Happenings

We had an awesome weekend.

First, we got our taxes done. Why are we celebrating that? Because we get money BACK. Woo hoo! It's not quite as much as we were hoping for, but I'll take it. We had already discussed that any money we got back this year would go towards some more home improvement stuff, so we've decided on a backyard patio being the first thing we're funnelling the money into. Harry will be doing all the labor, and *I* get to reap all the benefits. LOL. Seriously, I'm really excited about the project. I love sitting outside, soaking up the sun, sipping on coffee. We had a patio at our old house, and it was used A LOT from spring until fall.

Then my mom made dinner for us, which is always a treat because a)she's a fantastic cook and b)I don't have to cook that night. Love it.

She babysat for us on Saturday night, so Harry and I were able to go see Watchmen. I will say that they did a fantastic job recreating the book onscreen. Some of the shots were phenomenal, mirroring the comic book panels to a tee. I think that's what impressed me the most. On the downside, it was even more violent than the book was, and, well, I'm a bit squeamish when it comes to that. Luckily, I knew the scenes I shouldn't watch, but I could still, unfortunately, hear them. Ick. And I'll admit that I peaked a couple of times only to see some bone breaking which just turns my legs to jello. Dude, it's so nasty.

They gave the movie an R rating for sex and violence, and seriously, it should have been NC-17. There was a sex scene that was borderline soft porn. I had noticed a dad had brought his son to the movie; that scene must have been interesting to watch together. Ewww. I still remember my sister renting Clerks, and my mom sitting down watching it with us. Once we got to the part about the blow jobs, I had to turn it off. You don't watch stuff like that with the 'rents. Icky, icky, icky.

All in all, I think they could have toned down the sex and violence, gone with a PG-13 rating, and it still would have been excellent. And they may have gotten a bigger crowd at the theatre; there were less than 100 people in the theatre at 8:15 on a Saturday night opening weekend. That's kinda crappy for such a big movie.

On Sunday, we had some really glorious weather, so we spent a good portion of the morning outside. Ellie and Niko spent their playdate running around and swinging and riding bikes and stuff. They had a blast, and all the fresh air and craziness totally wiped them out, which was the plan since DST totally messes with all our schedules. Ellie actually put HERSELF down for a nap at 1pm. Can you say holy crap? That has never happened in the Banks house.

Some family crap that I won't get into happened later Sunday evening, and that kind of ended the weekend on a bad note. One guess who caused the ruckus (and it's not my dad). One day her selfishness will bite her in the ass. Karma is a bitch.