I am Legend

Saw this movie at the IMAX theater on Friday night. Holy cow! What a movie experience! THe screen is frickin enormous! Almost makes you the opposite of cross-eyed trying to take it all in! Not for the couch potato though... in order to get a prime seat - you have to climb up several tiers of steps. You have to sit near the top to get a full view. I can't image sitting near the bottom- talk about neck strain. Not cheap but so worth it!
The beginning of the movie started with a preview but it was the strangest preview I have ever seen. No intro, No production company advertisement, it just started playing a long - 10 minute long- segment of the movie. Scary scene about these criminals wearing masks robbing a bank. Turns out it is the trailer for the new Batman movie called The Dark Knight! It is the movie starring Heath LEdger! More eerie watching that trailer after you realize one of the masked men is him and he is now dead. It was weird. Wonder if they will still release the movie this summer. Looks really good but definitely dark. Will have to see it in the IMAX too! Too bad Heath will not see the kudos from all his hard work. So sad and tragic, his death. Was it an unfortunate accident or was it a suicide? Will we ever know? It sure did take our minds off Britney for awhile!

IRS

Well- I think I have completed my tax audit ... at least for now. I faxed off 134 pages of info for the IRS to pour over. Hopefully, that will be the end.
I am deeply saddened by the Green Bay Packers painful loss to the New York Giants on Sunday. Ouch. That one hurt. I am impressed that my friends did not heckle me once, no crappy phone taunts or text messages. It was nice to have time to mourn!
Moving on- the weather has been extremely cold! So cold it couldn't even snow. Now today- we get snow! Then back to quite cold.
Not too much happening around here. I have a sniffly nose and a wee bit of congestion that I am fighting but it sure beats pink eye! I feel for you Danielle!!!

Shopping Spree

What is wrong with me? Today, I just couldn't stop myself from spending all my money!!! Happened quite by accident. Wanted a bookcase. Ordered it and a table and a nightstand and some towel bars and then I needed a fax machine to fax off my tax audit so I bought one of those too! Then I went to the outlet mall- just looking for a shirt or blouse for my meeting tomorrow and fell onto this huge sale! Spent more money! What happened? Did I win the lottery or something? Do I have a brain tumor? I never do this! Crazy! But in all honesty, I don't even feel guilty. I told Skube he had to get to work!!!! Jeny- send me some financial wisdom!!!

Happy 2008!

2008 came in with cold temperatures and 10" of snow.
I truly appreciate B's list of 101 things, quite inspirational.... especially how many she accomplished! That's great. Kudos to you!
I would like to make a list too but have been blessed with too many life struggles lately! I say blessed because that keeps me happier! I got news on Jan.1st that the IRS is auditing my 2005 taxes. Yipeee. And I got slammed with a huge property tax bill this year and am caught in a loophole that doesn't allow me any exemptions! Yuck! I am geared to have a work meeting next week to discuss, what else, money! I want more of it and they don't want to pay me anything! Constant struggle! Oh well.
Should be fun.

Tomorrow we are off to watch some professional basketball and then Friday we are experiencing culture again by going to see the musical Wicked! Friday is the only real day of work I have this week - hope I am not too tired Friday night, I want to enjoy the musical and dinner too!

No other news to report. It was a rather quiet Christmas. We were both sick with terrible head colds. Just started feeling better yesterday.

Jingle Bells

Had a busy week with work and Christmas parties! Always fun to party with your co-workers. Things were going along great, the boss made a speech about how we are all family, etc. and then thirty minutes later a fight breaks out between significant others (boyfriends of employees) and the party is over! That was on Thursday night.
Friday- I went to surprise my Grandma on her 91st birthday!!! Her birthday was actually on Saturday but I couldn't make it on Saturday and she doesn't have access to a phone at the rehab hospital. She loved the surprise! It was fun, I took her a singing balloon and mini cupcakes with candles! Nice visit.
Stopped to have dinner with my dad on the way home. Friday fish fry in Wisconsin! Nothing compares! (well, that's not exactly true- one of the best fish fries ever was at Stoke's cabin in MN)
Saturday was the hospital Christmas party. THings went well except we had a terrible snow storm. Horrendous roads on the way home! Total white out! For you southern readers, that means it is snowing and blowing so much that when you look out your windshield all you see is white!!! Tense drive home but we made it safely!!
Yesterday- we watched football, cleaned house, did laundry, etc. Go Packers! Another win and another record for Brett Favre! Sports Illustrated Man of the Year!!! How awesome is that! We are so excited we might try to go to the game next weekend! Yeah!

Holiday Cheer

What a week! Very busy and on top of that we had snow/ice two days this week - making travel difficult! Oh well. Yesterday I was TGIFing! We went to a holiday party last night and had a good time! Today we are off to the city to see Jersey Boys and partake on some fine dining!
Next week is my company's Christmas party.... I need to bring either an ornament or CD for the gift exchange. Any suggestions on a CD's?

GoodBye Clutter, Hello Organization

YEah!!! I spent several hours today cleaning up clutter!!! Feels really good! Got rid of a ton of excess paper, magazines, newspapers, etc. Organized my work papers and bills. What a boring but important accomplishment!
Now onto cleaning the house! I cooked (well, really it was Aaron) a turkey the weekend of thanksgiving and discovered yesterday, when trying to bake something else, that the turkey dripped on the bottom of the oven creating a burnt smelly smoky residue. So, I am cleaning the oven today!! Exciting! Tune in for more craziness!!!