Thursday, March 13, 2008

This is SO cool!!

I've been a fan of Knight Rider since I was little (well, 10 or 11). This new show looks promising! Here's the movie - enjoy!!

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Schedule

Well we're going to be busy the next few days!
Tomorrow we get to go to Olympia and see Laser Vaudeville. We've been going to these plays that the Olympia Junior Program puts on, and they have been good. This one is different, though. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Friday we have co-op, and I feel like there is something else that day.
Saturday is our busiest day. I work in the morning (7-9), Jeff has a men's breakfast (8:30), I'm supposed to help with flowers (10:30), there's a shindig at Freighthouse Square where you can get all-you-can-eat chili for $5/person (all day, I think - at least 'til 5), and Jeff wants to go to the mall because Code Pink or some group is going to try and shut down the mall for the day to get the recruiting office out of the mall. These people don't realize that the whole reason they can assemble and do these things is because our soldiers are out there protecting those rights. Check out this story - http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=163653&title=marines-in-berkeley
Make sure you watch until the very end - it's priceless!

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Movies

So far, I'm batting 0 for 3. Hopefully the "Bee Movie" is good!
I remembered my parents watching "Stand by Me" when I was about 11. So I thought, "I should watch that movie, and see if I like it." (don't watch it) I rented it from Blockbuster online and set about to watch it Monday night while doing dishes (the kids were in bed, thank God.). That movie has a lot of swearing! I was uncomfortable, because it was kids swearing and because they seemed to use the words as everyday language. While I am not the most prim person when it comes to language, I usually save the really big ones for when they're necessary (if they ever are!). I tend to not watch movies with a lot of swearing because then those words get stuck in my head. Jeff came into the kitchen and asked why I was watching this, when he could tell I didn't like it. I didn't know, so he recommended shutting it off. Shutting off a movie is something I dislike. I always want to know how things turn out. It's the same with books - I'll read a book through really quick so I can see how it ends, then reread it to get all the nuances. But, I disliked the movie enough that I shut it off. Zero for 1.
After I came home from work on Tuesday, Jeff & I sat down to watch a movie. It was called "Plan B" and it starred Diane Keaton. I think the movie was going for the quirky side of things, but they kind of missed. The male star liked swearing, and especially liked using the F-word and Jesus' name. I'm pretty sure he didn't know Jesus. Diane's character was klutzy and silly and I didn't care for her- although she was the only funny thing. We watched about a half hour of the movie before turning the stupid thing off. Too much swearing. Zero for 2.
Today, while the laundry was washing at the laundromat, I stopped by Blockbuster to return some things and pick up two movies. Someone had mentioned "Becoming Jane" to me, and I had declined to see it in the theatre. Jane's sister destroyed all the letters Jane wrote her, so her life is a mystery. No one knows why Jane never married, or whether or not she ever had a love, or fallen in love, or anything. Her life is sealed tight. So the movie is based on pure speculation. It did star Ann Hathaway, though, so I thought we could watch it. It wasn't bad, per se, it was just speculative. And it fell into the trap of making the Victorian age out to be less stoic than it was. They didn't do too bad on that end, but still. And the whole premise of why she doesn't marry is just silly. Zero for 3.

Now we have to see if the "Bee Movie" is any good. Someone warn me if it isn't, because I can't take another failure.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

my word!

Okay, Mrs. Obama really needs some lessons in money management. In this article (http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_556214.html), she complains, "The salaries don't keep up with the cost of paying off the debt," she said, referring to the student loans, "so you're in your 40s, still paying off your debt at a time when you have to save for your kids."
The article reports, "All told, the total income declared by the Obama household on the couple's 2006 income tax return, figuring his Senate salary, book royalties and her compensation from sitting on corporate boards, was $991,296."
How on earth is she not able to manage to pay of her debt with that kind of money??! She has complained about the cost of dance, piano and other lessons for her daughters. What?!
Now I am not the best money manager, I do like to spend money, but good grief! With that kind of money, we'd be able to pay everything off, buy a house, buy a car, save for the kids' colleges and save for our retirement. I'll bet I'd even have money left over to spend indiscriminately.
Someone should really tell Mrs. Obama to quit talking, she's ruining her husband's campaign. Seriously, if he's supposed to "save" us, his life sure doesn't show us how.

That's my two cents. Now I am going to earn my two cents - as part of the "helping industry". :)

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Monday, March 10, 2008

Psalm 71:3

Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock & my fortress.

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Which 1950's pin up girl are you?

Marilyn Monroe

You sometimes play all sweet and innocent, and even a little ditzy. You can get any guy you want with your big, beautiful eyes, not to mention other parts of you. ;)
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Sunday, March 09, 2008

today

Do you ever think of the other side of things? Jeff is good at this. I am not.
Today in church, Pastor talked about the new birth & how we have nothing to do with it, just like being born physically. This week on my mommy group online, we've been praying for a little girl named Leila. She was born on 2/19/08, and was unresponsive when the parents woke up on 2/22/08. She's been in the hospital and things have been touch and go. She's finally doing better, to the point of being moved down the hall from the PICUto the PEDS ward. Today at church, we heard about a little boy who is struggling to live because he needs a new kidney (I think). He is also very young - only months old.
I hear these things and I think, "Why are there people out there with babies who have so many problems and my perfect baby (we did find out there was nothing wrong with her) died?" It's almost like a personal attack to me. Jeff sees these people and thinks, "those poor people are probably wondering why their child was born with all these problems."
We talked today, because I got sad again in church. I still have a hard time talking about babies, seeing babies, even looking at pregnant women. I miss my baby dearly. I keep wishing she could come back. I feel empty a lot. So Jeff and I talked. Who am I to judge these people? they are probably just as miserable as me. And who knows what is going to happen to these babies? God knows. God has a plan. He knew our baby wasn't going to live. He had something better in mind (although I cannot fathom anything better than welcoming a precious baby girl into our lives). I guess my job is to trust Him. To rest in the knowledge that He knows what's best & His ways are not my ways, His ways are higher than my ways - that's what Isaiah 55:8-9 says. Romans 11:33 says, "Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!"
Sometimes it is hard, though, because I am so sad. God is good, though, and He always lifts me up. He is my strength & my song.

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