Cookies are in the oven, clothes need to be folded and the kids's plane is delayed an hour. Yay! (I know, I'm a freak.) But, more time to get all the last minute things done and I need it.

My parents just added a new family room to the house, and they're putting in a big TV and all new sound system and all kinds of stuff like that. And they cannot agree on anything here. Anything. They were seriously sitting in the next room arguing about which bracket to get to attach the TV to the wall.

I have been to the laundromat. It was confusing but I survived.

have fun, Hil.

find a corner to hide in

There are no corners to hide in. All the floors just got refinished, so we have almost no furniture. Their bedroom and my sister's room have beds, and that's it. I'm sleeping in my sister's room until Friday, when the floor finish will be set enough that we can bring the furniture back in. So right now, I'm kind of hiding out in my sister's room, but I'm still within earshot of them. (They've stopped arguing about the bracket, thankfully.)

I'm not sure what we're going to do tomorrow. None of the current crop of movies appeals--curse you, Peter Jackson, for spoiling us all!--so maybe we'll stay at home, eat, drink wine, and watch DVDs.

Inkheart is quite watchable - it's no LotR, but pretty scenery, Paul Bettany and Brendan Fraser being decorative, Andy Serkis & Helen Mirren being fabulous, and the plot is quite Buffistaish. fwiw.

We're not doing Christmas until the 27th. Which feels...weird. But on the bright side, I think I'm going to hit the shops on Boxing Day, and maybe pick up extra pressies in the sales! Which would be cool!

Stop teasing- we don't get Inkheart until January.

Oh! Sorry - didn't realise!

We went to see Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa yesterday - that was a lot of fun. And whilst there I saw a poster for Australia, with Huge Ackman and Nicole Kidman, and today I saw a random trailer, and I am so going to go see that! I mean, the script might suck, I don't know, but they've got capable and highly decorative actors, plus great scenery, so definitely worth a look I think. I have no idea what the plot is, but I've enjoyed everything I can think of that I've seen either of them in. (Well, except X3, and that wasn't his fault - he didn't write the script or do the directing.)

edited to correct the movie - I liked X2. It was X3 that made me want to knife someone.

Ok, today isn't being as cooperative as I would like. Yay, it is up to 3 whole degrees above 0 Farenheit (that's -16 for those of you following along in Centigrade). Boo, Daniel isn't getting to come home early for Christmas Eve. Yay, I called and ordered from our favorite Chinese restaurant before they closed early for the holiday. Boo, I can't pick up my order due to discovering a flat tire when I went start the car. Yay, they also deliver. Boo, I followed a link on an ad in my gmail for "#1 Law of a Perfect Body - Health.Discovery.com - How I Lost 42 Pounds in 2 Months. Just Obey this 1 Rule, That's All." to the Discovery Health website, only to find there is no article or video that remotely answers to that description.

That flat tire, well, it could be worse. I mean, Daniel's off work, so I can use his vehicle tomorrow. But if I've got his van, he won't be able to come hang out with me, while the group home is empty of residents.