Catherine's Blog

Niagara Falls Trip

Michael and I went to Niagara Falls for a Union meeting between 6/5 and 6/8. We had a great time. This is the link to the pictures.

Niagara Falls Trip Picture Albumn 

Speed Racer

I posted this on MTV Movie Blog 

Well I sure don’t work for any branch of the movie industry. I and my family LOVED Speed Racer. My hubby was glad that they kept the ‘cartoony’ aspect and didn’t try to make it too real. I think they did a good job with casting. I’m no Matrix fan either but the script worked for this story very well. It was true to its roots while still being updated and 21st century. We made sure our 11 year old had a background in the original cartoon before we took her too. But I don’t think it would have been necessary for her to enjoy it. If people don’t understand the action or the plot they are either dumb as bricks or trying to see what isn’t there. It was supposed to be fun and it was. I can’t see how it was a @@@* of the original either when the original was all campy and flash to begin with. It isn’t so much a racing movie as it is ‘kung-fu’ with cars. My daughter who dosn’t like very much and never wants to see anything again was bugging to see it again as we walked out of the theater. The bottom line is ‘never listen to the critics’ , they’re idiots.

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Forbidden Kingdom

We went yesterday to see "Forbidden Kingdom", the new Jackie Chan/Jet Li movie. It was totally awesome. The characters were fun and the plot with the amarican kid was sweet. The locations where it was shot in china were incredible. I'd pay to see it again. Jackie and Jet were unbelievable. The kungfu scenes were strictly chinese style.

Day 7

We went to the movies and ate dinner together.Boiled chicken peas and carrots and brown rice. I ended up with a lot of gas after dinner, probably the fiber and hormones.

Day 5

Doing better today. I only got hungry once, between lunch and dinner so I had all my 'snacks' then in the form of one protien bar (Luna). I could only eat about 500 cal at dinner, I got full believe it or not. My stomache must have shrunk. I exercised in the afternoon too. Michael too a easy ride at Calverton.

Day 4

Oi, when is this going to end? I woke up feeling ok but I made sure I took in a little more calories than yesterday so that I wouldn't crash like i did yeasterday. But I get so hungry and I still have no stamina. I switched from Slippery elm bark tea to capsules and yesterday and today I also drank fennel and pepermint tea.

Day 2

Today was the second precleanse shake day. Man I miss food and so does michael.We went to bed early today again. I feel so tired.

My cleanse doesn't have any ginseng, no licoice, no cayanne, no psyillium and no aloe vera.

My Accelerator Supplements:

Alpha Lipoic Acid*

Choline Bitartrate/Inositol*

Cider Vinegar*

Cinnamon*

Green Tea

Octacosanol*

Pau D'arco*

Royal Jelly*

Yucca*

IsaGenix

Michael decided to start Isagenix 9 day cleanse today. He was really hungry and tired today. Me too. Though I did manage to exercise on my rotary stepper today. I made up a modified plan for myself because I can't ingest a number of the ingredients in the isagenix formulas. I will outline what my plan includes a little at a time. I''l mark the supplements which are new to my regime with this *

My shake supplements:

Acacia fiber*

Calcium

Calendula*

Cats Claw

CoQ10

Cranberry

Devil's Claw*

Dong Quai

Essential Enzymes

Eyebright*

Feverfew*

Fish Oil

Flax Seed Oil

Ginko Biloba

Glucosamine/MSM

Milk Thistle

Multi vitamin

Nettle

Red Clover

Sarsaparilla

Vitamin D

What happens in Vegas

My mother and father left yesterday for Vegas. They are staying with my father's Aunt Eileen. Ma just called to see how the cat was since Marina and I are cat sitting.

PS2 woes

Marina's complaning that her memory cards won't work on the PS2 so I figured that we should just reformat them. Well after a little research I find it isn't as easy as it sounds. Now I have to go through our programs and see which if any will reformat a memory disc. Poopies.