Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Happy 4th Birthday, KT!!!
KT turns 4 today! There's no big party this year since we're all waiting for little Joss to arrive, but her mamma made a gorgeous cake for her the other day, and her dad made supper for us all on the grill. She got a new pair of red cowgirl boots from Mimi and Grumpy. Love you, KT Bug!
A new new chicken house!
John's decided we need an even bigger chicken house, so he got started right away and is in the midst of construction. This will be a different design, completely enclosed. I'll post up occasionally as he moves along....I haven't been able to help much because I've had a horrible reaction to the cedar pollen this year -- awful. So poor John's been almost totally on his own. (He may even like it better that way -- I ask too many questions! ha!)
Monday, January 20, 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Dad's Birthday
Today my dad would have been 91 years old. I'm thinking of you today, Dad!
Here he is at Landa Park, probably around 1947 or 48
Movie Review --- Lone Survivor
I'll admit right off that I didn't want to go see this movie. I just knew it was going to be hard to watch, and I'd much rather watch something that's scifi, or chick-flicky, then watch real life pain. I'm kind of a wuss that way. But John's been wanting to see this since we heard about it, and I only reluctantly went along with him, vowing to "not watch" the parts I knew were going to upset me too much. [And, selfishly, now John owes me a chick flick. Ha! Let's see if that works.]
But I'm here to tell you, you can not NOT watch this movie. Once you get to know these men, and the movie does a great job of getting us to CARE about what happens to them right off the bat, you can't not be there for them throughout the film.
They carefully start the movie by showing how hard it is to pass the SEAL training, which was definitely a good idea -- you know that these guy's are the toughest of the toughest, and not just any foot soldier being sent into harm's way.
I was impressed by the job done by these Hollywood actors. Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch (John Carter!), Emile Hirsch, and Ben Foster should all be up for awards. They were magnificent. I'd like to think that the real men that they portrayed would be proud of how they looked on film. I read that Taylor Kitsch and Mark Wahlberg, and the director Peter Berg, worked at a discount on this film -- only taking the minimum required salaries. That says a lot about how dedicated they were to getting this film made.
There's so much I could say about this on the political side of things, but I've vowed to keep this blog out of politics, so you will have to imagine what I'd like to say. Suffice to say, I came out of this movie angry. I should say A N G R Y! And more determined than ever. That's all I'm going to say about that.
But I'm here to tell you, you can not NOT watch this movie. Once you get to know these men, and the movie does a great job of getting us to CARE about what happens to them right off the bat, you can't not be there for them throughout the film.
They carefully start the movie by showing how hard it is to pass the SEAL training, which was definitely a good idea -- you know that these guy's are the toughest of the toughest, and not just any foot soldier being sent into harm's way.
I was impressed by the job done by these Hollywood actors. Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch (John Carter!), Emile Hirsch, and Ben Foster should all be up for awards. They were magnificent. I'd like to think that the real men that they portrayed would be proud of how they looked on film. I read that Taylor Kitsch and Mark Wahlberg, and the director Peter Berg, worked at a discount on this film -- only taking the minimum required salaries. That says a lot about how dedicated they were to getting this film made.
There's so much I could say about this on the political side of things, but I've vowed to keep this blog out of politics, so you will have to imagine what I'd like to say. Suffice to say, I came out of this movie angry. I should say A N G R Y! And more determined than ever. That's all I'm going to say about that.
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