So last night while watching The Oscars, I made some comments about movies that I have never seen. Movies that most people have seen. People were shocked. Some chastised me. Others just made fun of me. So I thought it would be fun to compile a list of all the movies that most people have seen that I haven’t.

• The Big Lebowski
• The Shining
• Jaws (all of them)
• Die Hard (all of them)
• Lethal Weapon (all of them)
• Indiana Jones (all of them)
• The Godfather (all of them)
• Star Wars
• Stars Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
• Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
• Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
• The Lord of the Rings (all of them)
• Sophie’s Choice
• Rosemary’s Baby
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Harry Potter (all of them)
• Taxi Driver
• Gone With The Wind
• Casablanca
• Citizen Kane
• Apocalypse Now
• Rocky (all of them)
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Platoon
• Goodfellas
• Blade Runner
• Ben-Hur
• The Usual Suspects
• The Terminator (all of them)
• Field of Dreams
• Alien (all of them)
• Doctor Zhivago
• Requiem For a Dream
• Monty Python (all of them)
• Braveheart
• Annie Hall
• The Bourne Identity (all of them)
• Life of Brian
• Scarface
• Twelve Monkeys
• The Exorcist
• The Matrix Reloaded
• The Matrix Revolutions

Ok so that’s about all I can think of right now as far as movies I probably should have seen. However, if you take the number of times I’ve watched Grease 2, Mannequin, and Howard the Duck… then that kind of makes up for it a little bit right?

Also, and this must be said, my husband has not and will not see E.T. I think there’s something wrong with him. So if you could direct some of your shock and awe at him that would be great. Thanks.

Ok I have posted this recipe before. Or at least my attempt at this recipe. My first attempt failed. So I decided to try it again. With a recipe I found in a forum.

Cheddar’s Honey Lime Salad Dressing

1 egg; beaten
1/4 c lime juice
1 tsp grated lime rind
1/2 c honey
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp ground mace
1 c commercial sour cream

Combine egg, lime juice, grated lime rind, and honey in saucepan; cook over low heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Add salt and mace; cool. Fold in sour cream; chill. Yield: 1-1/2 cups

My dressing came out a bit runny, but I made have used a little too much lime juice. I wasn’t doing a very good job of measuring. I will probably thicken it up with a little cornstarch.

I marinated my chicken for a couple of hours in teriyaki. Grilled them in my cast iron panini pan. The restaurant version of this salad has picco de gallo in it, which I hate. So I substituted dried cherries. The restaurant version also has tortilla strips on top, but I didn’t feel like going to the trouble. The salad also has pineapple in it.

My salad was not as good as Cheddar’s. It was still a tasty salad though. This dressing is also comparable to the dressing on the Chili’s Grilled Caribbean Salad.

A word of advice. Do not eat two Fiber One bars in the same day. Especially if you have a road trip and concert planned. Oh the gas!

This has been a public service announcement.

photo by Annie Leibovitz

So I’m going to a concert tonight. In Oklahoma City. To see a certain someone I’ve had a celebrity crush on for years. And despite his recent douche-bagery behavior, I’m still excited to see him perform. I still love his music even if I don’t so much love him anymore.

(post title comes from a fabulous Leslie Knope quote. If you don’t know who Leslie Knope is then you are missing out on one of the funniest shows on tv. Parks and Recreation.)

So you know how sometimes people lose money? And sometimes other people find that money? At what point does that little voice inside your head tell you that you should turn that money in?

If you’re walking down the street and you find $10, do you keep it?
What if it’s $100?
What if it’s $1000?

Now of course I’m not talking about finding someone’s wallet. If you find someone’s wallet you should always return it to them. Preferably without stealing their cash first.

But when you don’t know who the money belongs to, how do you decide whether to turn it in or keep it?

For the record, I found one dollar. In the self checkout that someone I guess forgot to grab. There was no one there when I got there so I have no idea who it belonged to. I totally kept it. Of course now I’ve been contemplating what amount would have prompted me to turn it in instead of keep it. I think it might just be one of those things that you don’t know until it happens. I’m pretty sure I’ve never found more than $10 before.