I-Tube! Do You-Tube?

Did you know that some people don't even You-Tube? That is just crazy to me! I understand, some people think that the information out there is junk but there is some really interesting stuff out there. Everything you every want (or not) know is on You-Tube. Want to watch The Doors on the Ed Sullivan show? Missed church &/or want to watch a sermon? Interested on how to knit? Want to listen to Rene Oldstead's (yes she's the young girl from Still Standing with Jamie Gertz) sing "Midnight At the Oasis"? Or want to know how to apply makeup (CorrinaBMakeup)? What is urban homesteading (watch the Dervaes')?  It's all there - on this big glorious screen to absorb. Woops gotta go! "Down Home With the Neely's" is done loading & I'm making my man something yummy for dinner! (At least that's the plan. LOL) Let me know what You-Tube.

Shabbat Shalom

Everyone to whom much was given, much will be demanded

of him;and the one whom people put in charge of much,

they will demandmore than usual of him.     Luke12:48

Movie Review

 

My Mr. and I watched this on Easter Sunday & in the scene when John C. was saving his family from an earthquake (3:40pm) we felt a rocking. We went outside - it was windy but not that windy. I hopped onto Google and found tons of tweets about the earthquake in Baja. (May the grace of God be with those in Mexical and Baja) It did add a little something to the movie experience. This wasn't a bad movie. The graphics were good & the plot was decent enough to watch over again.

 

Planet 51 is such a super cute movie. A definite must watch and we don't have little kids. It is entertaining for adults - the way Hoodwinked is. (Watch Hoodwinked if you haven't yet) Very cute & again a family must watch.  The idea that life out there isn't so different than the life here - will be an interesting topic for families to talk about.

 

Well, I was watching this movie. And just ho humming along with it and then towards the end when she finds the sketch book - the pictures were so graphic that it threw me for a jolt. But I guess that was Jane Austen's way of putting the politics of the day on paper and making everyone who reads the book, to think and deal with what is happening. (If that scene is in the book - I don't know I haven't read it) This was a slightly different Austen movie than Pride and Prejudice or Becoming Jane as to Fanny is surrounded by vipers - snotty, mean women - all by herself, yes she has her sister to confine on but she isn't an everyday presents - Fanny is alone in keeping her composure and wit and tries not to let the people she is surrounded by to get the best of her. At times she is sucked into their pettiness and forgets for a moment who she is but she reminds herself that she isn't like those women. A reminder for ourselves that we too can be swayed but we have the power to return to our true selves.

B-Day Gifts

I will start by stating that I have such dear friends. This year I announced to those around me that I do not wish for any birthday gifts. All I wish for is to be blessed. You know "I wish all the blessing from Heaven above to be with you and yours." kind of blessing. Each one to be unique and special - something that the giver of the blessing has to put thought into. Well almost everybody listened. I got cards or gift cards. But from one friend I got something that ... well, every time I see it will remind me of how blessed I really am. She says she got me these items before I announce my wish. What else will be the prefect gift for me but....dragonflies.

Blossoms & Fruit

My grapefruit tree is  blossoming - we just planted it back in October and it is FULL of flowers. I'm not too sure if we will get fruit but it is exciting just the same.

 

Well, my one lemon is still going strong. Hopefully it will have some friends joins it soon. I'd rather have a glass of lemonade, than a glass of water with lemon slices.

 

But until then I'm enjoying my oranges. Sliced with a dash of salt. Yum.. I can eat them morning, noon, and night.

 

This has, bar none, been the most successful strawberry crop we have EVER had. We have two plants, both in hanging planters, and they have taken off. Both plants have suckers that have trailed onto the ground and have anchored themselves to the ground below. The fruit is plentiful, large and soooo delicious. I am very pleased.

Orange Blossoms & Nostalgia

Orange blossoms ALWAYS makes me nostalgic. I remember little things:

Playing jacks in the hallway on a rainy day.

 

Riding my bike during sun showers.

Sleeping on a hammock (or playing with every single cousin)
 

Playing four square before school started.

 

Playing with our spider monkey. (What you didn't have a pet sider monkey?)

Roller skating.

Soft breezes, napping on a rainy afternoon, mellow 70's rock, playing kickball on the street, pancakes after Church, climbing trees, riding my bike without hands, troop meetings, playing on the slip n slid (my friend had a small slope and we would go so fast that we always past the slid and got grass burns), Saturday morning cartoons and cereal.

 

 Yup the little things I remember when passing a citrus tree ALWAYS makes me smile.

    

Yellow Is The Color Of ....

pretty daisies and my nails. I like the color yellow - I think it is so ... cheery. This is only 1 coat of Sally Hansen's 'Lite'. I got done polishing the first coat and put down the bottle to notice a drip of polish running down the bottle onto my very pretty dark wooden table. : l  I picked up the polish and noticed that the bottle was broken. It is a super shimmery polish and maybe two coats might be a bit much. Stay tuned for the next color - even I'm excited to know what the next color will be. Until then I'll be having fun with my cheery nails.  :)