Holiday Movies!

So it's the time of year when I start watching a plethora of holiday movies.  Most are obvious; others, for whatever reason, I've associated with the holidays.  I can't possibly put them in order of favorites, they all make my heart happy in lots of ways!

1.  The Muppet Family Christmas -- I bought this bad boy on VHS from eBay I was so desperate for it!  (The above video is this movie...in full length!  You're so lucky!)

2.  Home Alone 1 & 2--duh.

3.  The Santa Clause--The scenes in the North Pole are just too good.

4.  Little Women--The one from the 90s with Winona Ryder.  It was only in the last couple of years that I got over Jo not marrying Teddy.  Mostly because I read the book, but now I love Friedrich.  Really, the origin of Team Edward vs. Team Jacob comes from this story: Team Laurie vs. Team Friedrich. 

5.  Holiday Inn-- good ole fashioned fun.   

6.  Home for the Holidays--This is actually based around Thanksgiving and a dysfunctional family.  

7.  Santa Claus--Quite possibly the real Santa.  

8.  The Family Stone--Now this feels like a real family.  

9.  The Muppet Christmas Carol--Okay this is my favorite.  I actually think this take on the classic tale is better than any live theater performance I've ever seen...yeah, I said it. 

So it looks like most are distinctively holiday based and I could go on, but long posts tend to bore me.  haha.  

Happy Almost Friday!

Girls Season Deux

Completely addicted to this series.  I've already watched the trailer for season two...more than a couple times.  What?  Yes.

The Friend Wall

This is probably my favorite wall of our entire apartment.  I like to call it our friend wall.  I've just tacked up a load of pictures, mostly of...friends!  I used to want to have all our pictures in frames and just load up the wall...but then I ran short of money and just started pinning them up there.  I like lying on the couch and scanning one picture then the next thinking or feeling about a particular event or adventure.  An adjacent wall hangs all of our family pictures.  It just feels good to see and think about so many people who we love and have shaped our lives.

There are some crazy changes happening this month and it's good to lie back and soak in all the people and places that have gotten us to this apartment.  The one bedroom apartment with a yellow kitchen in an orange house.