Don't be superstitious. Nothing will happen on Friday the 13th that cannot happen on Saturday the 14th. As you can imagine, Friday the 13th doesn't come around that often. It various from year to year the amount of occurrences. Some lucky years will have three occurrences and others just one. It will happen twice in…Read more Freaky Friday
Movies
July 4th Adventure: We’re Gonna Need More Fuel
“Well this is not a boat accident! It wasn’t any propeller! It wasn’t any coral reef! And it wasn’t Jack the Ripper! It was a shark.” Hooper from Jaws July 4th is Independence Day in the States. Over my morning tea, I contemplated dumping all that tea into the Boston harbor. It made me a…Read more July 4th Adventure: We’re Gonna Need More Fuel
Marked Woman
It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. ~ Elizabeth Kenny One of our favorite Friday night activities is to watch a movie in our pj's with our kitties. A few months ago, we started subscribing to Filmstruck. It's fantastic. They have classics, independent movies, foreign and cult…Read more Marked Woman
The Sock, The Shawl and The Hat
"There are two kinds of people in the world, my friend. Those who have a loaded gun and those who dig. You dig!" The Good, The Bad & the Ugly Saturday was my trail blazing day. I saddled my trusty steed. My Stitch Sprouts chum and I rounded up skeins from six shops! First we…Read more The Sock, The Shawl and The Hat
The Predator
"I ain't got time to bleed..." Predator I understand from the British Hubby, who knows of such things, a new teaser trailer for The Predators 2018 was released this week. No doubt we will watch this when it comes out. Maybe in this movie the Predators will wear hand knitted items? I wonder if it'll…Read more The Predator
Saturday Night at the Movies
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris, from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Recently, the British Hubby and I found a new movie channel offering on our Roku. We've been cable free for about 15 years now. The British Hubby received an email…Read more Saturday Night at the Movies
It’s Groundhog Day!
"Well, it's Groundhog Day...again..." Phil Connors from Groundhog Day Wait a second. It's February 3rd. Or is it? I meant to post this yesterday, but I ran out of time. I figured I could post a day later (if it is indeed a day later.) If the groundhog wakes and sees his shadow, we have…Read more It’s Groundhog Day!
Saturday Night Endeavors
We're only here for a short time. The land out lives us all. This weekend, the British Hubby and I took a break from our award winning movie quest to catch up on one of my all time favorite British TV shows, Endeavour. This is a spin-off/prequel to Morse and Inspector Lewis. I'm sure you're…Read more Saturday Night Endeavors
Dinner and a Movie
They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom. ~ Braveheart This weekend, we continued our quest to watch all the movies that won an Oscar for Best Picture. The next movie on our list was The Broadway Melody from 1928, but we had a semi difficult time finding a copy of this…Read more Dinner and a Movie
Saturday Night at the Movies
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” ~ Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Typically, the British Hubby and I like to have a movie theme for each month. Since the Academy Award nominations come out at the end of the month,…Read more Saturday Night at the Movies