Job hunting

Every morning, I try to find a job. Well, a new one anyway. However, I'm not particularly lucky in finding anything that fits me. I'm not sure if it's the economy making the industry suck or if it's my location. It's possible that I need to move somewhere else in the country. I hear the midwest is still doing OK...though I don't think I want to live in the midwest. Tornadoes and all that. I kinda like the northeast, where all we really have to worry about it snow half the year. We don't have earthquakes or hurricanes or tornadoes. Those that we do have are very, very small and not really destructive. Working just sucks.

Now I want to go to Mexico....

While it's supposed to be getting a bit warmer in this general region (we're supposed to hit 45 by tomorrow!), it's still not nearly warm enough for me. To try to get myself warm, I often pretend I'm in a warm place. I was looking at vacation specials for Riviera Maya in Mexico. Some of those packages are really, really cheap. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure they are all for winter travel and my daughter has school. But it would be so awesome to get out of here for awhile....I'll have to talk to my husband about it!

Movie review: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

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The animated movie "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" appeared in theaters on September 18, 2009. Unfortunately, we were not able to watch it in the theater. Luckily, the Blu-Ray version came out on January 5, 2010. My 7-year old daughter had been bugging us to rent it as soon as she saw the Coming Soon sign on the local Redbox. We ended up renting it through Netflix instead.

I wasn't expecting a lot from the movie since I loved the book when I was a child and, as I recall, there isn't much of a plot to it. Surprisingly, the movie is quite good. The writers managed to take the thin book and turn it into an intriguing story with believable, yet funny, characters. Not only were the characters awesome, but the animation was also very good. Most people, nowadays, are looking for cutting edge "realistic" animation. While "Cloudy" isn't particularly cutting edge, the animation is clean and, to put it simply, pretty. The cherry on top is the crop of recognizable actors that were brought on board to give life to the characters. (My favorite is Neil Patrick Harris as Steve the monkey.)

"Cloudy" is definitely a must-see movie. The kids will enjoy it and I think the adults will love it as well. Good fun for everyone!

Speak up!

Hmm...it feels like no one is reading TGW any more. So sad. If you're out there reading, give me a shout in the comments. Let me know how you feel about the site. Too many ads for drug rehabs? Want more music reviews? Speak up! I am at your whim. (Well, maybe not your whim...but at least let me know you're out there!)

So cold....

I know most of the US is stuck in a cold snap. It sucks a lot here in the northeast. I am freezing my little butt off. I wonder if I could talk the husband into moving somewhere warmer. Even if the "warm" places are "cold" right now, they aren't nearly as cold as it is here. Maybe I should look into pricing long distance movers and bring it up to him ^_^

Cute birthday invitations

My daughter's eighth birthday is coming up in a few months. As usual, I'm starting to plan it already. Does anyone have any good links for places to buy party invitations? We're planning on having a cooking party so something food-related would be awesome. But I don't want anything that looks too "grown up." I'll be checking out the regular party stores as well. Hopefully I can find something really cute!

Is it summer yet?

It is really cold here in Pennsylvania. Really cold. I hate the cold. It would be nice if I could go to Saint Lucia or someplace warmer than Philadelphia. Mmm...laying on the beach, just soaking up the sun. That sounds much better than shoveling snow. I hate snow. Of course, it was snowing a bit when I woke up this morning. Not enough to impede the workday, but enough to make the walkways slippery. I hate winter.