Nothing terribly exciting going on in the Yager house in March. We've had a pretty laid back couple of weeks, and have been spending some of our spare time working on building some DVD bookshelves. I plan to blog a special post about that when it's finished, so you'll have to be patient to wait for pictures. :)
We were offered a free one-month trial for Netflix, so we've been enjoying streaming and watching some off-the-wall movies that the library doesn't offer.
Our first and favorite movie was "October Baby." I recommend that everyone see this movie. The story was beautiful and moving. Their tagline is "Every Life is Beautiful" and they do a wonderful job of addressing the issue of abortion. As a couple struggling with infertility, it was especially moving.
We also watched "The Magic of Belle Isle," which stars Morgan Freeman. It was a sweet story about a man who is a writer but has lost his motivation to write, let alone live. His meeting and getting to know a family next door re-inspires him.
We then watched "The Intouchables," which is a French movie (watch it with English subtitles) about a quadriplegic who hires a new assistant. They become close friends and inspire one another in several ways.
"Premium Rush" stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is about a bicycle messenger who gets into some danger because he's transporting a package that a bad guy wants to steal. In my opinion, it was a big cheeseball of a movie - the "action" was kind of lame, I couldn't relate to the characters, and the plot wasn't well explained.
"The Decoy Bride" was a romantic comedy set in Scotland about a celebrity actress trying to get married without the paparazzi finding out. A local on the tiny island fills in as a decoy and ends up falling for the groom. It was cute, but not a good enough story to warrant us purchasing it or seeing it again.
"Vegucated" was a documentary that followed three individuals who agreed to go vegan for six weeks. Although some of the information was correct and useful (primarily about animal cruelty and a few parts about the health potential of eating a vegan diet), there was a lot that was misleading. You see, our dietary standards are stricter than typical vegan diets. There are many vegans who are terribly unhealthy because they eat a vegan junk food diet. Oreos are technically vegan, but you're not going to become healthy by eating a diet consisting of Oreos (or a diet full of oil, fats, sugar, and processed foods, even if they are meat- and dairy-free). This documentary focused less on the scientific evidence and health reasons for eating a healthy vegan diet, and more on animal cruelty, so unless you want to learn more details about how animals are treated cruelly in the meat and dairy industry (even organic meats), I wouldn't recommend this movie if you're interested in learning about potential health improvements through diet. I deeply care about avoiding cruelty to animals, especially now that I no longer eat meat, fish, or dairy, but for us, the main reason we chose to change our diet was to improve our health. But, we found the documentary interesting in that we learned how other vegans may feel/believe, so that we can be more knowledgeable if we ever encounter some in the future, as well as how it followed "non-vegans" and their common struggles as they tried veganism for 6 weeks and then made their independent decisions about whether or not to stick with it for life.
That's pretty much what's been happening in March so far! Okay, moving on to some random cuteness!
"Hey you! Make my day, punk..."
"And tell me a story while you're at it."
Apparently it's hard to hold her attention.
The dogs have taken to digging up the plastic cover to the sprinkler system connection in the backyard. To remedy this, I put a brick on top one day. They easily moved it out of the way, and dug up the cover again. Next time, I put four bricks. Still not good enough, all four bricks were moved and they dug up the cover. So enter my lastest effort, a shrine of bricks. So far, they haven't messed with it, but I wouldn't be surprised if they knock this down one day. I realize it looks odd...My dad took care of our dogs this past weekend and he told us that when he saw this pile of bricks he thought, "Well, I guess that's where they keep their bricks?" LOL!
"Do you see what I have to put up with?!"
Farewell for now. Hopefully my next post will be about the finished DVD bookshelves!
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