Movies I saw “One for the Money” tonight. I’m not a fan of Katherine Heigel, so I was apprehensive about the movie. I wasn’t too fond of the casting in most all the roles, although some turned out better than I had hoped. Heigel was not one of them. Ranger was a disappointment, although he grew on me as the movie progressed. (Benjamin Bratt will forever be my picture of Ranger.) And while I adore Debbie Reynolds, she was miscast as Grandma Mazur. She’s too pretty and too put together to fit Grandma, who is described as older and wrinklier in the books. (I always pictured her as the mother in the Golden Girls!)
Overall, the movie was fun and very close in tone and plot to the book. I hoped it was good enough for a sequel just because book two, “Two for the Dough” is my favorite in the series. While there was a good turnout for the movie, I’m not sure it’s going to pull in the numbers to make another one. Especially since the critics mostly ignored it or gave it very poor reviews.
I continued my trend with getting a lot of work done this week. Not sure what to think, but it’s been one of my better weeks for work in awhile. No big crisis that I had to deal with, and no meetings which gave me lots of time to get things done. As much as I enjoy hanging out with people and being sociable, every once in a while you need a week to hide away and get work done. It left me feeling good about my week and happy to see the weekend.
I have a packed weekend with lots of Things To Do. I hope you enjoy your weekend!
Blogs, My Life Today can be summed up on one word: work. I got up early, got straight to work and was at the Chapel until 7pm. I got a lot done and had a good day, but none of it was very exciting.
The time I spent driving today was especially enjoyable, though, because I listened to two sermon podcasts that were very worthwhile. Both made me think and challenged me in different ways. I love that I live in such a great age – I can download sermons from people I could never listen to in person on a regular basis and hear them from the comfort of my car. What a blessing!
I’m in love with this new blog design. It’s so bright and happy. I’m working on changing my other blog around and hope to have it finished up tomorrow. The colors are darker but I really love them too. I’m going with dark pinks and purples for that blog.
And then it’s time to finally upload new photos for my picture blog. I really, really want to keep up with that blog but I can’t seem to find the time to do all three blogs, even though none of them require that much work. I’m not sure if it’s a matter of discipline or that I’m doing too much. I’m considering other ways to do my card blog but for now, am not sure what to do with that. I could do something basic like flickr or tumbler. But the interface looks so clunky and 1999. That blog needs some additional thought. That is a project for another day, though.
Television I’m finally watching season six of Doctor Who. I’ve had them on my DVR since they aired over the summer, but hadn’t had the time to sit down and watch them. While I tend to watch most of my TV shows while I’m doing other things, I like to watch Doctor Who with no distractions. So that means I don’t always get a chance to watch them right away. I am now halfway through season six and that last episode before the break, “When a Good Man Goes to War” was excellent. I’ve watched it twice now and even though I knew who River Song was before the reveal, it still gave me chills. It was one of the best episodes ever!
I’ve also decided that Pan Am should return with more episodes. Of course, I’m not in charge of that so who knows if it will. I imagine it’s probably done for, but I did enjoy it more as the season progressed. I think I’d like to see more of it to wrap up some story lines. And while the spy story-line was so weak in the beginning, it got better with the last few episodes. While I’m glad to have one less show on my DVR at the moment, I’m gonna miss finding out what was next for our stewardesses.
My current favorite TV shows are: Hawaii 5-0, Castle, Once Upon a Time, Justified, Hart of Dixie and Criminal Minds.
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