Oh Happy Happy Tuesday

Today I am happy to announce is Tuesday! I know that you know this, and I know that you know that I know this.

So why the big deal, you ask.

Well, for one thing, Tuesday has become one of my favorite days of the week.

On most Tuesdays, Shawn goes to the ARC sponsored program VIP.
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned VIP in previous posts.
It's every Tuesday and Thursday.
They go do fun things in the community.

Today they will be going bowling.

Shawn will be picked up by Dial-a-Ride around noon and won't be back home until around five this evening.

Shawn and I both love VIP.

For him it's a chance to get out of the house with a group of friends and have fun.
For me it's like a day off. I love Shawn very much, and you all know how much I enjoy him as well.

But once in a while I need time just for me.

I also know that being my little shadow gets boring for him as well as tedius for me.

So on VIP days, we both get what we want.

He has a grand day out, and I get around five hours of guilt free "me" time, knowing that he is having the time of his life while I get my nails done or my hair cut or just sit in Barnes and Noble and waste time reading any book my heart desires.

So yeah, that's a pretty big reason to love Tuesdays.

Today though is special. I have been waiting for today for almost two weeks now. That is because. . . . . . . . .

Because today is the day that Walt Disney's Masterpiece Pinnochio comes out on DVD! ! ! ! !

Oh how I love that movie!

Pinnochio was my absolute favorite movie when I was a child Back in the sixties, when I was young, Disney would bring out, to the theaters, one of their animated movies. I don't know how often Disney would go through their animated films, but it seems like at least three times a year my parents would take my sisters and me to go to whichever Disney movie was currently being shown.

I seem to remember hearing that each movie was released on a seven year cycle.

This has always seemed incorrect to me.

I have such strong memories of watching all of Disney's movies that it's hard to believe I only saw them once every seven years. I was born in 57. I don't think I was taken to the movies until I was at least three or so. So if the seven year cycle really is true then I couldn't have seen any one movie more than three or possibly four times before I was grown.

I think that shows just what a powerful experience it was for me to watch those films. That I would remember them as well, or maybe even better, than kids today that can watch a movie anytime they want.

So yes, over my years of seeing each of those films, only a few times, as a child, I would have to say that the impact they had on me was incredible.

It's that way for all of them, but the one I remember the very best would have to be Pinnochio.

That movie was pure kid-nip to me.

I loved the bright colors. I loved how cute all the puppets were. I don't think I can even come close to expressing even a fraction of how much I loved. . .

The Blue Fairy.

She was so beautiful, and kind, and sparkly (sparkly is very important to young girls) I loved how she was practically translucent. There was something about her that was just so comforting to me.



To this day, I still picture the tooth fairy as being played by her.

I loved Gippetto.
I adored Jimminy Cricket.
I was scared of Monstro but loved him at the same time.

Oh how I wanted to go to Pleasure Island.

I wasn't stupid though, I wouldn't have done the bad things.

I would have only gone on the rides and eaten cotton candy until I got sick.

One year I saw a plastic figurine of Pinnochio in some store.

It was pretty large. Around a foot tall or so. I stood there and looked at that doll the whole time we were in that store. My imagination took over and for the time it took my mother to buy whatever she was there for, I did nothing but stand there with that plastic Pinnochio thinking up all kinds of adventures the two of us would have.

Santa brought me that doll by the way.

I can't believe I didn't save it.

So these are my reasons for being excited about this particular Tuesday.

Some of you might plan on ironing today.

There are probably friends having lunch at Olive Garden somewhere.

I'm sure that somewhere someone will be having their braces,
either
tightened up,
or,
Oh Happy Day,
removed.

Children will be attending school.

Men and Women will be putting in their time at wherever it is they call work.

But me?

I will be headed to Walmart to snag myself a copy of Pinocchio.

I can't wait!

Update:I would like to announce that my daughter Heidi is having her first give away. Haven't visited her yet? No problem. Go here to enter.