movies

Roger and I love to watch movies, whether it is at the theater or on pay per view or a rental from Blockbuster- in the cold dreary days of winter, this is our entertainment of choice.

We tried a new venue to get our movies, and we are amazed at how easy and cheap it is!!..it is the REDBOX movie rental. I had seen them cropping up in our area and we finally decided to try it this weekend. How can you beat $1.00??..in this time of tightening our budget belt, this is definately a great way to go!

to sell or not to sell...

that is the question!..Roger and I find ourselves rattling around in this big house..we have 3 bedrooms and a bathroom that no one even uses!..with the downturn of the housing market/economy it may not be the best time to try and sell, but we may just give it a try..it would be nice to not have a huge payment anymore!

movie day

Roger and I went to the movies today, to see Gran Torino. The movie stars Clint Eastwood in his self proclaimed last acting roll. The movie was very powerful, but rather tough to watch in spots. There is much racial slurring/prejudice going on, so that is hard to take- but it is very good and worth hanging in there for. Roger and I both give it 2 thumbs way up!

2 nice things

I had 2 nice things given to me today!..just randomly, but things that make me so happy!..

After work today I stopped into Starbucks to get a latte and happened to ask one of the gals that has worked there forever, if they ever marked down their holiday/Christmas blend coffee beans. She said they were marked down and then went back up, she asked me to hand her a pound and then proceeded to tell the cashier to grind them for me and to charge them to her number (they get a lb a week)...so I got my FAVORITE coffee beans for free!!

After getting a latte, I went next door for a pedicure and when the lady sitting next to me was done, she asked me if I would like her Oprah, O magazine. It is the newest issue, and one I was going to buy!..

I know these arent earth shattering things, but 2 nice, unexpected things I am grateful for today!..those, along with the sunshine have raised my spirits!

my word for the year

After much thought, I have decided to focus on the word- GRATITUDE for this year. I constantly have to remind myself to see the glass as half full, not half empty. I want to change that and be grateful for my many blessings!

a big scrappy gift!

Today was our first day back at school, and since we missed the last 3 days before Christmas, we were given several gifts today from our students/families. It is such a huge blessing and one of the many perks of being a teacher!!..along with movie tickets and Starbucks cards (YAY!) I was given this huge scrapbooking kit. I am not usually that keen on kits, but this one has amazing stuff in it, along with 2 albums!..wow!..it is hard to tell in this picture, but the kit is about 3 feet long!
I forsee some cool pages done with it.

christmas mini album

I went to Redmond on Friday to hang out with my buddy, Susan..we went to Lasting Memories in Lynwood and I got this little Christmas kit, designed by Teresa Collins. She does such cute stuff and it was half off!!..we went back to Susan's and scrapped and I got it all put together, just need to journal. Woohoo, Christmas '08 already done!! I will do one 12x12 layout for my Christmas album tho.

another party!

I had all my coworkers over last Tuesday for our annual get together..it had been postponed due to snow..we had such a fun time eating and doing our gift exchange..we drew names. I am so blessed to work with gals that I call some of my closest friends!