John and I decided to play hooky today and leave work at 3 p.m. to go to the movies. Went to see "District 9" at 3:30. My review, in two words..........don't bother.
I LOVE science fiction, in general, and this movie fit the genre to a "T". It was pretty entertaining for about the first 10 minutes, but went downhill from there. I'm a big believer in the concept that you need to care about the characters to have any interest in the story. And I just didn't care. Didn't matter to me what happened, how it turned out, etc. But the popcorn was great, and the pizza afterwards, even better.
Have you been to the pizza place inside Fun World in Hiawassee yet? A subsidiary of Enricos. They have the best pizza around (I think so, anyway). AND....if you present a movie ticket stub, you get $2 off. We can get a large pizza with just about everything on it, and two drinks, for under $20. Yum!
And the best part of all of this was that we left the store a couple of hours early, left Drew in charge, and he had a very successful two hours! Always fun to make money while you aren't evevn working!
Oh, one more plug for the movie theater at Fieldstone Cinemas........Starting this Thursday, every Thursday through the end of October has a "buy one get one" promotion. Buy one movie ticket, and get another free. Sounds like we will be playing hooky more often!
Hint of the day: BEWARE of the fancy "steam mops" you see on infomercials on TV. You know the ones, you fill them with water, they heat up, and squirts steam on your floor, which cleans it. It does work, but there are a couple of drawbacks. First of all, every one of these machines, without exception, that we have seen, are classified as "disposable". Meaning that parts are difficult or impossible to get, or they are so expensive as to make it not worth fixing if it breaks. So if you do buy one, consider the fact that, in general, if something goes wrong with the machine, you will be throwing it away instead of fixing it. The second problem is the steam itself. Think about it..........do you really want to force hot steam into the cracks and crevices of your wood floor? Or into the grout of your tile floor? Over time, this form of cleaning can be very destructive, stripping off finishes, swelling flooring materials, and eroding grout. Just keep this in mind before you get caught up in the latest infomercial.
Til next time........
Cathy
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