Pink Panther 2 and Maybe a House?

Right now I am between movies (or is it "moves")?  I just saw "The Pink Panther 2", and I loved it.  I needed the laughs.  Steve Martin was superb.  I didn't leave home to see PP2.  I'm off, soon, to see the movie version of the book and a "slice of recent life"--HJNTIYTM.  In fact, when I went to get my hair done yesterday, it didn't take JK (woman who does my hair) long to say, "I see YOUR movie is coming out tomorrow."  She wasn't referencing my life.  She was referring to my having read the book when it came out several years ago.  Okay!  More than enough said.  Movie starts in 30 minutes, and it is expected to be crowded.  [I've never done it before, but I am going to get a refill on my popcorn and drink.  I haven't had dinner tonight.]

The five year older isn't home yet--with family--from school sock hop that was this evening.  We were able to get him to work on a collection of items to represent 100--100 days of kindergarten which is late next week--displayed on deep blue tag board.  Today I die cut 100+ neon orange birds as a possibility.  Teacher's note stressed need to use lots of glue so that boards could be displayed on walls outside of classroom.  My thinking was "KIS,S".  By midday I had shared my second idea with my oldest sister.  I had cut about 130 cancelled postage stamps from cards and letters that I saved over the past few years.

Oldest sister liked the idea and agreed to supervise project when five year older got home from school.  I would use the time to work with nine year older on science fair project.  We had little one paint before the trimming of stamps and gluing began.  He liked the idea of painting--light blue background for stamps.  He mostly made filled-in circles and painted "100" in the center of the board.  By 5:30 p.m., time to get ready for the sock hop, he had eaten his snack, painted the tag board, and trimmed and glued 34 stamps.  Right now I'd say 75 of the 100 stamps have been glued.  (It is a "family" project--due on Monday.)

Nine year older did have an opportunity to show her class the volcano experiment today!  She says she still wants to do a science fair project.  She wasn't too eager to take notes on volcanoes from the internet this evening.  However, she did bring a book home from the school library.  She is an artist--for real--and has her ideas as to HOW she would like her three-panel display board to look.  I think I agree with her thoughts.  We just have to get some substance to the whole thing.  She is increasing her understanding of volcanoes, but collapses easily into "I don't know what it says!" once the pictures disappear from the information on volcanoes.

I need to get to the movies.  They expect to have a real crowd--and I don't think they do previews for the last movie.  My sister told me that there is a house for sale on her street--went on market yesterday.  I looked it up on Zillow.  It is 70-80 years old versus new construction.  It has only one bathroom, detached garage, is close to community college--less than a block, and is CHEAP--less than $100,000 before starting to negotiate on prices.  I didn't call to see it today...because the house two doors down was being worked on.  The man who lives there has been ill, and his house is about 30-40 years newer.  He is an artist and has an attached studio.  Plus, we know his "friend" well.  I would not like to have the first home and then see his house go on the market.  And, neither has a palladium window or is new construction.  Question remains:  What do I want?  Baffled