Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

And here it is the 29th! I didn’t manage a post on the 25th because my hubby and I actually set aside the evening to watch “Top Gun: Maverick” together, and by the time it was done I was both tired and energized in an 80s music sort of way. I quite enjoyed the movie, which surprised me a bit; I saw “Hot Shots” before seeing the original “Top Gun,” and that warped my perception of it. “Maverick” did an impressive job of playing the nostalgia card while being a real movie with an actual plot in its own right, and creating a love interest out of a passing comment from the original movie was cleverly done.

The 27th, by contrast, was completely a family affair; we had a ward party in the evening for which we’d signed up to create a themed mini golf hole (AND bring a salad), so we spent the day doing regular Saturday chores and working on that and then the evening at the party, eating dinner and playing mini golf. We did a library theme, and it was fun, but I’m glad it’s over with. I get stressed about stuff that’s outside of my comfort zone!

Today I spent several hours at Fox Hills–my kids’ elementary school–working on the PTA membership drive and learning how to do the treasurer things that have to be done in time for our meeting this Friday. I am finally home, fed, and exercised, however, and that leaves me ready to review Katherine Center’s The Bodyguard, which was a lovely comfort read. Is the plot highly original? Well, no. Did I care? Nope, not at all. This is my second Katherine Center book, and both have featured female main characters with baggage (and difficult relationships with their mothers) who find love with the right guy. In The Bodyguard–which is nothing like the Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston movie, thank goodness–the right guy is an actor with a sweater-knitting, corgi-obsessed stalker, and the main character is the bodyguard assigned to protect him. There is banter, action, downhome comfiness, and a strong “While You Were Sleeping” vibe, plus the happy ending one wants when one has more responsibilities than usual in the next month or so. If you want something fun, sweet, and satisfying, I’d totally recommend this one.