Huluing the Night Away versus Liquid Sunshine

I love Portland. I really do. But we spent the last week in Orlando and the last night at a luau. With wonderful food and entertainment, it was hard to climb back on the plane to come out of the 89 degree sunshine to Portland's pouring coldness. Still, I'm glad to be back home even tho' it sure was fun watching my hubby hulu his heart out up on stage with the beautiful young ladies who were giving him a few lessons--in dancing :)

Did any of you travel far away? Have fun doing something out of the ordinary?

Movie Review Monday - The King's Speech

We watched a couple of movies this week. The King's Speech was one of them. My husband loved the movie but, for me, it was a little slow. There were moments I enjoyed but overall it wasn't my type of sit-down and spend an evening doing (or watching) something, when I could have been doing something else.

However, my husband loved it. Thought he could watch it again. I wouldn't.

I did think the acting was done well though, which explains why it was nominated for a Golden Globe award.


Colin Firth won Best Actor for
his performance. So, maybe I'm a bad judge of Movies. Let me know your opinion. If you've watched it, let me know what you think.

Vinegar - More than Good Eats

Mom used to use all sorts of things to clean house that didn't cost much--if any--money. One of her all-purpose cleaners was vinegar. She used it with newspaper to wash the windows--or maybe I should say, we kids, used it to wash the windows. It was probably because she ran out of paper towels one day but she said newspaper cleaned better than cloth or paper towels. I trusted her and I still do. Plus, I love food and even watch shows about cooking, like Chopped, Extreme Cake Challenges, and Good Eats--so why not use something you love that's just sitting around the house to help with the work?

Vinegar mixed with water is a wonderful, non-toxic cleaner. You won't have to worry about it hurting your hands or your animals getting into the solution.

How 'bout you? Do you have any helpful hints for spring cleaning???

Talent Comes in All Shapes and Sizes

7 year-old sings The National Anthem:

You’re watching 7 year old sings National Anthem. See the Web's top videos on AOL Video

Awe...Mazing

Answer to Word for Wednesday

Ruritanian is a setting, a mythical place, a mythical, romantic kingdom conceived as the setting for a fairy tale, costume drama, comic operetta, or the like. Check it out here.

Word for Wednesday - a Writer's Game

Guess what the word means.

The word is: Ruritanian

Come back at 3:00 to see if you were right.

Tip for Tuesday - word usage

Lose v. Loose

The word lose is pronounced looze, whereas loose is pronounced loose

~ If you let your dog run loose, you could lose him.

Chose v. Choose

The word choose is prounounced chooze, whereas chose is pronounced choze.

~ They told me I had to choose a major, so I chose English.