THUNDERBIRDS DAY !!!

NO !!! Not those Thunderbirds !!!

These Thunderbirds !!!

Tuesday October 8: Hey kids, I came in to finish this post, wrote a couple of paragraphs and added some pictures and three times wound up with nothing saved. I gave up and saved the page the way it was and when I checked it there was nothing here but the top photo and the link. I don't know what's going on, but Tess is under the weather again and I think it's time for us to take a break. We'll see you when we see you. 

Wednesday October 9: Tess just kicked me out of her onsen (migraine😖, poor baby) and suggested that I finish this post, so here goes.

THUNDERBIRDS DAY RECAP

On  Friday night,Tess  was busy in the kitchen so I got out the helium tank and blew up the balloons. Tess was disappointed that she couldn't find any party stuff with "classic" Thunderbirds on it. She doesn't acknowledge the new series. We watched two episodes when it premiered ☹️. She thought what they did to Tin-Tin and Grandma Tracy was blasphemous. Of course, it goes without saying, what we thought of the 2004 movie. 😲😵😡

Tess thought that Saturday at 9am was our time (nope, UK 💂), so we were sound asleep when the live stream started at 1am. Luckily, it was on a repeat loop so the tears😭 were dry by the time breakfast 🥣☕was ready and we settled down to watch. Tess had made bento boxes🍱 for lunch and I put the Coleman cooler in my den so that no one (Tess) would have to get up for refreshments.

Lunchtime😋!!!

Crab salad and crudite 😝.
Actually, it was pretty good.
Apparently we're on a diet again.😒


I think I need a new chef.

 😲Never mind.

I asked where the popcorn🍿🥤 was and was reminded that I don't like the air popped kind and that the microwave kind is not good for me🙄. So she handed me this.

Homemade banana chips and "Thunderbird" chocolate eggs. (Tess has a stash of holiday chocolate hidden somewhere ).🤔

The three new episodes were good. Steven la Riviere, Justin Lee, David Elliott and everyone involved did an amazing job. If we hadn't known that these were made in 2015, we would've thought they were "lost" episodes from the 60's.

The only complaint (from guess who) was that a certain Tracy brother was noticeably absent. He only showed up in stock footage. On the other hand, Alan was also absent which pleased her (she despises him almost as much as Gerry despised John 😏).

Apparently, he liked Virgil.
(Virgil doesn't look too happy about it though.)

There was also great behind the scenes footage and interviews.

At dinnertime, I demanded😩 a hot meal and got it 😁!!!

Orange chicken, Jasmine rice and too  many veggies 😩!!!

And dessert 😋!!!

Vanilla frozen yogurt with fresh coconut,
 pomegranate jewels, and a banana "rocket" 🚀😆. Mini beignets, and raspberry jam.😋
I asked her why it was in a frozen dinner tray and she said she thought it looked "futuristic" 🤨.

Besides balloon artistry, I was in charge of  picking something to dance to. Sticking with the theme, I thought something by The Fabulous Thunderbirds was appropriate. I was going to make a video, but it was a busy week, so enjoy this one by the band.

We ended the day by watching Thunderbird 6 and the video I made to woo my sweetie three years ago (It worked 😁👍!!!)

It was a long day and we had an early night.
Something about watching Thunderbirds always makes My Tess particularly "affectionate"🤗😘😍.

Thanks, Virgil 😉👍!!!

HEY 😕!!!

Watch all 32 episodes here..... https://archive.org/details/GerryAnderson2