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Les Misérables knocked my socks off

On January 10, 2013 · 1 Comment · In movies

I posted back in early October about the Les Misérables movie and how I was anxiously awaiting its release so I could see it. Well, my mom and I went to see it a few days after Christmas, and I loved it. I couldn’t not come back here and sing its praises. I actually […]

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Resisting The Hunger Games

On November 10, 2012 · 27 Comments · In books, movies

I tend to have an aversion to a lot of the “fad” books. You know the ones… they seemingly take the world by storm. It’s not that I’ve never read a bestseller—I’ve read many—but I’m talking about the books with which it seems the world is obsessed.

I tried and did not care for Harry […]

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Flicks

On March 31, 2011 · 22 Comments · In movies

We’ve never been huge movie watchers, but we see most of the “hit” stuff… once it’s a rental, that is. We very rarely go to the theater. In fact, I think the last movie we saw at the theater was on 1/1/10 (it was Sherlock Holmes). So, yeah, it’s been a while. I don’t know–I […]

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Ketchup Day

On December 3, 2009 · 3 Comments · In austin, holidays, in the news, ketchup day, movies, operation baking gals, photography, san antonio, travel, vacation

Can you believe that it has already been two and a half months since I last did (my first) Ketchup Day? If you ask me, we’re long overdue.

New to Ketchup Day? It’s basically just a collection of short thoughts to get me “caught up” on my blogging. Things I want to tell you, […]

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Marley & Me

On December 29, 2008 · 12 Comments · In books, movies

This afternoon, I went to see the Marley & Me movie with my mom, my brother and his fiancee, my cousin and her husband, and my other cousin and her daughter.

And I’m not going to lie. It was rough.

However, the tough parts (toward the end) were totally worth it because of the […]

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