ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

Across The Universe: What a beautiful movie. This is one I would own, but since I don't want to own DVDs, I'll watch it whenever it is ever on TV probably forever. Just like the handful of other movies that never get old. The music is beautiful. The cinematography is beautiful. The characters are beautiful. The story is beautiful. Amazing.

BOOKS:
The Island: About a small island off the coast of Crete. It was a leper colony in the olden days before a cure for leprosy was found. The story is compelling, and spans generations.

WILDLY CHERRY M&Ms

What in the world would bring me back to my blog after all this time? Can you guess? What is my favorite food? Since I was a little girl and my grandmother used to give us each a handful of this if we were good. (She kept it in the cupboard by the window on the third shelf either in the sugar bowl or behind it).

I was poking around Walgreens tonight, and had already located and paid for my free rebate items, and as I was walking out the door, I happend to glance around, and saw the display across the counters. A new Limited Edition M&Ms flavor called Wildly Cherry.
So I turned around and bought a package. So back to the line and back through the checkout where the cashier laughed at me with my Limited Edition candy. I was going to save them until I got home and then savor them. Instead I got in the car, tore open the package and just spilled some into my mouth. Omg. These are really really good. All I could think about was that I couldn't tell my friend Janice about them. She was the only one who was aware of the Dark Chocolate M&Ms when they first came out as a temporary flavor. Now of course, they are in the regular line up. Janice died a little over a year ago, and I don't know anyone else who would care.


I could write a daily blog about M&Ms alone. I love them. Ordinarily I have a large bag of plain, and a large bag of Reeces Pieces, and eat some of each as a treat whenever I need a treat. Right now, the stash contains the large bag of plain M&Ms Easter Colors, and a large bag of Peanut Butter M&Ms regular colors. The Peanut Butter M&Ms are slightly larger than the regular, which is why I prefer the Reeces Pieces. When all candies are the same size, the custom mix tastes better. I should have gotten the regular color plain M&Ms though, because the Easter colors have a slightly different texture or flavor. They're good, just not as good.

I scarfed the new Wild Cherry M&Ms down so fast that I don't even know what colors they were! I think they were the larger round size, too. I didn't seem to mind.

BUSY LIVING LIFE INSIDE

Jane Austin Book Club: This is the sweetest little chick flick around. Steve happened into the room half way through it, and liked it too.

Once: This modern day musical takes place in Ireland and I loved it. About a guy and a girl and spans one week. Wonderful.

It's 0 degrees outside with tons of snow that turned to ice, so I've been busy in my sewing room. The tiebacks are finished. Before you look at the picture which looks as if the tiebacks don't really match the curtains, I will have to agree, that they don't actually match. They compliment, though, and in the room they look nice. I have this idea that I'll get some curtains for the dining room that do match the tie backs, and then I'll use the tie backs on the new curtains, and make new tiebacks for the living room. Good thing I love to do these things. So without further ado...

The next project I completed was to make a fleece jacket that would be dressy-ish but very warm. It's just darling with bell sleeves, and looks very much like the picture on the front of the pattern. It turns out the pattern is made with a fine winter white wool and lined, so my jacket is a little bulkier than I'd thought it would be. I didn't line it, and it was 1 degree out this morning, so we didn't go to church, so I have no idea how practical it's going to be.

Then I wanted to make a felted purse with a cardigan that I'd inadvertantly shrunk when cold water washing it on delicate. So I decided I wanted to shrink it one more step. I read the book on how to felt and what you do is put the item in, agitate a few minutes and check it. Keep on doing this until the item is the size you want. What I did was ignore that advice, because after all, I'd washed it once and knew exactly how it would turn out, right? WRONG. It shrunk down to what is now going to be a smaller purse once I follow the directions and make it according to the book.

Yesterday my friend Nancy came over and although she had a headache, she agreed to play Scrabble with me. The handicap was that she could use word lists, and I wouldn't.
It was a great game! See for yourself: Final Score: Dianne 307 Nancy 273 Those two A's were left on Nancy's rack when I went out with Ham. Highest word score was COMA for 44.

The things you need for a great Scrabble game are as follows: A board with updented squares. Good old fashioned white wooden letters. A homemade Scrabble bag. Extra long Scrabble racks. Plain paper to score. Like this:

Oh, and I also started and plan to complete the bookcase curtains that I am making for the guestroom redo. The book case looks messy with my patterns and books, no matter how I organize or arrange it. So this pillowcase turned curtain will be one of those little details that complete the room. I'll show photos of that another time.

Oh, and how great is it that Obama won three more states. It's very strange to me that the loss of life in this ridiculous Iraq War is borne so casually by so many Americans. It weighs me down and makes me very sad. I'm just watching 60 Mintues with Katie Couric interviewing Hillary. Katie is not worthy of 60 Minutes. Her questions are bad.
Hillary is great though. She can handle Katie all day long.