Just testing out Anya’s category here. Her personal link should be up and running soon as well.

Okay, so last night and today we watched “Final Destination 3″. We have to watch these type of movies when Anya’s asleep so sometimes that makes for 2 or 3 part movies. If you liked the first two movies in this trilogy then you should like this one. I actually liked this one better than the second one but not as much as the first one. The first “Final Destination” was more of a thriller. This one was more gory than anything else. Its rated R and runs about 95 minutes.
For teenagers – 3 and a half stars
For 20 and 30 somethings- 2 and a half stars
For baby boomers – 1 star
For kids 12 and under – Not recommended

Okay, so a fly flew into our house sometime recently, but he only appears when Anya’s napping, so that’s a bit strange and I don’t have a fly swatter so I guess he’s just going to buzz around until he escapes. We watched “V for Vendetta” last night and overall it was okay if you like comic book type movies and are willing to sit through an extremely long, complex film. Not for kids of course, but I would say age 10 and up would be okay with it. A little violent at the end and has serious themes reminescent of “Schindler’s List”, but overall a decent film with a decent message. I like Natalie Portman and it had a bit of romance towards the end, so if you liked the “Fantastic Four” and “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”, this movie is a bit better than those two to me, but its on the same level as those. I’m going to rate the movies I watch with stars until I think of something else. 1 star being bad and 5 stars being the best and highly recommended, plus I’m going to do categories, so here begins my movie reviews…
For boys 10 and over and husbands who like video games – 3 stars
For girls 10 and under and Mommies – 1 and a half stars
For couples -2 stars
For kids 10 and under – Not recommended
V for Vendetta is rated R and runs 132 minutes starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving.

Hi everyone. So begins my first post about animal rescue. Anya and I go to the Henderson Animal Shelter once a week. We give the dogs and cats treats and love on a few of the animals if we can. There was a full blooded Weimeraner in there today, a border collie, two sweet beagles, a black Lab, and some beautiful Siamese cats just to name a few. Meanwhile there are people looking at $1000 dogs in pet stores, which I feel bad for them too because all dogs and cats need homes but there 9,589 animals euthanized a day in this country because of overpopulation in shelters. 9,589! And that’s according to the ASPCA in 2002, so its probably increased since then. Needless to say, Anya and I go to the shelter to give these animals hope and lift their spirits even if its just for 30 minutes. People always ask me how I can stand to go to the shelter, to me, I feel like at least someone goes. I would rather go every day and not adopt a dog and give the animals hope and a little love then to never go and for the animals to sit there and wonder what they did wrong to be in dog jail and never see a smiling face. I do have my bad days though where I basically come home and beg Travis to let me adopt another dog, but as he reminds me we just don’t have a big enough yard for another dog right now. We don’t really have a yard at all. We have a 10×20 patio, but it doesn’t stop me from wanting to help. I wish I could afford to adopt a dog a week and then give them free to a good home that I pre-screen or something just to help save one, but that becomes a hard proposition as well because that’s what the shelter is there for I guess. All I can do is try to bring awareness to people and feature a few dogs on my website and encourage adoption! Okay, I’m off my soapbox now! I’ll try to not preach about this too often!