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Well, the Aunt is alive (no, that's no disappoint in my voice, but it may be surprise). Now I can move on to worrying about all the hours she'll be flying in Florida (at least M&D are 4 hours away by car now) and the trip to Palau, in which I will probably spend most of the two weeks worrying about the Aunt's significant other, who shouldn't really be going to the remote South Pacific at the age of 77...to dive!

It's a really good thing I never worry about the parentals when they are stationary in the RV, right?

In Honour of 2012: The Year of the Hobbit (Take 1)

I have vague recollections of posting the first of these two videos back when it was released in....um...2009? Maybe? But for anyone who hasn't seen them (and likes LOTR) here are two of the best fan made movies I have ever seen!

Born of Hope (the story of Gilraen and Arathorn and baby Estel)

The Hunt for Gollum

(You don't get embedded video, I'm afraid. Besides, these are long. Enjoy!

And it occurs to me, with all the movies being touted as 'The One' this year (and the battle already being fought over The Hunger Games and BD2 - like seriously, why bother fighting when the battle's lost already? - the winner is totally The Hobbit) everyone seems to have forgotten THIS AWESOME MOVIE!