Nights in Rodanthe

Tonight I went and saw the Nicholas Sparks adaptation of his book, "Nights in Rodanthe", starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane. For all you Nicholas Sparks fans,
this is the 4th book to film!
-Message in a Bottle
-A Walk to Remember
-The Notebook
-Nights in Rodanthe
(I dont think I am missing any... am I?)

Is the movie worth seeing you may ask?

Yes, would be my answer, however, I must advise, I am a sucker for stereotypical chick flicks! (My friend Mark says I like every movie, so my opinions don't hold much weight... but I respectfully disagree!) Gere is his "hunky" self, and Lane was truly believable in her character.

Was this a chick flick, yes, I'll admit, but it was also sad, touching, and full of growth and forgiveness. It seems that Nicholas Sparks... at least in the books I've read... whether intentionally or not, has written some sort of biblical message into the story. Forgiveness, acceptance, redemption, trust, surrendering, are all themes I have seen in the books.
If you want to purchase some of these books, here are a couple I have read and would recommend:

Warning: if you cry easily (and I do!), please be sure to bring tissues, so you don't end up wiping your snot and tears on the shoulder of the person next to you - whether you know them or not! -


Alright, that's all that I'll say about the movie... you can go see it for yourself!

Highlight of the day:
Made my first Etsy sale! Sold a scarf that I recently crocheted! Its pretty neat that someone wants to buy something that I created!

The shop is complete! (at least for now...)..

See the side bar for an etsy preview! Also... afghan is being crocheted as I finish out the great season premier of Greys!

My Etsy Shop is UP!

Hey Everyone!

My Etsy Shop, shystiches, is finally up! Right now I don't have any handmade items in it, just supplies (cigar boxes) and a vintage item, but later today I plan on posting some scarves that I have made over the last year or two!

I am in the process of finishing an afghan that I have been working on forever, and am super excited about that... I don't know if I will be selling it, or keeping it to be sentimental over my first afghan :)

I found a couple books on Amazon.com to learn some new crochet stitches, so I don't have to keep doing the same simple stitch over and over! Yay!


Tonight I might finish the blanket... that is if I can peel my eyes away from the 2 Hr. Season Premier of Grey's Anatomy! I am SO GLAD its THURSDAY!!! Plus I'll be taping The Office, since its on at the same time! (darn those station programmers! don't they know not to put two of the best shows on two different networks at the same time!)

I'll post some pictures of my handiwork when I get home from work later! In the meantime, check out my Etsy shop for a preview of what is to come!

Emmy Awards, Lost and The Office

I am assuming a lot of you saw all, or at least some of the 60th annual Emmy Awards tonight. And I'm not gonna lie... it got off to a pretty crappy start.

The five nominees for best reality/something show were the "hosts" for the evening, and they prepared NOTHING for the NATIONAL broadcast!!! They even admitted it while on stage.. they thought that that would be more funny than some planned lines and jokes. However, that idea flopped big time! Some of the winners/presenters even cracked a couple jokes referring to the hosts as just "talking for 12 minutes" etc. Over all, bad idea regarding hosting... next time, stick with what has worked in the past... one host, funny lines, good laughs.

Sadly, my favorite shows did not win any Emmys, (however some were nominated).


Grey's Anatomy didnt win anything, however, I am sure nobody minded seeing Patrick Dempsey in his tux!


LOST was nominated for an award or two, but didnt win. Now that I think about it, they didnt show any of the stars from LOST either... they are probably in Hawaii filming some amazing new episodes!


(This GREAT photo came from http://stillhisgirl.blogspot.com/2008/04/you-can-buy-new-stuff-but-you-cant-buy.html and I of course used it because of the picture above of the LOST cast!)
And lastly, my NEW FAVORITE SHOW! The Office! Did not win any, though they were nominated for some, and Steve Carell did get some on screen time... and helped provide the first big laugh of the night!!! (You could see the man who playes Dweight behind him laughing!)

Over all, dissapointing, save the few stars who were genuinly funny and graceful! The hope that has come from all this? I am SUPER PUMPED about the season premiers of The Office and Grey's Anatomy this week, and still anticipating the next season of LOST!