Mommy Brain

I am beginning to think this winter is one for the books, in two ways – the amount of snow we’ve gotten (more is supposed to be on the way) and the amount of sickness we’ve had. I know it’s only January 18th, but I am ready for Spring.

With our sick week, we have done a lot of movie watching. If you haven’t yet seen Akeelah and the Bee, you must go Netflix or rent it right now. It is a truly wonderful movie. Kevin and I watched 3:10 to Yuma. Brilliant acting, gorgeous men, and a plot and characters that keep you thinking for a long time. What more could you want from a movie? We have also discovered a new series through Netflix – The Dresden Files. Dad had watched it on the Sci-Fi channel and recommended it, so we’re watching Season One. Think Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Harry Potter meets CSI. Very entertaining.

I am praying and hoping that everyone is over the worst of it by Sunday afternoon so that we can go see National Treasure 2 at the theater. It is finally playing at our little theater in our little town. I plan on thoroughly enjoying our weekend, since we will be having some extra school time during the next couple of weeks to get caught up, and our February is shaping up to be a busy month – but busy with mostly fun stuff, thank goodness.

Before I give you my links, I have a favor to ask. One of my article assignments this week is to write about the 10 most popular chocolate bars. For research purposes, I’m going to take an informal poll: please leave a comment listing your top three candy bars. (I know, it sounds like a fun topic, but just so you don’t think it’s all candy, last month I had to write about composting toilets. Ugh.)

Now, on to this week’s links:

~ Don’t forget to leave a comment on this post to win a copy of Ayo’s Joyful CD. Come on, people, I have two free copies to give away and no takers so far.

~ The Library of Congress is uploading their photo archives to Flickr. Thousands and thousands of historical photos for perusing. Check it out, but be prepared to spend lots and lots of time. Hat tip: Meg.

~ Hollywood Jesus has a fantastic article – the best one I’ve read about the whole “Dumbledore is gay” issue.

~ 5 Minutes for Mom is having another great giveaway – they’re giving away an Insignia Bluetooth MP3 player from Best Buy! Head on over to find out how to enter.

~ This video on the Amazon blog is amazing – a protest artist released 500,000 colored plastic balls down the Spanish Steps in Rome.