Hi everyone. Welcome back to another week! It really feels like Fall here now in Minnesota. This weekend was so nice and relaxing for the most part! We got to see family and friends, bake cookies, cook yummy dinners, watch a movie and some TV, etc.

We watched Vitus Friday night. Overall we liked it. It just dragged a bit in the middle. It's a Swiss film about a boy who is a brilliant pianist and just brilliant in general, who decides he would rather be "normal."

Here's the trailer:


I'm looking forward to J.J. Abrams (creator of Lost, Alias, Felicity) new show that starts on Tuesday on Fox, called "Fringe." But, man, another airplane? Most new stuff doesn't start until the end of the month.

This weekend was awesome. We got a lot done and also were able to just hang out and relax.

We did some shopping (and bought a new vacuum cleaner!), organized and cleaned a lot, went through our huge stack of magazines, played with the dog outside, attempted to give the dog a haircut (scheduling grooming appointment asap), and watched a couple of movies. Oh! I also finished my scrapbook of James and Michelle's wedding!

We focused on getting our office organized since it has been a disaster for a while. I even cleaned out my closet! I can't believe I was able to get it as organized as I did! Since our house is old and we have tiny closets, the closet in our bedroom is Trevor's closet, and then the closet in the office is my closet, plus I have a dresser in the office with my clothes in it. The closet had craft stuff, candles, wrapping paper and tissue paper, extra clinique stuff and hotel shampoos and soaps, CDs, etc. all shoved in it in shopping bags. Now I have a bin with all my gift wrap stuff, a plastic organizer of toiletries, etc. all neatly displayed in the closet, along with all of my clothes. Trevor organized the desk area and mail, bills, etc. It feels nice to walk into the office now!

Rent this movie! God Grew Tired of Us. It is about the Lost Boys of the Sudan. There are a couple of documentaries out right now about the Sudan/Darfur, and this is the only one we have seen so far. It is absolutely excellent! It really made us think about our own lives and attitudes, and made us laugh, ache, think. It really is amazing. It is hard to imagine all that these boys/men have been through in their lives.

After Daylight Savings it's only an hour difference but it was hard to get up in the dark this morning!

We'll finish cleaning up the house tonight. Tomorrow Martha and Rebecca are coming over to hang out and watch a movie while Trevor is at pool. Should be fun!

I bet you are surprised I haven't mentioned anything here yet. Well here you go:

The strike is over!

What does this mean? I've been reading various stuff on the net, and for some shows it means there will be some new episodes this spring, and for others it just means waiting until the fall for more.

Some shows that are rumored to be back in March/April/May: The Office, The CSIs, Law & Order SVU, Ugly Betty, NCIS, 30 Rock, Numb3rs, Ghost Whisperer, Brothers & Sisters.

Shows that are rumored to be coming back in the fall: Heroes, Chuck, Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money, Moonlight (how is this show not canceled yet?).

Shows that are rumored to be canceled: Bionic Woman.

There are many more, but this is what I remembered off the top of my head. Oooh here's a good link.

So what does this mean for Lost? From what I have read, they are thinking they will do 5 more episodes instead of 8 for the original total of 16 planned. This means putting 8 episodes of story into 5 episodes, for a total of 13, which might cut out some fluff. Who knows. The second half is also supposed to give us a bunch of answers, supposedly.

What have you been thinking about Lost season 4? I am loving it!

And, also wanted to mention that I finally got around to watching Away From Her. I watched it last night when Trev was at pool. It is a beautiful movie but so sad! I cried a couple of times and Cash came over and gave me many kisses and licked my tears away. He is pretty much the best dog ever. Anyway, the movie is sort of slow and jumps around a bit, but the acting and writing is superb.

Seen anything good lately?

( Lost )

So glad this is the weekend! Trevor has a lot of homework, and will be in a pool tournament tomorrow with Raef, so I'm looking forward to hanging out and watching movies and being crafty. Having the cousins and some random others over on Sunday for cards and the Super Bowl. I'm making chili, 7-layer taco dip, and jello cake for the twins birthday. Tonight I have to do some grocery shopping, and I'll probably make the taco dip and cake tomorrow night.

Movies I have at home to watch:

Away From Her. I'm excited to watch this because it is nominated for some Oscars, but also because it was written and directed by Sarah Polley. I grew up watching her on "Ramona" and "Road to Avonlea." I've seen her in a couple of other movies and she is excellent. She's a year older than I am, and her very first movie she writes and directs gets nominated for Oscars? So talented!

La Vie en Rose (La Mome). Marion Cotillard is nominated for best actress for this one, so I had to see it.

Hope you all have a fab weekend!

Saw Juno yesterday and loved it. The acting is great, it's perfectly cast, and the writing is really fantastic. There are sad parts, but mostly it's happy and funny. It isn't totally predictable, and it presents a story that isn't often the case. I have the main song stuck in my head.

USA has started playing the first season of NCIS, 2 episodes every Wednesday night. I'm pretty happy because I started watching this show in the middle of season 2 and haven't seen any of season 1 yet!

Tonight Medium is back on! I'm happy about something all new to watch!

We've been way too busy. That's life though, yes? Had dear college friends over on Saturday. More of that will happen in 2 weeks when Katie's in town from Baltimore.

We're going to CostCo this week. I'm getting ready for the baby shower at work on Friday. Thursday I'm going to a friend from college's TupperWare party. I've never been to one before. Sweet!

Also, this weekend we are most likely, together with a couple of other friends, participating in a 24-hour treasure hunt around the Twin Cities. Trevor heard about it from someone he works with.