Zoo!!

To celebrate 3 years of dating we decided to act like little kids again and visit the zoo! We've actually visited a lot of zoos/wildlife areas together over the years. I guess it's safe to say we like animals!! Here are some pics from our latest adventure...



Does this remind anyone else of Maurice from Madagascar?!?!



He looks so sad :(



Sittin' pretty...



So this guy took the stick in his mouth and stuck it in his nose! He was definitely putting on a show for us



It was so hot I don't blame the tiger for sleeping, however ever I wish he wasn't so far away



Another sleeping 'cat'...there were 2 cheetahs and both were asleep



King of the Jungle...this cutie's name is Johnathan



This is one smart and flexible grizzly bear!



I LOVE elephants! Seriously I can't get enough of them!



Is this not the ugliest stork you've seen?? It looks nothing like the storks that bring the babies...ha ha...btw its a shoebill stork



How many giraffes do you count?? Do you see the baby??



Heard the dinner bell...time to eat!!



Total Recall

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This was just an okay movie for me. It didn't suck, but for some reason I just wasn't that into it. I also never saw the original so I can't compare it to that either. What I can tell you was that the kid sitting in front of me fell asleep and the lady a few seats down from me was snoring at one point.

While all the characters can definitely kick some butt, I just feel that everthing was just so expected in all the fight scenes. I also feel like some things just weren't explained very well. I mean at the end it all made sense, but still sometimes you just want a little more.

The boyfriend thought this movie was good so maybe it's just me. Or maybe I should have seen it before I saw the Bourne Legacy, because it really doesn't measure up to that one.

Painted Beach Canvas

I saw this idea over at Young House Love and it seemed easy enough that I decided to make one for myself! I used a 20 x 24 canvas, a yard stick and 7 different paint colors that all tied into my beach colored bathroom.

All but one column is the width of the yard stick (probably should have started from the middle...oh well). I took the advice from YHL and just used a mail flier to create the points. I traced everything out in pencil and then went one color at a time and filled the columns. That was very tedious and took me a lot longer than I expected. Did you know painting straight lines without painters tape isn't as easy as it sounds...ha ha.

I found a package of 3 starfish in the cheap section of Michaels during one of many trips and really wanted to add it to the canvas. It looked a little lonely by itself so I busted out my Cricut and used coral-ish card stock and cut out the "beach." I love the pop of color it gives the canvas.

So where exactly is this canvas hanging?!?! Well it's right next to my very first full length mirror that makes me look squatty (but that's what you get for $5 at target) and right above my toilet (but I didn't think y'all wanted a pic of my toilet ha ha). Oh, lookey there you can see my necklaces on the shower hooks and how it's grown since this post!

Overall, I'm really pleased how this turned out. Even if I am the only one who gets to look at it :)

Where We Belong



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Another good one from Ms. Emily Giffin. While it's not as juicy as say Something Borrowed it is my fourth favorite from her (1. Something Borrowed 2. Something Blue 3. Heart of the Matter). This one is told from two peoples perspectives, Marian and Kirby (both are female characters).

The book is about how your past may not always stay in the past, but it's not always a bad thing if it comes back into your life. Also, it's about searching for who you are and finding where you really belong...oh yeah I just referenced the title...haha.

Honestly, I think this book would make a good movie...ha ha. I know Something Borrowed didn't do that well, but still I like how it played out in my head...ha ha.


****Don't read any further if you don't want to see who I think should be cast****


Here's who I would cast...



Kate Hudson as Marion even though she was cast in Something Borrowed




Shailene Woodley as Kirby but she would have to go blonde or wear a wig



Jon Hamm as Peter



Chris Evans as Conrad

Have you read the book yet? What do you think of my casting skills...yay or nay or who would you cast? 

The Bourne Legacy

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Loved it! This movie was just as good as the first ones. Which speaking of the first ones, you should probably watch those before you see this one. Granted a lot of the times you don't have to see the first set of movies in a series to understand the next one, but trust me things will make way more sense if you do this time around.

Going in to this movie I thought that this guy, Aaron Cross, was after the Jason Bourne era. No no no. His story happens as Jason's is unfolding as well. It's very interesting to see how the two stories mix with each other. I love all the flashes to clips from the other movies as well. I really liked how they explained in this movie how these people become who they are. Whereas in the first movies you just have to assume what happened to them. And I loved how they ended it...enough room for another one! Woo Hoo! What can I say...I really like these movies.

Fifty Shades Trilogy **Spoilers**



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That's right I read these. All the hype got to me and I had to figure out why everyone was so gaga over this series. While I enjoyed the real story lines, I personally believe these were over-hyped. All the "extra" stuff that everyone was in a frenzy about was shocking at first, but after a few scenes you're just like come on now...by the end of the first book I was skipping over those sections.

Also the writing was horrible! The same words are used over and over again. Very annoying and tiring to read. However, I kept reading to find out what was going to happen. In my opinion the second book, Fifty Shades Darker, was the best out of the three with the first book being the absolute worst.  

What also bugged me about this series was the fact that they were just a R rated version of the Twilight series. Yes yes yes, I know that the author of the Fifty Shades trilogy is a huge Twilight fan and that these books are fan fiction, but still couldn't she have changed anything?!?! Below I've created a list of stuff that was similar in this series and the Twilight series...

I'm sure I left a lot of the similarities off, but after a while I just gave up writing them down and I've already finished another book so I've forgotten a few things. So there you have it...my thoughts about this overly-hyped series. If I had to choose between Twilight and Fifty Shades...I choose Twilight.

Have you read them? What did you think?

Step Up: Revolution

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I love me some dance movies! Besides the not so great acting I really liked this one (well I've liked all of them, except the 3rd one was probably the worst).

This one was fun to watch since there were so many So You Think You Can Dance veterans in the movie and involved behind the scenes. (Sidenote: sadly SYTYCD is boring me this season).The leading lady of this movie, Katherine McCormick, did not win her season on SYTYCD, but did really well even though I can't recall any of her dances at this moment, but I remember liking her. Of course Twitch was in this one as well...he is awesome. Mia Michaels makes a couple of appearances, but sadly doesn't dance. But she is really good in her role, which isn't that far from her real life.

The story behind all the dancing is about a dance group, The Mob, trying to get enough hits on YouTube or some video site to win money. Then when their section of Miami is threatened to be torn down they take their dances to where they will make an impact on the future of their neighborhood.

Overall, I really enjoyed the dancing and that is what will make me watch it over and over again. Well when it comes out on DVD.