Ringing in the New Year With a Space Western

Yes, you guessed it.   The nerds in this house are finally jumping on the Firefly bandwagon (chuck wagon?  covered wagon?).  We watched the first four episodes tonight.  I still can't figure this show out.  It's a western.  It's in space.  Ok, we've done that before with Star Wars, but this is nothing like Star Wars.  Well, other than the fact that Mal is a Han Solo type.  Alright, we've got Han Solo with horses.  Maybe it's Cowboys & Aliens (which we also haven't seen).  But, wait, there's lots of Chinese stuff.  There is a minister.  There's a doctor.  In the west.  Maybe it's Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman?  Don't forget the prostitute.  She was on How I Met Your Mother.  I am beyond confused.

I am trying to decide what I think about the characters.  Mal is okay.  Like I said, he's a bit of a Han Solo.  I love Han Solo.  I dig his holster and suspenders.  (Mal, not Han.)  I find the doctor interesting.  Maybe I connect with him because he seems almost as confused as I am.  The women are weird.  Jayne is a stereotypical muscle man, except when he isn't.  Book has some work to do with these folk.  I think they may end up corrupting him eventually.  Maybe not, since it only lasted one season.

I will keep watching.  It is way better than Arrested Development, and I stuck with that for the entire mess because everyone said it was soooooo good.  The music on Firefly is also way better than "The Final Countdown".  Thanks for nothing, G.O.B.

Wreathapalooza

The days before Thanksgiving to the early days of Advent 2013 were Wreathapalooza around here.  Between my sister, our cousins, my kids and me, there were eleven wreaths made.  I don't have pictures of all of them, and I don't have step-by-step pictures for any of them, but here are a few pictures with a bit of info about them.


This is one we made for our new baby cousin.  It is a styrofoam wreath form with dark pink, light pink and white tulle tied on it.  The gems had sticky backs as did the foam "Baby Girl" stickers.

We didn't know her name yet, so we left a blank space for it to be added.  Our aunt (her grandmother) added her name in sparkly stickers.

Our cousin hung this wreath on her hospital door, and it was adorable.  The nurses thought it was really cute.  I need to give my sister about 90% of the credit here.  I did cut a bunch of tulle.

This is my ornament wreath.  It is made with shatter proof ornaments strung on a wire coat hanger.  Add a tulle bow, and you are all set.

All of my kids made ornament wreaths for their doors.  This is my son's in progress.  We didn't have enough ornaments, so we filled in with tulle.

Here is the finished product.

These were all very easy to make and didn't cost much either  - $11 or $12 for the shatter-proof ornaments and tulle that we had around the house.  We did have to scrounge for wire hangers, but my mother had some for us.  Thanks, Mom!

Here We Go Again . . .

I have started several blogs in the past few years.  I am horrible at maintaining them.  For 2014, I have decided to read a book every week.  At the very least, I plan to write a review of each book on this blog.  We will see what happens.  I may also have posts about wifely or motherly things.  Certainly nerdy things.

Let's rock this.