Thankful!

When it comes to giving thanks, the movie Soul Food starring Vanessa Williams, Nia Long, Mekhi Phifer, Vivica A. Fox, and Irma Hall comes to mind.

This is the synopsis of that movie (courtesy of IMDB):

Matriarch Mama Joe has held her family together for 40 years around a Sunday dinner of soul food. When diabetes hospitalizes her, the dinners stop and tensions among her three daughters start to break the family apart. Two of the sisters feud continuously: Teri is jealous of Maxine's marriage and irritated that everyone assumes her corporate salary is open to the rest of the family's uses. Maxine resents Teri's bossiness and insensitivity to family tradition. Bird, the youngest, newly married to an ex-con, accepts a favor from an old lover that leads to her husband's arrest. Mama Joe's grandson Ahmad cooks up a scheme to bring the family together, back to the table.

The movie brings about thoughts of family. I'm thankful for the family I have, despite the challenges that have occurred. My family is scattered all over the globe. Some are blood, some are not. Family isn't always about being related. It can be about those in your life that share the common bond of love and caring.

I've got "sisters". None by birth but we share an incredible bond. I am there for my sisters through thick and thin. They lift me up when life gets tough and the love is always strong.

What are you thankful for today?

Not Watching

The TV is currently off. I don't think that will change until later tonight, when the hubby gets home. What am I doing? A combination of things. I'm putting together a puzzle, reading a book, and snoozing.

I'm rather tired. I do need to run to the vet's to pick up the dog's medicine. I'll do that in a bit.

In another note, I'm doing a detox. It's going well so far. I started out with normal foods minus dairy and meat. I rarely eat processed foods so that is not an issue for me. The normal day of food was followed by a day of smoothie experimentation. I came up with some good ones. Today is all juice.

I'm pretty sure I'll be cranky by tomorrow but I know I can do this.

Thanks for watching!

Terrific Tuesdays!

I thought I'd start spicing things up here a bit more. One of my friends has certain things that she does on her blog, one for every day of the week.

Since this blog is about MOVIES, I was thinking about doing something similar.

Mondays - Movie Madness Mondays: I could pick a movie I already own and talk about it.

Tuesdays - Terrific Tuesdays: Movies generally hit the stores on this day. Keeping a list!

Wednesdays - Whatcha Watching Wednesdays: Is there a movie on TV?

Thursdays - Thankful Thursdays: Movies that touch my soul or make me thankful for something in my own life

Fridays - Fabulous Fridays: Chick-flick anyone?

Saturdays - I'm taking this day off from blogging. How much can you handle in the way of movies anyhow?

Sundays - "Sinema" Sundays: Hubby and I often hit the movies on Sundays. I'll offer you our give and take on the movie of the moment

Well, here's to the movies!

That. Was. Fast.

Wow! Letter "E" went by fast. I can only hope that others will go as quickly too.

"E"

E. T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Eagle Eye
Elektra
Elf
Elizabeth
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Ella Enchanted
Emperor's New Groove, The
Empire Records
Enchanted
Enough
Entrapment
Epic Movie
Eragon
Erin Brockovich
Evan Almighty
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Eve's Bayou
Express, The
Eye of the Beholder

Wow

That didn't take long. We're done with letter "D" and moving on to "E". There aren't many dvds in that category so it shouldn't take long.

Slow Going

I have 9 movies of "D" left. I have covered roughly 100 movies so far. It's become very clear that I won't make my deadline. That's ok, though. I'll save the movies for the weekend.

Weekends seem to be less crowded with activities. School starts in roughly a week for me. That will take more of my time than anything. I forget about everything except eating, getting to the gym, and school work. I'm looking forward to it.

I'm still waiting to get suggestions on movies from my readers. Anyone??