If she had the proper words to say,

I just finished tatting something utterly adorable for a very lovely person. I can't wait to block it and take pictures!

The boys and I headed out for groceries this afternoon, complete with the sniffles. Though I'm certain A.J. is suffering from Jack's cold, I'm on the fence about myself. I ran out of my prescription allergy medication on Thursday, and I was unable to pick up my refill on Friday due to a "family/Wing down day" at the base pharmacy. Of course, the pharmacy is also closed Saturday-Monday, so I will be in dire straits before I can get the goods on Tuesday morning. My eyeballs are itching so fiercely that I'm tempted to claw them out with the pointy ends of my tatting shuttles.

I took Monday off from Runza because the boys are out of school for the holiday, but I made up for it in hours yesterday. It seems the store was slammed Friday night, and Ryan called me that evening to ask if I could report in on Saturday morning to help with prep work. I did, and once the boys and I arrived (they were armed with games and books to occupy themselves), Lacey asked me if I could stay through lunchtime to cover someone who had called in. I didn't have my uniform, so I worked in jean shorts and sandals! The time passed quickly though, and the boys were content to play. I'm happy for that, and now I won't see a dent in my paycheck next time either. :-)

I watched a pathetic movie last night: Kissing Jessica Stein. It wasn't the material that was so awful - it was the acting. Nothing seemed sincere, the cast didn't seem matched to their characters, etc. It was all I could do not to turn it off in frustration with just eighteen minutes left. I stuck it out, though, and that's an hour and a half of my life I can never get back. Thank goodness I have tatting to show for it. ;-)

I have timed things perfectly. Based on the dates which I returned movies, I now have Driving Lessons shipping to me from Netflix, and it will arrive tomorrow - the same day that the DVD is first released. Driving Lessons, people! Rupert Grint's first non-HP movie!

I. Can't. Wait.

(As an aside, auntee_mame, why haven't YOU been talking about this more?! *wink*)

Truly, I cannot adequately express how cute, how adorable, how deliciously fun and wonderful a movie Scoop really is. I just watched it tonight from Netflix, and it was perfect. I highly recommend you check it out, or if you're a Netflix user, bump it up to the top of your queue. :-)

Netflix informs me that Blood Diamond is "processing." In translation, it will most likely ship this afternoon and be in my hot little hands tomorrow - the same day it comes out on DVD!

*basks in Leo glory*

Philip and I just watched The Departed together while I made more letters for the baptismal banners.

So. Good.

Of course, I already knew much of the storyline, and the title quite gives away the ending, but a very good movie.

Oh, but my hands hurt now from holding those tiny scherenschnitte scissors for 2.5 hours. *throb*

Why is Netflix down for maintenance whenever I want to rate movies I just watched? I realize that it is the middle of the night, but it seems like this happens to me a lot.

I didn't like Rent very much. Is it always mediocre, or is it just the movie?

I can't even tell you why I didn't like it. The songs were semi-catchy. The actors were decent to look at. I teared up at the end, so I *was* engaged in the movie. Yet I didn't really like it, and I kept watching the clock, waiting for it to be over.

I can't even explain it to myself.

We've been really lax on our Netflix account in the past year or so - since Philip returned home in October, actually. We watched Walk the Line together last week, though. And tonight I watched both Full Frontal (really disliked it, by the way) and War Games (honestly, I could just eat Matthew Broderick up!). I've had Full Frontal at home since 09/29/05, and I've had War Games at home since 03/17/05 - isn't that pathetic?

Ah, well. They're heading back to Netflix tomorrow, and two more movies will be on their way shortly. I believe Wedding Crashers is at the top of my queue...

Our Netflix account finally received some love. After having the same five movies since the last week of September, I finally watched one of them this afternoon.

Yes, folks. That's over three months now. I hadn't watched ANY Netflix movies since the week before Philip returned home. Talk about a waste of money (I know, I know). I didn't want to cancel the service - we've had it for close to three years now (anniversary is in April), but I just never did have the motivation or time to watch the movies that we had.

Man on Fire, starring Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning. Good, but more gruesome than I'd imagined.

One down, four to go. Somebody at Netflix will probably flip when they get this movie returned in the next day or so, as I'm sure they were about to write us off as having been abducted by aliens.

Oh, and Bri??

I cried. And HOW.

Holy-sobbing-cow. :-(