Yes, I know, I'm not always good at updating our blog. One can tell when life is "normal" for us because I have time to blog. (for the record, please note that the time is 1 am when I'm doing this)
My last update was Oscar night. Let me just pat myself on the back!! I saw all of the movies up for best picture with the exception of Precious. Not bad since I didn't decide to do that until the end of January. I had a wonderful time with my beautiful pregnant sister and got a ton of hugs and smooches from my favorite four year old twins.
Amy and I filled out our Oscar ballots, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, and plopped our butts down. I got 16/24. Not too bad.
As usual, we were in awe and ewe of some the dresses. For some of the women, I wondered if they looked in the mirror. I have to say, you have NO FRIENDS if someone lets you leave the house for one of the biggest nights in Hollywood wearing a dress that has what looks like cinnamon buns on your boobs. I don't care who you are, no one, and I mean NO ONE looks good in something like that.
Then there was the dress that Amy said looked like the woman "tried to poop a flower". I'm not really sure what Amy meant by that since the dress was purple and not brown, but hey, she's pregnant, so I let it slide.
In other news, it appears we have a new mechanic!! Since I don't want to jinx us, that's all I'll say for now. We've been selling cars and Sean's been using the paint booth. Word of mouth is finally taking off.
The kids are out of school this week for spring break, so that means spring cleaning!! Needless to say, they are ready to go back to school. We are getting ready to clean the carpet in the den, so everything but the piano has been moved into the kitchen. Moving all the stuff reminded me of when mom and dad would clean the carpet on Labor Day weekend. I always thought that was so much fun, now as an adult, I fail to see the fun.
I'm planning on taking the kids to the Liberty Memorial on Friday. I'm planning on taking pictures, so I should have some to post soon.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Oscar Night!!
Well, it's here!!!!
I met my goal of seeing all the movies up for best picture. I only didn't see one of them, "Precious". I just couldn't bring myself to see it.
I really liked "Up In The Air", but didn't like the surprise they provided in the movie. George Clooney was great.
"Inglorious Basterds" was very, VERY good. The only thing I didn't like about it was that the subtitles tended to blend in with the background making them difficult to read.
"A Serious Man" was a true Coen brothers film, some parts good, some parts not so good.
The last film I had to see was "An Education". It was a good movie, again with a twist.
All of that said, I believe that Best Picture will be "The Hurt Locker".
Best Director will be Kathryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker".
Best Actor will be Jeremy Renner for "The Hurt Locker".
Supporting Actor will be Christoph Waltz for "Inglorious Basterds".
Best Actress will be Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side".
Supporting Actress will be Mo'Nique for "Precious".
We'll see how I do.
I met my goal of seeing all the movies up for best picture. I only didn't see one of them, "Precious". I just couldn't bring myself to see it.
I really liked "Up In The Air", but didn't like the surprise they provided in the movie. George Clooney was great.
"Inglorious Basterds" was very, VERY good. The only thing I didn't like about it was that the subtitles tended to blend in with the background making them difficult to read.
"A Serious Man" was a true Coen brothers film, some parts good, some parts not so good.
The last film I had to see was "An Education". It was a good movie, again with a twist.
All of that said, I believe that Best Picture will be "The Hurt Locker".
Best Director will be Kathryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker".
Best Actor will be Jeremy Renner for "The Hurt Locker".
Supporting Actor will be Christoph Waltz for "Inglorious Basterds".
Best Actress will be Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side".
Supporting Actress will be Mo'Nique for "Precious".
We'll see how I do.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Did I Just Say That???
When we're young, our parents say things that, in our heads, we tell ourselves we will "never say to my kids". Many times I told myself I would never say; "because I said so", "no one said life was fair" etc.
I lied. For whatever reason, I call it "junior high", Noelle thinks it's time for her to be able to "hang out" with a boy that likes her. Um, NO!!! Sean and I have a rule, no dating until you're 16. It was good enough for each of us when we were younger, so why change things.
As we had our "conversation", (read lecture), about dating, I heard two things come out of my mouth: "where are they going" and "I'm not (fill in the blank)'s mom". Yes, that's right, I said those two statements.
As I told my parents this story this morning, all they did was laugh. Again, what's up with that? Where's the support?
I have a feeling if I asked I would be told, as I have been before, "we always hoped you'd have one like you".
This is something I'll never say to my kids.
I lied. For whatever reason, I call it "junior high", Noelle thinks it's time for her to be able to "hang out" with a boy that likes her. Um, NO!!! Sean and I have a rule, no dating until you're 16. It was good enough for each of us when we were younger, so why change things.
As we had our "conversation", (read lecture), about dating, I heard two things come out of my mouth: "where are they going" and "I'm not (fill in the blank)'s mom". Yes, that's right, I said those two statements.
As I told my parents this story this morning, all they did was laugh. Again, what's up with that? Where's the support?
I have a feeling if I asked I would be told, as I have been before, "we always hoped you'd have one like you".
This is something I'll never say to my kids.
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