Salads are delicious

I think I may have found my alternative to diet pills. Salad. Lots and lots of salad. I had this amazing salad from Saladworks for lunch today and I'm totally craving more of it. It was a caesar salad with chicken. Of course, not all salad is good for you. Too much creamy salad dressing is bad. It racks up the calories. I'm not a huge fan of 'lite' dressing. I usually have a little honey mustard. A little goes a long way! Instead of piling up on the dressing, pile up on the ultra-healthy toppings. Yum! And the best part about salad is that you can change up the toppings so it seems like you are eating something completely different every day. There aren't too many foods that let you do that!

Job skills for IT

My husband works in the Information Technology field. To be specific, he's a Network Administrator. I know he should update some of his skills and get some other certifications. I wonder if he should add learning some sort of project management software to the list. There's a lot of job listings asking people to know that sort of thing, but I'm not sure how useful it really is in the field. It sounds like something that would be more useful to someone who deals with a group of people on a project, where it's usually just him in his job. There is no one else in his department. So would it be helpful?

Winter cars

Considering all the ice and snow that the area has gotten recently, I was thinking about getting an insurance quote on an SUV. Though that would be more for the snow than the ice. After all, four wheel drive is nothing but four wheel slide on an icy road. But it would be a better drive if there's three feet of snow outside, right?

Movie review: Moon

Earth is now using helium-3, harvested from the moon, as a primary energy source. In order to harvest it, Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is the only employee at the lunar base. His job is to rocket the fuel back to Earth, as well as keeping the machinery working. The computer's AI, GERTY (Kevin Spacey), is there to protect him no matter what.

Against my wishes, my husband rented Moon from one of the local Redboxes. I had no interest in watching a science fiction movie along the lines of 2001. Luckily, I was completely wrong about the film. While it is a drama (not usually my thing), it is eloquently executed. There is little sound and almost fewer characters. Yet this solitude is what makes the movie so emotionally moving. You feel bad for Sam and his predicament. (No, I won't tell you what it is. It's a big spoiler!) I'd almost like to see a sort-of sequel to it, but I think that would completely ruin the uniqueness of this one. This is a movie that I can definitely recommend to anyone.

I'm hungry!

I think I may need some sort of natural appetite suppressant. I almost always feel hungry unless I eat a lot of food. It's sad! I don't want to eat so much but I just don't feel full. I even try the 'drinking lots of water' trick. It helps a little but not enough. Are there any other tricks to curbing hunger? Maybe I should just eat carrots all day when I'm not eating a meal?

Tobacco products

Awhile ago, I posted a video about the electronic cigarettes I tried. I also tried smoking a pipe, but it didn't go very well. That's another one that I think I need flavored tobacco to enjoy it properly. My husband and I have also been pondering trying discount cigars...but neither of us particularly like the smell of cigars. I don't know that smoking one would change how awful the smoke smells. Do any of you smoke cigars?

JDorama review: Kisarazu Cat's Eye: The Movie

Title: Kisarazu Cat's Eye: The Movie Release date: 11/2003 Genre: Comedy Cast: Okada Junichi, Sakurai Sho, Okada Yoshinori, Sato Ryuta, Tsukamoto Takashi Plot: Bussan (Junichi) is dying. His doctors continually tell him that he has six months left to live. Instead of being depressed, he lives life normally with his friends. What is good: There are some very funny moments. What is bad: The beginning of the movie is rather confusing. Letter rating: C+ Overall: I should start out by confessing that I have not watched the 9-episode drama that goes with the movie. This was just something I plucked off of Netflix without any expectations. As such, I was terribly confused for the first 45 minutes. Perhaps, if I was familiar with the series, I might have understood what was going on. Either way, the movie really picks up in the last half of the film. Once you can piece everything together and see how each event relates to other events, the movie is quite fun! I actually found myself staying up way past my bedtime just to find out how it ends. (I rarely stay up past my bedtime. I like sleep.) Now I need to track down the series so I can see what other adventurous mishaps this gang gets into!

Winter and dry skin

Just when we thought the snow was over, we're expected to get a few more inches today. As a matter of fact, the snow is coming down kinda hard right now. The forecasters aren't expecting anything too major, but we're looking at somewhere around six inches. Besides the whole shoveling thing, I also hate winter because I get a lot of dry skin due to using heaters and such. My husband has some slight problems with eczema so this year he has tried using a humidifier whenever we're home. It seems to be working pretty well. I haven't noticed any dry patches on my daughter, like I usually do. I hope it makes him more comfortable too.