My Family

So we have one girl and now a boy. That makes us official, I think. We are a family. This summer is much like all the others, with the added hiccup of added Dr.'s visits. Looking for jobs, wondering if we are going to make it through this year. Childcare is going to be a challenge this year. And not a..."Childcare is going to be stretching the budget a bit and we may have to pass on a few Starbucks" challenge but more a "Oh my God we can't afford groceries and medicines with childcare" challenge.

I'm really getting tired of these "10 things you can do to free up $1,000 in your budget." on yahoo. Believe me, we cut those sorts of things a long time ago. Sigh.

Anyway, trying to get a routine going that will get us through the summer. With the late night feedings, we've gotten quite a few movies in this summer, so that's been fun. The pool has been good, and Laurana is really enjoying it. My birthday is tomorrow, and I think we're going to go watch Transformers after a quick bite. Sounds like a good day to me.

Reviews...I'll just review the last DVD I saw...

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

I don't know what all the bad publicity was about. I loved this movie. It felt like the Fantastic Four to me, was really cool and had great fight scenes. Julian McMahon as Dr. Doom was super cool. If they reboot this series, please recast the man; he was perfect. I liked the humor, and the presentation of the Four as struggling with their celebrity status. And one last note. Lots of comic lovers griped about the presentation of Galactus as a cloud. I thought it was much cooler than the guy in the dorky purple outfit. At least for the bigscreen anyway. I'm bumping FF: RotSS 1/2 a star for the bad publicity it got. ****