Why I Like the Sound of Music

The hills are alive with The Sound of Music (ahhhhhhhh-this is singing not screaming) So I finally did it. I watched the Sound of Music for the umpteenth time. So as I'm watching I think of all the fun filled memories I had as a little girl singing with Maria. While watching I came up with some reasons why I love this musical so much.
1. You'd think a story about a nun would be boring, but its quite the opposite. I guess because she is really only a nun for probably 20 -30 mins of the movie.
2. I love that there were 7 children in the family and there were 7 children in my family and the youngest one is a girl, and I'm the youngest in my family. Do you see the connection I have?
3. I'm pretty sure this is the movie that taught me how to sing and to understand English accents.
4. I think this is where I also learned to love puppets. This was probably about the time I was watching Lamp Chops Play along too.
5. Kurt was my next favorite after Grettle. I love saying and "God bless whats his name".
6. The curtains in my house would definitely not work as "play clothes" for me and my siblings.
7. Everyone should have an uncle Max.
8. I also know why we weren't allowed to play with whistles in the house.
9. I learned that you shouldn't give in to your 16 year old daughter when she asks to try champagne in front of all your friends. (But you shouldnt have champagne anyway.)
10. That dancing very close to a Captain makes "your face all red".
11. That boarding school is an evil thought brought on by soon to be step mothers.
12. That the funnest scene is when Maria says, "I can't face him again." And the Reverend Mother says, "Him?" Oh such a priceless face. I laugh every time.
13. That I have "Confidence!"
14. That older brothers will bite your finger.
15. That no matter how cold it is, Strawberries will not turn blue, like unto Blueberries.
16. That at the beginning of the movie I always hate the Bareness, and by the end I feel sorry for her. And that this same vicious cycle happens every single time I watch the movie.
17. "That somewhere in my youth or childhood, I must have done something good."
18. That the Captain and Maria give the oddest examples of when they started falling in love with each other.
19. I still wonder to this day if the nuns really sing the "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria" song at her wedding.
20. I'm always sad that Rolphe becomes a Nazi.
21. I don't get why the Captain touches Leizel's cheek after he read his telegram from Berlin.
22. I always wanted my family to perform on stage in front of a whole lot of people.
23. That after seeing one of the winners touch his hair, and after shaking this same mans hand, Uncle Max wipes his hand due to the grease on it from the guys hair. (Does anyone catch that part or is it just me?)
24. thinks its creepy that the family hides in a graveyard at night. I'm pretty sure some therapy will be needed for the youngins.
25. That if you tell a young man he will never be one of the Nazi's that he'll blow the whistle on you.
26. That nuns can sin.
27. And if your the youngest of a family trying to run away from the Nazi's and having to "Climb Every Mountain" that you get to have the ultimate piggyback ride.
I tried to go in order of the movie but I forgot some key moments and I didn't want to go back and change all the numbers.
28. That no matter how many time I watch this movie I will never understand what Grettle says as she's leaving the room after finding out about the dinner party.
29. Oh the non verbal communication between so many people just kills me. The tension is insane!
30. Lastly, I learned that the headdress on the nuns head is called a wimple. How cool is that?
So there ya go. 30 Reasons why I love the Sound Of Music and will always love it! So now go home, unless you are home, and watch. I know you ll find it more enjoyable this go around. until next time.... " So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good bye."