Ribbon & Movies

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Check out these cool ribbon storage ideas. The good thing about most of these ideas is that each spool is accessible by itself. If I use up one of the blues in the middle, for instance, I have to pull off half of the spools to get to it to replace it. Fortunately, I don't use ribbon in my work all that much so it's not often an issue. I can see me moving to the slack rack idea though. I'd have to buy a new one because we are using two for decorative flag storage right now.


I'm mailing the New Year's cards today - 95 this year, which includes family, friends and customers. I spent most of yesterday assembling them - had the best day! I watched lots of Tivo'd HGTV shows and worked on the cards. Lots of fun!

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Steve and I went to see the Glory Road matinee yesterday. We were originally going to see Munich, but I suggested we see Glory Road instead. It's a sports movie so Steve asked me why I changed my mind. "Because, duh, I'll be able to get some tears out of it." That he understood.

It was very good as most of those sports movies are - and we see a lot of that based-on-a-true-story type. We talked about how they've been doing a good job of making sports movies into "date movies". It's still the same ol' underdog triumphs but it doesn't feel manipulative. Steve's very aware of the artistic license they sometimes take in telling the real story, for dramatic purposes. To me, it's just a good story. If you see this, be sure to stay through the credits where they show the real players interviewed and what they are doing now. Love that stuff. We always stay through to the very end of all credits - we're usually the last people out of the theater. You learn some interesting stuff. Not that I can think of anything now, of course. Oh wait - in this movie, one of the real basketball players played the bartender in a scene. Stuff like that is cool.

We saw 5 previews yesterday, another favorite part of the movies for us:

Take the Lead, with Antonio Banderas & Alfre Woodard. It's a dance movie that I'll probably see on Netflix someday. I hate when previews are lots of very quick hits of the movie. I suppose it's to make you want to see the movie more but mostly I find it annoying.

Akeelah & the Bee, with Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett. A feel-good movie that I know we'll see someday, about a girl from South Los Angeles who tries to make it to the National Spelling Bee. More underdog stuff.

Eight Below, with Bruce Greenwood. Oh my God - take the hankies!! I had tears in my eyes from the trailer! "Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival." The poor doggies were left behind, just watching the helicopter take off. The owners were insistent about going back to rescue their dogs, their family. This thing damn well better have a happy ending. It's a movie, it will.

The other two trailers were for movies that Steve and I couldn't decide which one we hated the most and wouldn't see if we were paid! Disagree if you must. The Pink Panther with Steve Martin and The Shaggy Dog where Tim Allen turns into a sheepdog. I'm sure they are fine films but we're just not into silly slapstickish movies.

This is the first time in my life, ever!, that I've remembered all the previews seen at a movie - the next day even. We can never remember the previews on the ride home half the time!