Movie Review ~ Fool's Gold

After getting home from Costco, I got me some chicken salad and crackers and put on Fool's Gold. It's rated PG-13 and runs 113 minutes. First off, let me preface this by saying I'm a Matthew McConaughey fan. I'm not saying he's a fantastic actor, but he's good to look at and I enjoy listening to him. It's a nice, authentic Texas accent instead of one of those horrible fake ones.

At the beginning of the movie, we meet Finn (McConaughey) and find out he's a treasure hunter, and perhaps not the most reliable guy in the world. Pretty much a slacker with the idea of finding a great treasure one day. Then we meet Tess (Kate Hudson), who is working for a billionaire on his yacht. She's getting ready to divorce Finn. The fun then ensues where Finn & Tess meet up and finally put all the pieces together, with the help of the billionaire's money, to find their sunken treasure. There was nothing totally original in the story, but it was enjoyable. McConaughey & Hudson do have chemistry together. The side players were entertaining, too.

Another major plus is that McConaughey is shirtless is much of the movie! lol Unfortunately, he's sporting a horrible hairstyle, even for a slacker. I would recommend this movie if you're a fan of either, or treasure hunting. Lots of scuba diving going on, too.

What would you have done?

So yesterday on my way home from my depo, I decided to stop by Costco. I really stopped because I wanted some of their chicken salad. It is soooo yummy! They use chunk rotisserie chicken and not too much mayo. Problem is they sell it by the pound and all the packages are at least 2 lbs. Needless to say, I buy it, gorge myself on it, and then don't want it for a good long while! Also, while I was there they had a HUGE display of the chocolate covered raisins. Made me think of Sis & Doug. I'm going to get a deal of them and bring them to the Lake over the 4th, so get ready.

So I've got my shopping cart, got my chicken salad, and am heading down one of the frozen food aisles deciding if I need anything else. The lady, probably in her 60's, comes around the corner. As she spots me she asks me if she can tell me something. I smile nicely and say okay. I have no idea what's going to come next. She then proceeds to tell me that she's not calling attention to me and not to take this the wrong way (always a great preface from anyone, let alone a stranger), but there's the speciality bra place in Dallas that makes custom bras for women with big boobs (my words). I believe she said large chested. She tells me how she boobs hang to her waist and you should always wear an old bra to sleep in to they don't go all over the place when you're sleeping and cause them to stretch even more!! She then goes on to tell me how she was a 36DD herself and now look at her, which she then turns to the side so I can see how she is not sticking out like a 36DD woman would be. She's feeling her boobs all up, telling me about these special bras they make, how there's boning on the sides, no underwires, because really who wants something poking into their breasts (her words) and there's only 2 hooks in the back. At which point she pulls the back strap out so I can see it's a narrow one. She didn't lift her shirt or anything, thankfully. She then pulls her shirt on her shoulder over to the side to show me the special pads they put in to keep the straps from digging into the shoulders. Also, the shop (Maddox, which she spelled for me twice and offered to write down) would only let her buy two bras because that's all she would need.

During all this I'm just smiling and commenting, Oh, really, okay, that's good, sure. I mean what are you supposed to say? Also, I'm thinking, She better not make a grab for my boobs. She didn't! While all this is going on, there are other people walking up and down the aisle around us. She ends the conversation saying she just likes to share her knowledge about this speciality shop with other people because she knows what it's like to have a large chest and how much better things are now. I thanked her for the knowledge and then proceeded on. Of course, at that point, my objective was to get out of the store without running into her again. I managed to get my ginormous boobs out of there without running into her again! What's bad is that I recently got some new bras and had one on and thought I had them nicely contained. Hmmmm........

Sounds like a Zoner experience for sure, but it was in the city.

What's going on?

Well, it's been a while since I've blogged. Not too much going on. This weekend was a semi-busy one for me. Saturday I went to a birthday party for one of my friend's kids. It was nice. They cooked out hamburgers and hot dogs, and the hot dogs were nicely burnt! I love a hot dog cooked out on a grill. Yummy!

Then on Sunday I went to see Get Smart. My friend Mary Ann called and convinced me to go. LOL It was pretty good. It had some nice action and some funny scenes. We met at Grapevine Mills Mall (halfway between our houses) at 12:30. It was dead!! I got to park super close. When we used to meet there in the past it would always be really busy, especially in the summer. Then the theater we were in was one of the really big ones and there might have been 15 people in there watching the movie. We thought maybe it was just early. Nope. When we came out, the mall was still dead. I guess people are just staying home. I can see why, too. The cost for a matinee was $7.25! And that's just for the movie. I luckily had a gift card that still had some money on it. So it didn't cost me anything, but still. Wow!

This week is going to be a busy one for me. I have depos everyday but yesterday, Monday. I'm already finished with today's depo. Tomorrow should last most of the day, though. Not sure on Thursday & Friday yet. Then next week I think it going to be pretty dead. Although part of what I do this week has to go out next week. I'll get it all done, though. I want to try to go to the lake on Thursday next week.

Talk to y'all later!

My Poor Baby!

Well, Rowdy went and got his hair cut today. Boy, what a difference!! They really had to shave down around his mouth because it was matted up pretty good. I did try brushing it out and snipped some of the mats out, but I knew they would have to shave it down and start over. It'll grow back! Although, he's smiling in the after picture, he's not loving the new look. And he's been exhausted since he got home! He's got sleep to catch up on.


While Rowdy was having his day of (semi) beauty, I headed up Frisco way and went shopping with Court & Hana. Our goal was Babies 'R Us to get Hana a containment area. Amazingly enough, Frisco does NOT have a Babies 'R Us. Court & I are amazed by this. The way those Frisconians reproduce, you'd think there would be at least one! Anyway, after a brief stop at Bath & Body Works, we got them. Courtney found what she was looking for. Hana really seems to enjoy it. What do you think of Hana's new digs??


I think this is only going to get her walking even sooner. Within a few minutes of checking out her new "space" Hana was pulling herself up and standing!

Rainy Day

I haven't posted since before The Drowsy Chaperone on Sunday. It was great!! I really enjoyed it again. And I would see it yet again. Although, Wicked is probably still my favorite.

Nothing much happening with me. Just working, working, working, which is good. Getting transcripts done and taking more.

We had some rain today. When I came home from my depo around 1:30 you could see the wind had really blown. It's trash day today and they had already come, because a lot of the bins were knocked over. So the wind must have really blown! It sure did cool it off, too! At least for a while.
Tomorrow Rowdy goes to get his haircut finally! He's going to be a new dog. Although, I suspect his face isn't going to be looking too good. Pretty much all his hair around his mouth is matted up. I noticed it was starting to do it and so I'd brush it out. As soon as I finished, he's go rub his face on the carpet and chair and make it worse than before. So they'll have to shave all that off. He won't be happy about that! LOL Otherwise, I know it'll make him feel better to get all that hair off of him. I'll post before and after pictures for y'all.

Have a great night! (Go Celtics!)

The Drowsy Viewer

Today is theater day. We're going to see The Drowsy Chaperone. I got to see this in 2006 when I was in NYC. I didn't have a clue what it was about, but totally fell in love with it. The touring cast is getting rave reviews, also. So I'm really excited to be seeing it. If I can stay awake!! LOL

Last night was our monthly game night. Well, most of the girls wants to play Scattegories. The guys usually end up joining us. Well, Mary Ann cannot stand to play Scattegories. She can handle a few rounds, but that's it. Three at most. So we're all sitting around the pool watching the kids swim when Mary Ann mentions that she wouldn't mind singing some karaoke. That's all it took for George (and Julie) to get the Karaoke machine out and hooked up. Needless to say, we sang late into the night. We covered every genre, did solos, duets, group numbers. It was a great night! Just a really long one. I was home in bed around 2:00. Then up early this morning to do some stuff around the house and get my shopping done. I didn't do it yesterday. I found out today that Sunday morning is a great time to go, though! Hardly any people out. I guess they're all in church. Oh, well, makes it easier for ME to shop! LOL

I'm including a video that is a synopsis of The Drowsy Chaperone. Enjoy!

She's here!

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Finally I was able to upload the pictures to Flickr!

So here they are. Hana 6-12-08.

Have a great day!

Waiting.....

I know everyone is eagerly awaiting me to post the pictures of Hana I took last night. I don't know if it's because it's Friday, the 13th, or what, but my internet connection has been about as slow as mud all day! Flickr won't upload the pictures because the connection is so crappy. I tried to upload through Kodak and was having the same problems. It's like dealing with a dial-up connection. Horrible!!!

I'm hoping that tomorrow is better. I will get them up!! I even tried to put up a few more through blogger and it never would complete. And I left it going while I ran to the FedEx dropbox.

Until later.......

Hana, Hana, Hana

I'm just getting back from babysitting Hana while Courtney and Joe when to an infant CPR class. When I got there, Hana was asleep. Courtney said she'd probably get up in 10 to 15 minutes and want to eat around 7:00 and would maybe be hungry again as they were getting home. Well, Courtney knows her baby! Hana followed that schedule almost to a T. She so good! She just smiled and was happy, happy, happy. She does love to crawl! Her main goal was to get to Pagan and then on Pagan's pillow. I was on the floor trying to block her in and she just went right over my legs onto her destination. Then I put her in her bumbo for a while and she was happy to chew on her toys. I just know she's going to have a couple of teeth pop out pretty soon.

Of course, I took my camera. I've downloaded the photos, but I haven't uploaded them all to Flickr yet. When I do, I'll post the link over to them. She's getting so much personality! I can't wait until she's up walking around and talking. Although, she's sure making the noises now!

Hope everyone has/had a great night!

I hope everyone is having a great day today. I'm glad it's Thursday because that means, No. 1, I get to babysit Hana tonight and, No. 2, tomorrow is Friday! LOL

I'll be sure and take my camera and snap some pictures of Hana tonight. I've got to get my June pictures in!

Then this weekend we have our monthly game night Saturday and then I have theater tickets for Sunday. So it's a pretty busy weekend as compared to some recently.

That's all for now. Enjoy this picture of Rowdy from last November. Seeing it makes me realize he needs his hair cut badly! Off to make an appointment.........

So I called to get Rowdy an appointment and he can't get in until next Wednesday at 1:00! His groomer is getting busy and is in demand! So now he has to be a ragamuffin for a few more days.

New Look

As you can see, I've got a new look going on my blog. I messed around with it today (probably too long!) and came up with something different. I'm liking it. I'm sure I'll change it around again at some point. LOL I'm still trying to figure out how to change the fonts to allow more than the few they do in blogger!

Nothing much happening for me. Just been working and messing around at home. The finale of Top Chef is on tonight. I'd like to see Stephanie win, but if she doesn't then Richard. I'll be very disappointed if Lisa wins. Please, please, not Lisa! I also saw where Bravo is going to do a Top Chef Junior with kids. The age range is 13 to 16 years old. Could be interesting. Top Chef is my favorite cooking show.

Also, am watching The Next Food Network Star. Not so sure about this one. Nobody is grabbing me. I don't care for Lisa (hmmm....is it the name?) on this one, either. She's from Dallas and is so stereotypical of what people think of when they think of women from Dallas. Sad, sad, sad. And I don't care for Bobby Flay as a host. He seems very disinterested and acts as if everyone should be bowing in his presence. Not a huge Bobby Flay fan! Also, glad that Nipa didn't stick around any longer! She was annoying. Also, after watching this last season and then these couple of episodes, The Food Network is really more interested in a host who can kind of cook than a cook who can also host, imo.

Also, am watching HGTV's Design Star. It just started. Again, too early to tell. For the first challenge though I think they're going to have to build their own shelter! There's only 9 contestants and half of them are decorators (mainly the women) who made a point of saying they just come in and make stuff look pretty, they don't do the work! Should be fun.

As I was messing on the computer today, I came across this picture of Rowdy.

Willie

I was surfing around the net and came across this. I really like Willie. I don't know if it's his music so much as every time I hear a song by him, I think of my family and it just makes me smile. I was at some sort over the weekend and they had music playing and "On the Road Again" was playing. I started singing along and then thoughts of us singing karaoke to it and just all other thoughts, like how much Josh loves Willie, how Nana met him once, first concert I went to. Just Willie always makes me think of family and makes me happy. Enjoy!

Another Movie Review

I just finished watching Semi-Pro, the latest Will Ferrell movie. Running time: 100 minutes. Rated R. This is the story of the Flint Tropics' bid to make it into the NBA when the ABA merged in the 70s. Jackie Moon (Farrell) is the owner/coach/player. He's a former pop star, also.

Semi-Pro is pretty good, but not near as funny as Talladega Nights or Blades of Glory. Each of those get even better after mutliple watchings. Semi-Pro could get better with more watchings, too.

Farrell definitely rocks the fro throughout the movie. There are lots of fun 70s references and a nice soundtrack, especially the Jackie Moon hit "Love Me Sexy". I've included the video for it at the end of this post. There are some funny scenes, but the movie bogs down a bit in the middle. If you enjoy Will Farrell and the 70s, I'd say watch it. And as Jackie Moon says: ELE, Everybody Love Everybody!

Movie Review

I just finished watching National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets. Running time: 122 minutes. Rated PG. In this edition we have Ben Gates (Cage) going off on another treasure hunt to prove that his ancestor Thomas Gates did not play a part in the assassination of Abe Lincoln, which happens to also be Ben Gates' favorite president. Along the way, it ultimately turns into a search for the Lost City of Gold. All the original players are back along with Helen Mirran as Gates' mother and Ed Harris' as Gates nemesis. There are the usual car chases, exciting discoveries, etc.

While I enjoyed the first National Treasure quite a bit, this one was just so-so. There wasn't near the excitement in the discoveries and it really seemed more of the same. It seemed to drag a big more than the first one. I would not be surprised to see a third installment at some point. This franchise has proven to be a movie maker for Disney. And Disney is all about making as many installments as they can of a franchise, whether good or bad.

And More

Just got home from Olive Garden and the girls' night for Lori's birthday. We had a nice time. The food was good. Lots of warm garlic breadsticks! We didn't make it to a movie. Everyone was too stuffed with food and tired after the week.

So I come home tonight and open up the garage door and Rowdy is right there. He's right at the doorway from the laundry room to the kitchen walking away from the door. So I see him and he just keeps going as I'm coming in. I call out to him several times and he just continues on out of the kitchen and rubs his face on the carpet. I'm continuing to call out to him louder and louder. He never reacts until he sees me while he's rubbing his face. Again, like he's surprised. I seriously don't think he can hear anymore at all. I was nearly yelling his name as he was walking in front of me. I've checked his ears and they look fine on the inside. I don't know if I should take him to the vet or not. I don't know that there's anything she can do. We're in my room now and he's on the bed laying at the foot away from me. I just said his name rather loud three times and even clapped my hands and no reaction whatsoever. Not even a look over his shoulder like, What are you doing? So is it just his age or is there something else going on? I'm just not sure.

And I saw in the comments that Courtney still has the old sticker book! I'm not surprised that the stickers won't stick anymore. I was obsessed with getting new stickers and then would never use them. It's like I was hording them! LOL

And I am still babysitting next Thursday, right? Right now I have no depo on then. I plan on bringing the camera and getting some June pictures of Hana. Oh, in the six pictures I did, I noticed the one from April is actually a May picture! I'll have to switch it out with a true April picture.

Have a nice night!

Friday Finally!!

This week seemed to dragged by. I had a realtively busy week, too! I had depositions most days and got a big deposition out. Got to go shopping with Courtney & Hana. And survived the winds! Yesterday when I was leaving my deposition, as I was opening the back of my car to put my case in, it was blown over by the wind and actually moved a bit. That thing weighs at good 50 pounds!! At one point, the thought crossed my mind that if I weighed any less, I don't know that I could stay standing. It was blowing soooo hard. Once I finally got in my car, I could feel the back of it lifting up a bit from the wind. Freaky!! But the winds finally died down today thankfully. It would have been nice if there was cool air blowing in with the winds, but there wasn't. Actually it feels cooler to me today than it did yesterday. Today I had two depos in a new case for an attorney I work for quite a bit, and it's a good case. 4 copies!! Wahoo!! Let's hope there are lots and lots and lots of people to be deposed. LOL Who knows when those will be though. All the attorneys were talking about the vacations they'll be taking now that it's summer. Also found out that an attorney I had to sue to get payment on some invoices paid most of what he owed. He still owes some and will pay it, but he did make a substantial payment thankfully! That's been one long, drawn out ordeal.

Tomorrow is my friend Lori's birthday. So tonight all the girls (minus Mary Ann ~ she's in NYC) are getting together at Olive Garden to have dinner and chitchat. Above is the card I made for Lori. It's pretty cute, if I do say so myself! I may make one more before we meet for dinner. The pink of the ribbon matches the pink on the card more than it does in the picture. Trust me! LOL The talk of the possible movie has been that new Adam Sandler. Not sure about it, but I'd rather see it than Sex in the City. While I liked the series, I didn't miss it too terribly much. I can wait for DVD for it. Plus, it's 2-1/2 hours long!!

Big plans for the weekend: Do Nothing!! I have one small job to work on. Otherwise, I have some movies to watch: Semi-Pro and National Treasure 2. I'll report back how they are. Also, I may go ahead and get my table for my craft room and work on getting that all set up and organized. I'm thinking I'll be needing some shortage carts/organizers too for all the stuff I have. It's crazy the amount of stuff I have. Crazy!! It's kind of like the stickers I used to buy when I was younger. I just had to have them, but then wouldn't use them. They were too pretty! I'm trying to get over that and USE all my paper, etc., I buy.

One last thing: Rowdy is getting old! In the last year it's become more and more noticeable. He no longer can jump up or down off my bed or even the couch. He's not seeing as well as anymore. Lastly, I don't think he can hear as well anymore. More and more when I get home, I come in and have all my stuff and make it into the living room and find him sleeping/laying there. I look to make sure he's still breathing because he's not moved with all the noise I'm making. Finally, he jerks like he's startled anyone is there. I just know I'm going to come home one day soon (although, hopefully not too soon!) and find him just laying there not breathing. I really hope I'm wrong!

From ZoneFest 2008!

Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

It's been a little over six months since Hana Grace came into our lives. In some ways it seems like just yesterday. In others, it seems like she's been here forever! So I picked one picture a month since she's been here. Just look how she's changed!

So there's six months of Hana. What will the next six months bring?? I can't wait to find out!

Monday, Monday

And another Monday is nearly done. Today wasn't too terrible. Got some work done, got the kitchen cleaned up, and got all my trash gathered up and put out. Same old, same old. I did go to Hobby Lobby and look over all their stuff on sale. Picked up a couple of things. I'm probably going to have to hit the big new one in Frisco this week, just to see. It's not like I need any more scrapbooking/crafting stuff! I've got to get my craft station together in my office.

Here's a warning: Vegetable Oil goes bad! I made some brownies yesterday. I was so happy because I had just enough vegetable oil for the mix. Made them all up and baked them. Smelled so yummy. Got them out, let them cool (as long as I could) cut off a corner and took a bite. It wasn't good. Tasted nasty, like old oil. Got my vegetable oil bottle out of the recycling and saw it expired in Feb '08. I guess it makes sense it could go bad, just never really thought about it. So today I put all the brownies in the trash. They were not good! I'm sure y'all all know it goes bad, but just saying check the expiration date!

I watched The Darwin Awards over the weekend. It's kind of an independent film. Although, there were tons of actors that I recognized in it. The two main parts are played by Joseph Fiennes and Winona Ryder. It was so-so. Had some funny parts. Nothing spectatular.

Then I watched the new series on USA called In Plain Sight. It was okay. It was the first episode and I'll definitely watch it some more. For the Dancing with the Stars folks, Cristian is in it. I think he's going to be a recurring character. The only early complaint I have with it is I think it's set in Arizona maybe. Somewhere where there's desert and Native Americans. Maybe New Mexico. Anyway, the gist of the show is a US Marshal that helps relocate witnesses in the Witness Protection Program. So are we to assume, if it's a long-running series, that most of either Arizona or New Mexico is filled with people in the WPP??

The excitement of the day was seeing on the news that they caught The Scarecrow Bandits that had been robbing banks in the DFW area. There was a police chase that ended at the Costco right by my house! I had to call Courtney and tell her. Never knew it was happening other than I saw it on TV.

Pictures

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I played around yesterday in photoshop with some of the pictures from Zonefest. Here's one of my favorites! I just love how big Lauren's eyes are and how blue they are. She's such a cutie. I don't think I was scaring her with the camera. At least I hope not!

The rest of the edited pictures are here: ZoneFest Pictures

I saw where Hana mastered crawling yesterday! I knew she was on the verge of it and she just did it. She's going to be walking before much longer. Crawling will no longer due for her! Check out Courtney's blog if you haven't seen the video yet. As you're watching, listen to the thump as she places her hand each time. Too cute!!

Also, I saw on Yahoo this morning that there's a fire on the Universal Studios lot in LA. I hope that's not too close to Josh & Angela's work and/or apartment. What is it with fire and LA? Seems like there's always something on fire out there come summer. I hope that the fire doesn't bother Josh & Angela and they have a fabulous Sunday!

Enjoy your Sunday!