Month: September 2008

More Movie News…

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For those of you who don’t know, I am a Lord of the Rings movie junky.  Just like my Gabaldon books, I go back to these movies as needed, when I’m in search of a little “comfort food.”  My husband was a huge fan of the books long before the movies were spoken of, and so I begrudgingly sat down with him one night to watch the first movie on DVD, figuring I would fall promptly asleep on the couch.  I was so wrong…I fell in love with the story, the characters, the cinematography.  I was inspired to read the books, thankfully!  I don’t believe I would have picked them up otherwise. 

So now, we’ve been awaiting news of The Hobbit.  It looks like there will be a movie beginning production in 2009… Apparently Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, executive producers, hired director Guillermo Del Toro to direct the two Hobbit films.  I’m not clear on why Peter Jackson isn’t directing them himself, but I do trust that any director he hires has the vision needed for this project.  I’ll see what other news I can dig up.  I think the only real hope I have is that he casts the two Ians to reprise their roles as Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins.

http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=50

Addendum:  It looks like Ian McKellan will be reprising his role as Gandalf.

And here’s a little old news (from January) that I thought was interesting.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/01/11/elijah-wood-confirms-dual-hobbit-movie-details/

America’s Got Talent

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So, we’re watching America’s Got Talent on DVR last night, and little Kaitlyn Maher comes up.  I say to Zan, “I think this little one has gotten this far on pure cuteness.”  Then she goes and sings this song and brings tears to my eyes.  Check it out…if you want to skip all the backstory stuff and get right to the performance, skip ahead to 1:45 or so on the video.

And you MUST MUST MUST watch these guys!!  Un-freakin-believable! 

What is the MATTER with Me?!

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I’m so SAAAD!!!!!!!  My girls are off to their first day of school, and I’m SO SAD!!!  I have NEVER cried on the first day of school…not when they each went off to Kindergarten, not when I tough loved them to school through belly aches and other anxieties.  I am not one to cry on their birthdays and lament the fact that “my babies are growing up.”  I usually greet the first day of school with excitement for them, and a few little butterflies on their behalf, but I’ve never been SAD.  Well today I’m SAD!!!  I keep telling myself, “Come on Duba, pull yourself together!!!!”  But I’m having a hard time…they’ll never know it.

Maybe it’s because Big Girl is no longer in elementary?  She headed off to Middle School today.  And she was scared.  She was most nervous about the bus ride with the bigger kids.  I could’ve caved…I wanted to cave and drive her, but we raise our kids to be independent and to trust themselves to handle uncomfortable situations and come out stronger for it.  I didn’t cave, but sent her off on her three minute bus ride to school with a smile and a wave (no blowing kisses anymore for her, cause that would be embarrassing…)  But I feel her nerves and wish I could wave my magic wand and take them away. 

And of course, I second guess myself and torture myself with guilt.  “Maybe I should’ve driven her this first day.”  Shoulda coulda woulda’s…the bane of a mother’s existence.

Then Little Girl went off, swallowing down a tear, because she’s headed off to school for the first time without her big sister.  “Maybe I should’ve driven her this first day too.”  I feel her heartache, and wish again that I could wave my magic wand and take her sore misser away.

So maybe my tears are of regret more than anything.  Maybe it’s because the reality that my babies are growing up just smacked me dead in the face today.  Maybe my misser is a bit sore too.  😦

Now, I’ll pull myself together, run some errands, and bake some cookies so they have something yummy to come home to.  And I will not do this tomorrow.

Organization Time…Again.

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So, I’ve been busy.  I went to visit a friend last week, and left her organized, neat home filled with envy and renewed purpose.  Tired of tripping over toys…tired of plastic bins filled with this and that…tired of an overflowing toybox in which helpless toys sit in the bottom never seeing the light of day, I headed off to Target to find a solution.  Here’s what I found:

SOOOO much better!!  I reclaimed my living room! 

I also managed to do the scary paperwork sort last week, and today I emptied the bookshelves, reorganized, cleaned, and reloaded.  I’m on a roll!  (Sorry, I am not for hire…)

I want it all done so I can start my naptime exercise routine tomorrow when school starts, without feeling like there’s a hundred other things I SHOULD be doing.  We’ll see how it goes.  (I’ll probably last a week.)