Cancel your cable- Watch Penelope

That's what I've been doing tonight- watching Penelope and thinking everyone should see it.

I admit that I totally miss the days of having digital cable with DVR, but those days are long gone, and we finally cancelled even our basic cable, and signed up for Netflix and it's great!  $9 a month and you get as many DVDs as you want, one at a time, and they are fast.  Plus there is a ton of stuff available to watch instantly online, including Penelope, which may be my all time favorite movie.  Plus all the "My Name is Earl" episodes are there too, and lots of other shows, commercial free, what more can you ask for?

I've been away for a couple days...

***UPDATE! I accidently linked to the wrong bean salad recipe below! Click HERE for the good one! Sorry about that!***It's been too hot to blog. And I needed to get some stuff done around here- it's been hard to get back into a routine after being on vacation. I made this yummy black bean salad the other day to go with dinner, and it was even better for lunch the next day scooped up on tortilla chips and I was excited to share it. You can get the recipe HERE. (sorry about my crappy pictures, I need to take a class or something)And I went and saw the Harry Potter movie and it was really good! From someone who doesn't usually like "that kind of stuff" really, go rent or borrow the first 4 and watch them, then go see this one! You readers really have me thinking about reading the books too, but only after I have seen the movies because I don't want to be disappointed! I love the mystery and adventure, and like to think about all the spiritual parallels of good vs evil, finding your gifts and using them for good etc- good stuff!

I might be a Harry Potter fan

I decided I really want to get into Harry Potter. For some reason I had not been able to make it through an entire movie without falling asleep so this week we have been watching them- and Sam made me stay awake. (well, I fell asleep at the end of #2 for a bit) BUT I really liked the last one, the Goblet of Fire, and now I actually know some of the characters names besides Harry, and I am ready and excited to go see #5 for date night this week! Has anyone seen it and want to give me their review? Maybe when Miss B gets a little older we can read the books together. I don't usually like movies with weird looking people or creatures but I think I like these ones now.

The difference between men and women

Doesn't this look like such a GREAT movie???
This time it was Sam's turn to choose the movie so I suffered through it- literally. I like a movie that I can relate to in some way, I need to be able to at least imagine that it could be real but Nicolas Cage, selling his soul to the devil, turning into a firey skeleton, riding a flaming motorcycle... nope, I can't do it. I need to love the characters at least. Anyone up for Music and Lyrics? or how about Because I Said So?