Yikes.

Please look at the caption for this picture.  He actually said that.  Also, if you haven't seen this piece of crazy in it's entirety... please do.  It's TOTALLY worth the 12 minutes.

I want to go here!

Yes, I watched Kindergarten Cop yesterday.  I saw a sign in the movie that said "Welcome to Astoria".  So it was time to do some research.

WHAT!  Astoria, Oregon was home to some awesome movies!!

From wikipedia:

Astoria was the setting of the 1985 movie The Goonies, which was filmed on location. Other movies filmed in Astoria include Overboard, Short Circuit, The Black Stallion,Kindergarten Cop, Free Willy, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Benji the Hunted, The Ring,^[12] The Ring Two, Into the Wild, The Guardianand Cthulhu.

From the Goonies:

From Kindergarten Cop:

From Short Circuit:

From Free Willy

From Overboard:

I think Astoria, Oregon is beautiful!!!!   You can take a Goonies tour, btw.

More secret movies

I posted about being Perpetually 12 years old awhile back.   Well, scanning through netflix instant play yesterday, I found a movie that will always get to me...

And I don't care if you judge me.  I will defend this movie choice below.

1. I have been all over the U.S. (yes, I have!) but there is a big part of my heart that loves the values (and even sometimes the accent) of the South.  Even though I am from the Virginia Beach area, I am drawn to the comfort, consistency and safety net that a Southern community provides.

2. I like small towns.

3. I like rocky romances where couples argue or fight or spar simply because they are completely in love with each other and it's entertaining to them both.

4. I don't like "classically handsome" men.  I like Josh Lucas, in this movie.  He's super cute and attractive without being obvious.  (P.S. remind me to blog about why my mom hates Nick Lachey.  It's awesome)

5. Who doesn't love a happy ending?

Ruggedly handsome without being obvious:

I like guys that get dirty doing stuff around the house...

And frankly, there's nothing like a good "Come on, y'all!" to get the blood pumping.

Sorry, Mom from New York.

Very Christmas- December 24th

Very Christmas Eve!

After a beautiful Moravian Christmas celebration at a church near us (they put on a "Lovefeast" with tons of carols and candles and even cookies and warm cider in the middle of the service!), I got home to see that one of my favorite movies "The Holiday" was on!

I was able to catch the end, including this part: (please only watch about 3 minutes of this, after the Jack Black/Kate Winslet part, stop!.... well, or keep watching if you want to see a sweet ending to a movie whose beginning you missed)

So sweet. And just the warmth I needed this evening.

Love. Merry, Merry.

Very Christmas- December 8th

It's officially Christmas... tonight Jaime and I watched:

Bring on the Love, Universe!

Today at school we had a Christmas Cookie Exchange! 8 of us baked different cookies and we each got to take some home... mmm...

Here were my contributions:

Mama's Snowball Cookies.

Butter, Sugar, Rice Krispies, Pecans, Dates... all rolled in coconut. Oh. My. Gosh. I haven't made them in about 5 years, but they remind me of my mom and I love them. Plus, they are freaking delicious.

Christmas Shapes with a Sugar Glaze.

I remember this from my youth, as well, except it reminds me of Grandma's house. I had never tried a cookie glaze before, but it turned out SUPER yummy!

I do have more Christmas Spirit this year than I have had in about 4 years. I can feel the peace coming slowly but surely.

Be on the lookout: House Decorations and our Gi-normous Tree post coming soon

Perpetually 12 years old

So, we all have "secret movies". Admit it. There is a movie in your collection that you KNOW you will be ridiculed for having, even though at one point or another this movie has meant something to you in your life.

WELL! My secret was revealed tonight in the best way! I found out that MY secret movie is also my roommate's secret movie!!

Here it is...

A vacation paradise. A teenage crush. A father willing to do anything for his daughter, including playing a game of pretend in order to impress her crush. Lots of steel drums and moonlight. Absolute heaven. And I'm now eleven.
We're watching it right now. What's YOUR secret movie?

Learning about myself

Well, since this blog is called The Meehanderings, I wanted to share that I've done some. Meehandering that is. Thinking about things I like, things I love, and recently... thinking about how nice it will be to own a house one day. I'd like to make it mine. Sometimes I think about colors or accents or how I will set it up.

There is a run-down cottage in my neighborhood and every time I see it, I want it.

So that got me thinking...

One of my favorite movies:

... has two beautiful houses in it. I think it tells a lot about a person by which one they would see themselves living in. I'll show you both houses, then I bet you'll guess which one I dream about.

Here's Cameron's California/L.A. house:

And here's Kate's cottage in a tiny English town...

Hands down. Cottage. Cozy cuteness.

See Me

I saw this movie over Winter Vacation:

It was AWESOME! I was so inspired by Sandra Bullock's character. She had heart, she had moxie, she had GUMPTION! If you are into those things at all, go see this movie. Seriously, when I left the theater, I decided that her character was the type of person I want to be.



Go see it. As soon as you can!