Movie Nights

As I unearthed my dusty and still shrink-wrapped fitness DVDs from the drawer so I could start putting them to good use, I also dug up those "new" old movies that hubby and I would usually stumble upon on sale at Target or Walmart...some even from Blockbuster. (Incidentally, do we really belong to the last-almost-fading-to-extinction bunch of people who still congregate at Blockbuster in the advent of Netflix and highspeed internet downloads?) We're still traditional somehow. And for less then five bucks, how can you go wrong?

Anyway, I realized we still have a lot to catch up on. We always look forward to movie nights at home. On Friday nights when we feel like being cheap and not going out on a date (yes, we still go out!!!), hubby puts on a nice light flick usually a comedy to launch a weekend of relaxation. We wrap ourselves in warm cozy throws by the fireplace and it doesn't matter if we finish the movie or not. Sometimes we doze off suddenly exhausted from a week-long toil, or sometimes when we're still too wired, we end up watching three films in a row. The kids' sleepovers are the best. They always look forward to scary movies because they know that we always have one up our sleeve. It's scream city in our house on sleepover season!

No matter which movie night it is, hubby likes to set the mood by cranking up "his" surround sound as we watch teasers and while he makes some popcorn in the microwave. It's not a typical movie night at home too without our favorite Maui Onion chips. Oohlala...

I also enjoy watching chick flicks that I tend to shove down hubby's throat. And oh, feel-good movies! You know the stuff that gives you goosebumps in the end, makes you say "Awwww" and makes you want to stop everyone you see on the street to tell them how wonderful the movie was. Hubby's still in the training stage, hahaha. I did see him shed a tear once. So I think we're getting there! It is important to watch these movies with good messages as often as you can.They help you learn some lessons that you can carry across to your own life -- especially when you refuse to learn from real people. These movies also touch your heart and I believe that when your heart is touched more often, your capacity to love increases.