Listing of movies I've seen in 2012 (does not include movies I've re-watched)
January 2012
Something Borrowed - good story but moved a little slow I thought
Mean Girls - really liked it
Hall Pass - just okay - was crude and predictable
Twilight - Breaking Dawn Part I - good, a little cheesy when the werewolves talked to each other though
Insidious - not as scary as I thought it would be but was creepy and spooky without gore
The Artist - I LOVED this movie - LOVED it !! ❤ ❤ ❤ The Karate Kid (the newer one with Jaden Smith) - never saw it before, they should have named it The Kung-Fu Kid, I wonder why they didn't? The Descendants - good movie, good acting, beautiful location
War Horse
The Artist
Moneyball
The Descendants The Help The Tree of Life
Hugo Midnight in Paris
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Every year, I say that I want to see all the Best Picture nominations before the Oscars but I usually only see about half (it would be easier if there was still only 5 nominations like there use to be).
Remember...my one-little-word this year is "Completion" so this year is the year that I will see these movies before the Oscars
So far, from the list above, I've already seen The Artist The Descendants The Help
Hugo
Other than The Tree of Life, which I never heard of before, I wanted to see all those movies anyway!
Of the ones I've seen so far, if I had to vote for best picture, I'd vote for The Artist.
Wish me luck - hope to see The Descendants today. Edited - I did see The Descendants today so added to the list above.
It is no secret that I LOVE Adam Ant. I heard "Wonderful" on my drive home from FL earlier this week and I love that song so much - it is probably my favorite song of his and that is saying a lot because I love every-single-solitary song he sings - there isn't one that I don't like. Anyway...I was dying to see the video because it has been so long since I've seen it. So I went to youtube and watched it - you can see it HERE
But... after watching it, I found this wonderful little gem. I have never seen this video before until now - I didn't even know he had one for Beautiful Dream (which is off the Wonderful album, this album is terrific!!).
He is so adorable !!! I especially love his expressions at about the 2:10 mark.
♫ I think I'd like to carry on forever ♫
By the way....Adam is going on tour in the USA - whoo hoo !!! Originally it was scheduled for February but his new CD (yes, his NEW CD) has been pushed back so he tour has been too.
North American Tour
Sept 13th - Los Angeles, CA, The Mayan Theatre
Sept 14th - Las Vegas, NV, Hard Rock on the Strip
Sept 15th - San Diego, CA, 4th & B
Sept 21st - Dallas, TX, Granada Theater
Sept 27th - Tampa, FL, Hard Rock Seminole
Sept 28th - Miami, FL, Hard Rock Pavilion
Sept 29th - Orlando, FL, Hard Rock Live
Oct 3rd - Norfolk, VA, NorVa
Oct 5th - Philadelphia, PA, Trocadero Theatre
Oct 6th - New York, NY, Best Buy Theatre
Oct 11th - Pontiac, MI, The Crofoot Ballroom
Oct 13th - Chicago, IL, Cubby Bear
Oct 14th - Milwaukee, WI, Turner Hall Ballroom
Oct 18th - San Francisco, CA, The Regency Ballroom
Oct 19th - Ventura, CA, Ventura Theater
Oct 20th - Anaheim, CA, The Grove of Anaheim
I need to decide where I will go see him - I could go to Vegas and hopefully Donny & Marie will be playing then too and I could see my 2 favorite singers in the same week !
I could go to Orlando, Tampa or Miami since they are a bit closer. I could go to San Francisco - been wanting to go back there. Decisions... decisions....
I was browsing through a Paula Deen magazine a few weeks ago and found a recipe for a min pizza appetizer like this. It sounded kind of good so I stored it in the back of my brain until a later time. Note: I tweaked the recipe a little bit.
My brain is like a big filing cabinet up there - some of the drawers are very organized - such as the drawer that has all the 80s song lyrics in them. I can pull those out and sing the lyrics to any New Wave song, regardless as to how many years have passed since I heard it. ♫ Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon ...♫
Some drawers are not organized quite as well. The one that holds the recipes in my brain has them kind of shoved in the drawer and peeking out the top. They are not necessarily in order but some are kind of grouped together.
Since it is getting close to SUPERBOWL time. I decided to pull out some of those mini phyllo shell recipes that are stuff in the recipe drawer in my mind. Here is one of them - more will follow in the coming days.
Mini Pizza Bites
2 packages Mini Fillo Shells
4 oz cream cheese, softened (1/2 block)
1 package of mini Pepperoni (or you can used diced pepperoni too)
1/2 cup Pizza sauce
1 cup Mozzarella cheese, shredded
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, shredded
Preheat oven to 350. Using a mixer, mix the cream cheese in a medium bowl until smooth, add Pepperoni, Mozzarella, Parmesan and Pizza Sauce. Spoon into shells and bake for 15 - 20 minutes until golden and bubbly.
Okay, doesn't look too tasty here before cooking but......
They come out looking very good.
Eat them up - yummy, yum, yum
I think it would be even better to add a little bit of chopped black olives or maybe some mushrooms. Will do that next time.
I usually try to keep my blog a happy and up beat kind of place. I haven't posted about the past 3 months and what has been going on because it has been anything but happy. On October 31, 2011, my dad was admitted into the hospital for what first seemed like pnemonia. But the doctor's soon realized the problem was really his heart and it was causing fluid to build up on his chest. He was transferred to Dothan, AL into Southeast Medical Center. He was in critical condition.
He spent almost 3 weeks in CCU. I was there the whole time. While there, he had a temporary pacemaker put in, 2 liters of fluid drained from his chest, a permanent pacemaker put in, they discovered an esophageal fistula, he had bells palsy (they thought perhaps a stroke but never saw signs of it). He couldn't have anything by mouth and so when we could go back and see him (only 30 minutes 4 different times per day), he would constantly ask for water and ice - it was hard not giving him any. He was placed on a feeding tube.
He had surgery to repair the esophagus and was eventually moved to a room right around Thanksgiving. I went home for 3 days to catch up on home and work items and returned Thanksgiving day. Mom was ready for a break. His mind was not as it usually was - he would become obsessed with one thing (either wanting to go home, or needing to go to the bathroom, or wanting me to move his head or feet). But he was in a room and seemed to be better physically. I returned home Monday after Thanksgiving and Wednesday he was moved back to his hometown to start rehab (to gain strength in his legs and learn to swallow and eat solid foods again).
But he developed an infection a week or so later and was moved into the hospital and continued getting worse so was sent back to Dothan and SEMC again. I spent Christmas and New Year's with him, during which he had more surgery to repair a problem with his esophagus. After the surgery, he seemed to look and feel a little better. When I left, I felt he was finally on the upswing. I remember when I left I told him that I loved him and he said, I love you too baby. That would be the last words he said to me.
They found a massive infection on his heart valve (mitral valve endocarditis) and moved him to Noland Hospital (which is attached to SEMC) for long-term care since he was going to need massive antibiotic for as much as 6-8 weeks since he was not a candidate for surgery. The antibiotics didn't really do much and he continued to get worse, his breathing became labored and on 01/12/12, my mother called us and told us we needed to come so we didn't hesitate and we went. He was sleeping when I arrived and would continue to sleep all night, although he was on oxygen, his breathing was very labored.
The next morning on Friday, 01/13/12 at approx. 7 am CST, the nurse removed the oxygen mask because it wasn't helping at all and with mom on one side of the bed and me on the other, he took a final breath.
I could go on and on about the emotions during that time and since then and about the kind of man he was and what the following days have been like but as I said I don't usually get into sad things and try to keep my blog more positive (too late, I know).
Dad's 78th birthday would have been 01/16/12, he knew how much I loved the beach and would take me there whenever I was visiting and wanted to go. So I just thought going to the beach that day was the best way to honor his birthday.
Plus...the beach has a way of healing me - I can feel stress leaving my body, I feel closer to God somehow. It was especially so this time since the beach was pretty much deserted (even though the temp was near 70 that day).
Here are some photos I took that day - on my dad's 78th birthday.
This is my friend, Susan, she doesn't know I took this photo.
I love how she has her hands stretched out. . . like a child does when they are happy and carefree
Although it has been 7 years now since you left this earth, I still miss you EVERY single day. But I know that daddy is with you now and you are showing him around Heaven. I love you.
