Good Things Lately

I am totally way behind, but just saw Julie and Julia... so sweet! I so loved the portrayal Julia and Paul's marriage. Also much appreciated were the temper tantrum scenes. I have long thought that I am the only grown woman on the planet that is capable of that kind of behavior. whew!

And The Business of Being Born. It's been on the Instant Que for over a year, and our ice day finally gave me the chance to watch. Brady pretended to work, but I know he was watching, too. And wow... it's a lot to ponder. It definitely answered a lot of questions... not for immediate application or anything, but eye opening.


And Babies (yikes... a theme is emerging). Happiest movie I have ever seen. Ever. When I feel down, this is where I go, and holy... better than a glass of $10 wine. And I'm not even a baby person and I am a wine person.

Oh... speaking of babies, Edward and I were looking at a craft book this morning:
E: That's for babies, and I don't like babies.
Me: Edward, why don't you like babies?
E: Because babies are sweet and I don't like sweet things, I only like cool things.

He knows what he likes.

Also, this pork loin recipe make cooking meat almost pleasant.
The January Issue of Martha is worth the newsstand price. Seriously. How to darn socks, log cabin quilting projects made pretty/modern, birthday parties... pretty, pretty.
And I can never remember how to cook quinoa- this is the link I always go to.

The Girl Who Blogs About Goats (and Foxes and Mommies and George Clooney)

We went to a pumpkin patch... but didn't see the pumpkins. Instead, we fed goats. And did some other stuff, but the pictures weren't that great. I have an inordinate number of goats on this blog. No time to search them all out now, but I think I will be adding a goat label soon.
So, as I have mentioned in the past, there is not much even-keeled in me, this life. I love it or hate it, all or nothing, black or white. So my absence is also in part due to my diving headlong into the Events Manager position for a local (but part of a national) mothers' group. It's called Cincinnati Mommies. There are other mommies groups all over the country- and it's a pretty neat place. The idea is, you get to meet people on a forum and figure out if they are friend material, and then you also have many opportunities to meet up in person and make new real-life friends (as opposed to make believe internet friends).
If you are a mama looking for other mama friends and you are in Cincinnati- go to here, if you are elsewhere, go to here. It's for working mums as well as SAHMs- and even if you don't have time to come play, you can still get a lot of helpful q&a on the forums.
Back to goats. I was going somewhere. We also went to see Where the Wild Things Are. And while I'm not sure it was fair to have marketed it to children... it was a really great movie. One that takes a bit of chewing on, though. It was there that I saw a preview for another movie that I really must see- The Fantastic Mr. Fox (based on a Roald Dahl book). And George Clooney. And Jason Schwatzman. And, did I mention Wes Anderson directs? What could be better?
NOW... for the goats, the other movie I want to see is The Men Who Stare at Goats. George Clooney+Goats. See? There is a theme here.
Sort of...
Happy Tuesday, anyway :)