Nine Queens Nueve Reinas

This year I am taking a lot of Spanish.  Not just for the semester but  for the year.  It is also not just attendeding a class and learning a few vocabulary words, it is so much more, so many more hours.  But it is not bad and I am learning a lot.

My children have a field trip to Belize this year, yeah be jelous they get the most AWESOME feild trips, and if we were going I can now say hello to and good buy to most the people there and ask them where do you park your car?  Just Kidding.  I would be fine to order drinks too.  But we are not going to Belize this March.  With so many babies they would not let my children back into school after traveling international flights with them and I love the school.  So I will wait till they go to Egypt.


The other night we watched a late movie I did not return home till midnight and that was after starting Spanish at 5, like I said long hours and a lot of commitment.  It was an Argentine movie.  Honestly I was not looking forward to it.  I was tired and thought it would be about as much fun as a low budget indy film.  But I went like my grade depended on it, and it does.  I am glad I did the film was great.



It was called Nine Queens or Nueve Reinas.  It was in Spanish.  You do need more than a Dora level comprehension to understand it.  But luckily for me there were subtitles.  Although I could pick out a few words without reading.

it is a movie about con artist that is not what you think.  It had such a twist I did not see it coming.  It made the movie.  A lot like the Usual Suspects if you have seen that one.  And the quality was fine same as Hollywood but it is not a special effects movie.  So if you can find it I fully suggest it.

DiGiorno 200 calorie pizzas

I tried DiGiorno's 200 calorie pizza and I was...not impressed.  I bought it because I though the small sizes would be a quick snack and fairly healthy at 200 calories.  Well snack for my boys lunch for me.



 I had received a $1.00 off any two coupon in my Sunday adds.  The normal price for it runs between $3.50 -$4.00.  I love buying quick and easy snacks to heat up when we just have to go or have not made it to the grocery store type of days.  I really was looking forward to this.

I rarely eat DiGiorno anyways so keep that in mind with this review.  I have been trying them more lately with the new pizza and appetizer combos but have not loved those either.  I just prefer delivery pizza.  And I DO NOT think they taste like delivery.

I removed there "hot pockets" like packaging and placed it in the oven.  I cooked it for under the allotted time and the thin crust slices came out brittle and dry.  I was not impressed.  My kids took a bit or two, I took a bite or two and all of us let it lay.  It was dry and frozen tasting.  Not good.

Any redeeming qualities?  Yes.  Inside the package I was disappointed to find out I did not win a spa trip.  But I was happier when I saw another $1 off coupon.



Even though I did not care for it if I can find it on sale and use my coupon I will try again.  Like I said it is nice to have quick snacks that you can jump to in a hurry.  I just wish it tasted better.

The happiest sex offender

When you think of sex offenders you tend to think of?  The dirtiest of sum in nasty dark places where society has left them and rightly so.  People you don't like, don't want to be around, and probably judge pretty heavily.  When you think of sex offenders do you think of someone like him?



No, I don't either.  A well groomed, good looking very happy man.  This was the front page of our local newspaper.  This is what you saw in all the newspaper dispensers all over the area.  This is misleading.  I was so taken back by the happiest sex offender I opened it up wondering what?

I opened it up to find...



Our superior local paper lives up to it well deserved reputation.  Dumb Asses.

Ugh sometimes I HATE living in such small towns.

This is an article about this pictured police officer checking up on sex offenders and making sure they are doing what they should be.  He is not the sex offender.  But you would never know if you looked at the folded front page.  Can you imagine his mothers shook as she walked by a newsstand?!  Can you imagine the razzing he got from his fellow officers.  Can you believe the editor who did not look this layout over.  Wow.

Taken

Yes another movie review. Yes another Liam Neeson movie. This one was better. It is an older movie from 2008 but it was new to us. It is an action packed testosterone fast paced movie. Basically it is about a divorced dad who was once a CIA agent now retired and not really doing to much. But he has a teenage daughter who he reluctantly let go to Paris to follow U2 on a concert tour. {SPOILER} Once she arrives there she is taken and thrown into the sex slave world. But she calls him as this is happening and he goes after the kidnappers with a vengeance until he retrieves her, basically unharmed.

As I said in my last Liam Neeson review he is just old. In this movies he takes on tons of in shape younger body guards. Some scenes 7 at a time. So it is very unbelievable you can't even pretend. My husband was calling him kick ass grandpa, which pretty much sums it up. He did successfully always win against however many.

However my husband who is also OLD said if it were Faith he would come after them whoever and where ever too. So chasing after your daughter to protect her has no age restraint. Awe thanks honey, but remember I am younger and faster I will get to her to just a bit quicker. But l pray nothing like that will ever happen. No one is getting my daughter she sleeps with me every night.

Again it is the same movie you have seen before but apparently most movies are. It was okay though. I like it better than Unknown and I stayed awake. I guess worth the watch but never with children or teens.

Unknown

Ready for another movie review? Well anyways here it is. Yes I know we have been watching A LOT of movies lately and that really is not us but with school starting this week we have been spending more time at home winding down and relaxing and trying not to go, go ,go. Movies at night are a perfect way to do that.

This time we watched Unknown. Well this movie was unknown to me I had never heard of it Jay saw it on the ipad of someone sitting next to him on a plane. So he got to watch it silently and was interested enough to get it for us. If he wanted to watch it that much I would be happy to check it out.

It was a fast action secret agent movie. It stared Liam Neeson, who is best know around our house for his appearance on Sesame Street.

He fit in this movie and did a good job but it seems like a Matt Damon movie. And he would have been more fun to watch. Maybe I would not have fell asleep then. Yes I did, it could not keep me awake. It just is the same secret agent got involved in something he shouldn't and now they are out to eliminate him before he tells. And surprise yes he never dies. He escapes with a beautiful young woman and now they/she will have a good life.

There were lots of explosions, car chases, bad guys with guns, planes and of course set internationally in the middle of a big city. There were a few surprises and twists.

Overall I would not watch it again. It was fine for the first time, okay but not great.

The Source Code

The other night we curled up on the couch to watch the source code. It was new, sounded exciting, action, and got good reviews. We continually heard the commercials for it so thought it was worth a try and... it was.

It was about a good looking guy who has to save the world. And he keeps reliving the same event until he gets it right. Much like groundhog day but with a modern matrix addition except Jake Gyllenhaal is by far hotter than Bill Murry. He falls for a victim in the circumstance that he is trying to save the world from. And his controller (the matrix part) falls for him.

It was not too bad for children, two of mine watched it with us. My little boy who was 2 watched because he would not go to bed. The whole movie took place on a train and that kept his attention. Of course he can't understand the movie he just like seeing the train and watching it blow up over, and over, and over (like I said Groundhog Day). My 6 year old came into it sleepy and was barley awake so really neither saw or understood anything. But it is not a movie containing and sex a kiss or two, bad language was to a minimum, I don't really remember any, but there sorta was a lot of violence the train blew up over and over killing everyone but you did not see dead people just the explosion. There were also a few fights and a few gun shot victims. But it is not meant for kids I would not recommend it for them but I also would not shew them out of he room immediately.

Overall it was okay. It was not that great but it was not bad. The main character was cute his love was very pretty and had awesome hair I wish fell naturally upon my head. It was such a copy of Groundhog Day that was disappointing, but it was modern and if you have never seen either I would recommend it.