box of food and some toys for their Christmas food/toy drive. On the way to drop off the goods I told my daughter a story about a little boy and his mom who didn’t have money to buy nice toys and food at Christmas. How the little boys mom would try her best to make sure the little boy got a few presents and how a box full of toys and food would arrive Christmas day. I told her that we had just made one of those boxes for a little boy and his mom.

"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party."
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"If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble."
~ Bob Hope ~