The Help

This was a really good movie.  It is about an aspiring writer in Jackson, Mississippi that wants to write a book from the opinion of "the help."  The movie was really funny and highly entertaining!  It was a movie that I thought was going to be a chick flick but after watching it I think Tim would like it too.  I don't want to give out too much information about the movie but I would recommend it and I encourage everyone to see it.  I also think I might eventually read the book!

No Air Conditioning = Hell on Earth

Some of you might think my title for this post is a little strong but that is honestly how I feel about not having air conditioning.  For those of you that haven't been to our house it is important for you to know that we keep our air conditioning at 67 degrees.  Being hot is something I absolutely hate!  So, after throwing a baby shower for my sister-in-law this weekend I walked into our lovely condo to find that it was 80 degrees.  Before completely freaking out I went outside and checked the line to make sure the unit wasn't frozen over.  It wasn't, so my next move was to call Tim and throw a baby fit.  After talking to Tim and somewhat calming down, I quickly realized that there wasn't going to be much we could do at 6 p.m. on a Saturday night.  Our night wasn't horrible but it wasn't fun (I did watch 2 hours of Big Brother and 3 hours of Bachelor Pad).  We ended up sleeping downstairs on the couch because our bedroom (which is upstairs) was just too hot.  The next morning, the first thing I did was start calling AC companies.  After calling about 5 companies that were in the yellow pages we decided to go with HEP (I am sure you have seen their stupid commercials).  They were the most reasonable and only cost $128 to come out to our house and then $15 every 15 minutes to diagnose your problem.  After the HEP man arrived and did some checking/looking/researching/probably sitting in his car checking his Facebook page, he delivered the news that threw me into my second baby fit for the weekend.  The news was that he couldn't fix it and that we need a completely new unit at the reasonable price of $4200.  Did I mention it cost us $143 to get that information?  OH THE JOYS OF HOME OWNERSHIP!  Our house got to 85 degrees today which I am sure is a record somewhere.  Tim has someone else coming to look at our unit tomorrow so let's hope he has some better news for us than HEP.  Until then, I just want to give out some advice for all of you sitting in your nice air conditioned house.......BE GLAD YOU HAVE AIR!

The Other Woman

I had never heard of this movie until I found it on Netflix.  It stars Natalie Portman (whom I love) so I figured I would watch it and give it a try.  It was really good and sad at the same time.  It is about a woman that falls in love with one of her married coworkers.  The two get married and she becomes the other woman.  As the movie continues, you watch her relationship develop with her stepson and the ex-wife.  There are some other twists in the movie which I won't mention but I thought it was worth watching.  I actually cried several times in this movie.  This is definitely a chick flick so I recommend watching one night when your man is out.  That is what I did and I really enjoyed watching.  Also, I think Natalie Portman is beautiful and is a great actress!!

Hall Pass

This movie was very predictable and kind of stupid.  Right when we started watching it we figured out exactly what was going to happen.  This movie is not believable at all.  Honestly, who lets their husband have a "hall pass" from marriage?  Sure it would be every guy's dream but realistically it just wouldn't happen.  Don't get me wrong, there were some funny parts in the movie but overall it really wasn't anything special.  I am SO GLAD we rented it.  I would only say watch this movie if you really have nothing else to watch.

Justified

Tim and I really love this show.  My dad had told me about it and so I figured we would check it out.  It is about a U.S. Marshal in Harlan County, Kentucky.  It is pretty awesome and we really like watching it.  The characters are great and the storyline is pretty believable.  Season three starts sometime this fall and we are very excited.  It comes on FX so I would definitely recommend that everyone check it out.  You won't be disappointed.

True Grit

A very good movie and worth watching.  I have never seen the first one and I would really like to see it after watching the remake.  I will admit that I am a huge Jeff Bridges fan.  Matt Damon was really good too and I almost didn't recognize him.  One thing that was pretty annoying was how grizzly Jeff Bridges talked because we (Tim and I) could hardly understand anything he said.  We were constantly having to turn up the volume on the TV, so if you do watch the movie make sure your volume is pretty high.  If you don't like westerns then don't watch this movie because it is a true western!  My parents thought the original version was much better (that one starred John Wayne) and from some other feed back I have been getting most older people liked the original better.  Maybe after I watch the first one I will write a comparison blog.  Until then, I would definitely recommend this version and I believe it is a movie that the whole family could watch together.      

Horrible Bosses

LOVED IT!  I was very excited about seeing this movie and I was not disappointed.  It was really, really good.  Both Tim and I thought it started off kind of slow but it picked up quickly.  Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis were great together.  There was one scene where I was literally horse laughing in my seat.  Who would have thought that a movie about killing your boss could be so good?  I do not think you will be disappointed with this movie and it was well worth the money to see it in the theater.  I will definitely be buying it when it comes out on blu ray.  I will warn that there is a lot of cursing in the movie but other than that it was great.  Definitely a must see!