2 Great Movies

I finally got around to watching some of my screeners from the PGA. I first watched Julia and Julie. I wanted to see this when it first came out but never found the time so I was excited when I got the screener of it. It was exactly what I expected.. fun and entertaining. Both Streep and Adams were great in their roles. I love how it's based on two stories and those stories main characters never cross paths. There is a moment at the end that I thought they would be it never happens, which was kind of disappointing but "hey" it's a true story. This was a sweet, heartwarming movie and I highly recommend it.

The second the movie I watched was The Blind Side. I'm a HUGE Sandra Bullock fan and love a good rags to riches story. This too is based on a true story and it involves football. I laughed and cried during this film. It was sweet, kind and charming. It lifted you up and knocked you down. But in the end it was a very heart warming story and showed that there are still good people left in this world. Of course I loved Sandra and thought she did an outstanding job. And it was fun to see Tim McGraw acting, I love his country music but he's a pretty good actor also. All around the cast was fantastic. I would highly recommend this film as well.

So two great movie, both very different and well worth seeing.

Christmas

We spent today with my family as we have always done. One thing that was different was that it was my nephews first Xmas. Though he is too young to remember it was still nice to know this was his first.

We went to my Mom first. Got there around 10:30am, which was quicker then expected as their was barely any traffic. We spent some time chatting with mom until Mike, Lora and Kenobi arrived. Then Chuck and my grandmother arrived and we exchanged gifts. This use to take and hour as we use to get tons of gifts but this year there were very few gifts so it only took a few minutes.

Once gifts were done Mom went to the kitchen to finish making Turkey lunch, while I put together Kenobi's new high chair.

We ate a turkey lunch and all the trimmings, after that we hung out and visited till around 3pm and then packed up and headed to my Dads.

Got to Dad's about 4pm and started the night with opening gifts. Now there were a ton of these mostly for Lora and Kenobi so it took us a little over an hour to open everything. Once that was done we ate another Turkey dinner and all the trimmings. We visited for a while and then made the trek home.

It was another nice Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

The Snuggie

Harry got me a Snuggie for Xmas.. I wanted one but didn't know he got it.. was very excited.

Christmas Eve

Since we spend Christmas day with my family, Harry and I celebrate our Christmas on Christmas Eve. So we built a nice fire and hung out in the living room opening presents. It was a nice quiet evening. We both got some cool items, most we knew but there were a few surprises.. especially the digital video camera that "Santa" brought for Harry. It was a nice day.

Working the Holidays

I love working the holidays.. our company goes dark for two weeks but we are able to work if needed. Since I had editors and loggers working I figured I would come in a few days.. plus I need the money so it's was all good. I would work the first 3 days of the week and then take 4 days off and then again the following week work 3 days and take off 4 days. Plus having only 1/3 of the staff there makes my life a bit easier. Yes two weeks off would be nice but would hurt the pocket book and with the new house and remodel I can't afford to take any time real time off.. but I'll enjoy my 8 days off.

Survivor

Watched the season finale of Survivor. I've watch all 19 seasons and still loving it. This time around the right person won the million dollars. Not sure if I like the idea of the next one Heroes vs Villains.. but might make for some fun TV. Guess will find out in February.