So, we've been pretty disappointed with the lack of good offers on our Fountain Valley house. But then after talking to some friends who recently sold their house, we realized that we really haven't been doing a good job about praying about the house selling, and really laying it out to God. So we started doing that regularly, and guess what, we've seen some movement!
Yesterday we got three offers on the house. Now none of them were what I'd call "great", but they were offers and there's something to be encouraged by. We countered back to all of them today, so pray with us that we'll get on contract very soon and get the thing sold.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Recent movies ...
Saw a couple of movies lately, here's the scoop ...
Juno (4.8/5)
An excellent movie, one of the best I can remember watching. My favorite part of it was the dialog which was tight, understated, but witty, and just very memorable. It was a serious movie ... it was well made and addressed real world issues ... but managed to do so while keeping a light atmosphere. It was offbeat and quirky, but not weird. I love Michael Cera ... he's so subtle and real, but not boring. It left me feeling good and uplifted and wishing the movie would keep going and going. Definitely one of my all time favorites.
Nick and Nora's Infinte Play List (3.7/5)
Kind of a fun, strange movie about an evening out for a group of high school kids. It was interesting and entertaining. It had some fun dialog. It wasn't quite tight enough to merit a higher school, but was a fun watch. My new favorite actor, Michael Cera, of Arresting Development fame, was the lead. I guess I don't have a lot to say about it, but it was a nice, if a little vulgar, movie.
Movies I've seen recently:
Juno - 4.8/5
Slumdog Millionaire - 4.6/5
Iron Man - 4.2/5
Wall-E - 4.0/5
Traitor - 4.0/5
The Dark Knight - 3.9/5
Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist - 3.7/5
Kung Fu Panda - 3.5/5
The Passion - 3.5/5
Valkyrie - 3.5/5
The Incredible Hulk - 3.4/5
Horton Hears a Who - 3.0/5
Jonah, a VeggieTales Movie - 2.4/5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 1.9/5
Burn After Reading - 1.5/5
Juno (4.8/5)
An excellent movie, one of the best I can remember watching. My favorite part of it was the dialog which was tight, understated, but witty, and just very memorable. It was a serious movie ... it was well made and addressed real world issues ... but managed to do so while keeping a light atmosphere. It was offbeat and quirky, but not weird. I love Michael Cera ... he's so subtle and real, but not boring. It left me feeling good and uplifted and wishing the movie would keep going and going. Definitely one of my all time favorites.
Nick and Nora's Infinte Play List (3.7/5)
Kind of a fun, strange movie about an evening out for a group of high school kids. It was interesting and entertaining. It had some fun dialog. It wasn't quite tight enough to merit a higher school, but was a fun watch. My new favorite actor, Michael Cera, of Arresting Development fame, was the lead. I guess I don't have a lot to say about it, but it was a nice, if a little vulgar, movie.
Movies I've seen recently:
Juno - 4.8/5
Slumdog Millionaire - 4.6/5
Iron Man - 4.2/5
Wall-E - 4.0/5
Traitor - 4.0/5
The Dark Knight - 3.9/5
Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist - 3.7/5
Kung Fu Panda - 3.5/5
The Passion - 3.5/5
Valkyrie - 3.5/5
The Incredible Hulk - 3.4/5
Horton Hears a Who - 3.0/5
Jonah, a VeggieTales Movie - 2.4/5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 1.9/5
Burn After Reading - 1.5/5
Weekend in Summary
Had a great weekend with lots of family and relaxing. Here are the nuggets:
- My sister Jane rolled into town in Thursday night late. Her late arrival gave Laura, Gow, Cyndie and I enough time to watch 3 episodes of 24 Season 6 ... getting us near the half way mark.
- Did lots of relaxing together as an extended family. Emma (especially) and Timmy really enjoy spending time with their little cousin Sally. They're progressing in their ability to enjoy her company without totally invading her personal space!
- Friday night we went down to Antioch, IL to see my aunt's art show and spent some time exploring a nature walk near the show.
- The Crystal Lake cousins came up early Saturday to hang out a bit.
- Cyndie went to a friends birthday party on Saturday night and enjoyed hanging out with a bunch of lady friends.
- Sunday was mother's day ... Cyndie got to sleep in a tiny bit (the best we could do with me having to leave early to get to church for worship team). The day was filled with more relaxing and hanging out with family.
- Cyndie's looking forward to starting sailing again this summer. The first event (actually a warm up before the first event) will be Tuesday.
- Emma lost another tooth (and was distraught when she literally lost it). Things worked out in the end, and the tooth fairy brought her a summer outfit!
- Next weekend is Emma's birthday ... 7 years old and soon to be a second grader!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
What's up ...
So, not a whole lot interesting going on ...
- Worship team practice last night.
- Cyndie found a couple of good deals on some camping equipment at a friends garage sale.
- Cyndie is hosting a table for the MOPS mother's day brunch today.
- My sister Jane is arriving tonight to be here for the long weekend. The kids (and us too) are very excited.
- Tonight will be a continuation of the 24 season six marathon for Gow and Laura and I. We're shooting for 3 or so episodes after the kids hit the sack and before Jane arrives.
- Cyndie and the kids did a bang up job cleaning out the jacuzzi yesterday. It gets a weird buildup of minerals, so we drained it to start fresh for the summer. They were interrupted from refilling it by a torrential downpour. As the kids said, at least they were wearing their swim suits!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Royals success
I know all of you care ...
I just love looking a the American League Central standings these days. Seeing the Royals up top of the division is something that I cannot get enough of. For my birthday, I got a subscription to MLBtv so that I can watch all the Royals games. I've totally enjoyed seeing them be so successful, especially given their extremely poor track record the last 15 years.
Last night, Royals ace Zack Greinke tossed another* complete game shutout. His ERA is 0.40 ... he's allowed 2 earned runs in 46 or so innings pitched, and leads the league with 55 strikeouts. He is just insane right now!
*Yes, that's his second shutout of the year. In fact, here's the league leaders in shutouts:
Zack Greinke 2
Everyone else 0
I think it will be a great summer to be a Royals fan, and believe me, us diehards deserve it considering the quality of teams we've had to endure recently.
I just love looking a the American League Central standings these days. Seeing the Royals up top of the division is something that I cannot get enough of. For my birthday, I got a subscription to MLBtv so that I can watch all the Royals games. I've totally enjoyed seeing them be so successful, especially given their extremely poor track record the last 15 years.
Last night, Royals ace Zack Greinke tossed another* complete game shutout. His ERA is 0.40 ... he's allowed 2 earned runs in 46 or so innings pitched, and leads the league with 55 strikeouts. He is just insane right now!
*Yes, that's his second shutout of the year. In fact, here's the league leaders in shutouts:
Zack Greinke 2
Everyone else 0
I think it will be a great summer to be a Royals fan, and believe me, us diehards deserve it considering the quality of teams we've had to endure recently.
Nearing school end, kinda
So, we appear to be in the home stretch for school. There's roughly a month of classes remaining for Emma (and Timmy a week and a half less than that). That must mean summer is almost here! I wish the weather could stay like it is now ... it's mostly beautiful (with the occasional rain to add variety) ... usually in the high 60s or low 70s ... with a pleasant amount of moisture in the air and not much for bugs. Contrast that with later summer when it will be a humid high 80s and the mosquitos will get you when you go out in the evening. Ah well, we'll enjoy it while it lasts!
We don't have a ton of plans for the summer ... hopefully a trip to KC to enjoy some time at my aunt and uncle's cabin that we really like; a weekend camping trip; a few things like that, but mostly we'll be relaxing and enjoying the Wisconsin summer!
Speaking of school, we found out yesterday that Emma's old school in SoCal is closed for the next 1 - 2 weeks because two students came down with the Swine flu. Craziness. I haven't been following this closely, but what's the difference between this and the "normal" flu. Normal flu kills people too. Whatever. I understand that the big discussion there amongst the Moiola parents is whether this unexpected vacation will add time to the end of the school year or not.
As for the weekend. Cyndie had a successful time at her scrapbooking retreat. She's caught up* through most of 2006.
*Is it really caught up if you're not all the way through the present? Perhaps I need to use the English language a bit more properly.
The kids and I hung out with Gow, Laura and Sally a bit. The adults of that crew are making our way through 24, season six. Over the weekend evenings we got through the first 9 or so episodes. Saturday morning we ventured over to Kenosha to tour the Jelly Belly warehouse there (and of course try the samples). Afterward, we had a picnic at Lake Michigan which was a lot of fun!!
So, the week beckons again. Lather, rinse, repeat.
We don't have a ton of plans for the summer ... hopefully a trip to KC to enjoy some time at my aunt and uncle's cabin that we really like; a weekend camping trip; a few things like that, but mostly we'll be relaxing and enjoying the Wisconsin summer!
Speaking of school, we found out yesterday that Emma's old school in SoCal is closed for the next 1 - 2 weeks because two students came down with the Swine flu. Craziness. I haven't been following this closely, but what's the difference between this and the "normal" flu. Normal flu kills people too. Whatever. I understand that the big discussion there amongst the Moiola parents is whether this unexpected vacation will add time to the end of the school year or not.
As for the weekend. Cyndie had a successful time at her scrapbooking retreat. She's caught up* through most of 2006.
*Is it really caught up if you're not all the way through the present? Perhaps I need to use the English language a bit more properly.
The kids and I hung out with Gow, Laura and Sally a bit. The adults of that crew are making our way through 24, season six. Over the weekend evenings we got through the first 9 or so episodes. Saturday morning we ventured over to Kenosha to tour the Jelly Belly warehouse there (and of course try the samples). Afterward, we had a picnic at Lake Michigan which was a lot of fun!!
So, the week beckons again. Lather, rinse, repeat.
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