Momma’s Angel

Stranger Than Fiction March 18, 2007

Yesterday was really a movie day. Tim and I did the end up getting the flu bug Friday and spent yesterday recuperating. Tim seems to have bounced back more quickly. I spent most of the day on the futon and slept there last night because Sara Ellen fell asleep while we watched the movie and I didn’t feel like moving either of us. This morning, my back is stiff and my stomach still a little uneasy.

It’s funny how times flies when your watching movies and not going anywhere, we started “Stranger Than Fiction” at 9:30 after Emily and I watched “You’ve Got Mail”. I’d heard a weak review of it from a Baltimore radio station interviewing Maggie Gyllenhal because some filming was local. After the interview the dj’s made fun of her response to their questions and expressed their disappointment in her performance and the movie itself. However, Tim wanted to watch it and I’ve been curious.

Harold Crick (Will Ferrell), an IRS auditor, starts hearing a narration of his life by a woman’s voice. The narration follows his actions but begins to influence him. The voice is of an author (Emma Thompson) who has no idea her main character is real. Her main purpose, find the best way to kill Harold Crick! He gets wind of her plot and takes steps to avoid is imminent death.

I am not always a fan of Will Ferrell’s comedy. I do love “Elf” and I find this character equally endearing. The story is touching, funny, surprising, and curious. It features Maggie Gyllenhal as a baker/auditee, Queen Latifah as an author’s assistant, and Dustin Hoffman as a literature professor.

Outbreak March 15, 2007

With Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, and Morgan Freeman, it the title of a favorite movie concerning a fatal but avoidable outbreak.

When family members get sick with a 24-hour flu bug, it’s absolutely no fun! Michael and Dad were sick last weekend. Mom spent a couple days with a fever and miserableness. Emily got sick last night and was up until around 5 this morning. Sara Ellen woke up sick this morning. When she was wasn’t being sick, she was relatively her happy self. I thought it was over by noon, but this evening brought a little more. Thankfully she has slept a good deal today and is not miserable. I’m not looking forward to jumping up anytime she squeaks tonight but today was so much easier than it could have been!

I just been a little on edge. I desperately don’t want to get sick. I’ve noticed every burp and stomach rumble but so far I’m fine.

Music and Lyrics March 8, 2007

Tim and I saw this February 23 (and should have written sooner). It’s a great date movie.

It stars Drew Barrymore (Sophie Fisher) and Hugh Grant (Alex Fletcher). He’s an 80’s Pop has-been. She is an eccentric, nervous woman who works at her sister’s weight loss center, and as a plant water. Is the latter job that brings her to Fletcher’s home and because she’s good at rhyming, is convinced to be his new lyricist. He needs to write a hit song for this pop princess, Cora. Brad Garrett is also in it as Fletcher’s manager. It’s a lot of fun.

Wild Hogs

This movie is so much fun. I definitley recommend it. Tim and I saw it Saturday, March 3.

This stars John Travolta, Tim Allen, William H. Macy, and Martin Lawrence. They are four friends who are unsatisfied with their lives and agree to a motorcycle road trip. Normally, they take a weekly ride together and hit a pretend biker bar, or ride in parades. Woody, J.T., is running from his unraveling life but does not tell his friends who think he has it made with lots of money (lost) and a model wife (left him). W.H.M. is so cute as a geek. T.A. is a dentist who is missing his wild youth. M.L. is trying to write a self-help book and can’t stand up to his wife.

They run into a crazy cop, John C. McGinley, who thinks they are all gay. Then they walk into a real biker bar. The lead, Jack (Ray Liotta), thinks they’re posers and manages to steal a bike from them, replacing it with a sidecar. The guys ride away but Woody won’t take it and goes back, causing lots of damage which would be a shame to spoil. From there he is running away and hiding. Consequences and fun ensue.

Make sure you stay for the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition!

Baby Update - 15 months

We saw a nurse at Dr. Schnieder’s office, Jane Roach. She was great, I could understand while she was talking and felt like I had time to think. What a relief. She also asked about our home, who we live with, even what animals.

Sara Ellen is 33 3/4″ and 29 lbs, 10oz. That is 2 3/4″ and 1 lb, 1 oz more than she was 3 months ago. She is still above the 95% for her age!

The unpleasant part was that Sara Ellen has reached a certain stage which Jane called perfectly normal. The nurses (Jane is a CPNP) didn’t scare Sara Ellen but when they started to do anything, measuring, checking ears, etc. she would start screaming. Jane said for a while this is what exams are like. Ugg.

R-MWC in the news March 2, 2007

R-MWC ex-president says opposition could kill college

Applications way up as Randolph-Macon prepares to go coed