Our House in the Middle of Our Street

Lies My Teacher Told Me is like having 8 encyclopedias thrown at your brain at once. Needless to say, I have another 5 weeks with it (and it will probably take me that entire time!), so I will finish it . It's interesting, and if you're a history buff, reserve your copy. It's just...I wanted this whole list to be fun! And now it isn't anymore (read: it's the book no one wants to read in class but get an "A" on the paper because they understand the basic plot). In the meantime, I've been reading a little lighter things to take a breather. This one had awesome advice for temper tantrums (my 9 month old is becoming increasingly whiny...I want to nip that in the bud!) This one I just started because I love her bible studies (am thinking of doing this one next)

This movie was a great watch for both Stefan and I. I have a gift for picking good movies-at least between the two of us. Stefan loves movies he picks out (usually I hate them) but I can pick out movies we both like. I had read the book a few years ago for One Book One Lincoln, and knew it was going to have sad parts. I had a heap of tissues next to me after it was done. It is well worth the time spent (2 hours 7 min). Watch the trailor here .

If you liked March of the Penguins , be sure you watch Arctic Tale . Although the wonderful narrator Morgan Freeman is supplanted by Queen Latifah, it is still a very sweet little story. The polar bear Nanu (think Mork and Mindy) and walrus Seala are the two main 'characters' in this movie. Although MotP goes through one year, this movie is about the animals birth until (around 8 years later) they both give birth. On a scale of 1-5, 5 being wonderful (and where I would rate MotP), I would say this is a strong 3-4...it's National Geographic --you know it's good! Next up for tonight: The Kite Runner . I am so excited to see this movie, ever since I read the novel by Khaled Hosseini a few years ago. See an interview here . PS-Just got my new japanese embroidery book from Etsy! So excited to snuggle up with S. tonight with a good movie, some hot chocolate, and some needlework! PPS--I just got to thinking--if ya'll are late on the bandwagon-- GO SEE March of the Pengui...

Except for one (the very last stitch!) bubble, they turned out pretty nice and were fairly easy to do. I hope ___ likes them!

The hard part is done. Four different embroidered seashells on the bottom right hand corner is the subject for these matching napkins. The fabric for the back is in the wash, a white and blue checkered (think picnic table style) print. I hope to have these items done and in the mail tomorrow!

Stefan and I took a year long sabbatical of Blockbuster online to save the $18 a month and put it to some more worthy causes (i.e. paying off medical bills) and just recently have decided that this would be a monthly expense we could live with after recently getting out of our gym membership ($60/month). We chose netflix because Blockbuster's prices have skyrocketed, and we really don't watch more than 4 movies a week--that is stretching it! So we chose the Netflix "2 at a time" option and because they have a center in Omaha, we literally get it 'next day', which is great. Our movie list has gone down tremendously and we've seen some great ones like Across the Universe , Enchanted , Stardust (we both loved this one--very quirky), and now tonight, The December Boys . The entire cast was good, and one of the boys is played by Harry Potter himself (Daniel Radcliffe). Watch the trailor here and read the plot here .

Stefan's taking me and baby bug to the Melting Pot tonight...can't wait (this is the best place to eat in Nebraska)!