What Is Ahead In 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                              Now, girls, it is time for me to reveal some things you may have suspected, but I have kept hidden.  There is a lot ahead in the coming year, which I expect to spend, as always with my dear and beloved David.  So, here is what to look out for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                January I often find a depressing month.  But this coming one, two positive, life altering events take place.

                                 On January 10, David and I get married!  Imagine, me a bride!  What will I wear????????  A full report will surely follow, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                 On January 20, I retire from my job, after nearly 36 years. That is right.  So, if you have suspected, it is true!

                                   On April 7 of this year, this blog turns 10 years old!  Can you believe it!  And, yes, there will be a party!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                    On May 13, the centennial of Fatima is marked!  Watch out!  Mary and the children, headed by Jacinta, may come to visit on a sun dropping from the sky!!!!!!!!!!!!!  And those children--Lucia Santo, and her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, are expected to be canonized as Saints!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                     Several films have decades milestones!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                      "Wings," the first film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, turns 90!!!!!!!!!!!

                                      "Make Way For Tomorrow," made in 1937, turns 80!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                      "Gentleman's Agreement," and David Lean's "Great Expectations," and "Miracle On 34th Street," all released in 1947, turn 70!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                      "Peyton Place," really the best film of 1957, turns 60!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                      "The Graduate," Doctor Doolittle," "Bonnie And Clyde," and "In The Heat Of The Night," all turn 50!!!!!!!!!!  Don't get me started with "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner!!!!!!!!!"
Barf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                       "Star Wars," "Annie Hall," "The Turning Point," and "The Goodbye Girl" from 1977, all turn 40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                         From 1987, both "Moonstruck" and "Fatal Attraction" turn 30!!!!!!!!!!  I cannot believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                            Oh, and watch out--Joan Didion is coming out with a new book!  Two expanded essays!!!!!!!!!!

                                          And then there is the unexpected!  May it be positive!  Time will tell, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!