Did you watch the Oscars Sunday night? I didn’t.
I haven’t seen a movie in over 5 years. I know, shocking. But I have lived.
The last movie I saw was when I was pregnant with Skylar because we had no air conditioning in the 1925 era house we were living in at the time and I was so sick with morning sickness all day sickness and just wanted to be in the a/c. So we went to the movies. I was sick the whole time and in the bathroom and can’t even remember what movie I “saw”. But at least I was cool.
After giving birth, not sleeping, and caring for a baby the last thing I wanted to do or had time to do was go sit somewhere for 3 hours. And pay a babysitter for the pleasure on top of it. It just wasn’t happening.
Netflix, online videos, and other ways to see movies without actually going to the theater? Well, honestly, I’d rather spend my limited unstructured free time blog-reading, magazine-reading, or watching some of my favorite TV shows that I DVR rather than movies.
And that’s how I fell out of the habit of seeing movies. And have never fallen back in. Crazy but true.
What’s crazier is that I eat a salad every day. No, that’s not really crazy.
What’s crazy is that I never get sick of them! It’s a food groove, not a rut.
It’s all about mixing up the dressings and adding some kick to your greens. Try Horseradish Relish Dressing to spice up your plants.
I like to pair my salads with edamame or tofu. Such as Sesame Ginger Maple Tofu
Or Pumpkin “Bread” Honey Tofu. If you freeze the tofu first, it almost turns into a pumpkin bread-like texture.
It’s really good. Try it!
And every day, I have coffee. I choose from my stash ‘a plenty that I’ve reviewed here
And most every day, I have chocolate in some form.
Vegan GF Rice Krispy Treats with Vegan Chocolate Frosting
From my last post about Being Debt Free and Saving Money, thank you for the wonderful comments you left. And thanks to new readers for finding my blog and also for those of you who have de-lurked recently and are commenting. Many thanks.
Many of you are debt-free. Congrats!
Many of you aren’t and feel it weighs on you at eats at you. I feel for you and understand.
And all of us seem to want to be better at saving money and putting money away for the future or unexpected situations like job losses or illnesses or babies coming and mom-to-be can no longer work.
I think it’s so important to acknowledge these things, even though talking about money and facing reality can be tough. It’s better to think about it and plan and make life choices with a full complement of information rather than sweeping these thoughts and conversations under the proverbial rug.
Nor would we want to sweep a dessert idea under the rug: Raw Vegan Mexican Wedding Cookies
No-Bake and comes together in less than 5 minutes with one bowl and a spoon
Questions:
1. Did you watch the Oscars? Did any movies you wanted to win, win anything?
No.
2. Did you watch the Red Carpet Shows? Any thoughts about what everyone was wearing?
Since I was clueless about the movies, I did see some red carpet dresses that were both amazing. And awful.
3. In general, do you watch movies? And if so, how often?
I used to watch tons when I was younger. And then parenthood happened. But kids aren’t going to change your life. Sure.
And as I said in the post, I’d rather read blogs, write and keep up my own blog, watch my favorite tv shows on DVR, read magazines, talk a walk outside, or play with Skylar.
4. Favorite movie(s) of all time?
Some movies I’ve liked over the years: Pretty Woman, Titanic, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Brokeback Mountain, Erin Brokovich, gosh this is hard to just name drop off the top of my head, so I will stop.
Oh and I was in the movie A Walk to Remember.
I’ve done two posts on it:
and Part 2 with a video clip
Give me your top movie picks!
I watched part of the Oscars, but only because my friend invited me over for an Oscars party! Haha. I eat a salad every day too, and I agree, it is a groove, not a rut;)
Slash chocolate every day is necessary! Lately I’ve been digging carob, which is sooo smooth, and doesn’t keep me up at night!:)
That tofu looks fab and so tasty!
I can totally see how you could fall into the habit of not watching movies, although my jaw did drop – 5 years? Wow!
I thought a few movies this year were worth seeing – Inception, Black Swan, and although I didn’t see it everyone seems to be claiming The King’s Speech is the best movie ever (and that was before it won best picture!). I don’t have a tv though, so despite being in LA I didn’t watch the Oscars.
My favorite movie of all time will forever be The Matrix.
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I can’t believe you were in a MOVIE!!
I’m gonna go check out that link NOW!! And that pumpkin bread tofu looks DELISH by the way!! :D
I saw the Oscar highlights…even though I’m not much of a girlie girl, I gotta love the dresses :-). And I watch a lot of movies, not in the cinema, though, it’s too expensive, and just not worth it when considering I can just wait a while and watch them from my own couch – I have no need to see the latest 3D-schmee-D.
Thanks for your well-wishes, I only wrote it here because I know you must’ve had to come a long way as well to discover your food allergies and what works for you. My hospital appointment was a bit of a disappointment – no allergies by skin prick test and I’ll have to wait five weeks for blood tests to come back. I can’t believe I’ve fought tummy issues for nine years and didn’t have a test until now, and only because I asked…but I guess I’m back to elimination diet, so not as exiting as I’d hoped.
I just read your giggle-fest post yesterday but was too late to comment :-) – every time I see teenage girls giggling it up together I’m reminded what it was like to have a friend you could just look at….and giggle forever, hahaha :-) great times.
i see A LOT of movies – partly b/c it’s my job but mostly b/c i love them. i see one maybe every day – either on DVD or at the theater. my next blog post will include my favorites of 2010!
I did watch the Oscars, though they weren’t great this year. At least Inception won some awards, because it was awesome.
Because I work in movies, I watch a lot of them. I had seen all of the major Oscar contenders but two, and I plan on seeing them (The Fighter and Toy Story 3).
I also love Titanic and Brokeback Mountain! A few other faves of mine are Moulin Rouge, The New World, All about Eve, Pirates of the Caribbean, Anchorman, and Grandma’s Boy. A nice mix of high- and low-brow movies. =)
I haven’t watched a movie in months. I haven’t been to the theater in years. I guess I fell out of the habit too. Whenever I think about putting in a movie, I end up picking up a book, and then 2 hours…gone.
I haven’t seen any of the movies that the Oscars were about, so I didn’t watch. That and I don’t have cable. So, that would have been difficult. I didn’t really care to watch it either though.
New reader here…just found your blog and think it’s awesome! I’m a big movie person. :) I’ve been watching the Oscars every since I was little actually…I try to watch movies when I can, but I’ve been fairly busy recently and movies are usually the first thing to get dropped from my schedule when it comes to crunch time. You listed a few of my fav movies! Other favs include Love Actually, Almost Famous, and Bridget Jones’s Diary.
Skylar’s hair is getting so long!!!! She is just beautiful!!!
I LOVE movies. I go to the theatre/rent all the time.
You definitely didn’t miss much! The Oscars this year were BORRRRRRRRIIIIIIING.
Suave Slav and I watch a film every week, so I see a lot, haha.
Favorite films = Imitation of Life, The Shining, While You Were Sleeping, Pretty Woman, and Hello Again.
It must be so awesone to have a mini you! Skylar is your twin! So, so, sooooo cute!!
I didn’t watch the oscars, but I do like quality movies. Hate sone of the time- wasting crap Hollywood puts out!
I never get sick of salad, either! That salad pic is jumping off the page perfect.
Two things- that pumpkin bread tofu looks AMAZING, and Brokeback Mountain is one of my favorite movies :) Such a tear jerker! Gets me every time…