Finished JA

Today I completed the fifth of five Junior Achievement lessons at Janseen Elementary School in Kimberly WI where my daughter teaches third grade.  I was in her class teaching the program entitled “Our City”.  It is always an awesome experience and this year was no exception.

Junior Achievement provides all of the materials that are laid out nicely with easy to follow instructions.  The kids love all of the exercises and respond enthusiastically when I asked questions.

All in all a great experience that everyone should consider doing at least once.

Best Picture Award - Driving Miss Daisy

This movie was the 1989 Best Picture Academy Award winning movie.  My daughter, Megan, and wife, Lori, watched the movie with me.  The movie centers around a wealthy Jewish lady in her seventies that should no longer drive and the 20 plus year relationship that she develops with her African American driver.  In the end the relationship with her driver is stronger and better than that with her son (Dan Aykroyd).

I enjoyed watching the film but my wife and I had the same exclamation when the movie ended.  “That’s it!”

The origin of the title is easy to discern as the movie centers around the relationship of the driver (Morgan Freeman) and Miss Daisy (Jessica Tandy).

27 Best Picture movies seen.  Only 53 left to see.

Megan Engaged

The good news -- Buddy (Megan's boyfriend) proposed this morning. Wedding date to be confirmed but one of the Saturdays in August.

The bad news -- two hours later, Megan and Lori left to go shopping and within the first hour of shopping - the ring was missing (it had not been fitted yet).

The good news -- after three more hours of tears, talking to security, picking up her boyfriend and explaining the bad news to him -- the ring was found by her boyfriend! Amazingly snagged on a t-top on a rack in a store they'd been at (luckily they'd only been to 3 stores!). They crawled on the floor in all the stores (am sure no once noticed! - but they did find the floors and under the racks amazingly dirty!) - shook the clothes which finally resulted in the ring falling to the floor.

During this time I was watching "The Dark Knight" and receiving several frantic calls about the ring. Since I was in Green Bay and the ring was lost in Appleton there was not much I can do.

I sure hope the engagement and wedding planning goes smoother than the first day!