Transformers 2

Well, what can I say? We have been waiting (in our household) for the highly anticipated Transformers 2. I mean Dylan has been counting down the days for months. We told him early on not to get his hopes up, because until the reviews came out, or we saw it, we were unsure if he would even be able to watch it. Especially in light of the recent "masturbation" comment made at school that came from where? Transformers 1!

Please explain to me why we promote these movies for the kiddos, making toys, etc. and then think that we need to fill it with sex, nudity, and language? Really? So needless to say, he will not be seeing this at the theatre, and he cryed for an entire day last week.

We did, however, go see it Friday night. Lots of kids there, a few toddlers sitting behind us. Do your research before you take them, I am tellin' ya. I felt that they were really pushing it for a plot. I really could have cared less what happened, that is about how sucked into it I was. It was bascially a lot of metal carnage and a lot of 1/2 naked beautiful girls. So if you are into that sort of thing, the $8.50 will be a great investment for you.

All I have to say is that I walked out of there wanting to get eyelash extensions like McKayla (the girlfriend), but mostly, I really just want a good movie to come out.

Favorite Dance Show 3

Twilight the Musical?

This may be the first "musical" that I have ever enjoyed. Who does this? Really? Either people are really obsessed or really bored. Crazyness. BTW - you may want to pop some popcorn. This bugger is 9 min long!

Favorite Dance Show 2

Favorite Dance Show 1

Year One

So it has been awhile since I have talked about a movie. We usually try and catch a flick a week, so we pretty much see them all. We saw this Friday night and I thought maybe I should blog about it since many of you in my circle may plan on seeing it.

Umm, pretty terrible. Really, with a cherry on the top. You pretty much catch all the funny parts in the trailer. On a scale of 1-10, I give it a 9.5 for crudeness; which says a lot cuz I can be pretty crude, and find some crudeness pretty dang funny. This went WAY overboard.

It also took a very biblical approach that I didn't expect. Not only crude, very blasphemous throughout. I am a Michaela Cera fan and do like Jack Black, so I did catch myself laughing quite a bit, but I don't think that I would recommend it to a friend. It takes quite a lot to make me uncomfortable, and I was covering my eyes and twisting in my seat through most the movie. Let me just say when they decided to take a journey towards Sodom and Gomorrah, I got very edgy....Uck!

Trekky?

I know, I know. We did. Opening night for Star Trek at the Drafthouse, none the less. You are always going to run into "special" people there. Ihave never seen so many people running around with spock ears. You can always be assured that if the movie sucks, the people will entertain. And that they did.

The movie actually didn't suck though. It was pretty good. I have never been into Sci-fi and especially not this show. It used to come on after the 10 o'clock news when I was little and the music scared me. Maybe I have been missing out this whole time!~ Good fun...

Little Candice?

Is there a need for words?

Summer Time Boo Boo's

Last day of school and we are off to a rough start. Michaela went to a swimming party to celebrate 4th grade graduation. About a 1/2 hour into the party, the mom called me and said that I probably should come pick her up. She said in her English accent, "she has quite the bump on her head, she has slipped on the slide." I replied, "poor dumb thing", which I think took her by surprise, but that is my personality; she didn't get it.

When I walked in the door, I can see why she didn't think my comment too funny. However, this is not my "American" definition of a bump on the head. Holy crap girl! It was terrible.

According to Michaela she got squished by 140 pounds girl, mushing her face into rock on a slide. Not sure how that went down, things are still a bit blurry. Needless to say, this ended in a black eye and broken brackets on her braces, but no major injuries. It has been 2 weeks and she is completely healed now. I still say "poor dumb thing". It was very sad.

I don't get the oppurtunity to do as many staging jobs as I do others. My friend from San Antonio called and asked me to stage her house to get it sold. I had 2 days to transform her space, and transform we did.

In 2 days and under $1000 (supply only), we made some crazy changes. I think that this house will sell within a couple weeks. We shall see. When I staged that 1.2 million dollar loft downtown it had been on the market for 6 months w/ no potential buyers. It sold 2 weeks after it was complete. It is amazing what a little paint and decor can do.

We didn't decorate due to budget constraints, but we painted the whole house (baseboards included), replaced the kitchen floor, spray painted bathroom light fixtures, replaced remaining light fixtures and painted the front door. The only anti-climatic event; she doesn't get to stay in her beautiful home! That is why you should do these things far before you plan on selling, so that you can enjoy it.

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(look at the floor!)

A little fleck stoned paint makeover on the fireplace - $20!

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$3 Can of paint transforms a door:

the end...we were sure tyred!

Remember my Ol' Cowboy?

Good Ol' Walter. Cowboy to the core, almost; nevermind, you had to be there. Anyways, this client has completely gutted this little ol' house down by Dons Barbeque. He has done an amazing job. If you like country antiques, you would be in heaven. I finally got over there to take a picture of his progression. He has done some amazing things w/ the rest of his house, but this is all I was responsible for, so I will keep it at that.

I painted the fireplace (inside and out), tiled it, and painted his ceilings an actual color instead of white. Pics never do justice, but it really made all the difference. We also replaced the mantel with a beautiful naughty pine one.

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