More Movie Talk, A layout, and A Sale!! :D

Greetings all!! :D

I got to see a Sneak Preview of the Proposal, a new movie with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds (<-- major hottie)! I thought it was really cute! It was exactly what I expected though- a chick flick kind of along the lines of an older movie called Green Card, which I will be adding to my netflix que so I can show it to my girls. Anyhow, the movie was not as predictable as I thought it was going to be. It had some little twisties that really made me smile! I also really loved the nearly naked shots of RR (shame on me, I know)... The movie was sweet, funny, and highly romantic! SO, either bribe your husband to watch it with you or go see it without him, lol...

p.s. Betty White is a comic genius, and she proves it again in this movie, just as she has many times before!!

I'm hosting two challenges for this awesome month of June!!

At Designs In Digital, it's the color challenge!! Use this color palette to make a layout and get points toward free products at DID!! :D


At Scrapable, it's a Snorkeling Lesson!! Use my Blast the Contrast Tutorial to create a layout with an awesome, high contrast black and white photo and get lei-out points toward free products at Scrapable!! :D
And, last but not least!! :D I extended my Grand Opening Sale at Scrapable! There are TONS (5) new designers opening at Scrapable right now, so I figured I'd join them and extend my Grand Opening Sale to match with theirs!! So, come to Scrapable and check out the new designers!! While you're there, enjoy 35% off all the products in my store!! :D


Huggles!!
~Sarah~

I love Movies!! :D

I hope everyone is having a great weekend and such!! :D I'm really enjoying the holiday weekend! My sale is still going on at Scrapable, which is good stuff!!

But, I wanted to just drop in here and say that I love going to the movies!! I really have been enjoying all the big blockbuster movies this summer!! My husband has a very firm policy that we don't see movies in the first two weeks that they are out, because he hates crowds!! However, we have been beating the crowds by going to the movie early on Saturday morning. This lets us see the movies that are new right away without having to stand in any lines or anything like that...

SO, here's my summer rundown so far!! :D

Wolverine- I liked it... It wasn't the greatest movie ever and I'm not a comic book purist so I didn't care about the stuff in the movie that didn't give with the comic book. The biggest discussion point we have had after seeing this movie was the question of how long are the blades in his arms exactly? Do they get longer when he is more upset or are they merely extending out further when he is upset? And, if they really are that long inside his arm all the time, how is it that he can bend his wrists and his elbows when they are not extended? This was a huge debate that lasted days and has never quite been settled, I don't think it truly ever will to be honest!! But, overall, I thought it was a worthwhile movie! I was glad I saw it and it had a very heavy concentration of hotties, which is always a good thing as far as I'm concerned!! :D

Star Trek- OMGosh, talk about the best movie ever!! Don't listen to anyone who said that old Spock was inserted ackwardly, what are they smokin?? This movie could not have happened without old Spock in it... Oh, this movie was so awesome!! I absolutely loved it!! Actually the whole family loved it!! My husband liked it, which is super hard to do, he is hard to please!! (As a reference, He said Wolverine was "just OK"...) My 13 year old daughter liked it, and so did my 22 year old daughter!! And, I'm 33 so that's a lot of demographics all contained, lol... I thought the action in this movie was AWESOME!! And, I LOVED little Chekov, he was super great!! I really thought they made something out of that character, who was often just an accented decorative piece. I loved the Charlie Bartlet kid in this movie!! (He is having a big summer, I saw him again in Terminator, woohoo for him!!) I LOVED little Bones, that guy was hilarious, and so SPOT ON for what I expect the younger Bones would have been like... Now, I have to say out loud that I was slightly disappointed that they didn't choose Ryan Reynolds to play Kirk. I know he's a little old (and tall) compared to the rest of the cast, but he's just done such a great Kirk impression for years that I thought I was going to be disappointed in Kirk no matter what... BUT, I was wrong!! I thought Chris Pine really did the part justice, he was great!! But, I have to say that I felt really strongly that the super HOTTIE SYLAR stole the whole movie as Spock!! I hope they make another movie to show us the rest of what happens with Spock and Uhura (awesome work from this actress as well, kudos to her for choosing so many great roles that I can't even begin to list them Drumline, Center Stage, etc... YAY)!! This movie just ROCKED the SOCKS!! I want to go see it again in theatres because I just can't wait for it to come to DVD!! This movie will be the movie I compare other movies to for a LONG time!! :D

So, Saturday, we went and saw Terminator: Salvation!! Now, honestly, I have been watching the Terminator show, and I loved the Terminator movies I saw when I was a kid, especially 2 & 3... I can't even say that I remember 1 very well, I'm netflixing it so I can have a marathon. So, don't slam me on any continuity stuff, but I liked it a lot... It was definitely NOT better than Star Trek, but I would give it a higher score than Wolverine!! I gave Wolverine bonus points for naked Hugh Jackman, but in the end this movie was just better, and more interesting to me. Wolverine is still very watchable and Star Trek way overshadowed this movie. But, I thought this was a pretty decent addition to the Terminator series... Yes, I did think it was a little bit predictable, but that doesn't bother me at all... We've seen Terminators sacrifice themselves before and I loved it then just as much as I loved it here. I thought the movie was strong, the action was good and a couple things happened I wasn't expecting! Yay for the usage of the old footage, which I really liked and thought was done very well... And, we got a taste of Little Chekov playing Kyle Reese, which was pretty awesome! I really liked him in this movie!!

How could it have been better?? I can't really put words on it... I think it is a big conundrum when you have two Sarah Connors, and ten billion different John Connors to work with... It's hard to justify them all together... Does Christian Bale look like an older version of Edward Furlong?? Um... I don't think so... What about Thomas Dekker?? Um... I don't think so... Although maybe he is a better match here than with Edward Furlong... But, then you have whoever was playing him in T3... It's just a problem all together. But, I love Christian Bale, ever since Newsies, so I'm willing to have him in just about any movie! And, at least in this movie, the raspy Batman voice was toned down and applied to everyone so it made a lot more sense, lol... I was sad that sexy prison terminator had to die cuz he was pretty hot and would have been great in more Terminator movies, of which I'm expecting at least 1 more, which would be awesome, IMO!!

Meanwhile, what am I looking forward to next?? In a word, TRANSFORMERS!! :D The bar has been set pretty high this summer for movies, I think... And, if anyone can live up to it, Transformers can!! :D I also haven't had occasion to go to the movies without my husband so I haven't had occasion to see any of the chick flicks or comedies this summer, a problem which I will surely rectify eventually, lol... I'm also looking forward to Harry Potter... But, I have no hopes for anyone but Transformers coming even close to how much I loved Star Trek!! Spock Rocks!! LLAP Baby!

I hope I haven't bored you with my movie talk, I just felt like I needed to blog before I get out of the habit and movies were what was on my mind, lol...
Do you love movies too? Is there a movie you are thinking about seeing but don't know if you should? My husband works for Warner Bros and I'm a super movie buff too, so feel free to ask me about almost any movie, I probably have an opinion, lol...

Huggles!!
~Sarah~

Whazzup??

SO, wow!! I haven't written in forever!

I just wanted to drop a quick line to let you know how my Holidays went! For Christmas, I got Bronchitis, with miserable coughing, hacking, and sleeping all day long! We had middle schoolers over to go Christmas Caroling, and I was right in the middle of the hacking, but I still wanted us to have a good time... But, while we were out singing, I started coughing and I pulled a muscle in my neck, OW!!

So, I went to see Dr. G and he gave me some antibiotics but nothing for the neck... So, I couldn't turn my head for a whole week. I went back to see Dr. G and he finally gave me some muscle relaxers, which made me tired, but didn't put me to sleep. But, the good news was I could turn my head, lol... SO, I went shopping and bought all my presents the Friday before Christmas, lol.

We had a great birthday party for my Gramz on Dec. 23rd and I got to see that side of the family, so it was super fun! Then, Christmas Eve, Baby Daddy #2 came over to see the kiddle, but he was late so we just had a mellow night and he took the kiddle to see National Treasure 2, which I still haven't seen. :( They liked it though.

Christmas Day, we got up, Baby Daddy #2 was still here, so we opened presents and had a good breakfast. Then, we headed up the hill to have a super fun time at the family Christmas Dinner, which was really small and cozy this year. It was so nice!! AND, I got out my chocolate fountain, which is super super awesome!! We had some serious yumminess!

Since then, we have just been hanging out. We saw the hubster's parents and they took us to see the Rose Parade Floats being decorated, which was kewlness!

New Year's Eve, we hit the movie theater during the day while everyone was still at work! The kiddle saw Alvin & the Chipmunks, she liked it. We saw Sweeney Todd, We LOVED IT!! (I'm a theatre chick so I love all things Sondheim, not to mention the necessary Johnny Depp/ Tim Burton obsession, lol! Helena Bonham Carter is DIVINE as well! SO, it was an all around treat that totally lived up to all the hype for me...)

After that, we had lunch... And, we all went together to Enchanted, which was so disappointing. I was so sad... Now, a few days before all of this, I had gone to see a sneak preview of 27 Dresses, so I had just seen the lovely James Marsden being enchanting and wonderful and making me want to be in love with him... But, this movie was just sad, in my opinion. I wanted it to be so much better than it was. It did have a few great moments, and even one that wasn't even in the trailor... BUT, it just left so much to be desired... Oh well *sigh*

Anyhow, we did a little shopping and got some super indulgent foods to eat New Years Eve. We stayed up all night, it was fun!! Yesterday, we just lounged all over, which was good too...

So, there's that, everything that happened to me since you last heard from me...

Huggles!!
~Sarah~