Photos from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490084/ I saw the movie Because I Said So and fell for the stars in it. Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) and Mandy Moore star in this comedy with Diane Keaton and in a nutshell Diane Keaton puts an ad out to meet suitors for her daughter. It sounds like it could be good but it wasn't at all. The movie has a very simple plot and Diane Keaton is like a hysterical maniac the whole movie (it really grated on my nerves and I was feeling stressed watching it). The guy in it who is one of Mandy's suitor's (photo above) is a cutie but his kid is a menace. So I would not recommend this movie to anyone. It's a waste of time and Lauren Graham plays a psychiatrist and has a small role. So I give it 1 out of 3 stars. Toodles,
This is what you see when you walk in the room, the right is the seating area and you can see the elliptical machine. Plus that little table on wheels in very handy. I plan to paint that later on a nice white. This is the office, desk area and I'm not sure the piano will stay here but we had to clear out another room for our market setup. Anywho shelving will go probably on the back wall or right wall when all the crack is filled. We also flip the computer around to watch DVD's on as well and turn our chairs to face it. This is the entertainment area and this cabinet was an ugly brown colour and I painted it white which was a bigger job than I realized but I like the result. Our market season is starting the 5th of May so life is very crazy right now as we have so much to get ready for our first week. I could go on an on with the list a mile long but won't bore you with the details. Anywho that is why I haven't been posting a lot lately here or on the Gossip blog.
Well for those who have been following along (aka The Big Water Leak of 2007) we have recovered from the water leak back on January 1st and finished painting the room about 6 weeks ago or so. I was looking for a small area rug for the room and finally found one. The room isn't completely done as we would like to put up shelving near the computer/office area but have to wait until they dig up the walkway in front of the house so they can fill in the crack where the water leaked in.
It was hard to figure out how to organize the room because we wanted it to be an office, entertainment room and exercise room but we managed to get it all in.
Wearing the colors of Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth University students, from left: Katie Lane, Sarah Moody, Casey McHenry, Julia Silva, Courtney Thompson, and Alexandra Bozoghlian, attend a vigil for the Virginia Tech shooting victims Tuesday, April 17, 2007, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, P. Kevin Morley)
Students mourn inside the Virginia Tech football stadium during a memorial service a day after the worst shooting in U.S. history on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 in Blacksburg, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. President George W. Bush (2nd L) and Virginia Governor Tim Kaine (L) stand with their wives at a memorial in honor of the 32 people killed on Monday by a gunman at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, April 17, 2007. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES)
My heart is saddened by the news of Cho Seung Hui (a 23 year old senior majoring in English) who shot 33 people execution style at Virginia Tech. I can't imagine what the school, parents, and those nearby must be feeling at this moment.
Today C. talked to a friend who works at a university and he said the mood was somber there as well. You realize how fragile life is and how fast people can go. On the news I saw that one of the professors that was shot had survived the Holocaust. Can you imagine surviving that and then just being killed for no reason by a student. If you are on Yahoo today they keep showing the killer's picture and it makes me sad to even look at it. I keep saying a prayer for the families grieving everytime I see it. Imagine being the parents of this poor boy who killed them all.
I will be curious to see if they can find a motive. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved.
Chicks in the incubation stage. Happy chicks having a wee snack. Several chicks keeping warm. Chicks looking outside their home for visitors.
I had a lovely Easter week-end and got a chance to see some furry feathered friends along the way. These little creatures were at our local rec center on Saturday and I didn't have long to snap pictues as kids hands were pawing the glass and they were jumping around excitedly. The chicks were keeping warm under the lamps and weren't very old at all. As you can see from the photos they came in a variety of colours too. They were so cute and one chick was sleeping on another's neck even. So on Monday the big accident happened. Now I should say we had a large Garry Oak tree cut down awhile back (photo of all the wood above). We were on all doing yard work and clearing up stuff. On Tuesday we had someone coming back to take all our stuff to the dump so we had to tidy up and get ready for that. Plus we have relatives coming tomorrow so we wanted our house and the outside of it to look spiffy. So I get this bright idea to take a picture of our rosemary bush. So I take one shot and think I want to get a wider shot so I step back thinking I have a lot of room. All of the sudden my right leg gets caught on this log and my left leg goes forward and I sprawl backwards on the log (see above photo) like a jellyfish. The digital camera goes flying out of my hand. I lay there stunned and sore and slowly get up and feel sore all over but I bend over like a rag doll to stretch making sure I can move. C. was under the deck cleaning so didn't know what had happened but wondered what had taken so long. C. is shocked I'm okay and says I could have been paralyzed and then tells me to go sit down and put ice on my back and neck etc. The Lord's angels were working overtime to keep me safe. After a trip to physio I feel much better. The sad news is our digital camera (HP Photosmart R507) is toast as the lens cracked and won't close. All the chick photos were shot with that one. The rosemary I shot before the fall is gone as I couldn't recover it from the camera. So we went and bought a Sony DSC-S650 (all the other photos except the chicks were shot with this camera even the Rosemary bush I had to re-shoot). We are trying out the camera to see if we really like it.
Since Easter is just around the corner I thought this was a great video to post. While you are watching this video there might be moments when you wonder about the end result. It really is brilliant and this artist is talented.
To everyone in blogger land, have a blessed Easter with your friends, family or just yourself.
