Chick Flick Extravaganza

All weekend I could not remember what day it was -- all the days felt so mixed up. But today certainly feels like Monday. Not that it's a bad day -- I can just tell it's Monday and the start of a new week.

This past weekend, my hubby was gone for four days. Once the kids went to bed each night (which wasn't always very early, I might add!), I took full advantage of having the house to myself and spent some time scrapbooking, (and there may have been some margaritas involved too...hee hee...) and I managed to watch THREE "chick" flicks. This is so unlike me. I don't really like to spend a lot of time watching TV and movies. I enjoy movies, but usually prefer to read or scrapbook -- or sleep! -- once I get the kids to bed. And if I watch a movie with my husband, it is usually something filled with explosions -- "chick" flicks are few and far between.

The movies I watched were:



All of them were pretty good. I really enjoyed "Atonement" -- it was so well written I thought, but a little sad. "Becoming Jane" was good -- I love Jane Austen books, so it was fun to watch. I am now completely in the mood to read "Pride and Prejudice" again. A Jane Austen book was also part of "The Lake House", which I found to be a little far fetched, but still completely what one expects from a good chick flick.

I am always SO appreciative of time to myself -- time when I don't feel like I have to accommodate anyone else and can just do what I want with no worries & no one to make me feel guilty for it. I don't have this very often at all. It truly is the little things like this that are the biggest blessings sometimes.

On the same note, I was going through some books I hadn't looked at in a while and found one I bought some time ago. It's the Simple Abundance Journal of Gratitude -- it has inspiring quotes and a space for you to write something each day that you are grateful for. At the start of the book, there is a list of 150 "often overlooked" blessings. Some of them seem almost silly, but they truly are things to appreciate that maybe we take for granted. I thought I'd share a couple of things from the list today:

* When hope is restored

* Meeting a kindred spirit

* Acceptance after struggle

* The kindness of strangers

* Answered prayers

* Reading a book that changes your life

*Taking tiny and big risks and having them pay off

Those are all pretty good, don't you think? I'll try to remember to share some more over the next few days.

Alright -- time to get moving. Hope you enjoyed the holiday weekend. I'll try to catch up with each of your blogs soon -- I'm getting behind again! Have a great week!