Not even close to being a Wordless Wednesday

M and I started watching "My Sister's Keeper" tonight. I have had it from the video store almost a week now and have not had the courage to watch it yet. I read the book by Jodi Piccoult for book club - it is still my favorite pick of the books that we have read. I knew, knew, knew that it would be a tear jerker for me - it has proven to be just that so far. My DH looked at me about 15 minutes ago and said that we needed to quit for tonight as he couldn't do anymore tonight. I had to clarify if it was because he was tired or emotionally wrung out. He said "Both - I have kids, two little dollies at that." I think any parent cannot help but be emotionally connected to this story, we all put ourselves in the place of both the mother and the father - what would we do if, God please never my kids, but if something like this happened to my child? To my little A Bean...
Or my K Bear...
Or my R-A-Roo...
I think I would rather die myself. I love this little people so much and would go to hell and back for them, probably fight for them until my last breath. It's what we parents do.
And then I think, "How blessed am I? How blessed am I - that I have three beautiful, HEALTHY children? Thank you God, thank you so, so much for everything you have given me."
Now I am going to go say good night to my kids. Hopefully they don't wake up, though if one does, it'll give me an excuse to cuddle them back to sleep. I may cry on them though...

Words to live by

I just finished watching "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" and I loved it! It was good, with lots of imagination and great words of wisdom. The one quote that I loved that Mr. Magorium said to Mahoney that I wanted to share with you is

"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it."

Living up to the old imagination

Just watched Angels and Demons with M- not sure what I think - too late to process. I think I liked the book better - but I think that is true of any movie I have seen after reading the book, never lives up to what I have conjured up while reading the book. And excuse me, but I still cannot think of Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon - I just thought it was Tom Hanks doing all this stuff the entire time. Gotta hand it to Dan Brown though, he's got quite the imagination.
Oh well, another book ruined by Hollywood.

Eventful Weekend

DH's sister, S, is here this weekend visiting from Vancouver. Whenever she is here we go on a date, so Friday night we went out for dinner and a movie. We went for dinner at a place called Van Gogh's, which has awesome Greek and Italian food. I had been craving Greek all day as I ran around town doing errands, so as supper plans were a surprise to me it was a good thing that I didn't give in to the craving and get some. DH apparently knew exactly what the babies and I needed. We then went to "The Bucket List" afterward, which was really good, though I did find it a little depressing and had dreams of people dying all night, random people I didn't know, not family or friends. I was a little perturbed about the fact that I really wanted to see "Fool's Gold" as it had some romance in it and it was a date that we were on and I didn't feel like "The Bucket List" though I did want to see it sometime and DH wouldn't consider it. Then, as the previews were playing and there was one for "Fool's Gold" I leaned over to DH and said "That was the movie I wanted to see" and he replied, "Oh, I was just thinking that I wouldn't mind seeing it." Aargh! Men! Anyways, "The Bucket List" was good and thought provoking and I enjoyed it and spending time with my honey.

When I suggested that S and I go to "27 Dresses" last night, DH was all for it! I really wanted to see this one, though knew DH wouldn't enjoy it at all, so we girls went together. I loved it! I am such a sap when it comes to romantic comedies and I really like Katherine Heigl. Did you know that in addition to being in Grey's Anatomy, she used to be on Roswell, both playing a character named Isabel? At least that's where I first saw her. Anyways, beside the point. I really liked "27 Dresses" and would definitely watch it again.

This afternoon DH and I went to Riverdance - the Farewell Tour. It was awesome! Incredible! Wow, it is amazing what those people can do. They not only had Irish dancing, that was wonderful, but a flamenco dancer, Russian dancers and 2 jazz style tap dancers. They had the band playing Irish music and singers as well that were so good. We enjoyed it so much!

Not to complain after all my entertainment this weekend, but my butt and back and legs are a little sore from spending over 6 hours in total in a theatre seat. The only downside to all my spoiling!

The Bourne Trilogy

***Spoiler alerts - do not read if you want to watch the movie****
Over the past three nights DH, Mark and I have been watching the Bourne trilogy. DH and I tried to get the first two in the series to watch over the Christmas break, and they were always out, so we finally managed to get a hold of them on Friday and started on Saturday, the same evening that Mark arrived to stay with us while he took a modular class.
I must say after having watched them three nights in a row - I enjoyed the first one the best of them all. I think there was more interpersonal dynamics that made it a better film, though I know that the men I watched it with probably enjoyed the action of the second two more. I was a mite disappointed and somewhat bored during the last one as I was thinking how many more car chase scenes where the assassin was in a bigger vehicle, but Bourne was in a car that is totally smashed up and still walks away unscathed and the assassin doesn't can I take? And though we find out exactly how he got into Treadstone and the back story there, there are some threads left hanging with his former personal life that I, as a woman, wish were all sewn up nicely. I wish that I was not left thinking what happened next at the end of a movie. I liked that the first one could have been left without a sequel, in my mind it was wrapped up, except for his memory which I though he was better off without those memories.
Anyways, that's just my take on it. A good movie with a lot of good action, but nothing original.

My Alone Night Last Night

On Tuesday I was feeling a little down and cried a little bit. Every once in awhile, I just feel like being a mommy full-time, I need some time to myself. So last night I was planning to go to the grocery store to get some groceries, and DH suggested that I go to Starbucks for some "me" time. In the back of my mind I had been thinking that it might be nice to go to a movie, so I mentioned it and he said "do it!"
I quickly checked the online listings and found out that the new Harry Potter movie that I wanted to see was playing in 20 minutes at a theatre 25 minutes away, so I rushed out to it. It was pretty good as a movie, though the book was definitely better. They end up having to cut out so much that I think they lose some of the "spirit" of it, though I seem to remember the book wasn't my favorite in the series either. I am looking forward to the last book in the series - which I ordered online for 30% off (I think) and it has been shipped - will hopefully get here on Monday or Tuesday.
I went to the store after the movie and managed to get home right after 11. So it worked out.
I am thankful that my husband is sensitive to the fact that I need a night to myself every one in awhile and suggested it. Thanks hon, you are a great hubby! Love you!

Something really cool...

The night after we watched "The Pursuit of Happyness" we watched the special features and it talked about them having an Italian director for this "american dream" story. Anyways, in that featurette it also mentioned that he insisted on hiring people who were actually homeless for the roles of the homeless people in the movie. One of the producers talked about how the people talked about how it felt to go and pick up a paycheck, how it gave them some self-esteem. How cool is that!
Made me think more about the fact that I need to start doing something...

So thankful it was not us

For anyone who has gone through a rough time with unemployment at one point or another, I think that "The Pursuit of Happyness" would be an interesting and at times hard one to watch. Having gone through 9 months of waiting and wondering and dreading and hoping and fearing and imagining last year, it was a little tough to see all the obstacles that the character (and it is based on a true story) in the movie does.
All in all it was a good movie - at the end when it turned out well. It was a might depressing through the movie, I kept on thinking, "What could get worse than this?" and then it did. If you haven't watched the movie yet, I am sorry I am putting a bit of details here, but when Will Smith and his son, Jaden (who played the main character Chris Gardner and his son Christopher) were in the bathroom in the subway pretending it was a cave, I was crying. What that man went through to be able to get himself and his son out of the situation that they were in is incredible! I was very impressed with the strong bond and the things that he went through to make sure that his son stayed with him and that he was a good father. When his son looked at him and said "You're a good papa," yeah I cried there too. (All these references to crying in a movie reminds me of Mark's post.) I then looked at DH and said "Someday, R is going to say that to you, but instead of Papa he is going to say Daddy.' He's a good daddy, my husband.
So, if you are up for a good movie that is encouraging in the way that you can accomplish things if you are willing to slug through some tough times, and yet is not uplifting throughout it, rent this movie.

The desire is back...

It's funny - since I have gotten myself settled a bit and am good with blogging and not worrying so much about things I find that the desire to blog is back. I was just sitting here, wondering to myself, "What can I write a post about?" So, it may not be very deep, but I am sharing what I am thinking, right? Some days are going to be like that.
We watched Happy Feet last night. So cute of a movie. R and I watched it again this morning, but I skipped past the parts with the leopard seal and the killer whales. I don't think he is up for that sort of stuff yet, don't want him getting nightmares at this point in his little life. Oh, that movie made me want to dance! I love to watch dance movies - not ballet necessarily, as I find it too slow, but dance. I loved the movie Centre Stage, I borrow it from my sister all the time to watch it again (actually, I think it's about time to watch it again). I loved Save the last Dance and Dance with Me and Shall We Dance. I don't always think the storylines on these movies are wonderful or deep or even original, but I love the dance sequences and will often watch those over and over.
I think part of this is because I cannot dance all that well. I mean, I have fun with it at home, with DH and R and I believe that R dances well and does because we are constantly moving to the music with him, but I do not think that any choreographed dance I would be good at. In Brandon, every once and awhile we would put some choreography to music and it wasn't really intricate or difficult because I had no training whatsoever, but it was fun. I love music and like Mumble in Happy Feet I cannot stop myself from moving as there is an internal rhythm that won't stop.