The Sewing Mom

I was blog hopping this morning and I found the trailer for Pixar’s latest movie, set to arrive in theaters in July.

I don’t know about you, but I think Pixar has created some fabulous movies, Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and Cars are all my favorites. What about you, do you have a favorite Pixar film?

Thanks to Michael Aulia’s Blog for posting this trailer on his site. I love Pixar and wanted to share this trailer for their new movie “Wall-E” here too. Enjoy!

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It’s late and we’re off to bed. My daughter and I both love to read a good book in bed before turning out the light. I think it’s an amazing way to unwind and tune out everything that’s going on in our minds. It helps me relax and I typically sleep much better after I’ve spent some time reading.

I’m currently reading “The Spyderwick Chronicles”. I wanted to read them before we go see the movie, it allows me to use my imagination instead of simply envisioning what the move producers want me to see. I’m enjoying the books, they’re a pretty quick read and very creative. I just finished reading the third book tonight.

I didn’t want to start a new book so late at night, so I decided to head over to check out the Weekly Shorts at Before I Am Famous for a quick nightcap of reading.

Her latest short story, The President of the United States, is very creative, although, it does sound a little too much like “Men In Black”. I think I would have enjoyed it even more had it been a bit more of her own ideas, more original. I know Jen is a very creative thinker and writer and I do enjoy her blog very much. The site sponsors a Weekly Shorts meme which allows readers to leave a comment with any character or theme idea they have and Jen will write a short story using that information. It’s really a fun way to be involved in the creative side of writing. As a bonus, if your idea is used in a short story, she will give you a link back. What blogger can’t use one of those?

When she’s not authoring short stories, she also writes poetry on her blog. She has quite a few short stories and poems to be read on her site.  They cover a why range of interests, something for everyone.  I for one, visit her site several times each week and find it to be quite entertaining. So, if you’re looking for a good read, be sure to check it out.

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One of my favorite television actresses, Suzanne Pleshette died of respiratory failure on Saturday, she was 70 years old.

Although she did quite a bit of work on Broadway, I will always remember her has the witty wife of Bob Newhart on The Bob Newhart Show. Her character had such a wonderfully dry sense of humor and it seemed to stem from Suzanne Pleshette herself. Her voice was very unique and highly recognizable and it matched her character. She will be missed.

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Do you have any particular shows that you watch together as a family? My daughter and I absolutely love to watch The Amazing Race on Sunday nights. My husband joins us whenever he’s home. We even TIVO the show just in case we’re out or doing something else. I think we’ve been watching now for 4 or 5 seasons and I’m happy to say that this season is back to being tough, exciting and full of interesting characters! In fact, the last episode we saw, the grandfather and grandson were required to get permanent tattoos in order to be able to skip all the other tasks on that leg of the race. I don’t think I could’ve done that.

Whenever we watch the contestants, I find myself wondering how they manage to travel all the way around the world over that period of time with basically only a backpack and that little pouch around their waist that they keep their passport and clues in. I know they have to have at least a couple changes of clothes, coats, swimsuits, shoes and some sort of outdoor sports and military gear that they use along the way.

I like to watch them when they travel at night and they wear a Predator headlamp on their head in order to read maps and clues. I know I look really bad in a hat, wonder how bad I’d look in a headlamp? That’s not a pretty picture, but I guess if it were a million dollars at stake, I wouldn’t care how dorky I looked!

We still have to watch the last episode, I think we totally forgot it was Sunday and didn’t realize it was on. Thank goodness for TIVO!

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We decided to go out and see a movie yesterday and there weren’t really too many options that would be good for our age range of 11-78.  We opted to see The Waterhorse and I have to say, we all enjoyed it very much.

It’s basically the myth of the Loch Ness monster, something I’ve been intrigued with since my mom & I visited Scotland and Loch Ness back in the 1970’s.  I was really drawn in to the story and the way it is told in the movie is very good, from a boy’s point of view.  The movie even finds a way to explain the famous (or infamous) picture of the monster and how it came to be.

The animation in the movie is incredible and I find it amazing what they can do with computer animation now.  The views were spectacular and it surprised me to find that the movie had been filmed in New Zealand because Scotland is also so spectacular.

If you’re looking for a good family movie, this is the one, very enjoyable.

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I know exactly what I want to find in my Christmas stocking this year, Pirates of the Caribbean, At Worlds End starring Johnny Depp. No one can play Captain Jack Sparrow the way Johnny Depp did it and I can watch any of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies over and over. I all ready own the first two and trust me, I have watched them again and again, just ask my family!I love the way Captain Jack swaggers, almost as if he is drunk, and yet he knows everything that is going on around him at all times. There are so many wonderful scenes in these movies that whenever I watch them I find myself saying “oh, I love this part” and “watch this, watch this” over and over! I’m sure I drive my husband absolutely nuts whenever the movie is on. I don’t know if I could list my favorite parts of these movies, there are so many of them right from the beginning in The Black Pearl when he arrives in Port Royal on his sinking boat and swaggers onto the dock. There are so many good lines in the movie too, I just think it’s very entertaining and very well written. I just can’t name one single line or scene that is my favorite because I love the entire movie.

The second movie in the series, Dead Man’s Chest, I love almost as much as the first. I love it when Captain Jack first appears in the second movie and he’s with the native tribe, all painted with a “second set of eyes”. It’s so bizarre and yet I love it. I enjoy watching his banter back and forth with young Will Turner. I really enjoyed the scene where they are all trying to escape from the natives and Jack hanging from a skewer over the fire blowing on it trying to put it out. I was laughing through the entire scene. I just think these movies are great entertainment and Johnny Depp is perfect in his role of Captain Jack Sparrow.

Yesterday I saw Johnny Depp being interviewed along with Tim Burton, the director of Johnny’s new movie Sweeney Todd.  It was really interesting.  I decided to visit the official Sweeney Todd movie site to check out this new movie coming to theaters in December. The thing I was most surprised to learn is that this new movie is a musical, yes, Johnny Depp is singing! If you visit the official site you can hear some of the music from the movie and yes, you even get to hear Johnny himself.  Visit Sweeney Todd on MySpace for even more information.

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Where are all the holiday movies?  I realize today is Sunday and there is the NFL, but it seems to be that the movie channels should be showing some holiday flicks.  Instead, we’re sitting her watching Men In Black.  Now I do enjoy this movie, but it’s not a holiday movie and it’s hard to stay focused on holiday decorating when I’m watching aliens.

 I’m just disappointed in the selection of shows today. 

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