Cute Halloween movies

Halloween seems to be full of slasher and monster movies. Don't get me wrong, a good scare now and then can be fun but I still have a soft spot for "scary" movies that are really more funny than frightening. Here are three that I like:

•  Adams Family Values: Adams kids go to summer camp and create mayhem as only they know how, Uncle Fester gets married to a murderess (who of course fails to kill him) and Morticia and Gomez Adams have a baby they name Pubert who is so (unfortunately for them)...cute! There are some frightening parts (at least in my mind) but it's a really funny movie.
•  Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Ware-Rabbit: an inventor (Wallace) and his dog Gromit (who is wicked smart) combat an awful monster that is eating their village's vegetables! It's a clay animation cartoon and also really funny (and very British!
• Young Frankenstein: Mel Brooks movie about Victor Frankenstein (pronounced "Fronkensteen") -Dr. Frankenstein's grandson inherits his granddad's castle and despite denying he's Frankenstein's grandson, he goes on the repeat his granddad's greatest experiment! (With help of course from Igor-who has a lump on his back that keeps changing sides, a housekeeper named Frau Bloucher-that makes horses neigh whenever she says her name, and a beautiful milkmaid named Inga, who becomes Frankenstein's lover.) 

 Happy Halloween everyone!

Go Sox!

There's Something about the Sox
Maybe it's the fans that cheer
And paint their faces and sing
Sweet Caroline for everyone to hear

There's something about the Sox
That makes me stand up and cheer
Even if I don't know all there is to know
About the game they play

Whether they score or strike out
There's always something to look forward to
Regardless of what happens it's nice to celebrate
Or otherwise wait in anticipation for another season to appear

Even though I'm not Boston born
It's still a city where I live close to now
And I can't help hoping the Sox will win
Because I'm a Sox fan anyhow!

Things I think should be Olympic sports

Apparently there are 100 days left until the start of the Winter Olympics. This got me thinking about things that should be added to the sports included in the games.  Here are 3 I think would be fun:

1. Snowman making: Rules:  Whoever makes the best looking and/or most creative snowman the fastest wins! Olympians could be given only a few odds and ends to make a snowman and win more points if they can make one in 3 minutes or less.

2. Snowball fighting: Rules: I envision this to be something like a darts competition. Whoever makes and throws the most snowballs that accurately hit a designated target in the shortest amount of time wins.

3. Christmas tree decorating! (sometimes this practically is like an Olympic sport at my house!) Rules: whoever decorates a tree the most creatively and the fastest wins.

Now I'm thinking of setting up a petition to make these sports official. Anyone with me? If not, well at least I can dream! :)

If I Had Words

A friend played this song for me today called If I had Words. (Side note: although the song is from the 70s the version of the song I like best is actually from a movie I used to love as a child called Babe which is about a pig that is raised by sheepdogs and learns to herd sheep as a result.)  I thought I'd share it because I think that if my words had the ability, then I'd use them to make good days for everyone. I'd make mornings golden and happy like the song says and I'd make good days last longer.  Since I'm still working on making good days for everyone, I'll start out small and hope that I have words to make each day happier for at least one person, then maybe someday I'll help bring a happy day for everyone. So now you know that there really is a method to my madness!

 

5 Things I'm happy about today!

I was inspired by a woman in Missouri who was on the news the other day. While the story on the news was about how the woman won Cardinal's World Series tickets, what inspired me was how every day  this woman writes down 5 things that she's thankful for as thinking about all that helps her feel better. I like the idea because even if you don't believe in a higher power to be grateful to,  I feel like there's always something to be happy about and thinking about those things does (at least for me) make the days seem brighter. To follow her example here are 5 things I'm happy about today. (These are in no particular order as they all make me equally happy.)

•  I'm happy I could do some baking today.
• I'm happy I could meet up with some friends and make fun plans for Halloween.
• I'm happy I can talk to my parents because I love my family very much.
•  I'm happy I could do some reading for fun today. 
• I'm happy I could write in this blog again today and I hope someone reads this so the happiness can spread! 

If you would like to read more about the woman's story click here.

You matter! :)

Of all the things I might want
What I want most
Is just for you to know
That you matter to me

You matter to me enough
That no matter how things are going
And even if my day hasn't been the greatest
I still want to write to you

You matter to me
Not just because you read this
But because everyone deserves to matter
At any rate, everyone means something to me

I send this message to you
So you can be certain
That someone cares about you
And in my heart and my thoughts you'll always be!

Something Beautiful

I went to see the Boston Ballet perform last night for the first time. The performance was a story called La Bayadere. It's a love story and it was beautiful. There's something about the dancers' sparkling costumes and how they twirl and jump. Seeing them made me hope everyone has the chance to see something beautiful. Even if it isn't a ballet or any performance at all. I hope everyone finds that beauty because it is all around us. I believe everyone deserves to find and enjoy that beauty because it makes life just that much better.