Far, Far Away

Well, I'm still not readily "equipped" on the topic that I was planning to blog about today, but hopefully I soon will be. I'm also hoping I won't simply forget to talk about it at all because of a lost enthusiasm due to time delay. But, fortunately, I do have other things to talk about today.
  As you all [hopefully] know, this weekend was Mother's Day weekend, which, for me, meant that I got to spend a good 3 days away from most civilization in the little treasure of a town called Summerville, GA (right next to Snuffyville, if that helps you out). It also meant that I spent good, quality time with my family, including my cousin/b.f.f.a.e.a.e., Katie (the other author of this blog, which I would hope you know by now). Also included was an out-of-the-ordinary, non-Christmas visit by my Aunt Kristy, all the way from New York. Anyway, to pass some of the time, Katie and I took a little trip to Rome to see a movie. Unfortunately, Rome in this instance, is only that of Floyd County, GA (for those of you who aren't aware of this charming north-Georgia town, either), and not that of Italy, which I would love to see some day. But I digress. The movie we chose was Something Borrowed.

Now, I don't normally rant or rave over romantic comedies due to the (typically) completely false view of life/love that they subliminally give women of all ages; but, this one was really good. Maybe it's just because John Krasinski is one of my many celebrity boyfriends or maybe it's because this romantic comedy was particularly more comedic than most (thanks to John no doubt); but either way, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Aunt Kristy also brought her own selection of movies for the family to enjoy together. One of which was The King's Speech. I had been wanting to see this, mainly because it won some awards and I wanted to see what was so good about it. Well, it won those awards for a reason, because it was superb. I used that word because it sounds British to me and I thought it was appropriate.
And last but not least of the movies I saw this weekend is Water for Elephants, which I fully expected to be just like another one of those Nicholas Sparks books-turned-movie (despite the fact that it was definitely not written by Sparks). I guess that just shows my severe lack of insight into the world of literature (probably due to the fact that I don't read). Anyway, suffice it to say I was very pleasantly surprised. There were even a few action sequences that actually did have me on the "edge of my seat" saying "Get him! Get him!"... Oh and Rob Pattinson didn't hurt, either. 

Here are a couple pictures of the card I drew my mom for Mother's Day, by the way.

I suppose they're kind of personal, but I'm pretty proud of this since I'm not typically the best at hand-lettering.