Another Season, Really?

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Today, I caught some snippets of episodes of 'The Starter Wife' with Debra Messing. I love her, or should I say, I love "Grace". 'Starter Wife'...not so much. I just don't get the whole, "I am woman, hear me roar, have to have a gay best friend, along with an alcoholic best friend to be whole" type character. Cliche is too cliche of a word to use to describe it. Therefore, Tivo will not form a close bond with that one. Enough people out there must disagree with me, though, because another season was picked up.

I also lost a few hundred IQ points when watching 5 minutes of 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians". Those girls are painful to watch. Bruce Jenner might as well tattoo "Welcome" on his forehead seeing as he acts as everyone's doormat.

I'm done with channel exploring: "The Closer", "Heroes" and "Lost" are my Tivo's best buds this year.

Blonde Moment...

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First of all, no offense to the blondes out there, it's just a figure of speech, k? But, yesterday I took my newly tinted car windows to All Pro in Decatur because I thought the tint was bubbling on one side. One of the gentlemen who worked there came out to my car to check it out, kinda laughed, and informed me that the "bubbles" I was seeing were, in fact, tree sap. I felt oh so dumb. But, kudos to All Pro because instead of laughing at me the man offered to scrape the sap off, which he did, and cleaned the window as well...that's service. And, thanks again sir for not making me feel like a bigger dork.

Have I Ever

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given my opinion on the retail giant that is Wal-Mart lately? If not, I'd like to take these few moments, before I make myself go to bed at a decent hour, to rant. Since the Decatur Wal-Mart has undergone new management things are worse than before. What do I mean by things? Cleanliness is at an all time low, and if there are 20 stinkin' lines, why aren't there at least half as many checkers @ 5:30 in the afternoon...real-life, living, breathing, moving checkers. I'm no marketing genius, but if a large number of your customers show up at a certain time, at least try to look efficient while they're there. Also, if I'm going to go through the Self-checkout line I should receive somewhat of a discount since I'm doing the work that the store should provide. And when I do go through the self-checkout, begrudgingly might I add, the red light goes off...it NEVER fails. Today, all three of the self lines were blinking red...what's the point? The point is that the powers that be know that Wise County has zilch regarding all-in-one shopping options. As a wife, mommy and just flat out busy lady the all-in-one is a must. But, mark my words, when Target or Costco make their way to these parts I'll never darken the doors of Wal-Mart again...ev-er.

Skype Hype

Skype, the free messenger, webcam, video-chitchat innovation is one of my favorite things on the planet right now. I just hung up from a call with Josh, the hubby. He went back to Alaska on Sunday, but with Skype we've been able to see each other and talk. It makes his time away not as unbearable. Also, the video is way smoother than anything else we've tried, i.e. Yahoo Messenger. So, any out there who like to see who you're talking to, check it out. It's easy and worth the few minutes worth of tutorial needed to learn how to use it...really.

Speaking of a Desert...

A very witty fellow English teacher mentioned something a couple of weeks back about how to remember the difference between the spellings of "dessert", which is a yummy treat, and "desert", a really hot place with lotsa sand. She stated that "dessert" was something you'd want seconds of, as in a second helping...hence, the two "s's". I've always had to think about those words a sec before determining which to use, but from now on I won't have to think quite so hard, and isn't that the goal of us all?;)

Riddle Me This

My husband gave me a riddle this afternoon at lunch that I have since forgotten and therefore can't truly ponder. I do know that I have absolutely no idea what the answer is...something about a desert, calendar and a starving man with a flashlight. I'll ask him about it tomorrow and try to get the answer from fellow bloggers:)

But, one of my favorite riddles goes somethin' like this: Poor people have plenty of it, Rich people want it. It is above God and worse than Satan. What is "it"?

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'Nim's Island'

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is an absolute delightful and visually stunning film. Abigail Breslin is a sweetie and who can't watch 90 minutes of Gerard Butler, a.k.a. buff Spartan from '300' or Scottish cutie from 'P.S. I Love You'?! Jodie Foster has always been one of my favs, and she plays a very sympathetic agorophobic author of adventure books. The movie is told in a storybook narrative with Breslin as the narrator. It's hard to explain, but the graphics, with scenes changing from storybook-like illustrations to real life, were great! The colors were vivid and the whimsical look and feel of the movie are at the forefront of the movie's appeal for me. Not to mention, Fred, the lizard, reminded me of Ella...and she's a cool little girl, and would not be offended by the reference if she were old enough to understand it!! Although it may not have won any fancy-schmancy awards, it's a great film to watch with the kiddos, or without. Rent, download, or Netflix...however you choose to obtain cinema magic, this one's worth the watch:)