As most of you know I don't sleep well when I'm home alone and I've been home alone a lot lately. One of my favorite things about sleeping alone is getting to watch whatever I want on TV. Last night I had just turned on Nick @ Nite and was reading my new book (thanks Nathan) when I had an epiphany! Do you know how someone you know may remind you of someone else but you can never quite put your finger one it? Well, last night I was watching The Nanny when all of a sudden the bells chimed, the light bulb went of and I all but smacked my forehead! For anyone that watched and loved Coming to America..."Aaaahhh!"
Fran Dresher's character is just like...someone I know well and wished I didn't know well! This person always fiddles with her hair. I always think she wears so much makeup that she looks like a clown (correction...she looks just like her mother who looks like a clown) and she says words in the MOST annoying way! Even...names. I know we're in the south and I know we tend to put extra syllables in words...but COME ON! Hearing this girl speak is getting to be like hearing nails on a chalkboard to me. SCREEECH!
So, in conclusion, I just had one of my favorite Nick @ Nite characters ruined with the realization that I have a real "Nanny" in my life. I wish I could mute or change the channel on her. *Sigh*
Monday, March 21, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Book, Movie, Movie, Book & Movie
We've been a little busy lately so I haven't had a chance to post anything new. We're off today so I'm trying to catch up on plenty of things...including the blog.
A good friend recently sent me The Giver by Lois Lowry. It is considered a children's book (young adult) but it won two prestigeous awards so I knew it must be good. It was an excellent thought provoking book. The story is about a boy living in a utopian society but the more he learns the less utopian everything seems. It is such a thought provoking story. One of the things I struggle with in Jackson are "society" folks or as many call it "keeping up with the Jonses". In the utopian society there is none of that. Everyone is equal however in their equality they loose their individuality. It was a very interesting book to read. I hope you take the time to read this book.
Last week we watched The Green Zone with Matt Damon. Are any of you fans of The Office? Holly (Michael's love interest) is in it and it was nice to see her in a serious role. The movie was good and like The Hurt Locker, it proves that we everyday citizens just don't understand war. This movie was a cross between The Borne movies and The Hurt Locker. If you don't mind the seriousness of war then you'll enjoy this movie. It was very interesting to see how powerful men used soldiers as pawns in the "game of war."
Yesterday morning we watched Away We Go with Jim Krasinski and Maya Rudolph. It was hilarious! I highly recommend this movie for anyone that is currently expecting a bably or has recently had a baby. Burt (Krasinski) & Verona (Rudolph) find out they are expecting their first child. They both work from home so they realize they can raise the child anywhere and set off on a journey to visit friends and family and see where they want to end up. Their journey is HYSTERICAL!! Two thumbs up! Go watch this movie!
Also this week I just finished reading Plantation by Dorothea Benton Frank. It is the third book by Frank that I have finished. I think this one may be my favorite! I didn't want it to end. I really felt like I knew the characters and I really could have been friends of them if they were real. It definitely made me wish I lived in South Carolina on a wonderful plantation. It was a great book. Definitely chick lit. This book is definitely recommended for all mothers and daughters! That relationship is special, crazy and...almost indescribable. I can't wait to start her next book, Shem Creek! Oh, and I didn't think there was an order to these books but there is! Definitely read them in order starting with Sullivan's Island!
And finally this morning I totally wasted two and a half hours watching The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. Ugh! That was a total waste of time. I've read all three Larsson books and watched the first two Swedish movies. I thought I'd enjoy the final movie. Nope, I was totally wrong. It was a total time drain. It didn't follow the book very well and it just...sucked! I don't recommend this one. I really ejoyed watching the first two but this last one gets two thumbs down from me. Save yourself and don't watch!
A good friend recently sent me The Giver by Lois Lowry. It is considered a children's book (young adult) but it won two prestigeous awards so I knew it must be good. It was an excellent thought provoking book. The story is about a boy living in a utopian society but the more he learns the less utopian everything seems. It is such a thought provoking story. One of the things I struggle with in Jackson are "society" folks or as many call it "keeping up with the Jonses". In the utopian society there is none of that. Everyone is equal however in their equality they loose their individuality. It was a very interesting book to read. I hope you take the time to read this book.
Last week we watched The Green Zone with Matt Damon. Are any of you fans of The Office? Holly (Michael's love interest) is in it and it was nice to see her in a serious role. The movie was good and like The Hurt Locker, it proves that we everyday citizens just don't understand war. This movie was a cross between The Borne movies and The Hurt Locker. If you don't mind the seriousness of war then you'll enjoy this movie. It was very interesting to see how powerful men used soldiers as pawns in the "game of war."
Yesterday morning we watched Away We Go with Jim Krasinski and Maya Rudolph. It was hilarious! I highly recommend this movie for anyone that is currently expecting a bably or has recently had a baby. Burt (Krasinski) & Verona (Rudolph) find out they are expecting their first child. They both work from home so they realize they can raise the child anywhere and set off on a journey to visit friends and family and see where they want to end up. Their journey is HYSTERICAL!! Two thumbs up! Go watch this movie!
Also this week I just finished reading Plantation by Dorothea Benton Frank. It is the third book by Frank that I have finished. I think this one may be my favorite! I didn't want it to end. I really felt like I knew the characters and I really could have been friends of them if they were real. It definitely made me wish I lived in South Carolina on a wonderful plantation. It was a great book. Definitely chick lit. This book is definitely recommended for all mothers and daughters! That relationship is special, crazy and...almost indescribable. I can't wait to start her next book, Shem Creek! Oh, and I didn't think there was an order to these books but there is! Definitely read them in order starting with Sullivan's Island!
And finally this morning I totally wasted two and a half hours watching The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. Ugh! That was a total waste of time. I've read all three Larsson books and watched the first two Swedish movies. I thought I'd enjoy the final movie. Nope, I was totally wrong. It was a total time drain. It didn't follow the book very well and it just...sucked! I don't recommend this one. I really ejoyed watching the first two but this last one gets two thumbs down from me. Save yourself and don't watch!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
I haven't been my highest self
So, this was mine and Jeff's first weekend off from our care duties. We have thoroughly enjoyed it! Because God is wonderful and knew exactly what we needed (a wonderfully lazy weekend) it rained and we didn't do anything but laze around the house. It was PERFECT!!
While we enjoyed our lazy weekend we cleaned out the DVR which had filled up rapidly from not being home for two weeks. Then we watched our Netflicks movie, The Kids Are Alright. What an interesting movie...Netflicks had it listed as a comedy and it was NOT a comedy. It wasn't even entertaining but it was thought provoking and very interesting to watch. A lesbian couple raising their two kids and as the kids got older they wanted to meet their donor father. Well it just go crazy after that! The most amazing and...I don't know what word I'm looking for but the best part about the movie was the family's communication skills. Yeah, I know, that sounds bizarre but seriously these people communicated on a whole other level that was just amazing and made me wish that there was a class I could take so I could communicate on a higher level, like this family. At one point one mom says to the other, "I haven't been my highest self and I haven't been very appreciative of you lately." Um, wow?! "I haven't been my highest self." That line has been rolling around in my head for the last two days. And to go along with the communication skills of this family we'll move on to the book I just read.
The Giver by Lois Lowry. What an interesting book. This book was not something I would typically read. It is a Newbery Medal Winner. In the book they also talk about precision of speech. It's something that as a southerner I've never really thought about. When I'm hungry I usually say that I'm starving. That's totally false and an over-exaggeration. The movie and the book have both made me very aware of my misuse of language! I honestly don't know if I will change but I am more aware and hopefully I will speak more properly.
As for the book The Giver. It was great! Even for a children's book (probably a young adult book) it was very entertaining and thought provoking! I'm so glad my friend sent it to me. Please do yourself a favor and read this book! Be checking your mailboxes! This book may show up at your house soon!
While we enjoyed our lazy weekend we cleaned out the DVR which had filled up rapidly from not being home for two weeks. Then we watched our Netflicks movie, The Kids Are Alright. What an interesting movie...Netflicks had it listed as a comedy and it was NOT a comedy. It wasn't even entertaining but it was thought provoking and very interesting to watch. A lesbian couple raising their two kids and as the kids got older they wanted to meet their donor father. Well it just go crazy after that! The most amazing and...I don't know what word I'm looking for but the best part about the movie was the family's communication skills. Yeah, I know, that sounds bizarre but seriously these people communicated on a whole other level that was just amazing and made me wish that there was a class I could take so I could communicate on a higher level, like this family. At one point one mom says to the other, "I haven't been my highest self and I haven't been very appreciative of you lately." Um, wow?! "I haven't been my highest self." That line has been rolling around in my head for the last two days. And to go along with the communication skills of this family we'll move on to the book I just read.
The Giver by Lois Lowry. What an interesting book. This book was not something I would typically read. It is a Newbery Medal Winner. In the book they also talk about precision of speech. It's something that as a southerner I've never really thought about. When I'm hungry I usually say that I'm starving. That's totally false and an over-exaggeration. The movie and the book have both made me very aware of my misuse of language! I honestly don't know if I will change but I am more aware and hopefully I will speak more properly.
As for the book The Giver. It was great! Even for a children's book (probably a young adult book) it was very entertaining and thought provoking! I'm so glad my friend sent it to me. Please do yourself a favor and read this book! Be checking your mailboxes! This book may show up at your house soon!
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