I arrived home yesterday afternoon from my chapter’s annual retreat. It was so much fun! We held it at a new location this year, a different state park from the ones we’ve stayed at before. Most of us stayed in cabins beside a lake. If it had been warmer and not raining, some of us would have gone for a nice hike. As it was, we had a wonderful mixture of learning sessions with agent Elaine Spencer and author Candy Havens (I’d highly recommend any chapter looking for speakers to contact these intelligent, entertaining ladies) and relaxing downtime to chat with each other and get massages. Much fun was had by all.
I pulled into my driveway mere minutes after my father-in-law, who was on his way back home from a week in Florida. We chowed on some Italian food from Fazoli’s and watched Vanderbilt beat Kentucky. This is the only game I’m ever happy for Kentucky to lose. I’m a Kentucky native, but my brother-in-law played for Vanderbilt.
Last night was the biggest night in Hollywood with the Oscars. I wasn’t as invested this year because I’d not seen any of the Best Picture nominees — not like last year when I was rooting for Brokeback Mountain and it lost out to Crash (which I did see recently and really liked). Still, it was fun to see Martin Scorsese finally get a Best Director Oscar, see Vice President Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth win a little gold fella, and the absolute joy on the face of the director of The Lives of Others, the German film that won the foreign language film Oscar. I’m guessing he’d been thinking that Pan’s Labyrinth would win. And Jennifer Hudson may be the luckiest person to ever be voted off American Idol. I’d take an acting Oscar of an American Idol win any day.
As for the best red carpet fashions of the evening, I loved Helen Mirren’s dress. Dang, to look that good at 61. I also liked those worn by Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, and Jodie Foster.
Anyone else watch the Oscars? What were the highlights for you?
February 26th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
I didn’t watch it. I wrote
I’ll have to live vicariously through you guys
Had fun this weekend–still sleepy.
Wonder why?
February 26th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Hmm, perhaps it was the staying up until 3:30 a.m.
February 27th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Trish, I didn’t know you were in Jody’s chapter!
She probably told me at some point and I forgot. I’m jealous. I have my own fabulous chapter retreat coming up, but it’s not until May.
I didn’t see any of the Oscar films, either, but I loved Ellen’s opening and the Nominees film, and she had some funny moments throughout. The song about comedy was the best, though.