Heart of the Matter

At the end of April, I read Heart of the Matter; the most recent book by Emily Giffin. I borrowed the book from the same co-worker who lent me Something Borrowed and Something Blue. This book captured my attention right away just like the other two. It’s another good and easy read.

It’s told from the perspective of two women living completely different lives, but become connected in a way you probably don’t want to be connected to another person. Let me know if you read it and what you think! Enjoy!

X-Men: First Class

Last night I finally went and saw X-Men: First Class!

My Brother and Dad had seen it over the weekend and liked it so I knew I would too. I really enjoyed learning the back stories of all the characters and how the two sides came to be. There were some funny parts too. Those little one liners…so to speak…get me every time…ha ha

Whether you are a fan or not of the X-Men movies, I would recommend watching it. However, it is a long movie (2hrs. 11 mins) so take that into consideration before you go. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Garlic Butter Sauce Disaster

Last night I wanted to create a quick garlic butter sauce to go along with the shrimp my dad grilled over the weekend and the pasta I was currently boiling.

Well it started out okay…I guess. I probably used about 2 tablespoons of butter and ½ a teaspoon of crushed garlic. It looked a little wimpy so I was like…hmmm…I have half and half…I’ll add some of that! Then it still didn’t look right…so I busted out the corn starch. BAD IDEA! After that, it was never the same. It was lumpy and tasted like paste.

So today I actually looked up a recipe and found one that was simple enough from allrecipes.com. It calls for 1/3 cup of butter, 1 clove of garlic (crushed), ¼ tablespoon of dried basil and 2 teaspoons of dried oregano. I may substitute butter for olive oil this time and maybe add some lime juice. Here’s to hoping it turns out better :)

Best Picture Winners

For anyone who is curious, here is a list of the moives that have won the top award at the Oscars.

1928 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Wings (2 winners)
1929 The Broadway Melody
1930 All Quiet on the Western Front
1931 Cimarron
1932 Grand hotel
1933 Cavalcade
1934 It Happened One Night
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty
1936 The Great Ziegfeld
1937 The Life of Emile Zola
1938 You Can't Take It With You
1939 Gone with the Wind
1940 Rebecca
1941 How Green Was My Valley
1942 Mrs. Miniver
1943 Casablanca
1944 Going My Way
1945 The Lost Weekend
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives
1947 Gentleman's Agreement
1948 Hamley (1948)
1949 All the King's Men
1950 All About Eve
1951 An American in Paris
1952 The Greatest Show on Earth
1953 From Here to Eternity
1954 On the Waterfront
1955 Marty
1956 Around the World in 80 Days
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958 Gigi
1959 Ben-Hur
1960 The Apartment
1961 West Side Story
1962 Laerence of Arabia
1963 Tom Jones
1964 My Fair Lady
1965 The Sound of Music
1966 A Man for All Seasons
1967 In the Heat of the Night
1968 Oliver!
1969 Midnight Cowboy
1970 Payyon
1971 The French Connection
1972 The Godfather
1973 The Sting
1974 The Godfather Part II
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976 Rocky
1977 Annie Hall
1978 The Deer Hunter
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer
1980 Ordinary People
1981 Chariots of Fire
1982 Gandhi
1983 Terms of Endearment
1984 Amadeus
1985 Out Of Africa
1986 Platoon
1987 The Last Emperor
1988 Rain Man
1989 Driving Miss Daisy
1990 Dances With Wolves
1991 The Silence of the Lambs
1992 Unforgiven
1993 Schindler's List
1994 Forrest Gump
1995 Braveheart
1996 The English Patient
1997 Titanic (1997)
1998 Shakespear in Love
1999 American Beauty
2000 Gladiator
2001 A Beautiful Mind
2002 Chicago
2003 The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King
2004 Million Dollar Baby
2005 Crash
2006 The Departed
2007 No Country for Old Men
2008 Slumdog Millionaire
2009 The Hurt Locker
2010 The King's Speech

I've seen most of the winners from the 2000's and a few more from previous years. I just finished watching the very first winner, "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans". It was made in 1927 and is SILENT! I rented it from Netflix and luckily it came double sided so I could watch the side with music attached to it.

Overall, I don't think it was that bad. It was the same story you still see today, there's the married couple who are happy until "the other woman" comes along and ruins things...shame shame.

Another Lake House Story

This past weekend was another beautiful weekend at the Lake.

After 2 days filled with lots of jet skiing, it was time to head back home to celebrate Father's day with the fam. Well if you know me, then you know anytime I go to the lake without the rents, something always happens. My very first post was probably the worst, but others have included setting the smoke detectors off trying to fry bacon (in my defense I've never used the stove for bacon...always the microwave), burning about everything I put in the oven (I swear the ovens have a mind of their own) and being so sick I just slept the entire time...

Let me back up to Saturday morning...when we got there I decided I would back into the drive way. Why...you ask? Well I don't really have a good reason...maybe for a change of pace. Now fast forward to Sunday afternoon with a fully packed car and B and his brother ready to get on the road. Forgetting that I'm "parked to drive" I throw the car in reverse and gun it! (Side note: I tend to always gun it out of that drive way because it's so steep and I don’t want to roll). I literally came 2 inches away from slamming into the garage door!! How I realized/stopped in time I will never know, but boy am I glad I did. Whew! Talk about a close call!

Anyways, I got made fun of the rest of the way home, but that was to be expected. I told my Mom and Brother the story and they laughed, but I don't think my Dad would find it as funny.

P.s. This isn’t the first time I’ve had a war with a garage…ha ha…the garage was fine the last time as well, my car not so much…ha ha…oh well live and hopefully learn right?!?!

YAY!

Erica over at The Edwards Editorial (and sitting in the cube across from me) made the Rolo pretzel turtles! Her's are so cute and so is her blog!

My "Bucket List"

So you might have noticed I mentioned having a "bucket list" in my last post. Well, I thought I should expand on that a little...

Now I don't consider myself old by any means...unless you're my Mother who thinks that I'm turning HALF a CENTURY in a month...ha ha...oh silly Mom that means you would have had me when you were 5!!! ha ha I will, however, be turning a QUARTER of a CENTURY in a month's time...and I don't consider that old!!

Anyways, I don't know many people my age who have started a "bucket list" but I figured some of my goals are more life long than a year long like a New Year's resolution...so I thought why not start one?!?! Am I right?!?!

My two main ones right now are:
1. Watch every Best Motion Picture Winner (First Oscars was in 1927)
2. Visit all 50 states

So not much on the list, but still I can't possibly finish those two in a years time (especially traveling...I don't exactly have a money tree in the backyard). I did finish one of my goals last year and it was to see every professional home team play within a years time and I DID IT! It was soooo much fun.

Have any of y'all started a "bucket list"?