In mournng

My official second favorite couple from Dancing with the Stars got kicked off the show on Monday...we'll miss you Sherri and Val!


She never fails to get me laughing, and he's pretty awesome too...

~Rae

So Happy

Some things that have made me smile this past week-ish...hope they do the same for you!
.Seeing one of my great friends entering the Catholic Church this Easter vigil had me grinning like an idiot :)

.The Gallaher Girls series...just some cute distraction from work and work and work!  Four girls attending a spy academy together...four cute, light books to get you through a stressful week.

Sweet and cheesy...perfect for de-stressing

.Tristan MacManus on DWTS...it's rock week on Dancing with the Stars and Tristan goes into his dance wearing a punk outfit...with coattails!

I can't find a picture of it, but this seems to be his official DWTS pic for this year...

.Dreaming of a pipe like Gandalf's...it's just that cool :)

one can always dream... :)

.Taylor Swift...I'm not always a big fan of her music, but these past couple weeks I've been listening to her new-ish CC Speak now, and am being pleasantly surprised...

go get it out from your library...it's worth hearing!

. DISCO!  So much fun :)

yes, that IS a supremely awesome disco ball snitch...I love google images :)

~Rae

Stuffs

First off, HAPPY EASTER!

On a totally different note, now that I think about it, if I post on Richard Armitage, I'd also have to do one on the lovely Irish Tristan MacManus (not that i would mind getting to post on him... :)

Lmk in the comments on what you think I should do...Tristan, Richard, both or neither...?

                                         I love Tristan cause he's such an adorable, sweet dork
                
                                                    
                                                            and then there's RA...

Let me know what you think!!!
~Rae

Good Friday

A Blessed Good Friday to all.  remember..."For God so loved YOU, that he gave his only begotten son"

                                                           

~Rae

Richard Armitage

Yes, he gets his own post...that's how spectacular he is :P

Actually, I've sort of given him up for Holy week, but a post is on the way right after Easter :)

Stay tuned!
~Rae

Easte triduum and the Lord of the Rings

So, Now that the Easter Triduum has officially started, I felt I should post on it.  We are blessed to live about 10 minutes away from a great charismatic parish which boasts a great community, full of strong faithful Catholics, a priest who's goal in life is to spread the news of "a savior who loves to save" (not to mention he's a great homilist, he rides a Harley, and is a black belt in karate).  And now you're wondering where the Lord of the Rings comes in...?

 In our family, we always had a tradition of watching the series right around Easter time...this year we saw the first on Wednesday of Holy week, we're seeing The two Towers tonight (Holy Thursday), leaving Good Friday open to watch the Passion (a great movie, but probably not the best for little kids) and triumphantly finishing with the Return of the King on Holy Saturday.

 Why?  My dad always saw these movies as the reincarnation of Easter because throughout the first two (and most of the third) movie, Frodo is carrying the ring, like Christ carried his cross and OUR SINS.  Frodo chose to carry the ring to save his people, the way Christ chose to carry our faults and sins to save US.  Thought the first two movies are masterfully done, there ends leave you wanting for more, waiting for the joyful end. The Return of the King (Yup...that would be Jesus in our case) brings a new world full of hope and a new beginning...see where I'm going with this?

Basically, I want to wish you all a lovely Easter, and give you an excuse to go on a LOTR binge...enjoy!

~Rae
Questions? Concerns? Criticisms?  Let me know in the comments!

I LOVE PARIS!

not that I've ever been there...really, I just watched the movie Gigi and have decided I love it :P
For all you people out there who haven't watched this movie, I suggest you do so at once!

The storyline is as follows: young girl grows up and her "big older brother" type friend suddenly realizes...wow!!!  Actually, there's more to the plot than that, but that's about the gist of it.  The movie does have an older theme going on, but they handle it so well that this was the first time I picked up on it.  they handle her growing up so well!! She goes from a little schoolgirl, to...this!

so pretty :P

Yes, it is an older movie, and a musical, but they pull it off with only a few awkward jazz-hand-esqe poses, and over all it's stupendous.

Go get it out at your library today! 

~Rae