I’ve been watching a lot of movies lately. I’ve actually watched a few that were pretty good so I thought I’d share the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Flightplan I know, this movie has been out for a while. This is just the first time I’ve actually watched it. It was really good. I really enjoyed the movie and highly recommend it.

Friends with Money Waste of your time. This money SUCKED big time. I like Jennifer Aniston so I was sure I’d like this movie. Not even close. It was bad. (Although, not even close to how horrible Margot at the Wedding was.)

Next I watched Proof. I actually saw a preview for it on another movie and thought it looked good. Nope. Another disappointment.

See, I’m being honest with you and saving you some time by telling you the bad but I have watched some good movies so keep reading.

Witless Protection was the next movie that showed up. I know you’re thinking well, duh. But, I like Larry the Cable Guy so I thought it would be funny. Nope. Another bad one.

With this bad run I’m just glad I belong to Blockbuster online and didn’t pay for each of these rentals. Yes, I pay the monthly fee but it’s a lot cheaper than each individual rental at the store. Plus, I got some other free rentals at the store which I can’t remember right off the top of my head.

National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets Finally my bad streak ended. I had my doubts about this movie. I liked the first one but it had an ending so I wasn’t sure how they’d pull off a #2. It worked, and the movie was good. Definitely one to rent.

Annapolis a little predictable but it was good. If you can’t find something else that looks interesting this one is worth an evening. But, don’t drop other plans to watch it.

Rumor Has It… another disappointment but not nearly as bad as Definitely Maybe which should have been called Definitely Maybe NOT!

Honestly, by this point I’ve begun to doubt my ability to pick out movies. Seriously, I’ve watched so many that SUCKED that I was on the verge of canceling my Blockbuster membership and sleeping instead. Luckily my next arrival was An Unfinished Life which was extremely good. Followed by 21 and The Bank Job which both were worth sticking through my bad run.

Next I got Fool’s Gold and The Great Debaters which were both winners. The next arrival was Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns which was good for a light evening. Followed by Chaos and Confidence which were both good.  (I watched Chaos and Confidence after each other and I’d recommend putting something else between them but that’s just because I don’t enjoy watching two crime movies one after the other.)

So, that’s what I’ve been doing over the past two months.

Last week Fred Meyer had these on sale for $1 each. So, I bought some for lunch. Looks OK, doesn’t it?

Yeah, so I cooked it and got this:

I’ll admit it tasted better than it looked. Although, I probably could have eaten two of them. Or, I could have made a salad to go with it…but that would have taken more work. LOL By the way, the reason you can’t see the yummy five cheese filling in MY picture like you can in the box top is because mine was only about 1/4 inch thick and covered by the mass of lasagna noodles. Oh well.

So, Jeeves really likes his job as Office Manager of Taylored Office Solutions. Unfortunately, the whole day doesn’t look like this.

I could handle that. I would gladly welcome him sitting in that spot all day watching me work and taking a nap (him taking a nap not me). Sometimes he actually spends his day like this. I’ll take that too. Heck, I don’t even mind when he gets on my chairback and lounges. But, NO. My lovely bundle of energy likes to run across my keyboard, then claw up my back to eat my hair, then fly off (because I yell at him because it HURTS) to mess up my perfectly organized piles of work. He’s crazy, I tell you. C-R-A-Z-Y!

But, I love him.

Do you like sending flowers? I do! I found this company online that has very good prices on flowers. I sent my first bouquet to my mom for Mother’s Day and she loved them (who doesn’t love flowers).

When my Aunt’s birthday came along I sent her a bouquet.

She called that evening to thank me for the flowers and commented a few times on how beautiful they were. Of course that made me feel great! So, today I got an e-mail from this company with a gift certificate for a future purchase. I wasn’t quite sure why but thought: cool! I got an call from my Aunt a little bit ago and she said that she’d called the company because the iris’ never opened. She said the bouquet is beautiful, it was shipped very well (they ship DHL which was a little odd to me) but the iris’ didn’t open. Now, normally I wouldn’t be recommending a company after they sent flowers to someone that didn’t open BUT, she was so impressed with their customer service that I had to tell you about it. When she called a real, live person answered the phone (is it bad that this needs to be mentioned? I think so!). They immediately offered to send her a replacement bouquet but she asked that they send me a gift certificate instead which they did immediately. (Thus the gift certificate I received today.)

So, even with the non-blooming iris’ I still have to say this is a GREAT company. If you’re looking to send flowers to someone give deLaFlowers a look. I think you’ll be please. I know I have been! (Plus, that 15% off coupon code is good even if you’re not sending flowers to your dad. And, it looks like it’s still good — but if it doesn’t work ask me because I might have a newer one so you can still save 15%.)

Don’t worry, if you need a reason to send flowers to someone just ask me.  I’d be more than happy to give you my address.  I’ll always accept flowers.

I enjoy cooking and I enjoy getting coupons.  So, a few months ago I found that Kraft’s website has some great recipes and tips.  I subscribed to the website and got a nice perk, they send you an AWESOME magazine every season.  Here’s the cover of the Summer, 2008 edition:

Now, I’m a touchy feeling person so I like getting the hard copy magazine (plus it has coupons inside).  If you want it (it’s FREE) go here to subscribe for yourself.   If you prefer you can just look online for recipes and tips.

All the recipes, obviously, use Kraft items.  They are all SUPER simple and they always look so yummy. 

Enjoy…

This was kind of fun. It’s like the donate a mammogram website only you learn something while you’re there (which also means you’re there a little longer). For every word you define correctly you donate 10 grains of rice. In just a couple minutes I donated over 400 grains of rice. That may not seem like much but since October 7, 2007 (when the site began) over 1 BILLION grains of rice have been donated. Doesn’t cost you anything, doesn’t get your inbox jammed full of spam. It does, however, stretch your brain with vocabulary. It’s fun. Great. Give it a try.

Till later…

This is the fourth book by Jane Green that I’ve read recently. This last one was actually by accident. I went to pick up a book a couple weeks ago for my original trip to CA. This one looked good so I bought it, it wasn’t until I picked it up to read that I realized it was by the same author of 3 of the last four book I read. LOL I figured that was a good sign.

I was right.

Swapping Lives was a great read. I highly recommend picking it up.

Being a single career woman I was able to relate to Vicky, the single career woman in the story who swaps lives with Amber, the wife and mother of two. It so easy to look at what you don’t have and wish for that. This story takes at look at whether the grass is greener on the other side. I can’t say this book is life changing or anything like that, but it is an easy, fun read that I really think will make you think about your own life whether you’re married or single, a parent or childless.

Of course, I have to give you my disclaimer: I’m a sucker for psychology type books and TV shows. I watch reality TV to look at the interaction between the participants and how the situations change the individual. I enjoy watching how a situation different from what you’re used to will help someone become a better person.

Till later…

Oh, and one hint, ALWAYS save your posts when you’re typing them! Ugh. LOL