Todd finally caved in to the name “Teddi”. He had been trying desperately to use the names “Stinson”, “Buddy”, and “Indy”, but stronger wills prevailed.

As soon as Todd stops playing Wii, an updated picture of Teddi might just appear. However, someone is having just way too much fun with his numchuk . . .

I’m sure he can hardly wait . . .

Todd thinks “Garmin”, “Rivet”, and “Datum” are cool names.
I think “Sundance” or “Teddi Bear” are cool names.

Todd did make the suggestion of “Indy” in honor of Indiana Jones. That’s the only one of his many suggestions that I think might actually work. Hopefully by this week-end we will have our new kitten’s name narrowed down to at least three choices!

We adopted him from the Naperville Humane Society yesterday, and we already love him to pieces!!!!!!

If we don’t kill each other first, by Sunday night we should be looking at our first completed home project.

Photos and updates to come . . .

Anyway, the (one) loyal reader of this blog will know that even though Todd and I start off by watching a movie together, he’s never awake to finish watching it with me. His review: Through the mess of drool, I clearly discerned a Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

OK, my turn. Have you ever been watching a movie, and really been enjoying it for the most part, and then you get to a scene where the movie just makes a wrong turn and never gets back on track? Yeah, that pretty much sums up my experience with this movie. I was grooving along to the songs and the sappy dialogue, and then the movie just “jumped the shark”. You know, it’s that part in the movie when you just shake your hand in astonishment because you can’t believe you have just wasted so much of your time. And, that one scene just TOTALLY ruins the entire movie for you.  In this case, that part for me was when the wicked queen turned into a talking dragon. Are you serious?!? WTF!!!!!

Oh, bad movie clue #2: The movie contains a talking chipmunk.

My review: With a healthy dose of generosity, I give this movie an F+.  Even McDreamy can’t save it.

Almost as if on cue, Todd fell asleep with roughly an hour and fifteen minutes left. His soundtrack is as annoying as ever.

As for me, I really liked this movie, even though I didn’t think I would. It was a western, but without the “shoot ‘em up” action. Casey Affleck should have won his nomination for Best Supporting Actor - he was phenomenal in his role as Robert Ford. At the very least, this movie should have for Best Cinematography!

Plus, I know a movie is really good when it makes me want to find out more about a subject - in this case, the history involving Jesse James and Robert Ford.

My rating: B+.

As usual, Todd fell asleep. His review: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

I watched the whole movie, and I can understand why critics loved it, but I just wasn’t feeling it. I certainly wasn’t expecting the “feel good movie of the year”, but I was expecting some suspense and tension. Just like Anton, the movie lumbered from one scene to the next, in my opinion. My review: D.

The other book, Touching Spirit Bear, is not so much depressing as it is gross!  This is a story about a boy’s survival on a remote island.  The descriptions of how he struggles to survive after a vicious bear attack are just plain disturbing.  Yuck!!!

And Todd wonders why I buy the newest issue of UsWeekly every Friday . . .

All the snow is going to make those Easter egg hunts a little more difficult now, don’t you think?