THE SIMPLE LIFE

Yesterday Alex surprised me by asking me out to a movie after dinner. Actually, he started off with making dinner. His days have been ending earlier for this month's rotation so he's been great at already making a meal by the time I get home from work. Yesterday's noodle stir-fry was delish!! He's always good at making chinese food; I guess it's good that I can use recipes to make white food - creates a balance and I don't feel like I need to prove myself =P

Any way, we went and saw "2012" last night. As with any other end of the world movie, there were lots of computer graphics and people dying. It's kinda depressing if you think about it but they didn't focus on that fact of course. Plot line was so-so, they didn't really develop the before aspect of the story (although the little they did already made Alex bored and asking for explosions). Character development was a little better - I liked Woody Harrison, but everyone else was again not great. We were definitely entertained with the computer graphics so, all in all, not a bad way to go as tickets were $4.20/person.

So here's my rankings of world-ending/natural disaster movies:

1. Armageddon - loved how they did up Bruce Willis' character; plus great soundtrack
2. Twister - a machine called Dorothy, life chasing tornados, what's not to like?
3. Volcano - Tommy Lee Jones in the 90's; I like him as the unlikely hero
4. Deep Impact - decent attempt to develop several story lines at once
5. Day After Tomorrow/2012 (Tie) - entertaining but nothing new
6. Dante's Peak - awful.


I watched Mama Mia recently and realized how much I don't like Pierce Brosnan. He really can't sing, and acting is minimal. I was disappointed with that movie overall - the stage version is so much better!

Watched My Sister's Keeper with my mom while she visited. We both cried our eyes out. It a good story, albeit predictable. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a good cry.

We tend to rent movies from Movie Cube cuz it's conveniently located at at the corner Superstore. It's only $2.25 (tax incl) per movie so we save a lot compared to Blockbusters and going out all the time.

I guess that's all the reviews I have at the moment. Last day of work today - sooo excited. And then free lunch tomorrow! One of the receptionists just told me I smile a lot; what's there to not be smiling about? I love my job! (although some patients I could do without...)

We put up the Christmas tree last night, or rather, Alex put it up. I was against decorating this year because: 1) we had just moved in this year so I didn't want to spend money decorating the outside 2) we're not even going to be here over the holidays to enjoy our beautiful decorations 3) I'm too lazy and the effort to take out the tree and decorate it plus all the effort to clean up the fallen pines/tinsel was too much.

Alas, Alex finally did it himself. It was honestly quite adorable watching him - he's like a little kid sometimes where the simplest thing amuses him. In this case, it was twinkling lights on the tree. I have to say, it made our home even more homey last night although when I woke up this morning I stood in front on the tree and laughed a while. In the dark, everything is very pretty but in daylight, the tinsel and lights are all lopsided and the balls are all unevenly scattered. I love my husband, he brings a lot of laughter and joy into my life. Perhaps I will attempt to pretty things up a little tonight while he is on call. My mom's coming into town tomorrow for a wedding. Gotta make everything look "taken care of" so she won't worry and think I'm a child again.

I am sooo looking forward to the holidays. They overbooked patients by accident and I told them I was free to take an extra day that I already had off. I'm an idiot cuz I've been complaining about needing a break. But at the same time, I guess I like having a little extra cash flow cuz I find that I end up spending a lot more when I'm traveling. Especially when visiting ppl and such, I want to treat them cuz we don't see each other often enough. I'm excited to go to BC this year. I still haven't seen my parents' new place and I'm looking forward to a whole month off!