Weekend At The Movies

I spent a rather embarrassing amount of time in front of the television this weekend. But in my defense I hardly ever get to just lay around and watch tv unless it is a holiday weekend and the weather was quite rainy so there wasn't too many options for outdoor activities.

Here is a rundown of all of the movies I caught up on thanks to the library and netflix instant streaming.

I thought this was a really great documentary about the White House. I love to learn little tid bits about history and this movie was full of them. If you are at all interested in American history I totally suggest this movie.

I think I have pretty much outed myself as a crazy dog lady on this site. And I am just fine with that. This documentary was so fascinating because it discussed the bond between dogs and humans to see if it was a one way relationship as far as love went or if there was some reciprocity to it. I think we all know the answer to that but it was cool to see the reasons why.

I have had this movie on my queue for a while and have never gotten around to seeing it until one morning this weekend. Wow, what a great movie. I didn't expect to have such an emotional reaction to it but wow, I sure did. Boo hooing all by my lonesome on the couch (Jon was still sleeping).

This was a movie that we picked up at the library. Thank goodness it was free because it is, how do you say? Not good at all.

I hadn't seen Sabrina before and I am delighted to report that it was really enjoyable. Not overly complex, but enjoyable nonetheless. Also, Humphrey Bogart looks as though he was pretty short. Hmm just googled him and it says he was 5'8"...not sure I believe that.

Did you see any good movies this weekend?

What I Wore: Thanksgiving Edition

Sweater: Forever 21

Necklace: Just Expressive on Etsy

Jeans: Gap, Always Skinny

Boots: Clark's, Women's Proctor

Hair: I now have bangs thanks to Serina!!

Let's take a closer look at my bangs and my adorable mom.

We always fry our turkey and usually it goes off without a hitch. Welllll we (and by we I mean my brother Richard and my dad) tried a new brine consisting of honey and brown sugar. Well, you know how when you cook brown sugar it has the tendency to darken? That is what happened to our turkey. Totally blackened. We had initially thought the turkey was burnt beyond recognition. Here my brother, Richard, hangs his head in shame while my dad hams it up with the turkey. (Get it? Ham's it up? Turkey? heh)

But we sliced into it and the meat was good, juicy even! It was a Thanksgiving miracle!

How was your Thanksgiving? Don't live in the U.S.? How was your Thursday?

Gratitude, a Dish Best Served Warm

It seems as you grow older things tend to get more real. A lot of times the things that get "real" are things like the price of living on your own, fine print, and the length of time it takes to get even the simplest of things done. But you know the upside of all this madness?

Gratitude gets even more real as well. At least it has for me. I'm thankful for the little things like finding time to fit in yoga, fresh flowers in the apartment and enjoying old movies on tv.

I'm thankful for this little space on the internet and the people I have met through blogging. I'm thankful for those I haven't met yet too. The fact that you come here and comment on the things I have to say makes me so very happy.

I'm thankful for a family that loves me, friends that make me laugh like no one else can and the fact that I get to end my day cozied up in bed with these two guys.

I am thankful for all of this. So very thankful.

Whoa Baby

Have you ever seen 16& Pregnant? Well if you haven't, it is a show on MTV where they follow girls that are, wait for it, are 16& Pregnant. I am pretty sure the whole point of the show is to scare the crap out of sexually active teens so that all they can think of after tuning in is USE PROTECTION! But as a woman that is closer to thirty than sixteen I can say that it scares the crap out of me too!

It isn't just the responsibility of a baby that makes me freak out but also the crazy pregnancy side effects/symptoms. For instance, there was this girl that, as she so eloquently said it, "has the spits". What that means is that she is producing a lot of spit and when she tries to swallow it she wants to vomit. MTV was kind enough to do a montage of her spitting into an empty Pringles canister in various places, whilst driving, on the computer etc. It made me wish I had a Pringles canister to barf into. Gross. Oh oh and another lovely side affect this young girl had was that she had cravings to eat soap! SOAP. BLERGH.

Mothers of the world please tell me you didn't experience the spits or soap cravings!

Does anyone else watch this show?

Good Things Come To Those Who Wait?

I have been in and out of the doctor lately, mainly for my acne issues. I make my appointments like a responsible person but there is always time spent waiting no matter how on top of it I am. Wouldn't it be a wonderful to live in a world in which you made an appointment and so long as you make it there on time you would be seen on time. Doesn't sound like too much to ask for does it?

Anyhoozle.

So as I was saying, I was sitting there waiting, iphone in hand checking twitter, facebook, and my email. Twitter, Facebook, Email. oh my. over and over. It was like I was some lab rat waiting for a bell to ring or some food pellets to drop out of the sky. All of a sudden I felt silly and annoyed at myself. How come I couldn't sit still? It was like I was possessed. If there wasn't an email in my inbox less than a minute ago I doubt there would be one RIGHT NOW but somehow I had this overwhelming feeling of OHMYGODMUSTCHECKEMAILNOW!

So I decided to prove that I could wait without the assistance of my phone. I shoved my iphone into my purse and just sat there. And you know what? I didn't die! I know, I was shocked too! So I read the posters on the wall, browsed a magazine or two and then before I knew it, it was time for me to be seen by the doctor. I felt so proud of my ability to wait without my phone (it's the little things folks) that I decided to do the same anytime I had to wait. I felt like I kept getting better at it. Now I'm not totally cured of my iphone addiction but I am getting better.

Can you wait without the aide of technology?

Calling All Vets!

As you know I not only love to use my blog to express myself but I also love to use it as a resource to help others out when I can. The internet is such a powerful thing so when I heard that a little pup named Lexy was in trouble I wanted to do what I could to help. As you know I am a huge animal lover and after having so many health scares with my own Franker I totally related to what this family is going through. So please watch the video, post it on your blog, tweet it etc and hopefully it will reach someone that can help little Lexy.

Mmmm Beer!

Ya know, I was never too keen on beer for the longest time. It tasted bitter and not yummy enough to drink too much of. But over the years I have earned a respect for it, that or my standards for alcohol have gone out the window. Last weekend Jon, Carrie, Erin and myself found ourselves at a beer festival in San Francisco.

There were tons of beer vendors and you were supposed to take your little tiny beer mug and go around and sample them. So that is exactly what we did.

Jon was in hot pursuit of his next beer, it was hard to keep track of him sometimes.

The beer was pretty good but what my friends and I were jazzed about the tiny cups!

The novelty of their tininess just did not wear off on us.

ooh so tiny you guys.

Hey look, they are still small beer mugs!

Jon said all of those beers under one roof was his personal heaven.

And who am I kidding? After a few hundred tiny beer mugs full of beer....I agreed with him.

Sassy Sidenote: What Was That?

I was watching the news last night and was overwhelmed by the number of depressing stories. I know life happens and it isn't always pretty, but sometimes I just have to ask....what was that?!

Here Comes The Princess

As many of you know, Prince William and Kate Middleton have officially announced their engagement. I don't know what has come over me, but I am so excited for them. Downright giddy for these two people I have never met in my life. I mean I was super excited for Brad and Jen many moons ago but something about this being a ROYAL WEDDING is so exciting to me. Like, tiny baby claps underneath your chin while "squeeing", exciting. You see I am a big "royal watcher" so to speak. I was always entranced by Princess Diana and when I was about 12 years old I had this very poster hanging on my wall.

Yes, I thought I could actually be Princess Sarah.

But if I cannot be Prince William's Princess then I will gladly watch Kate take my place. It is all so exciting in the most cliche ways: what will her dress look like? The location? You know all of the regular stuff that makes weddings exciting, except this one is ROYAL.

And how sweet is it that her engagement ring was his mom's? And hello, it is gorgeous!

I think that is the perfect way to incorporate a gemstone into an engagement ring. Yay, beautiful, just beautiful. Don't despair ladies, there is still one more Prince up for grabs!

The first photo was found here the rest of them were found at Dlisted.com

Acne Anger, Part Deux: Now With Crazy Ass Medications!

Last month I blogged about how my acne was really getting me down. However, I was, at that point very hopeful that Dermalogica could turn things around for my face. Well Dermalogica did reduce the redness but not so much the breakouts themselves. I am convinced that had my acne not been so severe Dermalogica would have done the trick. But my acne was pretty bad and pretty painful.

Last week I made an appointment with a dermatologist and decided to see what the professionals thought about my situation. After the doctor poked and prodded my face a little bit and asked for background on my skin she concluded that Accutane was the best bet for my "adult acne" (are there two more embarrassing words?) (I think not.) (Well maybe "pooped pants"). I digress.

I try to use the most natural interventions I can when it comes to my health and this is anything but natural or body friendly. In fact, I will need to take blood tests every time I see the dermatologist, which will have to be every month for six months, just to make sure that my liver isn't freaking out from the meds. I guess I am just shocked by how intense this all is. But part of me is hopeful for being relieved of these painful bumps and not having to shellac myself in makeup before leaving the house. So that is the good side of it all, but I just wish I could have it solved with a convenient little face wash ya know?

Any Accutane (current or past) users want to share their stories?

Pupdate: Frank Is On The Mend!

After four eye surgeries in the span of one month, three different medications, one bottle of eye drops, and two tubes of eye gel and one crazy bout of mouth warts (which are the dog equivalent of chicken pocks); our house hold is thrilled, ecstatic even to report that Frank is FINALLY back to his old self!!!! (wow that was a mouth full!)

It has not been easy to see our little guy go from gregarious and active to drowsy and bummed out because he can't play. But after some good ole TLC, relaxing on the couch and even some yoga he is back to the (big) little guy we remember!

(Frank sharing some space on my yoga mat)

I was actually a little scared that we broke Frank's spirit with all of these medical issues. I was like, "oh crap, he hates us for making him get these surgeries", but lo, twas not the case. I was assured of this as soon as I took him to play ball.

Lazy Bones

I've never been much of a trouble maker. I pretty much played by the rules because I was full aware that the consequences for not doing so just wouldn't be worth it. Who wants to sit on the bench when you can go play at recess? I had/have not doing bad things on lock down. But you know what I do have trouble with? Doing things that are good for me and things that I enjoy. For instance, whenever I go to yoga I always enjoy myself. Always. But it seems when it comes down to deciding to go I am full of excuses for why not to. Doesn't make sense does it?

The same goes for eating healthy, getting to bed at a decent hour, catch up on my google reader and so forth and so on. These things always make me feel good but I just have a knack for talking myself out of doing them.

Sigh.

It seems like when it comes to making those types of choices I have the tendency to be my own worst enemy at times. Does anyone else have this happen? How do you overcome the lazies?

What I Wore: Sweater Season

Close up on the ruffle on the skirt and the basket weave detail on my tights.

I wore this outfit to work last week when the weather just started to get a little chillier. But as Global Warming/California weather would have it, it was 80 degrees today. Eighty Degrees. In November. So much for sweaters.

Sweater: Victoria's Secret

Skirt: Bebe (Full disclosure I have had this skirt since my Freshman year of high school. I just couldn't get rid of it because it is so simple yet so pretty. So now that I have a big girl job I can finally use it regularly. So glad I let my hoarder shine!) (wow, that was a lot of parenthesis explanation, sigh.)

Tights: Target! YOU GUYS! These tights are my favorite ever. I know, I know, huge statement! but they are thick and have a cute basket weave print. I think that the texture adds a nice little pop to your legs.

Earrings: World Market I have had these earrings for a while. I have a lot jewelry from World Market. I love their selection of jewelry because it is so stylish and yes, affordable!

Nail Polish: Essie, Turquoise and Caicos

When The Giants Come To Town...It's Bye Bye Baby!!!

I have been a fan of the San Francisco Giants since I was about 7 years old. There are no words to express just how happy I am for my home team!

Our Happy Little Halloween

A week or so ago Jon and I were planning on joining Emily at a Halloween party in San Francisco on Saturday night. But then Frank's cherry eye popped out again and he was whisked into surgery which meant he needed a mellow weekend in with us. Party next year I guess? :)

So instead of dressing up we dressed down in sweats and built a fort in our living room (with kitchen chairs and blankets and everything), popped popcorn, and watched Clue (watching Clue is our Halloween tradition). Even though it wasn't some fancy party in the city it was cozy and made me thankful for our little family.

And on the actual day of Halloween we watched the World Series (GO GIANTS!) and we actually ran out of candy. I may be a little heavy handed when it comes to handing out candy.

What did you do this weekend?

Sassy Sidenote: Pizza Math

This isn't the version of the commercial I had planned on posting but You Tube didn't have the commercial I was looking for so this one will have to do:

The original commercial I saw went to town talking about how they have made their prices easier to compute, no coupons etc. But the last time I bought pizza they did not make me do a calculus problem to get my pizza pie oh and they had a register which calculated the change. I guess what I am trying to say is what "pizza math" are they referring to?