I really enjoy romantic comedies – they are some of my favorite movies, so I was excited for the chance to see and review “Definitely, Maybe”. It turned out to be very different from your typical romantic comedy, though. For starters, there wasn’t tons of comedy in it, but, more importantly, I get to happily report to you that it was entirely unpredictable! A romantic comedy? Unpredictable? Yep, I know – weird, huh? It was delightfully unpredictable!

It was a very sweet movie about a young girl and her newly-divorced dad, taking a visit to his youth, through stories. She has been asking him repeatedly how he met her father and up to this point, he has put her off, saying, “It’s complicated, I’ll tell you when you’re older.”

Maya, his sweet and very precocious daughter puts her foot down this time, however! So he gives and tells her he will tell her the story – but! But what? He is going to change the names around and Maya has to figure out who in the story is actually her mother. Oh! She likes that idea! She calls it a “love story mystery” and excitedly fluffs up her pillows, arranges her stuffed animals, and sits back to hear the story!

The rest of the movie is a walk down memory lane with her father, exploring and remembering his young adult years, trying to make his way in the world and figure out what he wants to do with his life – and just with whom he wants to spend it!

It is a delightful story and the only part that I had a problem with, somewhat, was the ending. It was not entirely believable, given the newness of the divorce, but, I managed to suspend belief long enough to let myself enjoy the movie all the way to the end!

I can’t wait to see Abigail Breslin (the young girl) in more movies. She is absolutely adorable!

What is it with old guys that don’t want to replace/update their appliances? The man who had this house built and lived in it for over forty years, didn’t replace the appliances – since the 80’s! And it was not by any stretch of the imagination a financial issue. Not at all.

I checked in my microwave – it was manufactured in 1987. 1987! Good Heavens! It’s a wonder the thing still works. Well, it has its moments, that’s for sure. It has a mind of its own and cooks things how it wants to – undercooked, overcooked, just right – depending on what kind of a mood it is in that day! Heh!
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Someone on Twitter that I follow tweeted this very cool and extremely addicting site, Wordle.net. For the life of me, I can’t remember who it was that tweeted it, but, I know it was a guy that lives in Dallas. I’ll figure it out eventually.

Look at the awesomely cool things you can make there!

Isn’t that cool? Most people are using a TON of words, but, I’ve never really been one to play ‘by the rules’. My own beat and all…

Here’s one I made with my main sites on it:

I am going to use my Vista snipping tool to grab that one for my Twitter profile. I could seriously spend HOURS there messing around! I love that site! My only critique is that I had to fix the spacing in the coding to make it work on my blog. Otherwise, I freaking love this site!

If ya’ll make some, tell me about it in the comments and tell me where I can see yours!

Haha – adorable boy!! And yeah, he’s not really a puppy anymore, but, that’s just what I call him. We got him from the SPCA and they had already named him, Lucky. And that just didn’t seem to ‘fit’ him, so I started calling him, “Puppy” and it just stuck! LOL!

He’s five and half years old and he weighs in at a svelte 120 pounds and he is my love!!!!