Caramel Corn and the Sound of Music

     I had to take a detour during my blog time yesterday.  We have a basketball tournament at our school this weekend, and I decided to make caramel corn for the concession stand to sell.  My daughter, who had stayed home sick, was finally feeling well enough to sit upright.  She wasn't ready to focus on anything small, like reading or the computer screen, so I said she could watch a movie.  She has been on a Sound of Music kick lately.  This is one of my all time favorite movies.  I probably know every word of dialog and every lyric to every song.  So does she.  So, I'm in the kitchen stirring the caramel mixture on the stove and I catch myself singing along.  I smile and keep singing.  What made me smile more than how much I love those songs, is that I have an awful singing voice.  My family doesn't seem to mind too much, unless I start to drown out the actual performer.
     I don't know if I can pick out a favorite song from that movie.  It's kind of like the Wizard of Oz, another favorite, each song gives you a different feeling, and they are all great songs.  My kids don't like the Wizard of Oz, they are afraid of the wicked witch or the flying monkeys, or both.  As far back as I can remember, that movie was on once a year.  I think it was in the spring.  We had to wait all year to see it.  We couldn't buy it or rent it.  When it was finally on, you sat down and you enjoyed it.  I feel that way about the Charlie Brown holiday shows and the Christmas shows too.  You only got to see Frosty the Snowman once.  If you missed it, you waited until next year.  Now we have those shows on video.  You can watch them in June if you want to.  I wonder if this generation will appreciate those things like we did?  I am sure my parents wondered if I would appreciate color tv, or just take it for granted.  I appreciate it.  I also like the black and white stuff too. The old Twilight Zones and Hitchcock Presents, among other things, they were black and white. I used to love watching Hitchcock Presents and Ray Bradbury Theater with my dad.  They were on in the evening, a half hour episode of one and then a half hour of the other.  Good Times.
     My daughter is feeling better today, she went to school.  I guess I will have to pick the movie myself.  I think I'll go for the Wizard of Oz.  I can sing along while I make puppy chow for the concession stand to sell at the tournament tomorrow.  I am adding a recipe page, I'll put the puppy chow and caramel corn recipes on there.  I am hoping to get to it today.  It depends on how long it takes me to make the puppy chow.