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Disgusting dinners, HP film favorites, new discoveries, and moving
Have not even turned the computer on much these days, so I am very, very behind on my LJ friends. Am hoping to catch up a bit tonight. So what have I been up to (and other random bits of stuff ( Read more... ) -
the "Because I said so" reasoning
When I was growing up, my mother's reason for every question I asked was "because I said so." As a result, I vowed, at a very young age, that if I ever had children that I would never use that as a reason if my kids asked me something. But now, after having experienced the joys of motherhood for 5+ years, I can understand why a mother of 4 would ( Read more... ) -
Oscar stuff and the Stuckey-Chet phenomenon
Watched some of the Oscars last night, and my reaction to "Crash" winning was pretty much the same as Jack Nicholson's: are you frelling kidding me? His expression was priceless. haven't seen the movie, but just adored BBM so much that in my heart it would have to win. Ah well, at least most of the best movies ever created did not win the Oscar and ( Read more... ) -
now *there's* something you don't see everyday
Yesterday, the kids and I were on our way back from Target. We took one of the side roads and as we were partway up the hill, I realized there was a car stopped in front of me in the middle of the hill. I thought perhaps they were dropping someone off or something, but then I noticed something moving in front of the car. It was a turkey. Or rather ( Read more... ) -
rewrite Narnia? What?
I have never read Narnia. Never. Want to, but just haven't gotten around to it yet. Which makes last night's dream so bizarre ( Read more... ) -
married vs. single
I got married young, pretty much right out of college to a man I met while in college. True, I met him when there were only 5 weeks left in my collegiate career, but I still met him there. We moved in together very shortly thereafter, and as a result, I have never trult lived on my own ( Read more... ) -
From battling the Empire ... to this
This afternoon, Sweetie put on a play for me, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with several of her My Little Ponies standing in as Snow White, the wicked stepmother, the king, and the prince. But when she got to the seven dwarfs part, she didn't have seven of anything and said, "We'll just have to use our imagination for them." While normally I ( Read more... ) -
more strange dreams
Over the past few months, my dreams have been regressing in terms of my age. For the longest time, I kept dreaming I was in college, even if the people in the dreams with me, I hadn't met until I was an adult. Then recently I had a dream that I was in high school, and for the past 2 nights, I've dreamt that I was in grade school. And these dreams ( Read more... ) -
a Brokeback Mountain moment
Over the weekend, my friend Helen and I took Sweetie to see the new Disney film "Eight Below." It's the one about the sled dogs in Antarctica. Quite good and my daughter enjoyed it. But I had to laugh at one scene, wherein Paul Walker's and Bruce Greenwood's [not sure about the name of this actor] characters are sitting inside a cozy tent, talking ( Read more... ) -
The Shame
I did it again. Only more this time. Last night, after "Smallville" was over, I didn't turn the channel away from "Beauty and the Geek." *hangs head in shame ( Read more... )