animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

last day

Today was my last day at work. It was pretty uneventful as I was working at home. I spent most of the day deinstalling stuff from my laptop and backup pc. That was the extent of today’s excitement. That, and my exit interview. But, yesterday, I was in the office, …

the godfather: part ii

We caught this one over multiple viewings this past week. It was so long, it was like watching a mini-series. But, I think I liked this one even more than the original. I particularly liked the early days of Don Corleone. I find the early Italian mafia stuff totally fascinating. …

happy birthday, brian

This year, the Westminster Kennel Club gave Brian a birthday gift–they held the dog show before his birthday. So, instead of having to spend his birthday evening watching dogs on television (thanks to me), he can watch Everybody Loves Raymond instead. He’s been taking it easy on me the past …

jarhead

Hoo-rah. That’s the only movie quote I can remember and it came from this movie. But, I like it. I also liked this movie. (so did Brian. in fact, he hadn’t even planned on watching it, but got sucked in from the beginning. i knew that would happen. he’s so …

syriana

We both really liked this movie. It was quite compelling. It was a political thriller about the Middle East, oil, American oil companies, and the government. The movie had numerous storylines that I won’t get into here, but it makes me wish I would’ve bought the Highlander Hybrid rather than …