Kim's Thoughts
Just a few thoughts I feel worthy of jotting down!
I Love Spring…
I adore Spring — it is, by far, my favorite season. It is so much more special than the other seasons – it represents new beginnings, resurrections, and the ability to wear white again…..here are my thoughts on Spring:
I’ve always loved Spring, but love it even more in North Carolina – mainly because it starts so much earlier here. No, not earlier on the calendar – Spring starts on the same day in NC as it does in NY — but the signs of it and the spring-like weather start earlier. I have been hearing from friends and family in my home town talking about snow and cold, windy days still occurring now weeks into the official calendar time frame for Spring! In NY, most people don’t start planting flowers and delicate plants until at least Memorial Day weekend….here, we are already planting or planning gardens.
Spring showers wake up all the dormant plant life. The evolution of this year’s Spring season is well on it’s way – the Bradford Pear blossoms have come and gone – the Cherry blossoms are mostly gone – lawns are getting thick and green – the dogwoods, azaleas, and red buds are in full bloom all over the area!!! In my yard, everything that goes dormant in the winter months are starting to bud out with leaves and blossom buds – my Weeping Red Japanese Maple in the back yard is full of small leaves starting to fill in!! Here is the wild dogwood in my back yard – it always blooms early! Unlike the dogwood and crape myrtles that I had planted in my front yard – they are still young and bloom a little later!
I love to wear white and hate the fashion rule that you don’t wear white between Labor Day and Easter — I look forward to Easter weekend when I can wear white again!!! I cheated this year and took a pair of white jeans to wear in Hawaii — I rationalized to myself that the white rule doesn’t apply in tropical locations where it is pretty much summer all year round! LOL
Next Sunday is Easter — the definition of new beginnings — the day that signifies the resurrection of Christ after his crucifixion — the day that the Easter Bunny hides colorful eggs (eggs are a symbol of birth and beginnings) – and, yes, the day we can start wearing white again (OK, so that doesn’t symbolize new beginnings, but it is an important benefit of the day)!!!
Three of my friends are currently perfect symbols of new beginnings, too — Christy will be having a little boy in July — Jennifer and Lindsay recently found out they were pregnant!!! (See? They DO come in threes – click here to read about my obsession with the number 3) New babies, new blossoms, new beginnings!!!
The bad side of Spring in NC is the pine pollen!!! I never knew you could actually “see” pollen until I moved to NC. The first Spring I lived here, I was totally confused by the heavy blankets of yellowish-green dust that covered everything and made little green rivers when it rained!!! I was in shock when someone told me it was the pine pollen!!!???? WHAT???? I have since learned to keep things closed up (even though I would love to open everything up) for the few weeks that the pine pollen falls and to be very careful to not get any in my eyes (if I do, I end up with swollen, itchy eyes with big water pockets under them)….but, once a good rain comes and washes it all off the trees, it is better!
Spring has Sprung — enjoy — I know I will!!!
I don’t even want to know….
I had a strange dream this morning — I’m not sure I care to know what it “means” or what was on my mind that would come out in a dream like this one! I do believe this one goes beyond the category of BAZAAR!!!
I started out in my kitchen talking to Laura, an old friend from high school. I told her that I was invited to a convention by a guy I was seeing (Vinny – and for the record, I don’t believe I know any Vinnys) and asked her if she wanted to go with me because I was sure I wouldn’t know anyone there! She agreed, so we got all gussied up and headed to the convention.
When we got there, we knew right away that this was a very different kind of convention. It was held at a large, dark, eerie looking mansion set way back from the road. The many acres of property surrounding the mansion was secured by high chain link fencing with barbed wire at the top and a locked gate. I told the guard who I was and who invited me. He was very pleasant and welcomed us and thanked me for bringing a potential new member to their ladies auxillary club. I got a blue stamp with “LA” on my hand and Laura got a red stamp with “visitor” on her hand. Laura and I just looked at each other and laughed and shrugged our shoulders.
We walked up the long path to the mansion and entered through the front door. A lady met us to give us name tags and told us where to go. She gave Laura a nod and said “we’re so glad to have some new ass”. Laura asked me what she was talking about and I told her that I had no idea and that we need to find Vinny to find out what he invited me to!
We entered the hall and it was full of people that would make the Corleones and Sopranos look like the Nelsons and the Cleavers…..it was obviously a Mofia convention – there were guns everywhere and a “council” table with the other guests filing by kissing rings and offering gifts to a group of very “Godfather” looking men!!! I looked around and asked where Vinny was. I was told that he sent his regrets and told them that I would be representing him and that they were so happy to see I brought a friend!
Laura and I decided we really should get out of there – fast – but we couldn’t find the door. I asked someone where the ladies room was (so we could get out of the room and find a way out of there) but was told that there was no time for that and to take our seats cause the program was about to start.
We sat down and the announcer asked for all current members of the Ladies Auxillary to come down to the front to help with the initiation of new members. I watched as several women got up and headed to the front. A man sitting next to me noticed the “LA” on my hand and told me to go with the rest of the ladies. I looked at my hand and realized that the “LA” meant ladies auxillary. I said I would rather stay with my friend and just watch – to which I was told that was not an option and that I’d better learn to cooperate!! Laura and I looked at each other with a mixture of concern and fear on our faces. I went to the front and joined the others.
The next people invited to the front were all the single male members of the convention. They were all dressed in very expensive looking tuxedos. One of the other ladies rolled out a rack of wedding dresses. Then the members seated in the hall were grabbing the arms of any ladies sitting near them with a “visitor” stamp on their hands and began to drag them down to the front. They stood there with a man with a gun holding them by the arm as the announcer informed them that they could pick whichever wedding gown they liked and to go get changed while they select which bachelor they would be paired with for the wedding ceremony! Laura looked at me with a “what the hell did you get me into” look on her face!!!
I yelled out that there must be some kind of mistake – I didn’t know what was going to happen when Vinny invited me and I just asked Laura to come because I wanted someone here I could talk to – I didn’t know this was going to happen and she shouldn’t be included. Then she spoke up and said she is already married, so she can’t participate!!!! We were told very sternly to shut up and behave ourselves!!! I told them, again, to let Laura go — I said that I’m not married to Vinny and I hardly even know him, so if they let Laura go, I will take her place. I was, again, told to shut up and a man with a gun came to stand beside me – they also told me that no laws apply inside these gates, so her current marriage is not recognized. Laura told them that she is Italian and her “family” will not be happy with this. They all laughed and said they know her “family” and they would definitely understand and that she is even more desirable because she IS Italian…..
A few of the “visitors” turned and bolted out of the hall (gee – they found the door….) and a crowd with guns followed them. In the confusion, I was able to go stand by Laura and we watched to see if the other girls could get away. Some were grabbed and some got close to the fence and were shot — two made it past the gates and the mob stopped and turned around to come back.
We realized that if we could just get outside the gates where laws prevent them from holding us, we would be safe. So, we made a run for it!!! I was grabbed and held – Laura turned to see what happened to me and I told her to keep going — just as I saw her make it through the gates to safety, I woke up!!!!
Man — how weird was that?????
It happened in Carthage…
Every now and then you hear on the news or read in the paper about senseless shootings in sleepy little towns across the country – far away from your own safe community. You wonder what is wrong with the world and what possesses someone to do such unspeakable things! And you never believe in your wildest dreams that it can happen in your own back yard….. Well, it happened in our back yard on Sunday – March 29th – a gunman entered a nursing home in Carthage, NC and went on a shooting rampage killing 8 and wounding several others.
Carthage is a very small community just a stone’s throw up the road from Sanford. I just passed through Carthage on Friday on my way to an appt in Pinehurst. I mentioned Carthage in my post dated March 22nd (the Sunday before the shootings) – a friend and I stopped at the little airport in Carthage on our way to the movies in Aberdeen. I have visited the wonderful antique shops there several times over the years. It is a lovely little community – quiet, peaceful, old world small town feel. Now, they will forever be associated with a horrible act of violence.
Any mass shootings of this nature are unbelievably horrendous – all locations selected by the warped minds of the individuals going on the killing spree are senseless and claim the lives of innocent victims. But, if there can be a location that seems more despicable than the others we’ve read about, it is a nursing home!!! The victims in this case were bedridden and in wheel chairs – in their 70s, 80s, and even their 90s – unable to even attempt to protect or shield themselves from their attacker. One woman was 98 years old – I don’t know her story, but I can only imagine, knowing the events that have occurred over her lifetime, that she has likely survived many a hardship over the course of nearly a century. And, now, to end her life with such violence… What kind of coward – what kind of animal does something like that?
Safety, security, comfort – those are the things you think of when you picture a small town and what you expect when you entrust your loved ones to an elder care facility or your children to their school or when you attend your local church. How can we ever feel safe, secure, and comfortable ANYWHERE when there are people in this world who, for whatever reason, just decide to walk into our comfort zones and open fire???!!!
The other side of this story is the picture of a hero! Justin Garner – the only officer on duty in Carthage on Sunday morning. He answered the call and didn’t hesitate to take charge of the situation by taking down the gunman with a single shot to the chest while being wounded, himself! He surely saved many other lives that day! Waiting for back up was probably the wiser thing to do, but he did what he felt was right and thank God he did! If anything can ever put the words “safe, secure, comfortable” back in our hearts, it is knowing that there are people like Officer Garner out there!
I don’t know any of the victims in this case and I don’t believe I know any of their family members…..but it still touched me, as I’m sure it did many others in the communities surrounding Carthage. After all – it happened in our back yard!
God bless the victims and their families and thank you, Officer Garner, for stopping it from being an even worse situation than it already was!!!
This week’s “DUH” award winner
This week the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) made an announcement that is a classic “DUH” award candidate! A study concluded that pets are a major cause of falls and other related injuries to humans…..well, yeah – I coulda told them that……ha-ha!
Although I have never ended up in the ER or with broken bones because of it, I can write a book about all the cuts, bruises, trips, falls, etc. caused by the girls I love so much!!! And it doesn’t stop there – I could do sequel after sequel by adding editions dedicated to other beloved pets in my past.
Pets generally don’t mean to hurt us – I know there are some bad pets, but generally speaking, our pets love us! And THAT sometimes is the cause of our accidents — their over zealous excitement about seeing us, being near us, desire to get our attentions, and on and on and on…..
Let’s see – what are some of the top ways my sweet little girls have unintentionally caused me some level of pain or near misses:
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I have blogged about some of them — like this post devoted to a really bad tumble I took one day (click here to read it)….
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When they finally have confirmation that I am awake in the mornings, they take turns climbing all over me to get their kisses in — my poor body….
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Leaping at me in excitement when I get home from work….
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Siding into the back of my legs as they play around with each other….
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Being under-foot when I’m trying to work around the house….
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Rushing past me going up or down steps….
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Laying in my path and not moving, but when I go to step over or around them, they decide to go ahead and move – right into the spot my foot is about to land….
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Digging at me, jumping at me, etc. when I hide their toys behind me and play “betcha can’t get it” (OK, so those bruises and scratches are my own doing…..)
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And the indirect incidents — when I trip over their toys in the dark….
All this brings new meaning to the term “Love Hurts” — and it is all sooooooooo worth it!!! he-he-he-he
Saturday Evening Thoughts
Just some thoughts, words, and information to share on a quiet Saturday evening – the last Saturday of the first quarter of 2009….
I discovered Lipton White Tea with Blueberry and Pomegranate today — YUM!!! I usually don’t steep my tea bags very long cause I don’t like it strong – I generally get 2, sometimes 3 cups of tea out of one bag, but this one needed to steep quite a while to get all the flavor out of the bag — but it was really worth the wait!!! I am drinking it with a plate of fresh fruit and a piece of chicken — it is a perfectly delicious and lite dinner (I had a late lunch, so didn’t really want a full dinner)!!!
The “Best of Lee County” list was featured in today’s Sanford Herald – I agree with most of the choices, but have a few that I thought weren’t what I would have voted for (no – I didn’t submit my votes – I kept meaning to, but just never got around to it – so, I guess it is like the political elections – if I didn’t vote, I lost my right to complain about the winners……)! The ones that REALLY stuck out at me were:
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that Myra’s Kitchen didn’t win anything – they made it to the runners up, but didn’t win! I see the Herald agrees with me, though – they had them listed on their picks!
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Bella Bistro sharing the honor with Davison’s for “Best Romantic Restaurant” — Bella’s is much more cozy and intimate – a much more romantic atmosphere than Davison’s! Don’t get me wrong – I like Davison’s, but the new location is so open and noisy — not really that much of a romantic setting!
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Davison’s winning Best Steak — true – their steaks are outstanding and until recently, they were the best place to go for a really exquisitely done steak! But — a couple of months ago, Chef Hamm started offering ribeye steaks on his Thursday and Friday dinner menus (prime rib and filet mignon, too, but I am partial to ribeye and that is what Davison’s serves, too – so we’re comparing apples to apples with the ribeye) — Chef Hamm’s steak is a LOT larger and thicker than the standard steak at Davison’s (you can get it cut bigger at Davison’s, but it costs more) and Chef Hamm sears it on the edges with pepper and seasonings that make it oh so good!!! AND it is less expensive than Davison’s standard cut…..I’m just saying……
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And it is no secret that I think All Animals and Dr. Cindy are the best veterinarians in town — so, why did Myres’ win????????
We had some really bad weather around here yesterday — tornadoes ripped through areas not too far from here! Bad!!! And they are predicting more bad weather tonight!!! It has been raining off and on all day and the thunder is rolling in now…..sounds like we’re in for a bit of the nasties pretty soon!!!
I had a meeting with a counselor at First Health in Pinehurst yesterday to talk about my recent diagnosis of Type II Diabetes — he was wonderful and crammed a TON of info into a one hour session — I felt really good and optimistic when I left! I signed up for three classes that each will give me more in-depth info on topics that I could use some more help with. I think this will be a huge benefit for me – help me understand what I need to do to change my lifestyle and cope with this serious health issue — the counselor really helped me realize that I can do this!!!!
One of the 2009 Nora Roberts Collection – Midnight Bayou – is on at 9:00 on Life Time tonight. Looks good. I love Nora Roberts.
Well, that’s all I have for now……I hope the weather is better tomorrow so we have at least one day this weekend that is nice!
Some Ramblings and Movie Reviews
It was a wonderful, lazy weekend – perfect weather, nothing pressing that needed to be done, no concrete plans – just a lazy weekend! I went to see a couple movies this weekend and have some other updates to chat about. So, here are my movie reviews and some good ole ramblings!
I had considered going to see “Duplicity” at the Saturday matinee, but took an unplanned nap, instead. The previews of this movie looked really good — funny, twists and turns, some romance — a little something for everyone! I read the user reviews on Yahoo Movies and it looked like this was not what it was cracked up to be — the critics seemed to like it, but the users pretty much hated it and thought it was boring, confusing, and a total waste of time! BUT – I really like Julia Roberts and Clive Owen, so I was determined to go see for myself! Off I went to the Saturday evening 5:00 show – full price, not matinee price, but, hey – it was Julia Roberts – it was bound to be worth it!! I had it in my head that it would be similar to the 1994 hit, “I Love Trouble”, with Roberts and Nick Nolte – I loved that movie! This looked to be the same bantering back and forth, love/hate, competitively working together – sorta, type of story — only this time it is rival spies working with corporate espionage instead of rival newspaper reporters working to get the same story! I was wrong!!! Yeah, it had a touch of that, but not really. The user reviews were mostly correct – it was boring through a large portion of the movie and it was very confusing! But, I didn’t think it was a TOTAL waste of time. I did consider leaving about 1/2 way through, but I rarely leave a movie – just in case it gets better! The story was good and would have been really good if they hadn’t made it soooooo confusing and if they added some action here and there!!! They worked with flash backs through the majority of the movie — you’d see something happen and then it would flash back to something that happened earlier to explain what just happened…..it was a mess! It would not have ruined any part of the story to just show it in the order it happened – then, like with most movies, if you’re paying attention you can make the connection and “get” the explanation you saw in an earlier scene — and it wouldn’t have been such a confusing mess!! The only flash backs that were appropriate were the ones at the end that tied it all together – you definitely wouldn’t have wanted to see those scenes ahead of time – it would have ruined the ending! All in all, I think it was “OK”, but really wish I hadn’t paid full price and just waited until it came out on NetFlix! I rate it a “C“ (and I might be just a little generous here because it is such a lovely day).
Today I went to see “Knowing”– Nicolas Cage’s new movie – with a friend! Man, talk about intense!! I won’t go into details because any details beyond what you see on the previews would be mean spirited spoilers and I won’t do that to you!!! Suffice it to say that this Science Fiction/Action movie absolutely lives up to the hype!!! I didn’t realize it was Science Fiction and I’m glad I didn’t because I probably wouldn’t have gone to see it and I would have missed a really good movie!!! There is incredible action – there is tense drama – there are bazaar things going on – there is suspense!!! It will keep you on the edge of your seat right up to the unbelievable ending! Even though it was a little too “Twilight Zone” for my usual taste, I really enjoyed it and left feeling really strange…….hhhmmm!!! I give this one a BIG “A”!!!
So, on to the ramblings — I got my car fixed this week! Tramway Auto Body did the work and did a great job!!! I recommend them to anyone needing body work done – they were very nice, professional, helpful, reasonable, and quick!!! For the two days it was in the shop, I rented a Kia Spectra — a surprisingly nice car!! I only needed it to get back and forth to work for two days, so I didn’t really care – just asked for the cheapest rental I could get! But, I was very happy with the Kia – it was comfortable and drove really nice! Sweet little car!
The first day of Spring was Friday and there are signs of Spring blooming all over the place! The Bradford Pear trees are in full bloom and early Spring bushes are blooming all over town! One of the shrubs beside my back deck is all full of blossoms – not sure what it is called, but here is a picture of it:
We saw another perfect sign of spring today on the way to the movie in Southern Pines! We stopped by the little airport in Carthage and the little restaurant there (Pik ‘n Pig) was packed with bikers enjoying some pulled pork at the outdoor tables watching the airplanes come and go:
Well, that’s it for now — gotta go get back to being lazy, the weekend is almost over!!
Best Laid Plans and Blah, Blah, Blah
My goal or plans for the weekend were minimal – mostly just to relax and unwind – but there were a couple things on my to-do list. So far, I have the “relax and unwind” part covered, but none of the “to-dos” have even gotten past the “gee, I oughta” phase!
I had a long week, but it was a good one — got LOTS accomplished and felt really good about it! So, the weekend didn’t need to be used to catch up on anything in particular and I didn’t being any work from work home! yippee! So, I slept in this morning (well, sorta – the girls woke me up at 6:00, just like usual, but they were very happy to go back to bed after they went out to do their business) – I got up (for real) about 8:30….REALLY!! I did some puttering around on here for a while, did a load of laundry, and decided what I would try to do with my day. The plans were to go get my car inspected (it runs out the end of the month) and maybe take it by that guy on the corner of Horner and Wicker to give it a good cleaning inside and out. I also considered going to see “Duplicity” – the new Julia Roberts/Clive Owen movie – but I read the Yahoo Movies reviews and the users pretty much hate it! The critics seem to like it with a “B” average rating, but the users all say it is complicated, boring, and a waste of time! But, since I like Julia Roberts and the previews look really funny, I decided to ignore them and go see for myself! I also had to pop in to the grocery store and get a few things.
Well, I finally decided to hop in the shower and get dressed to head out about noon-ish. I made the mistake of laying on the bed for a few minutes to play and cuddle with the girls — two hours later, I woke up!!! Still in my jammies….the matinee movie start times had passed, it is probably too late to get my car inspected anywhere, and I’m fairly certain the car wash guy is closed or about to close!!!! Chalk today up to a lazy wasted day! Hhhmmm!
So, what’s on the radar for tomorrow? I think I may start some spring cleaning…..or maybe I’ll take a nap!!! I’ll let you know how that goes for me!!!
Moonlight and Magnolias at the Temple Theater
I went to the Temple Theater this afternoon to see Moonlight and Magnolias at the 2:00 matinee. I enjoyed it very much! I was happy to see a nice size crowd for a Sunday afternoon, too. It wasn’t sold out, but was probably 2/3 to 3/4 full or so.
As the audience entered the theater to take our seats, there was a screen playing the audition tapes of all the actresses that were tested for the part of Scarlet — that was cool…..
Moonlight and Magnolias is a comedy based on a true story — David O. Selznick was 3 weeks into the filming of Gone With The Wind and the script wasn’t working to his satisfaction – so, he halts production, fires the director, and calls in famed director Victor Flemming (pulling him off as director of The Wizard of Oz with only 2 weeks left of filming), and a screen play doctor, Ben Hect, to fix the screenplay. He literally locked them in his office for 5 days so the three of them could come up with a workable script!!! The problem was that Ben Hect never read the book and knows very little about the story, so Selznick and Flemming go through the entire book acting out all the parts while Hect sits at the typewriter capturing it all……kinda like Gone With The Wind on super fast forward told and acted out by two men who have had no sleep and only bananas and peanuts to eat for 5 days…….it was so funny!!!! There is some additional bantering between the gentleman about their lives and what is at stake if this movie doesn’t get made.
It was also a pleasure to see Peggy Taphorn as Selznick’s secretary – a small, but very enjoyable part!
Go see it — it is sure to entertain and provide a lot of chuckles!
Updates and a Movie Review
So – what have I been up to since I returned from paradise and rejoined the real world? It was a long week with lots going on! Just about every day had something major….
Sunday:
As I was driving home from the airport, I heard a strange sound – a bang and a whooshing sound – almost like a air hose or something like that let loose! I was not too far from Sanford – just a little before the Deep River Rd exit. So, I pulled over and the noise stopped…hhmm! So, I got out and looked at all the tires – all were fine…I looked under the hood – nothing looked odd…I stood back and looked at the front end and found the problem – the air deflector thingy under the front end was hanging down and scraping on the road!!! After driving slow to not cause any more problems, I got home and looked under the front end and it was GONE!!! Well, that’s that, I guess!
Monday:
I made two calls first thing in the morning – one to the Ford dealer to get an appt to have them look to see if there was any more damage before I just ordered the deflector and had Ron put it on; the second to the Family Doc – a couple weeks before vacation, I had a glucose tolerance test and they wanted me to make an appt to talk about the results as soon as I returned from vacation. After finagling times with both, I ended up with a doc appt on Mon and a car appt on Tues. The news at the doc’s wasn’t good – I have Type II Diabetes! I’m now learning all about the drastic lifestyle change I need to make to keep me from having much more serious health problems!
Tuesday:
I went to the appt I made for my car – he said that it was not only missing the deflector, but also another part and the fender was cracked in two places and was loose…..he recommended I go see the guys at Tramway Auto Body for a quote to replace the whole shebang! I went from there to Tramway Auto Body to get the quote – they were very nice and helpful, but the news wasn’t good – $900 and two days without a car!!!! I was assured by both that I’m not doing any damage to the engine by driving without the air deflector – BUT – the front fender is really loose and it won’t take much to cause a lot more damage to that!!! I will definitely have it fixed fairly soon! I just need to figure out how I’m gonna juggle things to pay for it and what arrangements I can make for another car while mine is in the shop!
I decided that if the rest of the week was going to follow suit with the first part, I just wanted to go back to paradise and stay there!!! ha-ha
Wednesday – nothing special happened that I can remember! A much needed break from the bad news!
Thursday:
The week made a big turn when I was able to participate in a great event! At the end of last year, Wyeth donated $1000 to Communities In Schools for a computer scholarship for a Lee County student. The criteria was that the child attend East Lee Middle School because of their focus on Science and Technology, have a high potential in the area of science, and a high need – no computer at home to use for their school work. The criteria was sent to the school and they were asked to nominate a student to receive the gift. They chose Eli Felix! We decided to ensure it was a secret until the presentation – Eli didn’t have any idea that he was going to be receiving this gift! Thursday at noon, representatives from CIS, Wyeth (I wore two hats, representing both CIS and Wyeth), and Eli’s family, pastor, and teachers gathered in the lobby while the principal went to get him from his lunch. It was an amazing sight to have him enter the lobby, see all these people there, and then see the table with a laptop, printer, bag, other supplies, and a balloon with a teddy bear and candy! He lit up like a Christmas Tree!!! Lots of pictures, congratulations, and an article in the Herald later, Eli left happy and with the technology needed to help him excel beyond his already high aptitude in his school work! It was a good feeling!!!
Friday I was planning to go see “Moonlight and Magnolias” at the Temple Theater, but decided to call it an early night, instead. I do need to be sure to see it before the run ends, though!
Saturday:
I went to see “The Last House on the Left” – it was a toss up between this movie and “The Reader”. I like movies that are suspenseful without being horror based. The previews really intrigued me and the write up clinched the deal! I should have chosen “The Reader”….. The basic story was great — all about a family who take revenge on the creeps who brutally rape, beat and leave their daughter for dead! The sickos end up at the family’s home during a bad storm after they did the unthinkable to the daughter and killed the daughter’s friend. The parents offer their guest house to them until they could take them to town the next day. They soon find out what they did to their daughter and give them the same or worse than they have done to others (they were career sickos)!!! Great idea for a movie!!! The problem was that the acting sucked, the scenes were all too predictable, and they went WAY too far with the gruesome acts of violence! It would have been very believable to have the parents get their revenge by killing them in some intense fight scenes – but it went too far — for instance, there is a torture by garbage disposal and a head cooked to explosion in a microwave oven involved – to name just two! YUCK! While I liked the story, the rest brought the whole mood down……so, I only recommend it if you are interested in gruesome violence – otherwise, I’d leave this one alone. My rating: D
Sunday – so far, it has been a lazy day! I am considering several things and have not, yet decided on which one I’ll do — stay home and curl up with a day of Life Time movies, go to the matinee of “Moonlight and Magnolias” at the Temple Theater, or go in to work and get caught up on a few things — or maybe a combination of two or more…..
Have a nice day and week!
Not a problem…
Megan wanted her ball in the den, but it was caught up in the blanket……did that stop her from playing with it where she wanted to??? NOPE – she just brought the blanket with it!!!
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