"Hello" (echo) (echo)

The ol' blog is getting away from me.

We've been doing small house projects, working, spending time with Meatball, working and somewhere in there is sleep, but it seems to hide. Trying not to be a doggy-blog, Meatball is doing well, he's loosing some of his puppy-ness including his blue eyes and puppy fur but he's gaining in mass and has darkened up as well.

Last night we went out with another couple to watch Taken, we went to the Claremont Cinemas, which while better than the Leb theatre, still reminds me why I prefer to wait for the movie to come out on DVD/Blu Ray. The movie plot wasn't bad, the scenes left a taste of Speed, Die Hard and Transporter all mixed together but I think at this point originality is hard to find. That being said, there were some moments that surprised me, there was a happy ending, and the lead character was a good guy, so again, not bad.
We also saw Gran Torino (not last night, but recently) with Clint Eastwood. I like Clint Eastwood, so it's hard for me to not like any movie with him in it. The movie definitely strayed from politically correct, and while perhaps offensive, it was believable. The ending definitely wasn't what I predicted. (Has anyone noticed that in all Clint's movies, if his character has a wife, they usually end up dead?)

This weekend I get to watch my niece Anna while butterbones and wife attend a wedding. I'm excited as she's so much fun to be around. There may be a small issue because we aren't sure if HG will have to work, in which case I might be bringing Meatball with me. Should be interesting...
Anna turns two (!!) next weekend, which shocks me in how fast she's grown up, but man oh man, she gets cuter and cuter. Phil one of our family friends jokes that "there is no way something that cute could come from 'butterbones'... must be the milk man's" To which his wife responds "Nope, the UPS man". I'm biased I know, but I swear I have the cutest nieces and the cutest cat & dog. Life is good.
Except that a week after celebrating Anna's 2nd birthday, it'll be my 28th. Getting old man, it's hard. Well partially. I still think in terms of young, and how much more I can do before getting old, but then I also think of how much I wanted to do and haven't. It's all good though, I'm younger than my husband and the majority of our friends so no matter what age I am... I'll be the 'youngin'. Can't beat that!!

Have a wonderful February and Valentines day!