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.

It’s FRIDAY!  Woohoo!

1. It’s going to be hot today, in fact, it’s already hot and it’s barely 10AM.  I don’t like HOT.
2. The cat is doing really well.  He’s learned to let me sleep at night and occupies himself during the day when I’m trying to work.  He loves his throne and likes being by me but is OK with not being ON me.  :)  WooHoo!
3. Did I mention it’s hot?
4. My plants look like crap.  The heat is really destroying them and they look like I lost my green thumb. I’m so upset, I love my plants and now I have a bunch of scraggly looking things all over my front porch.
5. People are annoying me today.  Other people are screwing things up for me and making things not work out like they should.  I’ll get through it, they are just annoying me.
6. Last weekend I made some cool hair clips and when I showed some people I got a bunch of orders for them.  I’m excited.  I need to work on perfecting the design a little bit because I need to take it up a small notch to get the price I want for them.  But, I’m super excited.
7. I also designed a pretty cool new product and had an awesome friend do a more professional design.  As soon as I get the raw material too her she’s going to work up a prototype to go to the test phase.  I already have orders for that if I can get the final design worked out and produced.
8. It’s Friday and I have no plans for the weekend other than babysitting a friend’s kids.  This sucks.  I hate having no weekend plans, I usually end up sitting at home when that happens.
9. My sister thinks she and my nephew might be moving up here.  If she does she’ll be living with me for a while while she gets settled.  Which means I need a bigger place.  Guess that’s one way to get away from the annoying upstairs neighbor.
10. Did I mention that is HOT!?!

Have a great weekend! 

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.

So, I’ve been doing random things today like updating my About Me page on this blog and updating my Recommendations page on here.  I’d like to say I was accomplishing important things but truthfully I was just distracted and did other stuff.  :(  Guess I’ll have to put in some time this weekend.

In other news.  I bought a mix box of these yesterday.  I got the variety box with four each Strawberry, Vanilla Crisp, and Chocolatey Drizzle.  They are 90 calories each which is a good thing because they are the size of my pinky finger and I just ate three of them.  (Partly because I wanted to be able to compare them for you but mostly because they are SMALL.)  I have to say I’m glad I bought the variety pack because I would have bought the chocolately drizzle and it was my least favorite of the three.  My favorite, surprisingly for me, was the Strawberry.  The vanilla crisp was OK.  So, if you need a simple quick snack for your desk…get the Strawberry Special K bars.  Just don’t yell at me when you see how truly small they are.

It’s Friday.  Yes, I know it’s been a LONG time since I’ve posted any randomness so…

1. Jeeves is learning to stay on his throne (aka the chair next to my desk) and let me work (most of the time).
2. I have a friend coming by this evening and I’m cooking dinner.  We haven’t hung out in a while so I’m excited.
3. My flowers outside are gorgeous.  :)  I love the warm weather and watching them grow.
4. Someone (OK, a few people) at one of the organizations I belong to is irritating me.  They want to change things that DON’T need to be changed (as in dumbing down a good thing to make it “easier”).
5. I have some movies I need to return.  I’ve had them too long…I should have mailed them back but keep forgetting.  I’ll take them to blockbuster today and get new ones.
6. I’m really getting annoyed that I can’t perfect my iced coffee recipe but something isn’t right.  :(  Today’s version is passable, but last week’s version was passable too.  But, at 50 calories a glass I HAVE to perfect it.
7. I just finished authorizing the transfers for all my domain names.  That was a chore.
8. I just heated up my lunch.  It doesn’t look all that great but it tastes OK.  Now if Jeeves would just keep his nose (literally) out of it.
9. I’m trying really hard to concentrate on work today but it’s FRIDAY and I keep get distracted.
10. I went to a new (to me) bakery in town yesterday for lunch and brought home a sticky roll.  It’s DELICIOUS and I want more of it right now but am going to hold out since I cut it into thirds and the last piece has to wait until tomorrow.

Jeeves has come to stay. That’s right. The nameless kitty has a name. Now, my Jeeves isn’t as helpful as his name would lead you to believe. But, bossy he is. He’s taken over the role of office manager for Taylored Office Solutions. Unfortunately, his idea of what work should look like and mine don’t always coincide, in which case he’s banished from the office. Although, I think he gets the good end of the deal there because I get stuck in the small, hot office with the door closed while he gets run of the house. Hmm….

But, the rest of the time he’s quietly observing to make sure I stay on task. I think he’s learned that the only way treats come his way if if Mama gets some work done. Not that the house is covered in cat toys or anything.