Regal gives moviegoers power to fight movie ruiners:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_popculture_blog/2007/05/regal_gives_mov.html

I have to say as a fan of movies I am pretty excited about this. I have been avoiding the theatres recently because it is just not a good experience anymore. YAY to Regal!

I went to see Pirates 3 last night with my friend Jaime. I now have a HUGE crush on Will Turner (aka Orlando Bloom)!! It is an excellent movie. Lots of twists and turns. I'm going to have to see it again not only for the hunky Will factor but because there is so much going on I feel like I missed a bunch. If you have not seen it I felt like it was well worth the $$ and as my bro-in-law would say..."it is 3 hours of piraty goodness!"

Something I WANT but don't NEED...

I absolutely adore Hoops & Yoyo!

It was my 27th birthday this past weekend. I have to say thanks to all my family and friends for making me feel really special. My mom made my favorite meal for me which is lasagna. She also got me carrot cake from TooJays. I got lots of fun presents. It was a GOOD time! I love birthdays!

For Cathy...

Do you ever have one of those days were you just don't want to go to work? As soon as the alarm clock goes off you start coming up with reason's why you should take the day off. Just call in sick, you tell yourself. I am having one of those days. I am at work but I sure don't want to be. Not for any other reason except for my bed wanted me to stay in it this morning.

I went to a funeral for a family friend last night. At the service the preacher gave an example of how God always loves us. He said that he had a $20 bill. He knew that everyone would want the $20. Then he took the bill and crumpled it up and stomped it on the floor. Then he said who would want this dirty bill? EVERYONE! It is still $20. It is still valuable and can still be used. That is how God looks at us. No matter how damaged an used we are he still wants us. We are still valuable to him.

I thought this was pretty cool. Especially since the funeral was for someone who had a pretty tough life.

Tonight my favorite show Veronica Mars comes back on. It took a bit of a break but starts again on the CW tonight. If you have not checked out the show yet feel free to ask me about it. I own the first 2 season's and am totally addicted. It is GOOD stuff!!

Woman of the Week - Susan Enlow

On our local radio Christian radio station Z88.3 they do this thing called Woman of the Week. Basically you nominate someone who you think deserves this honor. My sister Allison nominated our Mom. Check out the link and read what she had to say...http://zradio.com/index/wow/.

So I am getting this CD player for FREE!! Pretty much daily I get coupons from Office Depot at the church. Mostly they are junk or they are discounts on a purchase. Today in the mail was a coupon to get this Coby CD Player for free if you made a purchase of $75 or more. I just happens that this morning I made an $81 purchase for the church. My reward? This baby!! I am pretty excited. It will arrive tomorrow and replace the old junky one that I have at home. I LOVE free stuff!!

Note to self...
When making oatmeal cookies make sure you have enough oatmeal before mixing ALL the ingredients! If you don't have enough and try to make the cookies anyway they will turn out like oatmeal pancakes.

Here are some pics of my SUPER COOL new chairs!! Enjoy and feel free to be jealous!

This weekend was pretty good! I did some babysitting and made some extra $$. I also went garage sailing. The first one was VERY dissapointing. The only thing I ended up with were some books for my nephew. I decided to stop at one more on my way home and got the find of the century! I will hopefully be able to post pictures later in the week. For now my description will have to do. They are wooden framed chairs that sit pretty low to the ground. They have leather/vynil seats that are a yellow color. Think very 1973 furniture! I am SO pumped about them. They were only $5 each! All I need to do is strip the wooden frame and put a fresh coat of varnish on it. Good times!!

I have always been one of those people who follows the rules. If you tell me to do something I will do it. If there are guidelines then I will follow them. I only got 1 detention in ALL of highschool and it was for wearing pj pants to school. I only did it because my friends were all doing it. This said sometimes I want to rebel against the rules. Not because I don't agree but because others are breaking them and getting away with it. It annoys me to no end that someone can break the rules every day and get away with it. Why even have rules? It makes me want to do what they are doing just to see what would happen. Why don't I? Because I am a rules follower. I would feel horrible guilty and probably somehow repent for my actions. Sometimes it really bothers me that I am such a goody two shoes!!

My best friend Stacy got married this weekend. The ceremony took place on a cruise ship! It was a pretty cool wedding. We all arrived at 10:30 a.m. and got checked in. Once checked in we were allowed to board and explore the ship. My other best friend Amanda and I grabbed a drink and then walked around the ship. I have to say that it was pretty amazing. I now have the itch to go on a cruise. I don't think I would want to do a 7 day cruise or anything like that but a nice 3 0r 4 day one with my friends would be a good time. This picture is of me, Stacy, and Amanda at the reception.

While moving my roommates car the other morning I noticed that she had some really good music playing on her radio. I looked to find that the station was 91.5 FM. On my way to work that same day I decided to tune in. It turned out to be a really great local radio station. They are based out of Rollins College in Winter Park. If you like emo, punk or eclectic types of music then give them a listen!!

So I am totally BUSTED! My boss Mark has a pretty big fear of snakes. Well last week I went out to the mail box and there was a dead one on the side walk. I decided it would be funny to move it to the drivers side of his car and watch as the drama unfolded. I went into the kitchen and got some tongs and then proceeded to move the snake over next to his car. The thought of how much this would freak him out made me laugh for the rest of the day. Sadly at 5:00 p.m. he was still here. I had to leave and didn't get to see what happened. This all took place last week. So today the pastoral staff comes out of a meeting. I hear Mark ask my co-worker Kim if she knew anything about the snake. She said no. Someone then proceeded to mention that they knew it was me. Mark came around to my office and asked me if I did it. I of course not lie. I told him that it was me. He said that when he found it he thought it was alive. He spent several minutes throwing rocks at it before deciding it was dead. LOL!!! So, so funny!! He did tell me that he is going to get me back. Ugh! Payback is a bummer...

On April 7, in 10 days, my best friend Stacy is getting married. I am SO excited for her! This weekend is the bacheloretty party. Our other good friend, Amanda, is coming into town tomorrow night and we are going to begin the weekend of fun immediately. We will start off with dinner with Stacy & Mike. We are doing this because Amanda has never actually met Mike. Then on Saturday night we are going to Seasons 52 for dinner and then to All Fired Up to paint pottery for Stacy & Mike. It is going to be a good time. I can't even tell you how excited I am to have my to best friends in the same place!!!!

Instructions on what to do when the paper towel roll is finished:

1. take the empty roll off the paper towel holder

2. dispose of the empty roll

3. take out a new roll
4. put new roll on paper towel holder

These may seem like simple instructions but I think people need a refresher. In the past 2 days I have run into empty paper towel holders with the fresh roll sitting next to it. Like it takes SO much more work to put the new roll on the holder?

I have finished 2 of the movies off of my AFI's top 100 most passionate films list. Casablanca was first and it was good. I would not call it my most favorite ever by any means but it was a great flick and had awesome romantic qualities. Now for Dr. Zhivago. OH MY GOSH I had no idea how long that movie was. I watched it in 2 parts because it is over 3 hours long. It is an equally romantic film and you can get lost in the story but the length kind of throws a wrench in it. My next movie on the list is West Side Story. I am looking forward to that one. I have heard a lot of great things about it.