This should be required viewing ....

... for anyone wanting to get married, get a dog or have kids! :) We could SOoooo relate! Laughed SO hard at times....I cried at others (& I don't typically cry at the drop of a hat!).

We've had our share of "Marley Moments"... like when Mak ate a futon. Yes - a FUTON! or when Katie got sprayed by a skunk smack dab in the kisser (licker?!)...came in gurgling/foaming at the mouth --- rubbing her face in the carpet downstairs ....AARgHhhhh. - .... I tho't for sure she was dying (!) ...what a scene as we attempted to deal w/ her in her misery (me gagging the whole time!) & then the aftermath of the horrible lingering stench. And youda tho't she learned her lesson after that but noooooo....UGGGHH. Needless to say - there's no more carpet downstairs! Strike was traumatized & I believe she still has flashbacks ...she can smell a skunk a mile away & goes around closing doors & windows at the first wiff!

Unfortunately even tho' it's PG there are a few parts they coulda/shoulda left out ( I guess that's where the Parental Guidance is required ...aka Remote Control... & more specifically, fast forward) - but overall a great "documentary" of real life if indeed you are living - or attempting to live - the "American Dream" (btw ... I'm not so sure that's all it's cracked up to be....ph that's a subject for a future post).

I may be the last person in America to see this movie - but if by chance you haven't either, click here for a clip: http://marleyandmemovie.com/

Any Marley Moments you care to share?

Wall-e Review ***** (5 Stars :)

I took Strike & her friend to see Wall-e yesterday. I gather many kids don't like itall that much - which probably explains why I liked it so(!) much :) I think some kids don't like it b/c it forces them to think - for themselves - (ouch?!) -to understand it - as opposed to being "purely" entertained -- which is precisely what the movie underscores so well by very creatively illustrating that the more we cave in to comfort & convenience, the more we hand over control of our personal lives & society in general to an "elite" few....& soon we're fat, lazy, & expecting/think we deserve (selfish!) everything we want or think we need to be handed to us - to the point that we forget how to think & take care of ourselves --& we even lose the desire to ... that's the really scary part. Tho' you don't have to see Wall-e to see "all of that" (just look around!), go see it anyway - w/ your kids... & talk about it afterward. Might be the most interesting conversation you've had with them in a while :) I think certain people should be required to watch it.... middle & high school students, the woman who sued McDonald's b/c she spilled hot coffee on herself & was burned, anyone who is physically/mentally able to work but doesn't want to b/c they'll lose too many government benefits (handouts!) &/or their disability check - that they don't even have to walk to the mailbox to get - because it's (oh sooo conveniently!) direct deposited right into their bank account...