Daffodils make me smile

This winter has proven to be the longest, coldest, and unending
winter ever



But thanks to the Cancer Society I have these beautiful flowers to cheer me up. Sorry about the picture quality I took it with the camera in my computer.

Yum Salad

Joel's cousin Andrea made this amazing salad last Saturday and since then it has come to be my most favorite salad, and my lunch today. I feel as though I should give others the chance to partake in this delicious salad and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Yum Salad

Spinach
crumbled feta
craisins (orange flavored craisin taste good in it too)
Slivered almonds
Cuttie oranges (or mandarins)
Balsamic vinigerette dressing

Like most green salads you can just eyeball how much you mix in, depending on your preference and how many people you're making it for.

Not for Children

There is this long standing debate as to whether or not video games, T.V. and movies affect the development of young children, it does, it doesn't, it does, it doesn't. Back and forth, up and down parent's, child care providers, scientists and so on can't seem to make up there minds whether it does or doesn't. Well, my stand point on the debate is, if it affects 23yr old then it most certainly affect a 3 yr old or a 10 yr.

Joel and I spent the past 3 days in Edmonton and during this time we went and saw the new "super hero" movie The Watchmen. This was possibly the worst movie I have seen in a very long time. The rating of this movie was higher then the average super hero movie, but we were optimistic being that every other movie like this has been pretty good. We should have payed attention to the rating. It was violent, gruesome, disturbing, not to mention the sex scene that made me feel uncomfortable, and I'm married. I was disappointed and so were the 6 people who left in the middle of it. But more then my disappointment of the movie I was disappointed with the parents who brought there daughter who, if I was guessing, I would say was probably 4. I covered my eyes for lengthy portions of the movie because of the gruesome blood and violence. At one point Dogs are killed by one of the Watchmen because a man(who was then also killed) had chopped up a little girl (probably 4 ) and fed it to his dogs. They don't show the girl being chopped up but they show were he did it, the blood and the knives and then they show the dogs fighting over the girls leg. It's one thing for Joel and I to decide to go to a movie rated 18A, but it's a completely different story when a 4 yr old has to go because her parents want to, if you can't find someone to take care of her while you're at the movies, then you don't go. What the heck were they thinking, and what the heck is the movie theater thinking allowing this. I'm sorry but obviously parent's don't always know what the best thing for their children is and if they don't have the common sense to realize that young minds are shaped by a lot of what they see and hear then they're living in denial, and I'm not taking about the river . It's no wonder kids are becoming increasingly violent etc. It makes my heart hurt because I'm afraid that there are some kids who don't stand a chance because they're being increasingly exposed to movies, not limited to, but like the Watchmen.

Some of my Favorite things

Soooooo, since I don't seem to have much to do at work today I thought I would share some of my favorite things. I always loving hearing about other peoples favorite things, especially Oprah's, so here's my list.

1. So clearly I'm a chick-flick, feel good movie kind of person, bet here's are some of my fav's some new some old.


2. The Secret Life of bees, I love it, I could read it over and over again



3. Kind of random I know, but I like them all a lot



4. $5.00 for a drink can be considered kind or pricey, but when enjoyed with a friend it becomes cheap therapy.


5. Smells so good, and feels so nice



6. I love to cook and she has some great recipes.




7. SUSHI, Joel never liked it until he met me, and now it's one of our favorite dates



8. Red Nail Polish



9. When I worked at Rocky Mountain I was lucky enough to get to make some of this stuff and I love it.



10. Joel and I love to watch Criminal minds

R.I.P. Mesha

This is mesha, my childhood doggy. She had to be laid to rest a couple of days ago. She was a wonderful friend and I'll miss her wrinkly face.