A Top 50 For You…

Posted by Hollyann

Here, since everyone is all yakking about movies and I haven’t watched any lately, I give you my top 50 movies (that I could think of in 20 minutes or so, i’m sure i forgot something)

50.  The Muppet Movie – muppets are adorable, yes?

49.  Speechless – love it, don’t have it, if anyone knows where I can get a copy of it on DVD let me know

48.  Thank You For Smoking – for some reason I find this one hilarious.

47.  A League of Their Own – there is no crying in baseball.

46.  Mr & Mrs Smith – Brad and Angelina beat the shit out of each other while falling in love.  sweet.

45.  True Lies – because we are going with a ‘secret secret agent’ theme here.

44.  The Lost Boys – hot vampires.  sweet.

43.  Robin Hood Prince of Thieves – the accent is in and out, but that Christian Slater is cute.

42.  The Big Lebowski – a lot of ins, a lot of outs, a lot of what have yous.

41.  National Treasure – i know, its mindless.  but in a good way.

40.  Batman – seriously, has it ever been more humid than when he spreads those arms and… ‘I’m Batman’

39.  Gone With the Wind – when i have 3 or 4 hours to waste, which is never.  

38.  Pulp Fiction – Samuel L. rocks my socks.

37.  Jurassic Park – dinosaurs, sweet.

36.  Top Gun – you know you like it too.  except when goose dies, thats sad.

35.  Napoleon Dynamite – vote for pedro, dammit

34.  Jaws – need a bigger boat.

33.  A Few Good Men – you can’t handle the truth.

32.  Apollo 13 – every time, i get worried they won’t make it back.

31.  Star Wars : The Clone Wars – hi, it’s star wars. not great star wars, but star wars.

30.  The Sixth Sense – psst, he’s dead.

29.  Forrest Gump – me and this movie get on like peas and carrots.

28.  ET – how this is still good i do not know, but it is.

27.  Back to the Future – time traveling DeLorean?  i’m totally in.

26.  Scream – it’s the best scary movie ever.

25.  Star Wars : Revenge of the Sith – there’s a lot of red hot lava if i remember right.

24.  Godfather – i like mob movies.

23.  This Is Spinal Tap – brilliantly funny.  exploding drummers crack me up.

22.  Star Wars : The Phantom Menace – my favorite of the new ones.

21.  Die Hard With a Vengeance – did i mention Samuel L. rocks my socks?

20.  Independence Day – death to squiggly alien thingys.

19.  Star Wars : Return of the Jedi – could have been higher if not for those pesky ewoks.

18.  Edward Scissorhands – absolutely my favorite movie about a deformed freak adopted to the suburbs.

17.  Grease – it’s the word.  

16.  The Emperor’s New Groove – could be the funniest movie ever.

15.  Almost Famous – i want to be a band-aid.

14.  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – I think the movies kinda went downhill from here.

13.  Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark – treasure AND nazis.  sweet.

12.  Star Wars : A New Hope – these aren’t the droids you’re looking for.

11.  The Incredibles – easily the best animated film (that adults can enjoy) ever.  viva jack-jack!

10.  A Knight’s Tale – I especially like drunk naked poet for some reason.  

9.  Die Hard – I vant my detonators!

8.  You’ve Got Mail – 182 insights into my soul…

7.  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – it has sean connery and the holy grail, that’s why it’s better than 1.

6.  Godfather 2 – its just better than the first one.  really it is.

5.  Nightmare Before Christmas – brilliant.

4.  Across the Universe – not for everyone, just for me.  and hillary.  and relle.

3.  Pirates of the Caribbean : Curse of the Black Pearl – and to think this could have been so stupid.

2.  Star Wars : The Empire Strikes Back – how do i love yoda, let me count the ways.

1.  The Princess Bride – anything else as number one?  inconceivable. 

Announcement…

Posted by Hollyann

Well, it’s time for a huge announcement.  This has all been in the works for several months, in fact since October when Kerri and Scott came to visit Todd and I, and we all started talking about how we are just done with the cold in our respective cities.  Since then, in an undercover mission that even now I am surprised we didn’t blow at some point, we have been searching for a way to make it work for both of our families to move to Florida.  FOR GOOD.  Well, I am thrilled to announce that everything is finally done, and we’re going.  All of us.    Here’s the scoop.

The first thing had to be done was for Todd to find work there.  As you all know, he works for the federal government, so it being federal and all, it’s not too terribly difficult to find a transfer job in another state.  The problem was, it took months for one to come up that he was both qualified for and would enjoy.  Well, one did, he flew out to interview for it in the middle of January and had it offered to him 3 weeks ago.  He’ll be starting work at Cape Canaveral at the beginning of June, so he’ll be leaving before me and the kids.  This new job of his pays quite a bit more than the one here, so we were able to move on to the 2^nd priority..

Finding a school for the kids.  The public schools in Florida are not the best, so once we knew Todd was getting that raise, we went on a search for a decent private school with a nice special ed program for Charlie.  We were able to find a very nice k-12 school not too far from where we are going to be living… and Mitchel and Emily will be going there too. Which works out nice, since we both have found houses in a brand new development, practically next door to each other, so we can carpool.   In fact, the only thing that we have been waiting on just came through on the fax today.

You see, I have been bored, and Kerri can’t very well work at KTI when she’s living in Florida, so we decided to go into business together.  We found a bar for sale on the internet about a month ago and have been negotiating to buy it ever since.  They’ve finally accepted our offer, and we take over ‘Oliver’s Place’ on August first, when it will reopen as ‘The Bear’s Den’.

What will Scott be doing, you ask?  Well, he’s got a friend of a friend who has a car dealership between the cape and Orlando, so he will be working there.

When do we leave?  Well, I am staying here with the kids until school is out and my lease here is up, so I plan to go out the end of June.  Kerri I think has some other things to take care of, plus there are some issues with getting their house sold that I am not so sure how they turned out, so not sure if she is moving that early or not, I just need her there at the beginning of August to help me open the bar.  Anyways, that is our big news, more details on everything later, gotta run.  Must pack, and stuff.