The odd thing is I started this blog to kind of goose up my film watching. And I definitely saw more films this year than in the past few years. But then I was going to write about them. And that didn't go so well.
Right now, I am trying to catch up with the films I missed to put together my 2010 Top Ten list. I might put up a few posts of movies that won't make my list. But I want to get up this year's list ... and maybe get last year's list explained.
But until then, I still need to see The Town, A Prophet, True Grit, The King's Speech, Black Swan, Unstoppable, 127 Hours, and maybe a couple more. It should be a busy week or two.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Christmas family newsletter
Welcome to the newsletter of the Copelands of 2010. The picture enclosed with this letter was taken at the big event of our year: the marriage of Scott's sister Karen to Carl.
Below is the active roster of our family, and the events of their year.
Allison, age 7. She is in the second grade at Snyder Park. Our resident artist is now at Springfield Art Museum twice a week, and did summer work there as well.. She is also active in Brownies, allowing even more craft making time, and yet a lot of her free time is doing some form of art work. Her other favorite activity. is her new DS game system, especially her Little Pet Shop game.
Tommy, age 9. He is classified as a third grader. He moved to Fulton school this year to remain with Miss Stoll for the fourth year. His big achievement over the summer was becoming potty trained. Tommy is in his third season bowling. Without a doubt his favorite adventures this year were the family trips to water parks, outdoor in the summer to The Beach, and indoor in the fall to the Great Wolf Lodge.
Tracey, age 11. He is in his last year at Snyder Park, in the sixth grader. . He has just finished his ninth season in Springfield Thunder soccer. Tracey's spare time is consumed with playing video games at any free TV he can find, frequently at Isaiah's (his friend next door). Tracey also experienced his first official rock concert this year, when his father took him to see Weird Al Yankovic (in the tenth row, no less).
Megan, age 18. She is a senior at Springfield High School. Yes, a senior. She is preparing to go to Clark State in the fall on a scholarship she earned in the seventh grade. Her hope is to do something in archeology. She did make the "advanced honor roll" for the first quarter of this academic year. She also made the difficult decision to leave volleyball this year, knowing if she did make the team this year there would be little playing time for her. Megan remains a voracious reader, and is especially proud of her Star Wars books collection, which I believe numbers about 6192
Laura, age 40. She continues to be a fulltime mother. This especially means dealing firsthand with Tommy's regular and irregular appointments. She continues to follow the Ohio State Buckeyes, who once early 2011 will conclude its football season in the Sugar Bowl, and as of this writing is ranked 2 in basketball. She continues to follow the Cleveland Browns, who at least aren't the Bengals. With her kids, she most often reads with Megan and does crafts with Allison.
Scott, age 42. Work is tough working for an under funded agency (11 years now) and dreading further budget cuts in the coming year. The big change for Scott this year, after six seasons as an assistant coach for Tracey's team, saw the team split in two and Scott promoted to head coach. He had a lot of new players, and converted Tracey from a defensive specialist into the team's leading scorer. Scott's first season coaching indoor begins in January and spring will bring a second season of head coaching. As a movie buff, he most loved (like most of the critics) Inception and The Social Network, but in the sleeper category highly recommends Flipped.
Below is the active roster of our family, and the events of their year.
Allison, age 7. She is in the second grade at Snyder Park. Our resident artist is now at Springfield Art Museum twice a week, and did summer work there as well.. She is also active in Brownies, allowing even more craft making time, and yet a lot of her free time is doing some form of art work. Her other favorite activity. is her new DS game system, especially her Little Pet Shop game.
Tommy, age 9. He is classified as a third grader. He moved to Fulton school this year to remain with Miss Stoll for the fourth year. His big achievement over the summer was becoming potty trained. Tommy is in his third season bowling. Without a doubt his favorite adventures this year were the family trips to water parks, outdoor in the summer to The Beach, and indoor in the fall to the Great Wolf Lodge.
Tracey, age 11. He is in his last year at Snyder Park, in the sixth grader. . He has just finished his ninth season in Springfield Thunder soccer. Tracey's spare time is consumed with playing video games at any free TV he can find, frequently at Isaiah's (his friend next door). Tracey also experienced his first official rock concert this year, when his father took him to see Weird Al Yankovic (in the tenth row, no less).
Megan, age 18. She is a senior at Springfield High School. Yes, a senior. She is preparing to go to Clark State in the fall on a scholarship she earned in the seventh grade. Her hope is to do something in archeology. She did make the "advanced honor roll" for the first quarter of this academic year. She also made the difficult decision to leave volleyball this year, knowing if she did make the team this year there would be little playing time for her. Megan remains a voracious reader, and is especially proud of her Star Wars books collection, which I believe numbers about 6192
Laura, age 40. She continues to be a fulltime mother. This especially means dealing firsthand with Tommy's regular and irregular appointments. She continues to follow the Ohio State Buckeyes, who once early 2011 will conclude its football season in the Sugar Bowl, and as of this writing is ranked 2 in basketball. She continues to follow the Cleveland Browns, who at least aren't the Bengals. With her kids, she most often reads with Megan and does crafts with Allison.
Scott, age 42. Work is tough working for an under funded agency (11 years now) and dreading further budget cuts in the coming year. The big change for Scott this year, after six seasons as an assistant coach for Tracey's team, saw the team split in two and Scott promoted to head coach. He had a lot of new players, and converted Tracey from a defensive specialist into the team's leading scorer. Scott's first season coaching indoor begins in January and spring will bring a second season of head coaching. As a movie buff, he most loved (like most of the critics) Inception and The Social Network, but in the sleeper category highly recommends Flipped.
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