YOB: #19. Have a Lord of the Rings Marathon

By Lara

As you may remember, I had surgery on my kidney stone in early October. The whole kidney stone experience is really what derailed our original concept of the Year of the Birthday. However, I think it has evolved into something bigger than what we had first anticipated.

When we still thought that we would be able to accomplish all of the items in one year, we knew that we needed to do something low key while I was recovering from my surgery. In early October, we planned to check the Lord of the Rings marathon off the list.

Beth and I both love the Lord of the Rings movies. It's really one of the few movies that lives up to the literature that it reflects. In fact, I may even like the movies just a little bit better, which never happens.

In the course of planning, we decided that we should sit down and watch all of the extended versions of the movies back to back like one giant movie. That's 10 1/2 hours worth of footage.

We prepared by acquiring snacks and comfortable clothes. Then we sat and watched movies for hours and hours and ate food. It doesn't sound exciting on paper, but it was a really geeky good time. And it was something that I could do without too much pain post-surgery. We had fun as always... even if I don't have a high def flat screen TV that doesn't have a glare no matter where you sit in the room.

[Editors Note: Be sure to go and read Beth's version of YOB: #19. Have a LOTR Marathon]