CLOSED: Giveaway time!

I've been given the opportunity to sponsor a giveaway through CSN stores.  They have over 200 sites offering everything from corner tv stands to bakeware to kids furniture.

Their All Modern Store has all kinds of great modern and contemporary furniture and decor.  Like this cool Nuance Living and Design Small Opal S-Vase

You can win one just like it!

To enter all you have to do is:

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  Leave a comment letting me know why you'd love to win (must do this for others to count)
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  Become a follower via Google
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  Blog about this giveaway linking back to this post (leave link to your post in comment)
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  Tweet about this giveaway (leave your twitter status link in comment, you can enter once per day)

Please leave a seperate comment for each entry and be sure to leave a contact email if you do not have one listed in your profile. 

Giveaway will be open until 5pm central time on April 13th.  I will choose a winner via random.org and post on Wednesday April 14th. Giveaway is open to US and Canada residents only.

The Life of a Teen

My poor kid.  She's usually such a laid back girl.  Pretty happy, doesn't get upset much.  But lately things have been getting her down.  She asked me the other night..."Mom, what's wrong with me?"  If that doesn't pull at your heart strings I don't know what will.  She rattled off the following list:

I've got eye problems (she wears glasses)

I've got mouth problems (braces, and currently wears appliances to fix overbite)

I've got grade problems (was upset about a bad test grade in biology)

I've got pancreas problems (she's diabetic)

I've got skin problems (had some breakouts, got some medicated cream from doctor now skin is red and irritated)

I wish I could make it all go away!  Luckily she hasn't listed boy problems yet!  Those can wait.

Now she's leaving for a week long trip with the school band.  I'm really gonna miss her :(

A night at the Movies: Remember Me

Warning for those who have not seen the movie: This post contains some spoilers.  I tried not to be too specific but it will still spoil the ending to a point.

I don't get to see many movies in the theater.  For a few reasons...time issues, cost issues and finding someone to go with.  Either no one wants to see the same movie or we just can't work out the timing.  I am not one to go by myself.  So many times I just wait until they hit DVD and add them to the Netflix cue and who know how long before I actually get to see it! 

But once in a while there's a movie that I try to make a point of going to see right away because there is just something about it that makes me not want to wait.  Remember Me was one of those movies.  I'd been waiting to see it since I found out about it and had hoped to go opening weekend but that didn't work out.  I finally got the chance this past Saturday night.  A friend and I went down to the casino for a couple hours and when we decided we had lost enough money we thought we'd go see it. 

I wanted to go because......well OK, mainly for this man right here....

*sigh*

I know he's a little on the young side for me but I try not to think about that!  Seeing him as Edward Cullen got me hooked and I really wanted to see what else he could do.  I was not disappointed!  My friend kept saying she saw Edward in Tyler (his character in RM) in the previews.  And she mentioned it a few time during the movie.  I admit yeah, there were some things that were the same but I don't think it's as much Edward as it is just Rob.

My thoughts.....I don't care how great an actor you are, there are just some habits or mannerisms you have that are just part of who you are and no matter what role you are playing those are going to peak through a bit. 

Anyway, like I said I was not disappointed.  I really like it and so did my friend!  I think Rob and Emilie had great chemistry and did a wonderful job.  I also loved the roommate.  One thing that really struck me funny was his use of the word matriculate!  I had never heard it until it was used by Edward in the Twilight movie......and here it is again in another Rob Pattinson movie! 

I had an idea of what the movie was about or at least how it ended.  I had read a few comments online but tried to stop before I read exactly what happened.  But putting two and two together I was able to figure it out.  I was concerned that I wouldn't like it because of the outcome and wondered how they would recreate it on screen. 

They didn't try to recreate anything.  They left it all to your imagination....or recollection of what happened and I think that worked.  It's definately a sad and emotional ending.  It's left me an emotional wreck and weepy for days.  Putting "faces" to the events.....though fictional....and making you think about your own life and how you live it, how you treat those closest to you. 
What you would do if you lost someone important in you life unexpectedly.  Would it take losing someone to make you realize what you've got? 

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Table Topics Tuesday: Look who's coming to dinner!

This week the topic is: What three celebrities would you invite to dinner?

1.   Rick Springfield

Those that know me know that this is a no brainer!  He's been the "it" guy for me since I was 12. 

2. Ellen Degeneres

I heart Ellen.  She's smart and funny....she talks for a living so she can keep the conversation going since I know I won't be able to say much in the presence of these celebrities!

And since Shannon gave us the libery of choosing living or dead I'm gonna go with

3.  Patrick Swayze

I would have really liked to have met him.