Movies, Books and More

Last night we watched our most recent Netflix movie: Ray. Totally pass on it. The music, like in every movie, moved me and it was absolutely amazing to know what all he was going through while he was creating soul stirring music...but I didn't enjoy it. Did you know that Ray Charles had 12 children by 9 different women? Yeah, neither did I. Cheating is one of my major unforgivable things so I just couldn't be happy for Ray Charles overcoming all he did because he loved music. Being a great musician or a blind man doesn't give him the right to do all the things he did. He was an amazing man because he was blind and poor and still made it to the top. As the tag line for the movie said, "A man who fought harder and went farther than anyone thought possible." That's very true but I still wouldn't recommend it. It was just "eehh."

I'm in the middle of book two of The Hunger Games trilogy. I am miserable here at work. I would so much rather be at home reading than here at work. Yesterday I was pathetic and today I will be, too. We don't have any plans tonight or this weekend and I have a feeling I may be staying up late tonight and tomorrow night reading the second and third book. I've got a long list of things to do but I'm afraid I may be too wrapped up in these books to do anything else. Hopefully I won't. I would HIGHLY recommend these books! If you haven't read them then do yourself a favor and start today! They are unlike anything I've ever read. And if you're like me and you like to read the book before you watch the movie then you should hurry. The movie based on the first book comes out in March. That gives you about 2 months to read these books before the movies. Since I'm stuck at work and would so much rather be at home reading I console myself by watching the movie trailer...every once in a while.

And as for everything else, I tried a new recipe, Balsamic Chicken, PASS! It was so blah that I actually threw away the recipe. Jeff liked it better than I did...I didn't like it at all. I thought maybe it might be better as leftovers the next day after the ingredients had time to blend together...not so much. Okay, honestly, I did leave out the garlic and that might have helped it but even with garlic, I don't feel like trying it again. We've only cooked at home one night this week. We've been surprisingly busy this week. We found out on Monday night we are going to have a nephew! We're very excited about that. I feel like I need to start a betting pool. I think the baby will have a "J" name. Any suggestions for "J" names? Julia and I have started a list (must like Allison did with Samantha). We are also blank on middle names. I'm stuck on one (Daniel, for our father-in-law) but that doesn't have to be used. There are plenty of others but apparently my brain can't think of any! Suggestions?

I hope to get back to my cleaning up and clearing out this weekend but who knows if I'll be able to put down a book long enough to do that! We'll see! TGIF folks and may the odds be ever in your favor!