http://www.twistermc.com/christi Catch-all of what's on my mind! From Movie Reviews to TV and Cats. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:49:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't know about all of you but I wasn't very happy when Crispy M&M's disappeared off of the shelves.  They were so good.  So yesterday when we were at the grocery store I was looking at the M&M's as my husband is a fanatic about M&M's and I saw ... http://www.twistermc.com/christi/86/crispy-mms-are-back-kind-of/ Last night between 8-9 people all over the world participated in Earth Hour.  This is where for the one hour people and business turned off all of their lights and some people and places even turned off everything electrical.  We participated in this turning off everything including turning off the ... http://www.twistermc.com/christi/85/earth-hour-should-be-done-once-a-week-at-least/ 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 ... http://www.twistermc.com/christi/84/netflix-review/ 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 ... http://www.twistermc.com/christi/83/problems-with-blog/ 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 ... http://www.twistermc.com/christi/72/stephenie-meyer-twilight-series/ 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 ... http://www.twistermc.com/christi/71/changing-your-job-whats-the-fastest-way-to-find-a-new-job/ 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 ... http://www.twistermc.com/christi/70/controversial-golden-compass/ The other day our cat, Chunk (2 years old), had a grand mal seizure.  I woke up in the middle of the night to him darting off of our bed and when he got to the floor he collasped on his side and started seizing.  He also started salivating profusely.  ... http://www.twistermc.com/christi/69/cat-seizures/ 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.  ... http://www.twistermc.com/christi/68/fall-activities-in-minnesota/ 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 ... http://www.twistermc.com/christi/67/tragedy-on-35w-minneapolis-mn/