The Thoughtful Homemaker

I have had a lot going on and I am still struggling through my allergies. I did get to see some good movies with the kids.
The first is Fred Claus. I thought this movie was going to be stupid but it was actually very good. Paul Giamatti is an excellent Santa Claus. All of […]

Last night I watched the movie An American Carol and I highly recommend it. The movie is funny and thoughtful as the same time. It is done by David Zucker who did the Naked Gun movies so you can kind of imagine the humor. There were some serious moments. My favorite was the George Washington […]

I don’t normally watch Romantic Comedies, but there was nothing on the other night and I have free HBO for a few months. I decided to check out Definitely, Maybe. This is a cute movie about a recently divorced dad who tells his daughter how he met and married her mother.
He told his daughter […]

A friend from church actually recommended this movie. I saw a preview for it and decided that I really wanted to see it. I love Ricky Gervais, famous for being on the UK version of the Office. I even loved his small role in Night at the Museum.
So, I was excited to rent Ghost […]

Our recent Netflix pick was The Last Legion. This movie stars Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley with Aishwarya Rai and Thomas Sangster, the kid from Nannie McPhee. This is a fun movie not a serious movie!
It takes place at the end of the Roman Empire when Odoacer takes over the Western Empire. The last emperor, […]

I was not excited when Evan Almighty came in the mail from Netflix. I had heard it was a terrible movie. I was also put off because the Bible says that He promised to never flood the earth again. I checked the rating and decided as a family we would watch it.
I was happy […]

I had a full nights sleep last night! Aron, Jon, and Victoria all went to bed by 9PM. Jon woke up again because he is sick, but he went back to sleep. I went ot bed too! Oh, I have finally weaned off Aron!! I feel so free, and full if you know what I […]

We are still sick. We have this annoying little head cold. Victoria missed her second day of school. She had a 103 degree fever last night and is still dizzy and weak today. I am also very weak. Taking care of three small children alone is difficult. Doing it sick is even worse.
I woke […]

I loved the original 1988 version of Hairspray which was a very campy movie full of interesting people like Rikki Lake, Deborah Harry, Ric Ocasek, Sonny Bono and of course the wonderful Divine! I loved Divine’s performance in the original movie and that is part of the reason why Hairspray is one of my favorite […]

Yeah, I saw Norbit. This is the most annoying movie I have ever seen. Eddy Murphy’s Raspushia’s voice is still in my brain, probably killing brain cells. It was gross, and just plain out stupid. The plot itself wasn’t too bad. I think it would have been better if an actual woman played Raspushia.
Norbit is […]

SPOILER WARNING!! I finally watched the movie, The Hours, about three women dealing with mental illness in three different time periods. It is based on a book. The first was the famous Virginia Woolf. Though I am an English Lit major, I am not a fan of Virginia Woolf. She was famosly played by Nicole […]

Transformers-
I was excited to watch the Transformers on DVD. The special effects were spectacular and sometimes I am just in the mood to watch a shallow action flick in which major US city get blown to bits for no real reason. Transformers, a movie based on the Transformer toys made by Hasbro is just this […]