Movies

Marty and I love movies.  We will watch just about anything.  I sleep through a lot of them.  Marty screens them for me sometimes, when it's not football season.  He will get home early or stay up late and watch a movie, and if he thinks I won't sleep through it, he'll watch it again with me.  It's really sweet, actually.  Last night I rented "Transformers 2."  First of all, it was 2 1/2 hours long.  That's a long movie for me to stay awake through.  Secondly, we got it thinking the boys could watch it with us.  I was really glad they weren't interested because it's a lot scarier than the first one.  There was one scene with a little Decepticon up the nose.  I'll leave it at that.  Ooh, and that other pretty girl was super scary, too!  Don't want to give anything away.  It was long, and maybe a little too much action for my taste.  I get so carried away watching movies like this, I need a few quiet moments between action sequences to catch my breath.  I'm glad I'm not Sam Witwicky.  I'd be screwed.  It was okay, I'm glad I watched it, I don't need to watch it again.  I also got "Imagine That" for the boys.  They didn't love it, but I'll watch it tonight. 

This is why my house is messy!  I should be cleaning it up instead of watching these dumb movies!

It's a Goiter

So I have an enlarged thyroid. My ob/gyn found it at my annual exam and thought I should have an ultrasound. My first thought was that I hoped it wasn't my twin. It wasn't, thank goodness! There is a history of cancer in my family, so that's all I've been thinking about for three stinkin' weeks. The ultrasound brought the diagnosis of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and the need to meet with an endocrinologist. I had to go to Northwest Senior Health for my appointment with the specialist, which as a 34 year old woman I really didn't appreciate. Anywho, he told me there's no mass or tumor or anything disturbing. Just your everyday goiter which is nothing more than an enlarged thyroid. He has upped my daily synthroid prescription. So all's well. The doc said I should be feeling better any moment, so I'm looking forward to that.

I just finished reading "Switch" by Sandra Brown. It was good. I still like "Play Dirty" the best. Before "Switch" I read Nora Robert's "Black Hills" which I really liked. I didn't want it to end.

Aaron is home sick today. My mother-in-law and I have diagnosed bronchitis, but I probably need to get him to a doctor since he's had fever for two days.

Andrew is headed to McGarrah's Pumpkin Patch with his school today. He gets to ride the bus so he is so excited!

Addy threw the biggest fit ever last night in front of her Nana. Janice was in shock! It was funny and embarrassing for me. Addy is my biggest eater and my biggest fit thrower. So much for my little debutante!

Nothing else happening here. I've been saying lots of prayers for my health, my friends' marriages, my kids, my family, friends of friends who have experienced so much pain and sadness. I am so blessed.
Heather

So Marty and I watched "Observe and Report" this weekend, as well as "Sugar." I had some expectation the "OandR" would be funny, but it wasn't. It was "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" with the f-word. "Sugar" is a baseball movie. We love baseball movies. We like bad baseball movies. This was the slowest, most boring movie we've seen in a long time. I'm glad I had a Blockbuster coupon. Other than that, the weekend consisted of a football game Friday night, soccer Saturday morning, and church Sunday morning. Then Lawrence Hamilton who directs the choir at Philander Smith College in Little Rock put on a little benefit concert at church on Sunday afternoon. It was good. I enjoyed it. But then he sang Muddy Water from "Big River," so that was really great and it really made my day.

Stuff

I like to watch movies. Marty and I watch lots of movies. Now that we can rent them so affordably at Redbox stands, I think even Dave Ramsey would approve. We borrow lots of DVDs, too, which is fun. My sister recently sent me Season 1 of the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." I liked it a lot, and am looking forward to catching up on the rest of the series. Yes, I am several years behind. If you are one of the two people left in Arkansas who haven't heard, Marty and I are broke. We are really working on it, though. That being said, we cancelled our cable with the DVR, which we miss A LOT! We don't have internet or phone service at home any longer, either. It's just our little digital tv converter boxes and our cell phones. We've done pretty well, though, and we are absolutely grateful for friends and family loaning us movies, because that's about all the entertainment we can afford.

Anywho, last weekend we watched "My Life in Ruins" with Nia Vardalos. It was predictable, but cute. Marty laughed out loud one time. We also rented "Management" with Jennifer Anniston and Steven Zahn. I love Steven Zahn and want to love his movies, but this one was pretty stinky. I kind of liked the story, and Woody Harrelson was hilarious. I would wait until it's on TNT to watch it, though. Don't waste the dollar to rent it.

This weekend we'll be watching "Observe and Report" and "Race to Witch Mountain." I saw witch mountain at the theater with Andrew, but Marty hasn't seen it. I'll let you know what I think.

See ya,
Heather