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We have had Netflix for 4 months now and I have to say we are thoroughly impressed.  We are on the 2 unlimited plan and it works out well.  I thought I would tell you the positives and negatives (at least what I have seen in my short experience).  When you first start up the movies arrive extremely fast and always the ones at the very top of your queue.  After you have been a member for a while (probably about a month) the top ones aren’t usually the ones that you receive.  This could of course be because I have a big list of movies I want to see that you can choose from.  Sometimes they will ship from locations farther away I’m in Minneapolis so we have a shipping area here but sometimes we get them from Kansas or New York.  If that happens in my experience it takes about twice as long for the movies to get there.  Although I do have to say most of the time my movies have been received within a day and the next sent out within a day of being received.  Plus every movie that I have looked for has been in there including tv series and the old movies that you can’t find at the movie store anymore.  I think the website is very easy to use and I love that they recommend movies based off of your reviews of the movies you have watched.  Sometimes you find a movie that you absolutely love.  Sometimes not so much.  Anyways thats my two cents for the day!  What do you all think?

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I have realized that over the past few days I have had several problems with my blog; including losing all my comments (which we have resolved), the blog disappearing and other fun things.  We are hopefully working to resolve this but in the meantime I apologize that this has been happening and I wanted to let you know we are working on this!  Thanks for your patience!  Christi

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A few months ago I was told by a co-worker that the Twilight series was a very addicting series.  I thought about getting it but it had a long waiting list at the library and I didn’t want to buy it if I wasn’t going to like it.  Then at Christmas my husband gave me the first book in the series.  After the first couple of chapters I couldn’t put the book down.  The next day I told my husband that we had to go buy the second and third book.  By the end of Christmas week I had read all of the three books.  I loved the story and can’t wait until the fourth book comes out and the movie comes out.  I have always loved reading but these books really sucked me in.  I think it was a combination of the romance, action, supernatural and more parts of the story.  It had a little of everything in there and if you ever get the chance I would HIGHLY recommend these books to anyone!  I will probably end up reading all of them again before the fourth book comes out in the fall.

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So on Monday I decided that it was time to change my job (problems at my current employer).  Therefore I gave my notice on Monday for two weeks.  I had been working at a Non-Profit as a Financial Reporting Manager.  Normally when I have done this before I have always found a job before giving my notice but this time I wasn’t able to do that.  I am working with a recruiter from Robert Half and I’m searching on Career Builder and Monster.  Does any one have any other ideas as to ways to find a job.  I’m definitely not desperate for a new job as I am planning on not starting at least until January 3rd but I just want to cover all my bases!  Any advice I would appreciate!

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So I just recently got sent a link to a Snopes editorial about a new movie coming out.  Usually I don’t care one way or another but I thought this was interesting so I thought I would write about this.  Its called the Golden Compass.  It has Nicole Kidman in it and it comes out in December.  According to the email and according to Snopes this movie is a book made into a movie which was written by an atheist whose desire is to wipe God out of kids beliefs.  This is book is part of a series in which the last book has a girl and boy portraying Adam and Eve and they kill God.  I would say this movie should stir up quite a bit of controversy.  I firmly believe that everyone is entitled to believe what they want but I don’t believe views should be pushed on people.  Hopefully this isn’t what this movie is trying to do.  Any thoughts?

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It is Fall again and that means changing leaf colors, cooler temperatures, and for most people staying indoors more often.  For me I’m always looking for something new and interesting to try, indoors or outdoors.  Last weekend we went to Deardorff Orchards just outside of Waconia, MN and picked apples.  It was alot of fun and they have many different kinds of apples there.  We tried many and ended up getting Honeycrisp apples, although we want to go back later when Honey Gold apples are ready to be picked.  Now I just need apple recipes, anyone have any good ones?

Another good fall activity I think would be to go horse riding and enjoy the changing leaf colors.  I can’t seem to find any places in the southwestern metro for beginners to go horse riding though.  Any ideas?

Another one that we have done before is going to the Severs Corn Maize.  It’s huge!!  We went right after I got off crutches and so I didn’t make it all the way through before my ankle bothered me.  Its impressive they can come up with these designs though.  Its a little pricey but its got a neat idea behind it and has things for all ages.

What are some of your favorite fall activities?  We are always looking for new things to do!

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By now I’m sure most of you have heard about the tragedy on 35W in Minneapolis Minnesota. The bridge carrying hundreds of people collapsed. No one knows why at this point but it did falling into the Mississippi River. So far only four have been officially proclaimed dead but many were injured. I’m reaching out those of you who would be so kind and asking for prayers. I found out this morning that an ex-coworker of mine and her family were on that bridge. Her two daughters, one who just graduated and one who is supposed to graduate this next year, and her husband have injuries to their vertebrae but will be released probably tomorrow with back braces. My coworker though sustained head injuries and spinal cord injuries. She had to have brain surgery to reduce the swelling and is now in a medically induced coma. She is in the ICU and is in critical condition and therefore I ask all who will please pray that she will be alright along with anyone else who has loved ones who were in this tragedy. Thank you all!

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Its summertime and what do allot of us do during the summer, travel! Which means if you have a pet you have to decide whether to leave them at home during that time, board them, or take them along. Well I don’t know about you but my cats would be scared to death if I boarded them. If its for a long trip I usually ask friends and family to take care of them. Some time though, like if you have a dog, you want to take them with you. I have found a site that will make that easier for you. Lets say you are traveling more than a day and you need to find a motel that will let you keep you pets there this site will do it. All you do is put in where you are starting and where your ending destination is and it will tell you the pet friendly establishments along the way. I think this is a great idea it would make my life one step simpler if I was traveling with animals.

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So its been about a 1 year (and a month) since I completely broke my ankle (broke every bone and dislocated it) and I’m proud to say my ankle is basically healed. I have scars on both sides of my ankle and it still swells bigger than my non-broken ankle but overall I can do everything again that I could do before I broke it. In fact I have started running at the Gym and it holds up well. Every so often my ankle will tell me if I’ve done too much by causing some pain or if the weather is changing. I still have all of the metal in my ankle as I figure that I’m going to at least enjoy the summer before deciding if I want to get the metal removed or not. Any of you out there who have broken an ankle before do you still have the metal or not? Is it as simple a procedure as the doctor says to remove it? Do I have to go back on crutches at all?

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I don’t know how many of you people out there are fond of the Harry Potter books but I know that I am.  I started with the movies (later than most people) and got addicted from there.  I now have finished the 6th book Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Prince.  Now I can’t wait until the 7th book comes out and the 5th movie:)!  Today though I read online that they are creating a Harry Potter Theme Park.  I think that would be cool to see where they go with the story line.  I’m not sure if its going to be amazing or if it will wreck the authenticity of the books.  These books remind me of Lord of Rings which I’m a huge fan of also and its great the way they are getting kids back into reading but now a theme park, I’m just not sure.  We have to capitalize where ever we can I suppose.  What do you think?

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