Barb

What a crazy/wonderful week it has been! Lots of bad news and lots of good things have come my way. The best was that on Friday, I got to go to the temple for the first time and receive my endowments. I went to the Mt. Timpanogos temple. Isn't it beautiful? Of course, it wasn't so green and colorful when we went, since it was the middle of February, but beautiful nonetheless. 

   

I was escorted by my mother and accompanied by my dad, my sisters Heidi and Juline, and my good friends Annie and Ashley. Afterwards, we celebrated by going to Burger King. haha Always classy.

Ashley returned to Provo with Juline and I and we had a lovely time doing nothing really. Here we are with friends at Slab (which I love) for lunch on Saturday. Back, left to right: Juline, Courtney, Me Front: Carly, Ashley. Unfortunately we didn't get a picture with the whole lunch group (Brinn took this picture.)

We introduced Ashley to a movie Juline and I recently discovered called "What's Up, Doc?" Made in 1972, it stars Barbara Streisand and Ryan O'Neal (who is not so attractive now as the father of the lead in Bones  but my goodness, he was extremely good looking when he was young.) I like this movie very well.

The same night we watched What's Up, Doc? for the first time, we also watched Funny Girl. (It was a Friday night and we weren't tired.) It was suggested to me by a friend a long time ago and Amazon Prime reminded me of it. This movie was done really well, but was quite sad. It was produced in 1968. It also stars Barbara Streisand, along with Omar Sharif, who plays a dreamy French man. He is quite charming. The movie was based on a play which was based on a book. As I mentioned, it is a bit depressing, but it has some great music. This song has been stuck in my head for 2 weeks now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-8gn6vGu_w
Here it is with the scene from the movie although the recording isn't perfect.

I would recommend both. Either is good, depending on your mood. If you want a light-hearted romantic comedy, What's Up, Doc? And for a more melancholy film, Funny Girl is where it's at. You can hardly go wrong with Barbara. As my grandpa would say, "I sure like her voice, but I don't care for her politics."