3. October is a really busy month for me each year. Maybe even busier than December. I typically volunteer for fall parties for the boys at their schools, plus there is Pierce's birthday, Paul's birthday, and then various fall festivals we tend to attend. It's all a lot of fun, but it's not easy fitting in all the baking for these events - particularly now that I'm working too, even if it is only part time! Hopefully it'll all come together.
4. I watched the new version of The Great Gatsby the other night (checked it out of the library). I know it got poor reviews - and honestly, whenever a movie is made from a book it can't exactly compare. However, I really liked it. The cinematography was incredible.
5. Related to The Great Gatsby - I went through a phase a few years ago where I was reading books about Zelda Fitzgerald. Interesting stuff.
Readers, are there any movies based off books that you really like?
Linked today with Nancy's Random Friday at A Rural Journal.
Beautiful Mum, I am always impressed with you young Moms who seem to do everything andyou JOG.:-).
ReplyDeleteI once saw Vanessa Redgrave play Zelda in a theatre piece, Zelda was an interesting character.
I am so glad one of the mums got away. If I really like a book, I don't tend to see the movies. The pictures I paint in my mind are the ones I want to keep.
ReplyDelete1200 posts wow Lisa amazing and I have never seen any repeats but it is only a matter of time:) you know I am kidding. Two birthdays and all the other things will indeed keep you busy.
ReplyDeleteLove the Great Gatsby and and have never seen the movie will look it up. Have a restful weekend you look like you will be running after it:) B
I've never read a book about Zelda Fizgerald, but do know of a song she is referenced in...
ReplyDeleteLife Between the Wars, by Al Stewart.
http://www.lyricsmania.com/life_between_the_wars_lyrics_al_stewart.html
Even if you repeat a recipe that wouldn't be a bad thing, especially for your newer audience. :)
ReplyDeletei totally wonder about the Great Gatsby too? ... i've heard not one good reviews until you ... so i have been iffy ...so do i get it from Netflix or what? not sure whether to waste my time or not??! ( :
ReplyDelete127 Hours. It was a fantastic movie! Incredibly intense!
ReplyDeleteGatsby sounded good to me and I hope to see it. I didn't know anyone that saw it in the theater.
ReplyDeleteI know I repeat pin on Pinterest, at least now they tell you! I liked the new Great Gatsby too, I saw it at the show. I liked Water for Elephants.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to Ender's Game, based on the series by Orson Scott Card. Don't know if the movie will stick with the original book or expand into the 5 or so sequel books.
ReplyDeleteI loved the new version of The Great Gatsby--so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteJust like that mum!
Well, I'm reading and watching Game of Thrones right now. I'm 1/2 way through the 3rd book.
ReplyDeletea pretty mum it is!
ReplyDeleteI have The Great Gatsby here for a Christmas gift for hubby. He liked the book and the older movie. I'm glad to hear you gave it good reviews.
ReplyDeleteI want to see Lone Ranger too, even though it got not such hot reviews.
Lovely mums! 1200 posts, wow, that's a lot!
ReplyDeleteIt would be really easy to repost a recipe after years of posts. I have had that fear a few time and did the same search just to be sure.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember any movies from books that I liked much. I am sure there was one or two I just don't remember. Lol.
"The Notebook" by Nicolas Sparks was made into a movie. I thought it was great. Your mums look fantastic. How pretty!
ReplyDeleteDidn't she kill herself? Or am I confusing her with somebody else from long ago?
ReplyDeleteI have to check to see if I've run the same photo before. 1200 posts! That's a lot of work! If anyone can get through a busy month, I would count on you. I admire you ability to get so much done!
ReplyDeleteI love Lee Child's Jack Reacher books, so I was anxious to see the movie "Jack Reacher." It was pretty good, but Tom Cruise played Reacher. I like Cruise fine, but he didn't have nearly the physical build to play Reacher. So I was somewhat disappointed.
I agree. Tom Cruise is certainly not the Jack Reacher I envision. Jack Reacher is one of my fave characters. Cool dude...just don't mess with him. Aloha
DeleteThe Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books ever! I liked the new movie too. :) I usually don't care for book to movie adaptations either, but I did like it. My only issue with it was some of the soundtrack.
ReplyDeletePart time work + full time mom + baking for fall festivities > hours in a day. But, it sounds like a lot of fun, too. I'm coming up blank on the movie thing. I tend to read more than I watch, so nothing comes to mind. Have a nice weekend!
ReplyDeleteI am sure no one would mind if you posted those delish recipes of your by accident twice , reminds us to pull them out and use them again YUM !
ReplyDeleteI have some mums on the south side of my house that just seem to thrive there. The fall color is nice.
ReplyDeleteWhat pretty mums! I love them. I don't have 1/4 of the posts you do, but I still find myself searching my past posts to make sure I don't repeat a topic or photo!
ReplyDeleteI saw the Great Gatsby when .... who was it? ..... Robert Redford had the role!
ReplyDeleteThat was many many years ago!
The mums are lovely!
Have a great weekend.
I was redirected to your blog! But at least I gt here. Th mums are beautiful, it almost looks like a night background with the sun on the close up. I missed the spider story. But I did scroll down and read the previous blog, it is a sad, sad story. Not because of the missing case because you can make one again. But that a child that young would steal. Gosh, what has happened to the innocence of childhood. Perhaps he was not taught any better and he just took it without knowing.
ReplyDeleteI thought Polar Express was a good book to movie. I liked that they tried to keep the illustration style in tact.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was younger I liked both the book and movie of Flowers in the Attic. It's been years since I've seen it though.
Wizard of Oz is great, and To Kill a Mocking Bird is wonderful!
They say that if you plant your mum at the right time of the year and if you don't cut it back or something that it will keep coming back. I did have one of the two that I planted to come back in a flower pot one year but it didn't make it the next year because I think it got too cold that year and it killed it. It does seem to be that the fall is a busy time of year for me too.
ReplyDeleteLovely colored mum. Autumn is my fave...beauty and bounty! Enjoy what's left of it! Aloha
ReplyDeleteVery few..however Lord of the Rings trilogy was pretty close to being perfect. I did holler at the tv several times when scenes were not just right!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't worry about posting something twice, as long as it's not twice in the same week. Then we'd worry about you!
ReplyDeleteDespite the reviews, I enjoyed the new Great Gatsby too - especially since its author was a Princetonian!:)
ReplyDeletespeaking of confusion...when I first read "mum" (even though I SAW the photo!) I thought "mother" and then...oh no, not horror stuff. I cannot stand horror stuff; news is bad enough for me. Movies and books...probably but it's too late to put effort and energy into trying to remember.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful mum. Your boys are so blessed to have you as Mom. I always loved fall festivals at school. Hope you all have a good weekend.
ReplyDelete1200 posts... great!
ReplyDeleteI love you flowers
Mums are so pretty -- and relatively inexpensive to pick up a new one each year to add to the group (which I admit I do.)
ReplyDeleteWe watched the Life of Pi, well most of it, this week and it was surprisingly good (I didn't think I would like it.)
Love mums and I have had some come back year after year, too :) Jane Austen books made into movies, especially Emma; and Tom Clancy books made into movies, especially Hunt for Red October :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful mums!
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you do all that you keep up with, and so cheerfully. :)
Never have seen a movie from a book I don't believe but not a real mover going these days. I read though!!
xoxo
Baby Girl, the book I'm reading/studying is all about Tai Chi...it's origin, essence. And yes, October is a busy month up here as well..it's soon time to make the cookies!!!...:)JP
ReplyDeleteSeeing your everlasting Mums makes me think of a classic song: I will survive by Gloria Gaynor! LOL!!!
ReplyDeletei could never do 12000 posts!
ReplyDeletegood job!
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Beautiful mums! We start our baking and Christmas shopping in October so it will be getting busy here as well. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa,
ReplyDeleteI think you have written an outstanding wonderful blog with many extraordinary posts, thousands of them.
You are so successful, and got lots of good friends.
I am sure you must have the feeling of accomplishment.
I truly enjoy reading your posts, and going through some of your older posts as well...
I wish I had more time to spend at the computer, but I am into other personal things that take my time.
Anyway, I love to visit my online friends and read their posts.
Today's story is really good, Lisa.
Have a blessed time, sweetheart doing whatever you love doing best!
Happy Halloween in advance, Lisa, family, children, and love ones!
Greetings from Poet Starry.
Your recipes are memorable - and worth repeating . . . I LOVE it when you are honest and whip something up you don't care for . .
ReplyDeleteIn fact, I am just plain grateful you share with us . . .
You Rock.
I have some mums that have come back for a couple years, but I think it's just because we haven't had that really cold sustained below freezing temps the last couple winters... yours is pretty!
ReplyDeleteWow! 1200 posts?! How long have you written the blog?
ReplyDeleteI have a blog not in English. I have written it for 5 years. But there is only 718 posts now. : )