We cleaned house today and  I’ve done a little bit of laundry. There is a fire in the fireplace right now and I just got finished addressing about 2/3 of my Christmas cards. I take that back, I got finished writing them. I used our handy dandy printer to print the addresses / return addresses from a spreadsheet I have so that was easy as pie. However, I am writing something different in each one, to make them a little more personable. This year we aren’t sending out the fancy schmancy photo cards like we did last year so I figured I should at least write in each one instead of just signing our names. Needless to say, my hand is cramped up right now. Gonna have to finish the other half tomorrow night or while I am laying in bed tonight.

So when are the tv stations going to start playing the Christmas shows? Rudolph! Frosty! A Christmas Story! C’mon!! You know what my all-time favorite is?? It’s Santa Claus The Movie.  I’ve never mentioned this movie to anyone in my life and they’ve known what I was talking about. Sometimes I think I am the only person who has ever seen this movie!! It is pretty old, from 1985. Anyone else seen it???

So right now we have The Jungle Book on in the living room. I took a break from the movie to come write before it was too late. We bought the DVD from Best Buy a few weeks ago when we ran in to get some gifts. It was a splurge but it is one of my favorite Disney movies! Gene wants to boycott Disney because they play so many movie trailers on the DVD and also because of the whole “Vault” shananigans that they got goin’ on.. I told him we could boycott them after I own all of the classic Disney movies on DVD. Until then, we’re stuck.

Anyway I am going to crawl into bed now. I need to try to get some decent sleep. Today I could not drag myself out of bed. I didn’t get out of bed until after 7 and then I took a shower. I have no idea how I got to work by 8!

P.S. Did anyone else ever notice that the voice of Kaa (the Snake) in The Jungle Book is the same guy who does the voice of Winnie The Pooh? Had a total Wow! moment tonight while watching when I realized this. And I don’t know if anyone is really aware of this but I absolutely ADORE Winnie The Pooh. It’s my all-time favorite Disney Character. Actually, I love the entire cast of Winnie The Pooh. There is most definitely a tie beween Pooh & Eeyore. When I have kids? Their room is going to be Pooh-Overload.

Balls of Fury was pretty funny. It wasn’t as hilarious as I was expecting it to be but it definitely had its moments. And I guess the story line was pretty good so maybe thats why there wasn’t all of that stupid, side-splitting hilarity. However, Superbad was a totally stupid storyline and I laughed my ass off throughout most of it.  The storyline in Superbad was your typical teenage trying-to-get-laid deal. It was sooo stupid but it seemed like every 10-15 minutes there was some new unexpected event occuring that was just too hilarious for words. If you have a somewhat vulgar, perverted sense of humor.. I totally recommend it.

Anyway that was the real excitement of my weekend. Gene and I “started” on taping off our guest bathroom to paint. I took everything out of there. It is a tiny bathroom with a tub/shower but I have been pretty lazy about getting the painting project started. My guest bathroom is a Palm Tree theme therefore I am painting the walls green. I’m hoping it turns out to be an “earthy” green color. I ended up buying cheap paint at Walmart so it’s not QUITE as earthy as the sample I picked out at Home Depot, but it was about 1/2 the price of the one at Home Depot. I’m really excited because it is my first time to paint. I am going to work on changing the light fixtures and hardware (towel bar, toilet paper holder, etc.) in that bathroom too. It is going to be our first official “remodel” of the house. We’re not doing any MAJOR updates in there. It already has a tile floor and the sink, toilet and tub/tile seems to be in pretty good condition. Some paint and a few minor updates ought to do the trick. I’ll take before/after pics.

Time for bed.. Need to get some rest before I go back to work tomorrow. It ought to be a CRAZY day to get back. Three day weekends are nice but we always end up paying for them when we get back :(

On another note, my darn knee is sore! Someone please chop it off :( I am tired of it aching. It comes and goes, but sometimes the aches kind of “pulse” like a heart beat and its annoying and sucks. Wah wah. Therapy today was 2 1/2 hours… Thought these suckers were supposed to get shorter?? Lame.

So uh.. I am gonna go sip on my gigantuan cup of Sugar Free Red Diamond (sweetened w/Splenda) tea :) I was craving a cherry/coke icey and Gene ran into 3 different gas stations for me and to no avail :( I said forget it, I was clearly not meant to have an icey tonight, let’s go home! So we did and he poured me this cup of tea and I’ve never been happier. And as lame as it sounds, I really just want to crawl into bed and sleep. I’ve felt pretty drained since I got home from Therapy this evening.

A VERY GIGANTIC P.S. My Threadless tees came in the mail today.. Well, my first order. I don’t think I mentioned it but I did end up getting this one as a second order because it wasn’t released until about 3 days after we placed our first order.. And hello? It’s freakin’ sweet! I can’t wait to wear my shirts! Hmm.. I think I wanna go watch Family Guy now…

Today is Layla (my little sister) and Malinda’s Birthdays!! So Happy Birthday to them. We are all gonna go eat tonight at Shogun (Japanese Steakhouse / Hibachi Grill). I’m really excited to go and see my sister and Malinda and hang out with everyone.. and of course to also eat at Shogun.. because, hello, YUM! :D

Not much else. Yesterday Gene and I went on a picnic at the park and then went to see the movie Babel. I can’t really say much about the movie. The movie itself seemed pretty good  but whoever filmed the movie did a HORRIBLE job. I’m sure they made the camera’s shakey and zoomed in 90% of the time for a reason but it was too much for Gene and I. We were both motion sick afterwards. Also doesn’t help that we were in the dollar theatre and had to sit really close to the front. Either way, I’d say it was a good movie.. Take some ginger root and go see it!

And while I’m on the topic of movies, I just want to say that I cannot wait until Aqua Teen Hunger Force comes out at the theatres! And guess what?? It comes out on Friday, April 13th… MY BIRTHDAY! Woohoo. They showed the preview for it at the theatre last night and I got sooo excited. It looks awesome. I may have to actually TRY to catch it on that day. I’m taking April 6th and April 13th off of work this year. Both Gene and I’s birthdays.. Both on Fridays! Yay for long weekends :) And also… I really hope that Futurama The Movie comes out in theatres when it is released! I don’t know if anyone realized it yet but I :heart: Cartoon Network!

Right but it is NOT good toilet paper. Not by my standards, anyway. It doesn’t quite “ride the crack” like my Charmin does. I know that seems a little.. crazy – but it’s true! Charmin is the absolute softest toilet paper in the entire world and I want to buy hundreds of thousands of packages of it in case they ever go out of business. So, what kind of TP do you prefer? And is there anything that you always buy name brand of?

Wait.. I have more to talk about! First, Gene and I went to the dollar theatre to see Stranger Than Fiction tonight. About 3/4 into the movie, the projector flat out dies on us. So we had quite an intermission waiting for them to fix it. Did I mention that it was 50 cent movie night?? Yeahhhh. So anyway, it was a cute movie and had some pretty LOL moments. Probably wont buy it.. but it was good!

Second, I called my doctor finally today to ask about the MRI. I assumed everything was fine since they hadn’t called me about the results.. so that is why I’ve been going to the gym the last few nights. Well, apparently everything is not fine. I have a complete torn ACL and am scheduled to meet with an orthopedic surgeon next week. Not cool. Not cool AT ALL.

We ate sandwiches for lunch and then I put our new lamp together (It was on clearance for $7.50). It definitely gives off a lot better light than our old lamp did. Now we have 3 lamps in the living room! Silly, I know. I then gave the dogs a bath because they were sooo dirty since our adventure to the dog park last weekend. I just cleaned my desk off and we are about to go take Gene to get his hair cut. Oh, I brushed the dogs teeth and cleaned Astro’s ears! I feel accomplished but at the same time, not so accomplished.

Tonight we are going to have a Nacho Libre Watch Party ;) My DVD finally came in the mail so we are going to eat toast, corn on the cob and salad with fritos while watching the best movie ever. By the way, you’d totally only get that if you’ve seen the movie! It is a great movie and I freakin’ loved it. Layla and Malinda will be accompanying us. Really excited about that :)

P.S. my copy of The Little Mermaid also came with Nacho Libre and I am sooo excited to check out the DVD! And I just pre-ordered the Family Guy Vol. 4 DVD set. Man, I am spoiling myself rotten, it is rediculous! And I don’t know if I mentioned it or not yet but Kitchen Aid has an entire Cook For The Cure pink edition of their products and I really, really want all of them! My mom got me the ice cream scoop and potato peeler for Halloween (yes, I got halloween presents.. because I am a princess!). And the new Nintendo DS Lite is a top priority on my wish list this year for Christmas. It has some great games available (card games, puzzle games, mario, pac man, etc.) and I really, really want one. Gene and I’s gift to ourselves for Christmas this year may be the Nintendo Wii… We’ll see if we can even get one. I can tell the hype is going to be rediculous this year. I think the hot items are the Nintendo Wii, Play Station 3 and Tickle Me Elmo.

Anyway, gotta get dressed and get out of here. Have a great weekend!