That frighted feeling did not stay with me that long. I think the best part about scary movies is when you get ready for bed and you start thinking about the movie and you scare the crap out of yourself….I did not get that with this movie. The actors where good and convincing. If you are going to see it I suggest seeing it in the theater because I do not think this will translate well to your tv unless of course you have theater surround sound and you make it really dark, then it might.

This one is great from beginning to end. Action around every corner and when you think it is going to slow down you are wrong. Seriously, at one point I was so shocked by what happened my HEART was really hurting. Really, I jumped so hard that my chest starting hurting, it was crazy.

Now, I can not tell you a whole lot about the movie without getting carried away and possibly giving away some parts of it. It all centers around a man who had a very bad thing happen to him and left it up to the justice system to do the right thing but when it doesn’t he takes care of it himself.  I will tell you it definitely earns its R rating because there is a lot of blood and guts and you do see Gerard Butler’s bare butt in one scene but it does have relevance to what is happening.

My final word is: Go see this movie in the theater and then buy it on DVD when it comes out…..I know I will. A very good movie to say the least.

Woman as Salvation, Anderson’s Luck, Vineyard, Please Come to Boston, and let’s not forget Advent. I could go on forever it seems. Just give this one a listen and I am sure you will like it. They are coming to LA next month and I am going to try so hard to see them. I have always wanted to see them but I have never had the opportunity but now that I am in LA I was very surprised to see they were coming. I have got to find a way to go or I will regret it.

Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers in the weeks that followed,
a California archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet and shortly
after, a story in the LA Times read: ‘California archaeologists, finding
traces of 200 year old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors
already had an advanced high-tech communications network
a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers.’

One week later, a local newspaper in Louisiana reported the following:
After digging as deep as 30 feet in his pasture near St.Martinville, Bubba
Boudreaux, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely
nothing. Bubba has therefore concluded that 300 years ago,
Louisiana had already gone wireless.

Just makes you proud to live in Louisiana !

6 tablespoons shoyu

2 eggs

1 clove garlic, minced

4 tablespoons flour

6 tablespoons cornstarch

4 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons furikake

2 pounds chicken drumettes

1 cup flour

1 cup cornstarch

2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons furikake

oil for deep frying

Combine shoyu, eggs, garlic, 4 tablespoons flour, 6 tablespoons cornstarch, sugar, and 2 tablespoons furikake in a large bowl and mix well.  Add chicken, toss well, and marinate overnight.  When ready to cook, combine flour, cornstarch, and furikake in a large bowl and mix well.  Drain marinade from the chicken, and dredge chicken in flour mixture.  Fry in hot oil until golden and cooked through.

I do not have a family big enough to cook 2 pounds of chicken so I did cut down the recipe.  I did not cut down the marinade but when it came time to dredge the chicken I did only use 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 cornstarch.  I also put it in a ziplock bag to cut down on the mess and clean up.  When I was finished I just threw the ziplock bags away.

I really suggest you try this recipe.  Do not let the amount of ingrediants scare you.  I bet you have all of this stuff in your cabinet anyway.  If you do try it let me know what you think.

I understand everyone needs to make money but lets be a little more sensible about it.  Just a thought.

I put my foot down and said you are going to do it or else. Well, maybe it did not happen exactly like that but I like to think I have some authority over my girls. OK, stop laughing, it really isn’t funny.

She loves Toy Story and now with the new movie coming out the stores are flooded with toys from the movies. She received Buzz and it was the greatest thing to happen to her since she was born. The next thing she asked for was Woody and I saw my opportunity and pounced. I bought Woody and told her Woody only played with big girls and big girls wore panties.

That statement alone caused me to receive the biggest and baddest stinky eye I have ever seen. Lani was not pleased with that at all but I stuck to my guns. I told her that every time she went to toilet like a big girl she could pull his string 2 times. Woody stayed in the box on top of the fridge in plain sight so he was a reminder to be a big girl. Of course we had accidents and we had times where she just refused to go but she also knew the rules. She could not pull that string unless she went to toilet.

It took us one week and one week only to get her trained. She received Woody and she was so proud of herself. Just remember you must tell them how proud you are of them when they go. It got to the point when Lani would have an accident she would say, “are you sad?” I would respond with “yes, but the next time I will be happy because you are going to use toilet, right?” Just tell them how proud and how happy you are of them and sometimes that is all the encouragement then need.

So, take off those pull ups and put on your big girl panties.