X-Men Origins - Wolverine

I rented X-Men Orgins - Wolverine, mostly because my kids begged me to. I didn't want to see it because in the first x-men movie they had already gone through his story. After watching this I relized they didn't go through it all. We actually learn way more about him, where he comes from, his family, how he was born with it, and we learn more about the other x-men and some of what happens to them in the beginning. I was really glad the kids made me watch it.

In 1845 Canada, young James Howlett sees his father killed by groundskeeper Thomas Logan. The trauma activates the boy's mutation: bone claws protrude from James' hands, and he kills Logan. With his dying breath, Logan tells James that he is James' real father. James flees with Victor Creed, the abused son of Thomas Logan who is thus James' brother. The two spend the next century as soldiers, putting their violent urges and skills to use by fighting as US soldiers in the American Civil War, both World Wars and the Vietnam War. In Vietnam, James kills a superior officer after he comes to stop Victor from raping a local villager. Despite his clear objections to Victor's actions, James defends his brother, and the two are sentenced to execution by firing squad, which they survive. Major William Stryker approaches the two men, now in military custody, and offers them membership in Team X, a group of mutants including marksman Agent Zero, mercenary Wade Wilson, teleporter John Wraith, invincible Fred Dukes and electrokinetic Chris Bradley. They join the team, but the group's questionable actions and disregard for human life cause James to leave.
Six years later, James — now going by the name Logan — is living in Canada with his girlfriend, Kayla Silverfox. Meanwhile in Ohio, Bradley is seen working at a carnival, performing a rigged carnival game with his powers, when Victor appears and kills him. Colonel Stryker locates Logan and warns him that someone is killing members of the team, as both Wilson and Bradley are dead. Shortly afterward, Victor murders Kayla and brutally beats Logan. Stryker offers Logan a way to beat Victor. Logan undergoes an operation to reinforce his skeleton with adamantium, a virtually indestructible metal. Before the procedure, Logan asks for new dog tags inscribed with "Wolverine"-- based on a story that Kayla told him. Once the procedure is successfully completed, Stryker orders Logan's memory to be erased, but Logan overhears thanks to his supernatural hearing and fights his way out, with former team member Zero tracking him. Logan takes refuge in the barn of an elderly couple who take him in for the night. Early the next day Zero murders the couple and attacks Logan with two humvees and a helicopter. Logan fights back and kills Zero and his soldiers.
Logan locates Wraith and Dukes and asks them about the location of Stryker's new laboratory, referred to as "The Island." Dukes, now severely obese, explains that Stryker is performing experiments on mutants, and that Victor is aiding him in capturing new subjects. One of them, Remy LeBeau ("Gambit"), escaped and hence knows the location of The Island. Wraith and Logan locate Gambit in New Orleans, and ask for the Island's location, but Gambit suspects Logan was sent to recapture him and attacks him. Meanwhile, Victor kills Wraith, after revealing he had already killed Dukes, and takes a sample of his blood for Stryker. Upon being thrown out of the building by Gambit and discovering the murder scene, Logan attacks Victor and, with his enhanced strength, almost kills him. However, Gambit interrupts the fight, allowing Victor to escape. After being convinced of Logan's intentions, Gambit takes him to Stryker's facility on Three Mile Island. There, Logan learns that Kayla is still alive and was conspiring with Stryker the whole time in exchange for her abducted sister's safety, but did not yet know that she still genuinely loved him. Feeling hurt and betrayed, Logan leaves, enraging Victor at being denied the chance to fight Logan that he wanted. When Victor demands the adamantium bonding promised for his service, Stryker refuses on the basis that he will not survive the procedure. A berserk Victor attempts to kill Kayla when she tries to persuade him Stryker has betrayed them both, but Logan hears her screams and returns. Logan easily defeats Victor and nearly kills him but stops when Kayla reminds him of his humanity. Logan then agrees to help Kayla free the imprisoned mutants.
Stryker activates his Weapon XI, a "mutant killer" super-soldier with the abilities of other mutants. Logan holds Weapon XI off while the escaped mutants flee. The mutants escape through the facility's tunnels, guided by a young blinded Scott Summers who is following a voice in his head. The party is greeted by Professor Charles Xavier, who offers them shelter at his school. Kayla, mortally wounded in the escape, decides to stay. Logan lures Weapon XI to fight on top of one of the plant's cooling towers, where he is almost killed until Victor arrives. Together, they battle Weapon XI and manage to decapitate him. Victor then departs, vowing to one day finish what they have started, and Logan is saved from the collapsing tower by Gambit. As Logan carries Kayla to safety, Stryker shoots Logan in the forehead with adamantium bullets, rendering him unconscious. He points the gun at Kayla but Kayla tells him by using her power of persuasion to walk until his feet bleed and then keep walking, refusing to order him to kill himself as that would make them no better than him, before dying from her injuries. Gambit returns, but the brain damage causes Logan not to remember anything. As the police and ambulances arrive, Gambit tries to convince Logan to come with him, but he declines, wanting to go his own way. Gambit and Logan run opposite ways as the emergency vehicles respond to the devastated cooling tower.

Ghosts

So I was driving into work today and the subject on the radio for people to call in about was your experience with ghosts. So that got me thinking about mine. Since it's so close to halloween, I thought I'd share.

My first experience with a ghost was when I was 10 years old, my mother had left to go be with my Grandfather because he was very sick. I was laying in my bed it was 3:33 am and I woke up and my grandfather was standing at the foot of my bed. He looked at me and smiled and I waved as his image faded away. The next morning my came came home and told us he had died that night.

One of the coolest experiences I had was my aunt bought an old victorian house built in early 1900, in Idaho. My kids and I went to go live in the house, then they were 5 and 11 years old. The house had 3 stories, we stayed on the 3rd floor. One day while my aunt was intown she was getting keys made and had just gotten all of the locks changed. She was trying to get ready to go to the store when she could not find her keys. The boys were playing out back and it was just her and I in the house. We looked everywhere for those keys (how hard can they be to find in an empty house) I went up and down the stairs looking in every room and finally found them laying on the ground in the basement. So I gave them to her and she went for the door to the drive way and it wouldn't open. She pulled and turned and pulled some more and nothing. So I walked over and it opened right up. She was so frustrated that she just left. I took the kids to a hotel because she wanted to be alone the first couple of nights in her house. When we arrived over there the next day she was looking for her keys again. Then she asked us why we had messed with lights in the basement. We tried to explain that we hadn't touched anything. She said we must have done something because everytime she went down there the lights would shut off. At this point we didn't know if she was insane or if there was a ghost messing with her. Finally after 2 more days of keys getting missplaced doors getting stuck and lights turning off and on, she headed back to California.

The kids and I still had 2 more days until the movers arrived with our stuff. The cool thing was that after she left the oposit was happening. If I couldn't find my keys they would apear on the counter next to the door, and when I would go into the basement the light would turn on. The coolest thing that happened was I had returned back from the store and my 5 year old was asleep, my 11 year old had to go potty really bad, so I grabbed the groseryies in one hand and my 5 year old on my shoulder and headed for the door, already frustrated knowing I still had to get in the door, suddenly it opens for us, and I don't mean poped open 2 inches I mean pulled pack and welcoming. My 11 yr old was just so releaved to be able to run to bathroom he didn't even think about it. Releaved that I could get in and put everything down, I just said "Thank you" outloud. We went on like that for about a year with the good stuff happening to us and the wierd stuff happening to my aunt when she'd visit until I met someone and he moved in, then it felt like the ghost was just gone, there were no more insidences.

Autumn Leaves Monthly Writer's Meetup

I joined a new group called the Chino Hills Writers Meetup. Last night was the Autumn Leaves Monthly Writer's Meetup. We met at Coffee Bean in Claremont. Parking was horrific, I had to park a couple of blocks away. When all of the group finally showed up it was a great meeting. Everyone shared what they had been working on, and we all gave creative feedback. It was nice to share ideas and hear new and interesting things pour out of creative minds. We actually closed the place down and left at 10pm. I wish we had meet in some place quieter because there was so many interesting stories that I could only hear part of. So 3 hours of creative thinking wasn't bad, it was trying to get to sleep when I got home that was the worst.

Where the Wild Things Are

We also saw this movie this last weekend. We were so disapointed by this movie. By the end of the movie we were all just stairing at the screen in devastation. I have included the Plot below, which should definatly be read before you see the movie because if you just watch it you will be confused. The movie had more to do with the costumes looking more like  the book then anything else. Anyone who has read the book will not like the movie but they may get a few more parts of the movie. By itself the movie does not make sence, points the director was trying to get across get left in the displacment of it all.

Max (Max Records) is a lonely boy with an active fantasy life. When his sister Claire's (Pepita Emmerichs) friends carelessly crush his snow fort in a snowball fight, and she doesn't do anything about it, he goes into a rage and makes a mess of her bedroom. When his mother Connie (Catherine Keener) invites her boyfriend (Mark Ruffalo) to dinner, Max throws a tantrum in which he bites her, and runs out of the house, still in the wolf costume he likes to wear. At the nearby seashore, he finds an abandoned sailboat, and sets out in it.
He eventually reaches an island, where he finds several large talking wild things, vaguely humanoid in shape with features resembling those of various animals:
Carol (voiced by James Gandolfini) - the most outspoken of the wild things

Ira and Judith (voiced by Forest Whitaker and Catherine O'Hara) - a couple

Alexander (voiced by Paul Dano) - a smaller goat-like thing who craves attention

Douglas (voiced by Chris Cooper) - Carol's birdlike sidekick

The Bull (voiced by Michael Berry, Jr.) - a quiet and intimidating beast who mostly keeps to himself

Carol is in the middle of a tantrum over the departure of K.W. (Lauren Ambrose) to be with other friends. Not understanding what's going on, Max tries to join in on the mayhem, but soon finds himself facing the suspicious anger of the entire tribe. Bluffing his way out, he convinces them that he is a great king with magical powers capable of bringing harmony to the group. They promptly crown him as their new king. K.W. returns, and Max declares a "wild rumpus", in which the wild things smash trees and tackle each other, ending with them all piling on one another, then going to sleep, with Max at the center of the pile.
Carol takes Max on a tour of his new kingdom, ending at a model Carol has built, of what he wishes the island looked like. Inspired by this, Max orders the construction of an enormous and fanastical fort, with Carol in charge of the construction. However, when K.W. brings her owl friends Bob and Terry to the fort, another argument arises, as Carol doesn't like them. Max's answer is to divide the tribe into "good guys" and "bad guys" for a dirt-clod fight as a distraction. But this only serves to increase tension between the wild things, and Alexander is physically hurt; K.W. leaves the group again.
Eventually, Max admits to Alexander that he is neither a king nor does he have magical powers. Alexander had suspected it all along, and warns Max to never let Carol know. But Max's secret is exposed to the whole group, and Carol goes wild, accidentally ripping Douglas' arm off, then chasing Max into the forest. Max is saved by K.W., who hides him from Carol in her stomach, then explains to him that their lives are already difficult, with Carol's tantrums only making it worse. Hearing this, Max finally understands what his mother is going through, and decides that it is time to leave the island. He looks for Carol, but only finds the model island, which Carol has destroyed, so Max leaves a token of affection for the wild thing to find. The other wild things escort Max to his boat, and he sets off for home. Carol arrives just in time to join his friends on the shore, and they all share one last group howl.
Max returns home, apparently just a short time after he left. He is embraced by his distraught mother, who happily watches and smiles as he hungrily eats dinner, before she falls fast asleep.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meetballs

I took the kids to see this movie last weekend, we loved it. We got to see it at the IMAX theater in 3D, which made it even better. It has a great story and lovable caracters.

Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) always wanted to invent something awesome. He grew up with his first invention being (Spray-on Shoes), which unfortunately imprisoned his feet for life, which led to people already making fun of him at a young age. As he grows, the rest of his experiments seem to have a downside to them as well, such as "The Flying Car", a television with legs, and "ratbirds." Flint believes he is a failure, but his mother Fran Lockwood (Lauren Graham) always believed he can succeed. However, she passed away later, leaving him with his father, Tim Lockwood (James Caan). Flint lives in a small island town called Swallow Falls, which is famous for sardines. However, when the town’s economy fell, it left the town in hard times, leaving sardines as the only food in Swallow Falls. Flint finally comes up with an invention that converts water into food called the Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator (FLDSMDFR for short), but he doesn’t have enough electricity to get it working. Tim discovers Flint's new failure and suggests he should quit working on experiments to work with him in his fishing shop. However, the next day Flint and his pet monkey, Steve (Neil Patrick Harris), who communicates with a thought translator, try to charge up the machine using the power station. Meanwhile, Mayor Shelbourne (Bruce Campbell) along with ‘Baby’ Brent (Andy Samberg), the towns' sardine celebrity mascot and Flint’s school bully, opens a new theme park called Sardine Land, in hopes it will make him largely recognized. Sam Sparks (Anna Faris), a weather intern from New York City has her big break reporting these events with her cameraman Manny (Benjamin Bratt). When Flint powers up the machine, the machine flies through the theme park and up into the air, causing maximum damage to Sardine Land right as it opens.
Humiliated, Flint flees to the docks where he meets Sam, while the sky starts to rain cheeseburgers from giant purple clouds all over the island. Flint finds it is the FLDSMDFR, which is still in the sky and takes Sam to his lab. He keeps her occupied by having her watch a video of a kitten and ducklings singing “Fight the Power” as he builds a communication device that allows him to send orders of food to the FLDSMDFR. People begin to praise Flint's invention and ask him for requests of food to rain down, like ice cream for the town’s cop, Earl’s, (Mr. T) son, Cal’s, (Bobb'e J. Thompson) birthday, and a giant Jell-O mold for Sam while on a date with her (of which Flint has a horrible time trying to ask her out on). He also builds a device that launches the leftovers on the ground behind a "nearly indestructible" dam, Mount Leftovers. The town is then renamed Chewandswallow and the mayor plans a grand re-opening of the town hoping the food weather will attract plenty of tourists, which will make him more recognizable than ever before.
While on a date with Sam, Flint discovers a lot about her, like her allergic reaction to peanuts, but more importantly that she was once a “nerd”. She was a “nerd” for the weather, and she wore her hair back and large glasses. She changed her look later in life, but Flint likes her the way she was, and Sam agrees to go out in public with the look. Right before leaving, Flint nervously (and awkwardly) tries to kiss Sam but gets interrupted by a phone call. The call is from Mayor Shelbourne, asking Flint to cut the ribbon at the town's grand re-opening. Afterwards, Flint runs into problems with his father, who can’t admit that he is proud of his son, and Flint storms off angry and disappointed. He then comes across giant hot dogs, realizing that the food is starting to rain in large quantities. Noting that the food molecules are mutating, Flint goes to turn off the FLDSMDFR, but the Mayor (who is now morbidly obese from all the food he ate) deceives him and says he shouldn’t and no one would like him anymore if he did. Flint, realizing this is the only time people weren't scolding him for a mishap, orders spaghetti for the next day’s menu for the tourist’s arrival to town at the grand re-opening.
The next day at the town's grand re-opening however, the spaghetti forms a twister, which proves that the food is starting to mutate. Flint goes to turn off the FLDSMDFR, but the Mayor is seen ordering a Vegas-style buffet, and accidentally destroys the communication device. Sam, using her weather computer tries warn the world through the news that a life threatening food storm will strike, but they disconnect her off the air at first for her "nerdy" appearance. Luckily she gets re-aired and warns everyone about the events that could destroy the world. Flint gives up believing he truly is a failure, but his father finally talks to him and encourages him to save the town. Flint puts a kill code in a USB Drive then builds “The Flying Car 2 with wings” and Steve, Sam, Manny, and ‘Baby’ Brent (Brent going along trying to find a new "self image" since his old one was destroyed after Flint became famous) give a chase to the FLDSMDFR, while the citizens and tourists build sandwich boats to escape to the sea.
The FLDSMDFR has formed a giant meatball around itself and Flint, Sam and Brent enter the meatball while Manny and Steve stay behind in the car. Flint loses the USB Drive on the way and calls his father to send the kill code to his cellular phone. Tim hesitantly enters Flint’s lab, and has trouble following through with what Flint told him. While finally sending him the kill code, Mount Leftovers collapses and covers the town with massive amounts of food, and it seems that Tim had been crushed, but he successfully pulls himself out and sends the kill code to Flint’s phone. Flint, Brent, and Sam then uncover sentient food which has gone under large mutations for it to be able to protect the FLDSMDFR on their own, and fight their way through giant man eating baked chickens. Brent is seemingly eaten by one, but is able to control the chicken and fight the rest off alone as his new self, 'Chicken' Brent. Flint and Sam then head off alone but Sam must leave Flint after having an allergic reaction to peanut brittle. Now alone, Flint encounters the FLDSMDFR, while Sam and Brent escape with Manny and Steve. Flint jams the phone into the machine to release the code, however it appears that Tim sent him the wrong document, the video of the kitten and ducklings singing “Fight the Power”. The FLDSMDFR fights back physically, but Flint covers the food extraction hole with his Spray-on Shoes spray. The FLDSMDFR and the meatball explode, and the purple clouds around the world disappear. At the town, which is covered by giant food, Sam, Steve, and Brent arrive unharmed. Seeing Flint is not with them, Tim and the other citizens mourn to Flint whom they believe is dead, but Flint returns unharmed, saved by the ratbirds he created.. His father finally admits his proud feelings and love to his son, and Flint and Sam finally kiss.
During the end credits sequence, Flint and everyone else enjoy their new life in a food paradise, renamed Chewandswallow 2. Tim and Flint open up a new business that uses Flint’s Spray-on Shoes spray to repair roofs, and the Mayor is arrested and jailed by Earl and Cal for his greedy behavior.

This one is great for the whole family!

The Proposal

I had been dieing to see this movie, all of my friends and family had seen it, so finally when it came out on DVD I rented it. I love this movie, it was funny and unpredictable, with a cute twist.

Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is the executive editor-in-chief of a book publishing company, Colden Books. All of her workers, including her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds), hate her. She fires a senior editor, Bob Spaulding (Aasif Mandvi) because he is unable to get an author named Frank interviewed by Oprah. After learning she is being deported to Canada, she forces Andrew to marry her, as his future is tied to hers. When the government investigates, Mr. Gilbertson (Denis O'Hare) informs them that they will undergo rigorous testing to prove that the marriage is not fraudulent, after being notified by Bob Spaulding that this marriage might be a sham. Andrew grudgingly accepts the preposition of marrying Margaret, under the condition that he is promoted to the position of editor and his manuscript be published. He also forces Margaret to propose nicely to him on her knees in the streets of New York, and to allow him to tell his parents they are getting married.


The two are forced to spend the weekend with his parents in Sitka, Alaska in order to sell the lie, where they will be attending the 90th birthday party of Andrew's grandmother (Gammy) (Betty White). Margaret is very unreceptive of Alaska, and is furthermore shocked to learn that Andrew's family owns most of the business in Sitka. They attend a surprise party for them, where Andrew catches up with his ex-girlfriend, Gertrude "Gert" (Malin Akerman). After he is humiliated by his father, Joe Paxton (Craig T. Nelson), Andrew announces that he and Margaret are getting married. They are forced to kiss, and do so passionately, showing the first signs of respect for one another. Andrew's parents then show them their room, and Gammy gives them a special blanket (called baby-maker, which they avoid). Andrew and Margaret sleep separately - Andrew on the floor and Margaret in the bed.
The next morning, Margaret wakes to hear her phone ringing. After waking Andrew with her loud conversation, she goes outside to continue the conversation with Frank; however, the family dog, Kevin (a Samoyed puppy), follows her out of the house and is swooped up by an eagle. She gets Kevin back, but the eagle instead snatches her phone away. Andrew, after seeing the commotion, informs her that his mother Grace, herself and Gammy are going shopping and sightseeing; the shopping actually proves to be a male strip show by Ramone.
Margaret talks with Gert about Andrew, who tells her that they dated through college, and when Andrew asked her to elope with him, she didn't want to leave her home, and said no.
Meanwhile, Andrew confronts his father after he apologizes and asks him to take up the family business, telling him he's happy in New York. Margaret comes home and see Andrew venting his anger (after the conversation between him and his Father) by hitting an old wooden canoe agitatedly. She takes a shower, but finds no towels in the bathroom; when she tries to get one from the open wardrobe, she is stopped by Kevin. Andrew goes to the balcony of their room, stripping naked, to take a bath. Margaret, also naked, goes for a towel after distracting Kevin, only to bump into Andrew after slipping while shutting the door close so that Kevin would not escape from the bathroom. He sees her tattoo on her back before going to take a shower. That night, Andrew and Margaret reveal to each other a little about their past, and find out they like the same band. It was revealed here that Margaret was an orphan, and had no siblings.
Next morning, Joe and Grace knock at the door with breakfast. Andrew and Margaret hurriedly get into bed together, and the family suggest they could marry the same weekend, and they reluctantly accept. Andrew is stressed because the marriage is actually a sham, and Margaret tries to comfort and convince him, finding herself genuinely caring for him. To sort out her emotions, she goes for a bike ride into the woods, where she finds Gammy "giving thanks". Gammy invites her to join her, and they end up dancing to "Get Low", while Andrew watches.
Andrew takes her into Sitka to get Margaret's new phone, and she tries to contact New York. However, Gammy and Grace arrive and take Margaret to be fitted into a dress that Gammy's great grandmother made, and a necklace that's been in the Paxton family for generations. Margaret, who was now very touched, decided that she can't do this to Andrew, and she hijacks a boat and tries to explain, but she falls off after he takes the steering wheel (and she cannot swim and almost drowns, but manage to cling onto a floating buoy). Andrew goes back for her, and they return to his house. Once there, they find out Mr. Gilbertson has arrived to check on the couple, after Joe suspected that the marriage was a scam, and that Joe had came down to a deal with Mr. Gilbertson, who persuades them to admit the sham. Andrew vehemently denies and rushes out.
During the wedding ceremony, Margaret decides she cannot do this to Andrew and confesses the business arrangement in front of everyone - including Mr. Gilbertson - who informs her she has twenty four hours to get back to Canada. She returns to New York to pack her things. Andrew rushes to their room only to find she has already left leaving his manuscript with a note of praise from her on the bed. As he rushes out of the house to confront Margaret, another argument arises between Joe and Andrew. Gammy has a heart attack while trying to stop them and while being airlifted to the hospital. She convinced Joe and Andrew to quit arguing before she "passes away". Once they agree, Gammy reveals she had faked it, just so they would stop fighting and try to make it to the plane, to stop Margaret from going back to New York. Andrew attempts to stop Margaret's flight, but cannot do so in time. However, Andrew rushes to New York and shows up at the office before he confesses his love for Margaret in front of the entire office staff, proposing marriage all over again as he "wants to date Margaret". They go to Mr. Gilbertson once more to get engaged, this time "for real".
During the end credits, everyone including Andrew's family and Ramone is being interviewed by Mr. Gilbertson. And it's hinted that Ramone is an illegal immigrant, while Kevin, the dog, still has not got used to Margaret's presence.

Encaustic Painting

One of the classes that my crafters group did was Encaustic Painting. A group of us drove down to down town pasadena and learned the process. Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The liquid/paste is then applied to a surface — usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are often used.
The simplest encaustic mixture can be made from adding pigments to beeswax, but there are several other recipes that can be used — some containing other types of waxes, damar resin, linseed oil, or other ingredients. Pure, powdered pigments can be purchased and used, though some mixtures use oil paints or other forms of pigment.
Metal tools and special brushes can be used to shape the paint before it cools, or heated metal tools can be used to manipulate the wax once it has cooled onto the surface. Today, tools such as heat lamps, heat guns, and other methods of applying heat allow artists to extend the amount of time they have to work with the material. Because wax is used as the pigment binder, encaustics can be sculpted as well as painted. Other materials can be encased or collaged into the surface, or layered, using the encaustic medium to adhere it to the surface.

It was fun experience and I loved learning something new. While we were waiting for our paintings to dry we went walking in downtown Pasadena. Then we went to luch at a vietnamese sandwich shop. I don't recomend going in there unless you either speak the languae or bring a translator. The food was good. Thier food is surprisingly very sweet.

I would post a picture of painting but it's stillnot dry yet.

Swine Flu

It was the night of October 12th, I was helping my son with his essay when I started to get the chills. My head caught on fire with heat and pain. My bones ached, I got dizzy. I told the kids goodnight and I went to lay down. The shivering kept my muscles locked, the pain was relentless. As I pull more covers on me the heat poring out the top of my head was nearing explosive. I tried to relax if only I could get some sleep. My eyes flew open as the sound of my alarm clock streamed threw the room. I stumbled out of bed, shook my daughter gently to wake her up. Yelled down to my manchild (18 yr old son) and told him he would have to take his sister to school. I wabbled into the bathroom sat on the toilet and let the sickness pour out. Then I grabbed firmly onto the trash can and let it pour out the other end. When it was over I dragged myself back into the bed convinced I was going to die and fell asleep. In awakening a few hours later volcanic heat still poured out of my head and eyes, so I knew it was time to head straight for the doctor. He said "yep you have the flu." Then prescribed cough syrup and penacylin.

I knew I had to make it into the office to get payroll sent in.  

Vagina Dialogues at Ontario Improv

Mr. Right

So I've been looking for Mr. Right for awhile now. I'm almost convinced he doesn't exist. I don't think I'm asking for to much:


 Must have own place

 Must have a job

 Must be available on weekends for dates and sex

 Must be ok with my spontaneity

 Must like kids (mine)

 Can have kids of his own or not

 Must not want to have more kids

 Must like texting (cause I hate talking on the phone)

 Must like movies

 Must be acceptable to snoring (Cause I do)

 Must be handy (Cause I need help fixing up my house)

 Must not Smoke and only Drink moderatly or not at all
 Must not drive a 2 door car (you’ll have to read one of my past blogs to find out what that means)



I think that’s it. I told you it wasn’t much. If you know someone that fits the list send him my way.

Floating Pearl Necklace

So I joined a new Meet up Group - The Art & Crafts Club. I went to my first class Wednesday night, and we made Floating Pearl Necklaces. It was a small group of 6 women. Trinh was the host, she was very nice and a great Teacher, very patient. There were 3 other women there from her work, myself, and Sherry (the crazy craft lady). I was surprised at how easy the technique was; it looked hard when looking at the necklace. Everyone in the group was very nice. I have to clarify when I say "Crazy Craft Lady" Sherry is one of those people that are so crafty and talented and kind of crazy. But you just can't help but love her. She wears tons of jewelry that she made herself (It's gorgeous). Below is a picture that resembles the necklace that I made. When Trinh posts the pictures I’ll post the real one on here.