I read Divergent for my May book club meeting and saw the movie yesterday. There were some changes between the two which were fine. I'm not sure people going into the movie with no knowledge beforehand would pick up on a few things though.

The funny thing about the audience at 10:15am was the composition. Except for one guy it was teen girls and ( Read more... )

I hope everyone had a happy new year celebration. Husband and I didn't talk about it much and surprisingly ended up doing the usual. We got a pizza from Hound Dog's, watched The Hunt and then proceeded to watch CNN with Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper.

The Hunt was not a feel good type of film but had a director and actors I liked ( Read more... )

I wrote 11912 words during November for NaNoWriMo. I should've had a plan or something. That, and attending the weekly write-ins would've kept me more on track.

Saw Hunger Games: Catching Fire and while the adaptation of the book was pretty accurate the movie was okay. It was my least favorite book of the trilogy.

Just read The Hallowed Ones and ( Read more... )

The other day I had a salad from the catering place downstairs. It was the first one I'd had in months. Disgusting. Lettuce was limp and there was too much dressing. I choked most of it down and then picked through what was left to get to the bacon.

Still reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. I'm nearly done. I've been dragging it out as long as I ( Read more... )

This weekend was full of knitting and reading. I am making some Owlie Sleep Sacks (with matching hats) for my friend's new photography studio. I have the pink sack done and should finish the blue one before the end of the week. They are cute little tubes with cable knit owls around the top.

I've been reading Wolf Hall for about a week (maybe two) ( Read more... )

I think 2013 is going to be a year of balance. Trying to find it, that is.

I have a tendency to focus on one project at a time. I started a personal, life-altering project in September 2008. It's still not over and I'm not sure the end is in sight. It's slowly taken my focus away from my writing and relationships.

No more. I need balance in my life.

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I've been tearing through books like they are going out of style. I haven't updated my books read list in the last 2 months. I need to get on that.

Movie watching has stalled. Husband has been really busy. I joked with him last night I won't get to see him again until Saturday when we have dinner with out next door neighbors.

Tickets went on sale for ( Read more... )

When I realized the movie was coming out soon, I put my name on the reserve list (600 something) and got my copy on Thursday after work. I only got 11 pages in before I could really dig into it on Friday. And it was done by Saturday afternoon ( Read more... )

Today was a beautiful day with the occasional thunderstorm. I visited with my in laws, and went to a birthday party for two little cousins. The 5-year-old hid his face during the birthday song. The 3-year-old loved the attention.

This evening we finished up the first season of Downton Abbey. I made some yummy tacos with ground beef and black beans ( Read more... )

Great weekend. Friday night took a nap and don't remember a thing about what we did afterwards.

Saturday I roasted a chicken for lunch. Then we went to see Chico and Rita. Dinner was Graffiti Burger. Sunday I learned of two more ways to get my Michael Symon fix. There's a show on The Cooking Network which I haven't seen yet. Another is Symon's ( Read more... )