Funny Friday - Noah

Since the movie NOAH is being released today...I thought this was fitting....

I love the look on the Zebra's faces :)

AFI - Top 100 Films

I was checking out my blogging (and 2Peas) friend, Jen's blog over at It's My Life and one of the things she has on her 2014 goal list is to see 10 of the American Film Industry's Top 100 Films.

That is a great goal for the year.  So...I decided to see how many of them I have seen and how many I haven't.

Well...since I am a movie buff, I am sure it is no surprise that I have seen A LOT of them - a total of 74!!!

There are 2 listed that I've seen bits and pieces of, but not the entire movie:

• Chinatown 
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf

There is 1 that I am pretty sure I have seen but not 100% sure I have:

• The Searchers

So if you count those 3, there are 26 on the list that I haven't seen - many of them are older movies - I mean like one of them is 98 years old !!  No wonder I haven't seen it. 

Two of the movies on the list, I am not sure I can watch - Saving Private Ryan & Schindler's List - I just am not sure I can watch them.

At any rate, here is the listing of movies on AFI's Top 100 List that I have yet to see (in full).  Listed in order by year of release.  I guess I will need to check Turner Classic Movies and keep an eye out for them.

INTOLERANCE	1916
THE GOLD RUSH	1925
THE GENERAL	1927
SUNRISE	1927
DUCK SOUP	1933
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA	1935
MODERN TIMES	1936
SWING TIME	1936
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS	1941
DOUBLE INDEMNITY	1944
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES	1946
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE	1948
SHANE	1953
THE SEARCHERS	1956
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA	1962
DR. STRANGELOVE	1964
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?	1966
THE WILD BUNCH	1969
CABARET	1972
CHINATOWN	1974
THE DEER HUNTER	1978
APOCALYPSE NOW	1979
RAGING BULL	1980
BLADE RUNNER	1982
SCHINDLER'S LIST	1993
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN	1998

Funny Friday - Little Mermaid Fashion Mistake

My Little Leprechaun

 It isn't St. Patrick's Day yet but I have been looking for a hat for Pedro and haven't been able to find one (much to my surprise, he is very good at wearing hats - I thought he wouldn't leave them on for more than a second but he kinds of seems to like them).

He has a pirate hat, sombrero, cowboy hat and a beach hat but I couldn't find a GREEN hat for him anywhere....so I found a pattern at Posh Pooch Designs and made him this little hat.  I used Vanna's Choice in Olive Green and a size "H" hook.  You can't tell in the photo because of the angle but there is a black stripe on the base. 

He's a cute little model.  Originally, it had a "buckle" but I ended up taking it off.

Hope you  have a nice St. Patrick's Weekend!

Funny Friday - Big Foot's Problems

52 Weeks of Geneology - Week 3

I am working on catching up of the 52 Weeks of Genealogy and today I am on Week 3: About Your Parents

Week 3:  All about your parents:

• Their full names? William Thomas & Mary Nell
• Their parents names? William Clifton/Mandy & James Josh/Jewell Canzada
• Their Nicknames? Bill & Mernell (not really nicknames but that is what many people called them)
• Likes & dislikes? Dad liked working, traveling & mom likes spending time with family, watching TV
• Physical characteristics? Dad-about 5'10", dark eyes, dark skin and hair (decended from Native Americans) & mom-about 4'11", dark curly hair and medium-skinned - has a distinctive pinpoint birthmark right on the tip of her nose.
• What did they do for a living? Dad started out as a truck driver (driving gasoline tankers), then was promoted to dispatcher, then terminal manager, then safety director.  Mom was a housewife (as she calls it but most say "stay at home mom"), but when we were in highschool she worked at Richway, which became Target while she was working there.
• What made them happy? They both were happy if their kids were happy.
• What made them sad? They both were sad if any of their kids were sad.
• What made them mad? Daddy could get mad about odd things, things that usually were only perceived in his mind (he once thought we spraypainted the bathroom sink and we didn't but he was convinced we did for some reason and was mad that we were lying) - Mom rarely gets mad - I guess the only times she does is if there is some kind of injustice or unfair treatment of someone.

Important dates: 

• Birthday? Dad - 16 Jan 1934;  Mom 08 Oct 1940
• Achievements? - Dad retired in 2003
• Marriage? 1 Apr 1955 (yes - my mom was 14 and my dad was 21 !!)
• Death? Dad - 13 Jan 2012 (I miss him every single day)
• Other?  
• 1962 - Moved to Norcross, GA from FL
• 1963 - Moved from Norcross, GA to Columbus, GA
• 1972 - Moved from Columbus, GA to Alpharetta, GA
• 1973 -  Bought first single family house - Doraville, GA
• 1994 - Bough second single family house & moved back to hometown of Bonifay, FL

Favorites: 

• Books: Dad liked Detective novels, Chicken Soup for the Soul books, Mom likes books by John Grisham, Alex Cross, Steven King, Karen Slaughter
• Actors: I don't think either had/have a favorite
• Foods: Dad - raw oysters, boiled shrimp; Mom - fried mullet, fried chicken
• Vacations? I think they both would say that our trip to South Dakota was the favorite vacation we ever had (except that my sis wasn't along-we missed her)
• TV shows? Dad-All in the Family,Sanford & Son, The Heat of the Night, 60 Minutes, Cops; Mom-The Good Wife, 48 Hours Mystery, Downton Abbey, The Killing, Too Cute, any show about Ghosts/Hauntings.

52 Weeks of Genealogy - Week 2

 Week 2 asked ....What toys did you play with growing up?

What a fun question!When I was a kid, I had a very active imagination so I loved to play and luckily I had a brother and sister so I always had playmates!

My favorite toy by far was my Malibu Barbie and Barbie camper.  Although I found out years later that she really wasn't "Barbie" but rather her friend "Malibu Francie". Which I like her better!  Her bathing suit is way cooler than Barbie's (Barbie's was solid baby blue and Francie's is Hot Pink and Orange)

I still have her but she lost her hands many, many years ago in a tragic dog-chewing accident - haha!

Now my sister had "Malibu Ken" so of course Francie and Ken would go on dates together.  (Isn't he cute?)

Most of the time, though, Francie, Ken, Miss America Barbie, Skipper and Donny & Marie would go camping..... in my Barbie Country Camper. Man I loved my camper - especially the little pop out tent

Other favorite toys were Spirograph, Bonkers, Headache, Easy Bake Oven, Baby That-a-Way, Playdoh and so much more.  I still have most of these to this day!