My Grandpa

My last surviving Grandpa died this early AM. He had suffered from dementia. The last few days of his life were filled with pain, immobility, and of course confusion.

He passed away at home with less than 24 hours of Hospice Care.

I am thankful that I was able to know him as he lived about 30 minutes away.

I am thankful that both of my grandmas are still surviving.

Valkyrie

My brother took me to Valkyrie for my birthday. It was such an intense movie. Very well produced. Very good quality on the movie screen (sometimes movie screens are distorted/scratchy looking). I felt like it was an educational experience, easy to follow-well worth it.

Valkyrie PG-13
Starring: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice Van Houten
Director: Bryan Singer
Written by: Christopher McQuarrie, Nathan Alexander
Type: Suspense/Thriller
Length: 2:00
Learn more at: http://valkyrie.unitedartists.com/
A proud military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who serves his country all the while hoping that someone will find a way to stop Hitler before Europe and Germany are destroyed. Realizing that time is running out, he decides that he must take action himself and joins the German resistance. Armed with a cunning strategy to use Hitler’s own emergency plan--known as Operation Valkyrie--these men plot to assassinate the dictator and over-throw his Nazi government from the inside. With everything in place, with the future of the world, the fate of millions and the lives of his wife and children hanging in the balance, Stauffenberg is thrust from being one of many who oppose Hitler to the one who must kill Hitler himself.

Media Reviews

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This blog is just random for me, I am throwing away a journal and in its place posting...if that makes sense...

Not all inclusive

Movies Completed
You've Got Mail
Places in the Heart
Sabrina
Second Hand Lions
Sound of Music
Two Weeks Notice
Wizard of Oz
Return to Me

Audio Books Completed
James Patterson's Sam's Letters to Jennifer
Nicholas Sparks A Walk to Remember
True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
The Ivy Chronicles by Karen Quinn
The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere-tear jerker
The Christmas Blessing by Donna VanLiere-tear jerker
The Christmas Hope by Donna VanLiere-tear jerker


Books read
Hamlet by Shakespear

Eagle Eye

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My mom and I watched Eagle Eye this weekend...the first 20 minutes are so slow...but then the movie becomes enjoyable.

Bedtime Stories

My sister and I went to see Bedtime Stories on Friday.

I liked it better than I thought I would.

It is not a MUST see.

I liked the balance of imagination, comedy, and romance.

Monica from Friends is in the movie and she acts a lot the same.

Worrying and swim plugs

For those of you that know me, you know I worry a lot, I am getting better but I think worry will be with me forever as it is my creation.

What has helped me with worry recently is swimming...when I am in the water I have to work so hard to stay a float that is all I think about...when I am underwater I just focus on the amazement and stamina of holding me breath a little more each time I swim. I feel so much better physically too.

My Grandma blessed me with Christmas money, I used some of the money to buy custom made swim plugs. Do you remember having to have an impression made of your mouth? Well that same substance was injected into both of my ears.

I pick up the swim plugs in two weeks from an audiologist, who did the procedure too.

I was not happy with the gummy swim plugs you can buy-that you roll. They fell out of my ears multiple times and I did not always receive the same "blockage" from the water into my ears.

I have sensitive ears so that it is why I chose swim plugs.

New Year's 2009

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God has blessed me amazingly so I do not want this to sound like a "sad" post.

I was listening to the radio on New Year's Eve and they were talking about resolutions that can be completed without God's help versus resolutions with God's help.

For example if your resolution was to be more on time, well you do not need God's help with this (to an extent).

But if you have resolutions that you would truly have to step back and say that could only be completed by God.

So I have God resolutions this year. Where at the end of the year I hope to be able to say only God could have done that this year.

Happy New Year!