So I was a slacker last week and did not post. Really, it was not about lack of time. It was really embarrassment over not doing to much. Here is what I did do:
#37 Painted nails a bright, electric blue. I thought the color would be lighter, but what can you do. It was my last fun color before my friend's wedding. I did not think that blue would suit the occasion, so it lasted about 2 weeks and then got switched to a very neutral tan. I somehow feel naked at this point. All the colors are gone and have been replaced with basics. I will say that I am more apt to try different colors and finishes on my manicure from here on out. They were very liberating to wear!!
#35 Planted a love note to Mark. He was travelling for work and I saw the suitcase before he left. I put a card in his pants that said I loved him and I was proud of him. I placed the card in a way that it would fall out when he hung up his pants. It worked like a charm and he discovered his note at the appropriate time.
#72 Gave a gentleman $5.00 on the street. That was all I had. He was very nice and said he was down on his luck. After I gave him the money, I noticed that 2 other cars also spared some money. Maybe I am rubbing off.
#74 Listened to one CD--Beach Boys Greatest Hits--very beachy and summery!
#40 Watched 3 more movies:
"12 Angry Men--So I watched this in high school, but I vaguely remembered it. Too much partying. Anywho, great movie. It shows that not everything is as it seems and how quick we are to pass judgement. A star-studded cast presented a fantastic tale set in a jury room. They have heard the case against a young boy accused of murdering his father. Henry Fonda was the sole juror that had reasonable doubt that the boy had commited the murder. He then spends the next couple of hours trying to convince 11 other men that there are other possibilities. He has the odds against him, but manages to convince a bigot, an angry father, a man who doesn't sweat, an old man with a strong memory, a wallflower with a cough, a grown version of the accused, a sports fan, a frustrated foreman, a refugee watchmaker, a typical working man, and a cereal-box doodler. Awesome flick--must see for all. Fun little tidbit, this movie was a financial disaster when it opened, but received 3 Acadamy Award nods for Best Picture, Director and adapted screenplay. It lost all three to The Bridge on the River Kwai, but recognized financial success because of the nominations. I guess you could say it was the sleeper hit of its time.
Swing Time--Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire star in this gay romp centered around, you guessed it, dancing. The story moved quickly, but there were some unanswered questions and gaps in the plot. Some things just did not make sense. I guess people were so enthralled by the dancing that the continuity of the story was not a concern. Some memorable songs that came from this flick included "The Way You Look Tonight", "Waltz in Swing Time" and "A Fine Romance". I love watching old movies and hearing standard songs that came from that movie. It is like you hear the song for so many years and you know that it a famous song and then you here where it came from and it all blends together.
Some Like It Hot-- Marilyn Monroe played a drinking ukulele player looking for a millionaire. Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon were running from the mob while wearing dresses. When both sides meet, shenanigans ensue. Very funny movie, very tongue in cheek. One of the things about this flick is that I noticed how full-figured Marilyn really was. She had some rolls. I love that she owned her body image and the public adored her for what she was. It is amazing to me how our perception of beauty has changed over the years. Would Marilyn with her curves and rolls and out-of-control hair be considered a bombshell now? I would love to say yes, but I fear in the age of size two twigs, she may not get the same label.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Week 36
Holy Crikey!! I got a ton done this week!!
#36--I rubbed my man's feet this week. He played a disc golf tournament and he felt like an old man after he spent all weekend on his feet. I made him comfy on the sofa and started rubbing. Shudder. I don't know that this exercise will cure me of the foot creepies.
#40--Watched 2 more movies this week:
-All the President's Men. This is a docudrama that chronicles the journey of two reporters for the Washington Post that are uncovering the events leading up to the Watergate Scandal. Dustin Hoffman was great and Robert Redford, well, just plain yummy. Interesting fact about this flick is that Redford wanted to produce this movie with no-name actors. The studio not only refused, but told him he had to play one of the leads. That's showbiz.
-Bridge On the River Kwai. So, the only thing I took from this movie is that acting stubborn and hard-headed will only result in exhaustion, starvation, dehydration, and death. Alec Guinness is a British officer that leads a group of POW's in a Japanese work camp. Guinness doesn't want his officers to do the manual labor of building the bridge, so he starves himself until he gets his way. Then he takes over the bridge building and becomes so enamored with his ability to build and protect the perfect enemy bridge that he ends up blowing up the bridge and getting shot. It was a very entertaining flick, but it was long. Took two sittings to get through.
#10 Compiled my favorite recipes in a folder. I used an old binder and put about 50 recipes in plastic sheets. I have apps, dinner, desserts, sauces, pasta, and all sorts of goodies. Very excited to have my favs all in one place now.
#37 I painted my nails a gorgeous shade of spring green. Trying to get the green to come my way!!
#92 I completed a 1000 piece puzzle. Mark helped. Mom sent the puzzle for my birthday. We put it together within the week. It was fun and we worked well together, except I kept stealing the sections that Mark was working on. In my defense, they worked in the same section that I was working on.
#27 Completed another Pogo Badge album this week. I spend entirely too much time on Pogo.com
#78 I submitted another answer to Games Magazine on their website. This month's contest was very challenging. I got down to 4 answers that were very puzzling. They finally came to me and I submitted today. Basically, I had to combine movie titles, old and new, given only the first letter of every word. The last word of one title was the first word of the next title. Also, they removed 2- and 3-letter prepositions, articles, and conjuctions.
For example, I was given C __ A__ __ O (2*)*Number of movies. The answer is City of Angels in the Outfield.
Some were very challenging and used very obscure movies. I proved to be smarter than the contest.
#77 I found all the Waldos in a Where Waldo's Book. Those suckers are small and hard to find. I am still having nightmares in shades of red and white stripes!!
#74 And finally, here are the CD's I listened to:
Cheap Trick-Authorized Greatest Hits: Great CD with lots of classics
Steely Dan-Countdown to Ecstacy: Yeah, kinda boring and not my favorite. I always thought Steely Dan was a little more rock.
Candlebox-Candlebox: Yea Rock and Roll
Dire Straits-Alchemy Part 1: This was pretty good. I did not recognize a lot of the songs. Weird.
Earth to Andy:Very obscure band that sounds hacky
Dread Zepplin-Un Led Ed: What a great CD. Think Led Zepplin meets Reggae meets Elvis.
Bad Company: I don't remember listening to this one-That is not good.
Bush-Razorblade Suitcase: I love Bush, not like I love STP or Led Zepplin, but I love them.
Doobie Brothers-Best of the Doobies: Fun, Classic Band
STP-Core: These guys rock!!
That is a lot of stuff--pat on my back!!
#36--I rubbed my man's feet this week. He played a disc golf tournament and he felt like an old man after he spent all weekend on his feet. I made him comfy on the sofa and started rubbing. Shudder. I don't know that this exercise will cure me of the foot creepies.
#40--Watched 2 more movies this week:
-All the President's Men. This is a docudrama that chronicles the journey of two reporters for the Washington Post that are uncovering the events leading up to the Watergate Scandal. Dustin Hoffman was great and Robert Redford, well, just plain yummy. Interesting fact about this flick is that Redford wanted to produce this movie with no-name actors. The studio not only refused, but told him he had to play one of the leads. That's showbiz.
-Bridge On the River Kwai. So, the only thing I took from this movie is that acting stubborn and hard-headed will only result in exhaustion, starvation, dehydration, and death. Alec Guinness is a British officer that leads a group of POW's in a Japanese work camp. Guinness doesn't want his officers to do the manual labor of building the bridge, so he starves himself until he gets his way. Then he takes over the bridge building and becomes so enamored with his ability to build and protect the perfect enemy bridge that he ends up blowing up the bridge and getting shot. It was a very entertaining flick, but it was long. Took two sittings to get through.
#10 Compiled my favorite recipes in a folder. I used an old binder and put about 50 recipes in plastic sheets. I have apps, dinner, desserts, sauces, pasta, and all sorts of goodies. Very excited to have my favs all in one place now.
#37 I painted my nails a gorgeous shade of spring green. Trying to get the green to come my way!!
#92 I completed a 1000 piece puzzle. Mark helped. Mom sent the puzzle for my birthday. We put it together within the week. It was fun and we worked well together, except I kept stealing the sections that Mark was working on. In my defense, they worked in the same section that I was working on.
#27 Completed another Pogo Badge album this week. I spend entirely too much time on Pogo.com
#78 I submitted another answer to Games Magazine on their website. This month's contest was very challenging. I got down to 4 answers that were very puzzling. They finally came to me and I submitted today. Basically, I had to combine movie titles, old and new, given only the first letter of every word. The last word of one title was the first word of the next title. Also, they removed 2- and 3-letter prepositions, articles, and conjuctions.
For example, I was given C __ A__ __ O (2*)*Number of movies. The answer is City of Angels in the Outfield.
Some were very challenging and used very obscure movies. I proved to be smarter than the contest.
#77 I found all the Waldos in a Where Waldo's Book. Those suckers are small and hard to find. I am still having nightmares in shades of red and white stripes!!
#74 And finally, here are the CD's I listened to:
Cheap Trick-Authorized Greatest Hits: Great CD with lots of classics
Steely Dan-Countdown to Ecstacy: Yeah, kinda boring and not my favorite. I always thought Steely Dan was a little more rock.
Candlebox-Candlebox: Yea Rock and Roll
Dire Straits-Alchemy Part 1: This was pretty good. I did not recognize a lot of the songs. Weird.
Earth to Andy:Very obscure band that sounds hacky
Dread Zepplin-Un Led Ed: What a great CD. Think Led Zepplin meets Reggae meets Elvis.
Bad Company: I don't remember listening to this one-That is not good.
Bush-Razorblade Suitcase: I love Bush, not like I love STP or Led Zepplin, but I love them.
Doobie Brothers-Best of the Doobies: Fun, Classic Band
STP-Core: These guys rock!!
That is a lot of stuff--pat on my back!!
Monday, March 8, 2010
Week 34-35
So here we are again...
Missed last week, but got some things crossed off the list.
#35-Left 2 love notes for Mark. There was a little film left on the counter after it was cleaned. I "wrote" I love you in the film. He saw it when he came home and thought it was very clever. Not my best cleaning moment, but some good came out of it.
Second one came in the form of owl mail. Universal Studios is opening the Harry Potter part of the park soon. Because we have annual passes, we get all the updates on the status of the opening. One of the gimmicks going on is the ability to send owl mail to someone. This is really a fancy way of sending an email. Basically, you type the message and it gets sent and the recipient goes to the owlery on the Universal Studios website to retrieve the message from the owl. Corny, but another clever way to tell my man I love him!
#37-Painted my nails in the first of three funky colors. Yellow was the color of the week and boy, it is bright! I have gotten compliments and kudos for wearing a great color such as yellow. I might have even encouraged others to break away from the bonds of browns, reds and pinks on their nails. I stand before you, not as a polish conformer, but as a polish boundary-breaker. I have seen the injustice of fun colors on nails and I will...sorry, got carried away. But, my nails did look great.
#77- Found 3 Waldos in a "Where's Waldo" book. Man, those guys are small and hard to find. My little eyes are straining to find the red and white striped fellow.
#27-Completed one of the pogo badge albums that I have. Not sure how many I have left cause there are so many.
#85-Put a light on the bike today. It was very exciting. I will be able to safely ride at dusk. This is big because I will be riding more often locally now and I don't want to get caught after dark on the bike. After all, car drivers are scary. Bike lanes are not your personal turn lane--but I digress.
#40-Watched "It Happened One Night". Great flick with Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable.
The cool thing about this movie is that it swept the five main awards at the Oscars as a comedy. That doesn't happen even today. The Academy loves them a drama. Best actor, actress, movie, director, and adapted screenplay awards were given to a movie that was thought of as the worst movie she made by Colbert and as a punishment to Gable for refusing a previous script. Go figure. This movie was widely considered the first screwball comedy and contains the famous show-off-some-leg-to-get-ahead-hitchhiking scene. It was highly entertaining!!
#5-Paid $3000 to the principal on the second mortgage. Yippee!! Somehow, it feels liberating to write out a big girl check like that. The sooner we get the house paid, the better.
Signing off for this week--L
Missed last week, but got some things crossed off the list.
#35-Left 2 love notes for Mark. There was a little film left on the counter after it was cleaned. I "wrote" I love you in the film. He saw it when he came home and thought it was very clever. Not my best cleaning moment, but some good came out of it.
Second one came in the form of owl mail. Universal Studios is opening the Harry Potter part of the park soon. Because we have annual passes, we get all the updates on the status of the opening. One of the gimmicks going on is the ability to send owl mail to someone. This is really a fancy way of sending an email. Basically, you type the message and it gets sent and the recipient goes to the owlery on the Universal Studios website to retrieve the message from the owl. Corny, but another clever way to tell my man I love him!
#37-Painted my nails in the first of three funky colors. Yellow was the color of the week and boy, it is bright! I have gotten compliments and kudos for wearing a great color such as yellow. I might have even encouraged others to break away from the bonds of browns, reds and pinks on their nails. I stand before you, not as a polish conformer, but as a polish boundary-breaker. I have seen the injustice of fun colors on nails and I will...sorry, got carried away. But, my nails did look great.
#77- Found 3 Waldos in a "Where's Waldo" book. Man, those guys are small and hard to find. My little eyes are straining to find the red and white striped fellow.
#27-Completed one of the pogo badge albums that I have. Not sure how many I have left cause there are so many.
#85-Put a light on the bike today. It was very exciting. I will be able to safely ride at dusk. This is big because I will be riding more often locally now and I don't want to get caught after dark on the bike. After all, car drivers are scary. Bike lanes are not your personal turn lane--but I digress.
#40-Watched "It Happened One Night". Great flick with Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable.
The cool thing about this movie is that it swept the five main awards at the Oscars as a comedy. That doesn't happen even today. The Academy loves them a drama. Best actor, actress, movie, director, and adapted screenplay awards were given to a movie that was thought of as the worst movie she made by Colbert and as a punishment to Gable for refusing a previous script. Go figure. This movie was widely considered the first screwball comedy and contains the famous show-off-some-leg-to-get-ahead-hitchhiking scene. It was highly entertaining!!
#5-Paid $3000 to the principal on the second mortgage. Yippee!! Somehow, it feels liberating to write out a big girl check like that. The sooner we get the house paid, the better.
Signing off for this week--L
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Week 33
Watch out--only one day behind. I am getting better at this regular blogging thing.
Anyhoo, this week was all about movies and setups for later dates.
#40 This week, I watched 3 movies:
Sunset Blvd.--OMG what a great flick. Gloria Swanson played Norma Desmond's crazy cat lady persona perfectly without the cats. She did have a dead monkey though. That was creepy. The story is about a busted silent film star that is always waiting for her comeback role. She lives in this old busted mansion with hundreds of pics of her in her heyday. Her "butler" or husband, whichever, is her only human touch until Joe careens into her driveway after a high-speed chase from the repo guys. Joe is mistaken for the undertaker for the dead monkey and then the downward spiral starts. It was a fantastic flick--you must watch it!!
Chinatown--Maybe it was just me, but this movie was weird. It started going one direction and then the ending was something completely different. I am not going to lie, I was totally lost. There was incest, larceny, dead bodies, and cut noses. I could not see how the ending justified the movie. It did not suck, but I would not put this on top of my list again. Jack was a hottie though--smooches Jack!!
Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?: Wow, this flick surprised me. I thought it started really slow, but by the end, I was totally sucked in. It is one of those movies that you watch and you think you know what is going on and then BAM--plot change and you are saying "no way" on your sofa. Elizabeth Taylor was stunning in her role of Barbara. Definite recommend to watch.
I did get some things started. They haven't been completed, but they are started and I will absolutely be off the list by next week. Stay tuned for those exciting developments!!
Anyhoo, this week was all about movies and setups for later dates.
#40 This week, I watched 3 movies:
Sunset Blvd.--OMG what a great flick. Gloria Swanson played Norma Desmond's crazy cat lady persona perfectly without the cats. She did have a dead monkey though. That was creepy. The story is about a busted silent film star that is always waiting for her comeback role. She lives in this old busted mansion with hundreds of pics of her in her heyday. Her "butler" or husband, whichever, is her only human touch until Joe careens into her driveway after a high-speed chase from the repo guys. Joe is mistaken for the undertaker for the dead monkey and then the downward spiral starts. It was a fantastic flick--you must watch it!!
Chinatown--Maybe it was just me, but this movie was weird. It started going one direction and then the ending was something completely different. I am not going to lie, I was totally lost. There was incest, larceny, dead bodies, and cut noses. I could not see how the ending justified the movie. It did not suck, but I would not put this on top of my list again. Jack was a hottie though--smooches Jack!!
Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?: Wow, this flick surprised me. I thought it started really slow, but by the end, I was totally sucked in. It is one of those movies that you watch and you think you know what is going on and then BAM--plot change and you are saying "no way" on your sofa. Elizabeth Taylor was stunning in her role of Barbara. Definite recommend to watch.
I did get some things started. They haven't been completed, but they are started and I will absolutely be off the list by next week. Stay tuned for those exciting developments!!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Week 32
On time this week--I think that is a first. This was a short week. I updated this blog on Thursday of last week, so only 4 days have passed. Believe it or not, I did get some things done in that four days.
#36 Gave my man a well-needed foot rub. It was on V-day by default. I made a great dinner and then, when he was fat and happy, I took advantage of his slothiness. He could not tell me no. I used the foot lotion that mom gave me and rubbed away. He was very happy.
#78 I figured out the solution to the Games online contest for the month. The solution involved finding a hidden message that was related to top-level domain abbreviations for various countries. Once you figured out the correct domains, you had to put them together to form a sentence about a well-known board game. The solution was "There's really no luck in Checkers". I submitted the answer just in time as the contest ended today. One down and 4 to go!! See Dad, I am smarter than the top-level domain abbreviation puzzle!!
Not too much this week, but like I said, it was a short week.
#36 Gave my man a well-needed foot rub. It was on V-day by default. I made a great dinner and then, when he was fat and happy, I took advantage of his slothiness. He could not tell me no. I used the foot lotion that mom gave me and rubbed away. He was very happy.
#78 I figured out the solution to the Games online contest for the month. The solution involved finding a hidden message that was related to top-level domain abbreviations for various countries. Once you figured out the correct domains, you had to put them together to form a sentence about a well-known board game. The solution was "There's really no luck in Checkers". I submitted the answer just in time as the contest ended today. One down and 4 to go!! See Dad, I am smarter than the top-level domain abbreviation puzzle!!
Not too much this week, but like I said, it was a short week.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Week 21-31
Ok, So I am desperately behind but what else is new? I have been crossing things off the list however, so that is a good thing:
#98 Went to a Capitals Game with Mark. He works with guy that has Tampa Bay Lightning season passes. The Caps and the Lightning are in the same division, so he was nice enough to let us have 2 of the tickets and we made the trek to Tampa. It was a very exciting game. Started slow, but by the 2nd period the scoring was beginning. The final score was 4-7 for the Lightning. There were some fisty-cuffs. One brawl in particular involved Oveckin and one of his team mates off of the bench. There were shenanigans!! Although we lost, the game was awesome!!
#3 I continued to write thank you notes. Most recent were the ones for Christmas and my birthday.
#72 I gave $1.00 to a gentleman in the Publix parking lot.
#5 After much consideration, I decided to pay the $3000 toward the mortgage and then start the Roth IRA. With that said, I have saved $2661 and will be able to make the next mortgage check with the extra $3000. Yippie!!
#11 I have been the hostess with the mostess over the last couple of weeks. I volunteered to host a party for the Disc Golf Club with 20 in attendence. I also hosted the best Superbowl Party ever for about 25 people.We had great food and great people and, of course, the Saints won!!
#57 I hosted a stress-free holiday for the in-laws over Christmas. I planned all the menus well in advance and prepared dishes that I knew I could execute in the time allowed. I decorated the house and cut out tons of paper snowflakes and angels to decorate their room. No stress was involved. We had a great time and drank lots of wine, which attributed to the absence of stress!!
#70 Bowled a couple of games and my score went up to 114. Not quite there, but it is an improvement.
#40 I watched Cabaret. It was OK. To be honest, it took me a couple of sittings to get through it. I was a little bored and a little lost. Also watched Network. Awesome flick! The vocabulary used in the writing was brilliant. The lines were better than the plot! What I found interesting was the idea that when this movie was made in the seventies, it was considered a satire. This classification was because at that time, people thought the foreign buyouts and sensationalism could never really happen. The interesting thing is that a mere 30 years later, that plot is not sensationalism. It is now the norm. All I can say now is "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore". Go on Peter Finch, go on.
#35 Gave my main squeeze two more love notes. I threw the pink "I love you" card over the computers at him. Second one was more creative. I was going through the wedding cards and realized I did not send him any of the cards on our wedding day. Stupid lack of schedule. Since I already wrote in them, I decided to give him the beer mug card. I was showing him the cards I got for my birthday and stuck it on the bottom. He was very surprised and loved the effort.
#16 I had a picnic with my good friend Michele last week at Lake Eola. After yoga, we went to Pom's and got take out. We drove to Eola lake and set up shop at a serene section. The only bad thing was the weather. It was a bit chilly, so we did not stay for long.
#83 Canned chili for Christmas this year. Big hit. I even had friends return the mason jars for refills. One friend bought me a case mason jars to keep the chili coming. I did not have the heart to tell him that the next round is soup!!
So I guess that is it. I think I did well despite the fact that I have no discipline to write a blog every week. I should put that on my list. Oh wait....
#98 Went to a Capitals Game with Mark. He works with guy that has Tampa Bay Lightning season passes. The Caps and the Lightning are in the same division, so he was nice enough to let us have 2 of the tickets and we made the trek to Tampa. It was a very exciting game. Started slow, but by the 2nd period the scoring was beginning. The final score was 4-7 for the Lightning. There were some fisty-cuffs. One brawl in particular involved Oveckin and one of his team mates off of the bench. There were shenanigans!! Although we lost, the game was awesome!!
#3 I continued to write thank you notes. Most recent were the ones for Christmas and my birthday.
#72 I gave $1.00 to a gentleman in the Publix parking lot.
#5 After much consideration, I decided to pay the $3000 toward the mortgage and then start the Roth IRA. With that said, I have saved $2661 and will be able to make the next mortgage check with the extra $3000. Yippie!!
#11 I have been the hostess with the mostess over the last couple of weeks. I volunteered to host a party for the Disc Golf Club with 20 in attendence. I also hosted the best Superbowl Party ever for about 25 people.We had great food and great people and, of course, the Saints won!!
#57 I hosted a stress-free holiday for the in-laws over Christmas. I planned all the menus well in advance and prepared dishes that I knew I could execute in the time allowed. I decorated the house and cut out tons of paper snowflakes and angels to decorate their room. No stress was involved. We had a great time and drank lots of wine, which attributed to the absence of stress!!
#70 Bowled a couple of games and my score went up to 114. Not quite there, but it is an improvement.
#40 I watched Cabaret. It was OK. To be honest, it took me a couple of sittings to get through it. I was a little bored and a little lost. Also watched Network. Awesome flick! The vocabulary used in the writing was brilliant. The lines were better than the plot! What I found interesting was the idea that when this movie was made in the seventies, it was considered a satire. This classification was because at that time, people thought the foreign buyouts and sensationalism could never really happen. The interesting thing is that a mere 30 years later, that plot is not sensationalism. It is now the norm. All I can say now is "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore". Go on Peter Finch, go on.
#35 Gave my main squeeze two more love notes. I threw the pink "I love you" card over the computers at him. Second one was more creative. I was going through the wedding cards and realized I did not send him any of the cards on our wedding day. Stupid lack of schedule. Since I already wrote in them, I decided to give him the beer mug card. I was showing him the cards I got for my birthday and stuck it on the bottom. He was very surprised and loved the effort.
#16 I had a picnic with my good friend Michele last week at Lake Eola. After yoga, we went to Pom's and got take out. We drove to Eola lake and set up shop at a serene section. The only bad thing was the weather. It was a bit chilly, so we did not stay for long.
#83 Canned chili for Christmas this year. Big hit. I even had friends return the mason jars for refills. One friend bought me a case mason jars to keep the chili coming. I did not have the heart to tell him that the next round is soup!!
So I guess that is it. I think I did well despite the fact that I have no discipline to write a blog every week. I should put that on my list. Oh wait....
Monday, January 4, 2010
week 20-21
So even through the holidays, I was able to get some things crossed of the list.
I watched 2 more AFI movies. Psycho(wee wee wee wee wee) -- great flick. I can't believe I have never seen the whole thing until now. Not gory, which was nice.
I also watched Goodfellas. Yes, I am a loser since I never saw Goodfellas until this weekend. I always steered away because it seemed to be a macho gangster movie. It was, but it was very good. According to my hubby, I am not a loser anymore!!
Sent Mark a love note. Wrote "Rawr" on a page and made a paper airplane and sent it across the desk--too fun.
I hosted a holiday dinner with M's parents this year. They wanted us to come up, but after the wedding and other financial outpourings we decided to stay home. Empty nest syndrome set in and we decided to invite them down to spend the holiday with us. No stress!! I planned all of the menus and reviewed recipes for timing. I prepped most dishes on the 24th so they were ready to go. (Thank goodness for the 2nd fridge!!) We had the guestroom ready and the activities were planned well in advance. This was a total change from a couple of years ago. I don't want to relay the whole story, but blood, sweat, and tears were involved. This year was great.
CD's I listened to:
Dire Straits--Alchemy live
Best of Dio (as in Ronnie James-aka rock god)
Dire Straits--Brothers in Arms
I watched 2 more AFI movies. Psycho(wee wee wee wee wee) -- great flick. I can't believe I have never seen the whole thing until now. Not gory, which was nice.
I also watched Goodfellas. Yes, I am a loser since I never saw Goodfellas until this weekend. I always steered away because it seemed to be a macho gangster movie. It was, but it was very good. According to my hubby, I am not a loser anymore!!
Sent Mark a love note. Wrote "Rawr" on a page and made a paper airplane and sent it across the desk--too fun.
I hosted a holiday dinner with M's parents this year. They wanted us to come up, but after the wedding and other financial outpourings we decided to stay home. Empty nest syndrome set in and we decided to invite them down to spend the holiday with us. No stress!! I planned all of the menus and reviewed recipes for timing. I prepped most dishes on the 24th so they were ready to go. (Thank goodness for the 2nd fridge!!) We had the guestroom ready and the activities were planned well in advance. This was a total change from a couple of years ago. I don't want to relay the whole story, but blood, sweat, and tears were involved. This year was great.
CD's I listened to:
Dire Straits--Alchemy live
Best of Dio (as in Ronnie James-aka rock god)
Dire Straits--Brothers in Arms
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