Movie review

Friday night Nick and I went on a date. The original plan was to go out to dinner and then go clothes shopping for my poor husband, who is just about wearing tatters (because the man won't shop and yet won't let me do it for him - it's a paradox). During dinner, he sneakily convinced me that seeing a movie would be more fun, so we went to the theater to see if anything worth $22 was playing. We settled on The King's Speech, because it won the Oscar, I love Colin Firth, and I'd heard good things about it.

It. Was. Phenomenal. Excellent, excellent movie. The plot is not "exciting", but it doesn't matter. I was riveted the whole time and Colin Firth was amazing in the role of King George. Just convinced me completely. I can't recommend this movie highly enough.

(FYI it does have two scenes with strong language, but nothing else objectionable, despite it's R rating.)

Spring closet cleaning

It was definitely time to clean out my closet. I keep all the clothes I own in my closet, but do have a Rubbermaid container that houses summer clothes in the winter and vice versa. I keep most everything where I can get to it, though. The theme of this was definitely "I Have Too Many Clothes" and I did manage to get rid of a bunch. However, I kept more than I should have. It's hard for me to give up clothes!! You never know when you might wear something again!!

Embarrassing, but true:


Scout supervising:


Everything out of the closet and on my bed (I told you I had too much):


MUCH better:

Movie review dump

Here are brief reviews of movies I've seen lately. In case anyone cares:

Letters to Juliet

Very cute, fun, light-hearted movie. I enjoyed this one a lot.



Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Huh? I barely understood this movie and we had to stop it multiple times to have Nick explain the money related portions of this movie. Which were many. And he hated that.


Ramona and Beezus

SOOOO cute; definitely lived up to the beloved children's books that I read over and over again growing up; loved this one; very family friendly.


Salt

Entertaining, edge-of-your-seat thriller that kept me guessing. Enjoyable movie.


Red

Another thriller but with some humor and was a fun Friday night movie.

What I've Been Up To

Well, nothing much. Life has been pretty boring around here lately. I haven't felt like coming up with interesting blog topics, and of course I've not been taking pictures of the boringness that is life around here lately. That's ok. Boring is sometimes good. It definitely means there is nothing BAD to discuss either, and I've read a lot of books, seen some good movies, and organized several areas of my house in my boredom (in addition to school, which of course consumes many hours of my weeks). So maybe a post or two forthcoming with reviews.

I didn't want to let more than two weeks go by without a blog post, though, so I'm writing today on the subject of: shopping for jeans.

WHY?!? Does this have to be difficult??? I go to buy pants at a store, they fit in the dressing room, I take them home, wear them, wash them and notice little difference in the way they first fit me. Not so with jeans. I currently have three pairs of jeans that I bought fairly recently that don't fit me correctly. Without going into the flaws that are inherent to my body type, I thought they looked great in the dressing room. But now they are home. One pair is ridiculously too big. I look like a clown. One pair hurts to wear them because they are too small. And they are the same size as each other! U.G.H. Jeans are my go-to outfit through much of the year (pretty much October through March with a few wearings sprinkled in over the summer on the rare chilly day) and I like to have a variety of versions to choose from in my closet (different washes, fits, etc). I do have one pair in my closet that fits into the "love" category right now, but I can't wear them much longer because they keep getting holes in them. My dry cleaner is going to start worrying about me after patching up all the holes for me. Oh well. I guess this is just one more of life's mysteries.

Don't even get me started on bathing suits.

After pics of the office

A place for everything....

...and everything in its place.

If you know me, you know I pretty much live by this mantra. And you'll know why living like this for the last three days:




is what has given me hives. We cleaned out the office to have it painted on Wednesday. Having it like this nearly killed me, but it is just about back to normal.

Before pics:

Front foyer:
Office (I know, we painted this room not that long ago. And while WE like the color, we do intend to move at some point and we know it not neutral):


Stairs - the main reason for getting it painted. The scuff marks going up the stairs were ATROCIOUS!!



After pics:

Front foyer:


Office (nothing put back yet - I'll post that one later):


Stairs:
Much better!

Jobs I'm glad I don't have

I passed a truck today and couldn't really look away for a bit. I didn't know this existed:
People do that? For real?? And people pay other people to have that done?!? Wow.

It got me thinking about jobs I'm glad I don't have. Everyone is cut out for something and some of these jobs I know are much desired by others. Just not me. I often hear people tell me they could NEVER be a middle school teacher, and I can't imagine anyone not loving it. To each their own, but here are some jobs I'm so glad I don't do.

1. Poop scooper - I think if money was an issue, I would do anything before I did this.
2. Doctor - I used to want to be a doctor. That was before I realized you had to touch sick people. And their blood. And other stuff. Blegh.
3. Maid - I can barely stand to clean my own house. Cleaning someone else's? - no way!
4. Accountant - You have to be able to add numbers together. And maybe even subtract them. No thanks.
5. Receptionist - I've done this. I HATE answering the phone. When my phone rings, I don't want to answer it unless I know who it is.
6. Truck driver - Though I would like being the biggest thing on the road, I don't really love driving on highways, so this career path out for me.
7. Veterinarian (or pretty much any job having to do with animals) - I'm scared of big dogs and those animal rescue shows make me sick to my stomach. And horses - don't get me started on how I feel about horses.
8. Waitress - I would start yelling at customers by halfway through my first day, no doubt in my mind. I'm not cut out to be that nice for that long.
9. Landscaping - That would mean I would have to do yardwork, right? Other people's yardwork? (see "Maid")
10. Pilot - Fear of flying? Check. Claustrophobia? Check. Though I do love to travel, this would NOT be my preferred way to see the world.

But all these people are necessary and I'm sure most of them love their jobs. So I'm glad everyone has a different calling.

Except that poop scooper. Why?!?!?