Archives for April 2008

Horton Hears a Who! Review

April 4, 2008 by Amy 2 Comments

Randomly I decided to take the girls to the movies. I didn’t even know what was playing but had heard a movie that started with Horton was out. That’s how much I knew about it. No clue it was Jim Carrey or Steve Carell, probably my two favorite comedic actors. Within about an hour, we had picked up Heather and were off.

I was pleasantly surprised. I loved the story of the movie, the themes woven in, the comedy and even the “bad guy” is a clumsy bird that is funny. It’s a clean, family-friendly movie that I think is appealing to all ages. The only little thing I didn’t like is the kid who stood up to his mom at the end. I get that she was in the wrong but it was almost the glory-moment and it was all about defying a parent. A little border-line there. Other than that, there really wasn’t anything to complain about.

One funny thing that happened is at the end when all the people were chanting, the little girl behind us in the theater said, “Everybody chant! We are here! We are here!” It was pretty cute. She was serious.

Lexi clapped at the end and Emma was stuck like glue to the screen the whole time. I think they both really enjoyed it. And I did too.

80’s Music Day

April 4, 2008 by Amy Leave a Comment

I opened my iTunes library to a random spot and saw a bunch of 80s music that got copied to my computer from a friend that I had never seen. I promptly started an 80s music playlist and this is going to be a long one. I’m in the D’s out of 380 songs and here’s what’s on my list so far….

Take On Me           A-Ha
Nite and Day           Al B. Sure
Cruel Summer                     Bananarama
Eternal flame           Bangles
Walk Like An Egyptian       Bangles
Strike It Up                     Black Box
She’s a Runaway           BoDeans
Closer To Free           Bodeans
Total Eclipse Of The Heart   Bonnie Tyler
Waiting for a Star to Fall   Boy Meets Girl
Video Killed the Radio Star   Buggles
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybod   C + C Music Factory
Ive Got The Power       C + C Music Factory
Pump up the Volume       C + C Music Factory
Things That Make You Go Hmmm   C + C Music Factory
Just What I Needed       Cars
Lady In Red           Chris DeBerg
I Wear My Sunglasses At Night   Cory Hart
Don’t Dream It’s Over       Crowded House
Something So Strong       Crowded House
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me    Culture Club
I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight   Cutting Crew
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun   Cyndi Lauper
Let’s Hear It For The Boy   Denise Williams
All I Ever Wanted       Depeche Mode
Boys of Summer                   Don Henley

You know you’re addicted when…

April 3, 2008 by Amy 1 Comment

you go to 3 CVS stores IN ONE DAY in two different cities.

Yeah, so that basically sums up my evening. CVS, dinner, CVS, CVS. Scott had $20 worth of ECBs that were going to expire today and somebody waited to the last minute to spend them. You know it’s hard to spend $20 worth of ECBs at CVS? So what’d I get?

1 6-pack Glucerna Drinks
5 bottles of CVS Tylenol
2 Lady Stick deodorants
Colgate Toothbrush
2 Colgate Toothpastes
Monster Drink

I actually only paid $3 oop for all that but it was worth about $50.

7 things

April 3, 2008 by Amy 1 Comment

Mama Belle tagged me for this. The tag is “7 Things.” It is fun to hear tidbits, facts, unique things about your blogging friends.

The Rules:

1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

So I’m going a little out of the rules and I’m going to post about 7 random things that are on my desk right now.

My laptop. Owned by the large bank I work for. Without that laptop, I have no job.
My mouse pad. It’s from the company I interned for during college. I’m too cheap to spend the money on a new mouse pad since you can get so many free ones but I haven’t found another one I like as well.
Empty Starbucks White Mocha. Scott bought it for me this morning because I was already having a bad day…awww…
CVS April Monthly catalog. Because I’m a CVS-er and I’ve been too lazy to put it in my coupon bag.
My iPhone. Because it goes where I go.
A picture of me and Scott. A youth member had it printed and framed for me.
Emma’s hairbows. Because she loves to play computer games at my desk and left it there and once again, I’m too lazy to put it where it goes.

That was actually pretty fun. Consider yourself tagged.

Quickie

April 2, 2008 by Amy 1 Comment

OK, I really do want to try to go to bed early tonight. Why? Oh, because I worked until NINE tonight. Heather and I went to Longhorn’s since I hadn’t eaten dinner the whole time and boy, was it worth it. But now I’m ready to crash.

Oh and our hardwoods are still on backorder and we have a NEW date of April 14. Doncha know I’m happy about THAT?

Check-up

April 2, 2008 by Amy Leave a Comment

The girls had their 3 and 5 year old check-up today. The girls were quite entertaining to the dr. Not shy at all. Lexi says she wants to be 5 like Emma when she grows up. Emma wants to be a dentist. Emma is 90% in height and 50% in weight. Lexi is 90% in height and 75% in weight. Both are developing fine. He seems to agree with me that Lexi’s #2 potty issues are because of Emma’s issues and now that Emma is having no issues, Lexi might warm up to the whole idea in the next 6 months.

One fun thing from today was peeing in the cup for the first time. We tried when we first got there and neither could do it. But they both had to go at the end and I really wanted Lexi’s sugar checked. So I wised up the second time and didn’t put the cup anywhere near them until they started going and then caught it midstream. Wow, this topic is GREAT to blog about. I had to do some major handwashing at the end but they both were pretty excited about it after that. Whatever tests they did came back fine. I double-checked they checked Lexi’s sugar and it was fine.

Happy April Fool’s Day

April 1, 2008 by Amy Leave a Comment

I sorta meant to go to bed early tonight. Since I didn’t sleep well last night, I’ve been pretty tired and worn out today but here it is 11:32pm and I’m still up. So here are a few things from today…

The past two days I’ve almost completely taken sugar away from the girls. I think after getting so lax after Easter they were acting completely out of control this weekend. I only let them have 1 small box of nerds yesterday. No juice, no sugary snacks, nothing. Today I let them have a soda (Lexi) and milkshake (Emma) at dinner and that’s it. Well, I have let them have a bit of chocolate in their milk in the morning. But the rest of the day..it’s been all water. Lexi puts up a fuss but eventually gives in. And in my opinion, they have been better.
I also started a chore chart yesterday including getting dressed, brushing hair, brushing teeth, making bed, feeding the dog, and no whining. Lexi doesn’t get the no whining thing but she was disappointed she didn’t get to fill in that box with a sticker tonight so I told her we’d try again tomorrow. And as for the getting ready part for her, I still have to help her with that so she gets a sticker if she does it without complaining. Emma is ALL ABOUT the stickers. She was asking what she could do to fill in her chart early in the day both days. It’s funny how kids like rules. Hat tip to Jaynee on getting that started with hers.
Tomorrow I take them to their yearly checkups. Probably some shots involved there. Should be lots of fun.
The project at work we implemented over the weekend went very, very well. My plate is not nearly as full now. Although I will enjoy those few weeks of OT very much in the next few weeks.
Tomorrow is the day the floors supposedly come in. I’m not expecting them at all.
My head and heart have been rolling around today about what “to do” now. I plan to do lots of praying about it. I’ll tell you one thing, my heart is really breaking for all the poverty and pain people are going through around me. I want to do something about it but I feel a little lost and I really want a clearer vision of how I (we) should be involved.
Scott is almost certainly going back to Turkey in May.

AI Top 9

April 1, 2008 by Amy 1 Comment

I really like Dolly Parton. And I think her songs went over well. In fact, I think this has been my favorite week. Maybe because we’re down to some real talent, who knows. Nah, the second Beatles week was torture, I don’t care who sang it.

Anyway, here are my thoughts:

Brooke – I love her voice and think she is just so genuine and cute. To me, she’s like a mini Faith Hill. I liked her song although it wasn’t my favorite from her, she did well.

Ramiele- Her heart just doesn’t seem into it anymore or something. I didn’t see that powerhouse of a singer I know she is. I really think she just needs to go home 🙁

Jason – I thought the song was great although he seemed to be barely singing at parts of the song.

David C – He’s growing on me but I just can’t get over the Chris Daughtry-ness of him. He was good tonight and I liked his song.

David A – The old David is back and I was wowed when he almost had Dolly in tears in rehearsal.

Syesha – That was nice but it’s I Will Always Love You. Come on, it’s just an AI don’t.

Kristy – Seemed in her element. Don’t want her to go quite yet. She seems to be gaining confidence and sounding better.

Michael Johns – another strong week for him. I liked it.

Carly – I absolutely loved her performance tonight and I think she’s my favorite in fact.

I think Ramiele should go but seeing she wasn’t even in bottom 3 last week has me worried she won’t go. Maybe Syesha going? Maybe Kristy?