Ten On Tuesday - 10 Favorite Childhood Movies

I’ve chosen movies I actually saw as a child, not nescessarily in the theater, and not the year they came out.  As an adult I’ve seen movies produced during the years of my childhood but not seen back then so I did not include those here.

And here they are in no particular order…..

1. Annie - This was the very first movie I can ever remember seeing in a theater.  Can I just tell you, I had THE BIGGEST crush on Tim Curry from that film?  I used to shout out my bedroom window (which was of course, at the front of our home) “I love you, Rooster!!”
2. E.T. - This came out the year my daddy died.  It was pretty powerful for the grownups and super-exciting for me!  “I have absolute power, yeah!”
3. The Goonies - Ahh… I have fond memories of pulling out a blanket and curling up with chili dogs (the kind with chili inside them!) on rainy days (just like the one in the movie!) and going ga-ga over Sean Astin.
4. FOOTLOOSE - Drool…. can’t…. say…. more…. drool… everywhere…. electrocution…. imminent….
5. Ghostbusters - “I…. AM…. ZOOOOOOL”
6. La Bamba - I was into tragedies for a little while there.  And temporarily scared of flying.
7. Big - When I was 12, I went to visit my aunt and uncle in Manhattan.  They took me to FAO Schwartz and I got to see the piano from the movie. 
8. Flight of the Navigator -
9. Adventures in Babysitting - “Don’t EFF with the Lords of Hell!”, “Oh yeah?  Don’t EFF with the babysitter!!!”
10. Spaceballs - “May the schwartz be with you.”

Apparently not only did I watch large amounts of television as a child, but quite frequently went to the movies.  I was having trouble remembering movies from the 80’s that I might have seen in the 80’s, so I found a website that lists movies by the year they came out.  I learned two things from those lists:  1.  I think my family single-handedly funded much of those box office reciepts during those years, and 2.  There were a LOT of “s*x comedies” back then!  LOTS!  Kind of scary…

Ten On Tuesday - 10 Favorite Movies to Quote

1. Nacho Libre - “Chancho!  I need some sweaaaats…”, “I hate orphans!  I hate all the orphans in the world!”, “I am a-singing at de parteeee…”
2. Napoleon Dynamite - “Can you just bring me my chapstick?  My lips hurt real bad!”,  “Napoleon, don’t be jealous just because I sit here and talk to gorgeous babes all day online.”, “I see you’re drinking 1% milk.  Is that because you think you’re fat?  Because you’re not.  You could be drinking whole if you really wanted to.”
3. Pirates of the Caribbean - Curse of the Black Pearl - “Savvy?”,  “You’ve seen a ship with black sails that’s crewed by the damned, and captained by a man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out?” “No.” “No.” “But I have seen a ship with black sails.” “Oh, and no ship that’s not crewed by the damned and captained by a man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out could possibly have black sails, therefore couldn’t possibly be any other ship than the Black Pearl. Is that what you’re saying?”
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - “Bring us a shrubbery!”, “I’m not dead yet!”, “Blue.  No, green. AAAH!”
5. Jingle All the Way - “Put dat cookie down, NOW!!”, “Ta-ta, Turboman!”
6. The Italian Job - “I said I had a bad experience!… Man, and they say I’m deaf!”, “You’ll never defeat the real Napster!”
7. Shirley Valentine - “Well tickle my t*ts till Friday!”
8. Independence Day - “Welcome to Earth!”
9. Cast Away - “Wilson!!!”
10. Ferris Beuller’s Day Off - “Beuller?  Beuller?”

Ten On Tuesday - Ten AWESOME Things About Me!

1. Well, there’s just me for starters.
2. I sound smart because I can b.s. well.
3. I am smart because I know a little bit about just about everything.
4. My motto is:  “Put on your pants, it’s time to dance!” because life should be happy, not sad.
5. My philosophy is:  “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely and in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, lemonade in the other, totally worn out and screaming:  “WOO HOO!  What a ride!!!” “
6. I have a FANTASTIC life soundtrack, which I will happily email to you upon request.
7. If you placed bets on who would win the games at a baby or wedding shower and you placed them on me, you’d win big time.
8. I’m a great listener.
9. I know where the beach is.
10. I’m getting the new Harry Potter book before you are.

AMAZING How These Things Are Always Spot On!

 
 
 

Ten On Tuesday - 10 Things I Love About Spring

1. Sleeping with the window open!  All winter long, I’m stuck with stale air.  Eww.  Now I can smell the sweet almond blossoms, fresh-cut grass, and hear birds chirping in the morning!
2. Two words:  DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.  God’s gift to me is that it now comes two weeks earlier and lasts one week longer than it used to.
3. Gardening.  I don’t have much, but I always like to try a little.  This year I did flowers!  I’ll be planting tomatoes and cucumbers, soon.
4. Garage Sale Season begins!  ‘Nuff said.
5. The farmer’s markets will open any month now!
6. Frankly, it just makes me feel happier. 
7. Break out the sunscreen, Mr. Sunshine’s back!  My legs can come out of the dark, blind everyone, and gradually return to some semblance of normal flesh color.
8. New colors and smells for soaps!
9. Passover and Easter!
10. Days at the park are back!

I actually wrote this one awhile ago, but forgot to post it.  Enjoy!

Don’t Tell The Bishop! (Ten On Tuesday)

You will never guess the conversations we had at Ladies Night Out last Saturday!  And I’m not going to tell you, either, because then you’ll tell the Bishop and he’ll never let us have Ladies Night Out again.

Here are 10 things we may or may not have talked about during our evening together:

1. Flatulence, a.k.a “Barking Spiders”
2. “Nickles” (a.k.a. n*pples) - There’s a funny story in there, don’t worry.  My youngest pointed at my chest one morning and said, “Mom, what are those red things?” to which I nonchalantly replied, “Oh, those are my n*pples.”  “Oh, ok, your nickles!  Look, I have some too!”
3. People from our past who used the word “chicken” whenever the word “ass” was in a reading they were doing from the bible in Sunday School.
4. Sex cures migraines (or causes them, depending on whose doctor you ask).
5. Daddies who say “dammit” in front of the two year-old while playing video games and what could we teach the kid to say instead of that?

Ok, I guess it was more like five instead of ten, but I was laughing so hard all night that some of my memories must’ve fallen out!

Because It’s All About Me, Right?

I haven’t been tagged in oh-so-long!  But Kristen got me, so here it is…

 Four Things You May Not Know About Me

Four Jobs I’ve Had In My Life:

1. Nanny for the three most diabolical children in the universe.
2. Store opener (which means I cleaned up the crap the night crew didn’t and prepped the salad bar and pizza toppings) for a pizza joint.
3. Telephone solicitor for M.A.D.D.  I couldn’t handle the guilt of knowing I was one of those people calling me up during dinner that I hated.
4. Adult day-care worker.  Still having nightmares about that.

Four Movies I Have Watched Over and Over:

1. Pride & Prejudice (NOT the A&E version!!)
2. Sahara  (It’s my goal one day to “pull a Panama”)
3. Pirates of the Caribbean 1 & 2 with 3 soon to follow
4. The Italian Job

Four Places I Have Lived:

1. Sandy, UT
2. Vista, CA
3. Temecula, CA
4. Lard, CA

Four TV Shows I Love To Watch:

1. CSI Las Vegas
2. Grey’s Anatomy
3. House
4. The Amazing Race

Four of My Favorite Foods:

1. Fish tacos from Rubio’s
2. Pork barbacoa salad from Cafe Rio
3. Steak with Penzy’s Chicago Steak Rub
4. Fresh veg, sauteed or roasted to sweetness!

You may now bask in all your newfound knowledge about me.  XOXO!