10 on Tuesday - Best Movies You've Seen Lately

10 Best Movies You’ve Seen Lately

1. Mamma Mia! - who would have thought you'd get Pierce Brosnan singing?!

2. The Muppet Christmas Carol - it is in fact one of the best versions of this classic by Charles Dickens

3. The Awful Truth - the perfect movie for a Friday night, you just can't go past Cary Grant and Irene Dunne

4. The Christmas Card - very inspirational, but Alice Evans accent needed da bit of work

5. What The Deaf Man Heard

6. Alvin and the Chipmunks

7. Julie and Julia

8. Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium

9. Adventures in Baltimore - an older Shirley Temple movie, and she just can't keep out of trouble

10. The Italian Job

10 on Tuesday - Great Things About the Holidays

10 Great Things About the Holidays

1. Celebrating the birth of my Savior!

2. Food that I only get to eat once a year

3. All the family at home

4. Presents

5. Decorating the Christmas Tree

6. Decorating the house

7. Chocolate Log and Christmas Cake

8. Secrets revealed

9. New things to enjoy

10. Singing Carols

10 on Tuesday - Things You are Thankful For

10 Things You are Thankful For

1. God

2. My parents

3. My brother and sisters

4. Friends

5. My own room

6. Music

7. Colours

8. Butterflies

9. Creativity (even though it currently seems a bit buried)

10. Cooler weather after hot days.

This has been the easiest list so far, and I could have gone on.

10 on Tuesday - Things You Wish You Knew How to Do

10 Things You Wish You Knew How to Do

1. Alter sewing patterns

2. Not procrastinate so much

3. Draw

4. Crochet lace

5. Play the piano better than I do

6. Play the guitar

7. Digital Graphic Designs - complete with animations

10 on Tuesday - Favorite Movie/Song Remakes

10 Favorite Movie/Song Remakes

1. South Pacific (starring Glenn Close and Harry Connick Jnr. )

2. The Thomas Crown Affair (starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo)

3. Ocean's Eleven (starring George Clooney etc)

4. The Italian Job (starring Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron)

5. Pride and Prejudice (starring Kiera Knightly and Matthew MacFadyen - I do enjoy the Greer Garson and Laurence Oliver version of this, although it is not very accuarate to the book)

10 On Tuesday - Ways to Waste Time on the Internet

10 Ways to Waste Time on the Internet

1. Facebook

2. Google searches

3. Facebook

4. Reading Blogs (although there's a lot of interesting and useful information to be found there)

5. Facebook

10 on Tuesday - Guilty Pleasures

10 Guilty Pleasures

1. Blackforest TimTams

2. Hitting the snooze button on my alarm clock

3. Staying up late to finish reading a book

4. Spending time on Facebook

5. Buying scrapbooking gadgets and products

10 on Tuesday - Things That Make You Feel Old

10 Things That Make You Feel Old

1. My youngest sister having a birthday

2. Thinking about how long it has been since I finished school

3. Hearing that my cousin's child will go to kinder next year

4. Paying bills

5. Seeing fashions coming back in that went out when I was a child (there was a reason they went out of fashion)

6. Taking a trip down memory lane

7. Wondering what has become of my high school classmates

8. Realising that there are a lot of younger girls who see me as a role model

9. Being tired

10. My body not doing everything it used to be able to

10 on Tuesday - Things You Want But Can’t Afford

10 Things You Want But Can’t Afford

Ok, so I probably can afford most of these, but I have to wait - for a little while at least.


1. New Car
2. New Sewing Machine
3. To quit my job
4. A desk with a file drawer or a roll top desk
5. Space for all my craft stuff

Actually, I'm pretty content with what I have. This is nothing without a loving family, good friends and most importantly an amazing God.

10 on Tuesday - Things You Need to Plan For

10 Thing You Need to Plan For

1. The future

2. A Wedding - maybe one day, I hope

3. Your Career

4. Parties

5. Shopping for a new wardrobe - 2 weeks, 2 friends, but how much money should I spend?

6. How to get everything done in a day that you need to

7. Getting this blog post done

8. A Holiday - Tassie in November!

9. Christmas - what should I give everyone this year?

10. Eternity - where will you spend it?

10 on Tuesday - Things You Think Are Cool

10 Things You Think Are Cool

Now the question here, is in what sense are we using this word?

Cool - as in the coloquial use meaning things you like or in the sense that they are not warm?

Since I can't decide I'll give you 10 of each just for fun

Cool as in like:
1. Storms
2. Sunsets
3. Cuddles
4. Rainbows
5. Rain
6. Butterfiles
7. Lighthouses
8. Scrapbooking products
9. Cross stitch catalogues
10. Waves breaking on the beach

Cool as in not warm:
1. Snow
2. Ice
3. Icecream
4. Wind in winter
5. Jelly
6. Chilled water
7. Frozen food
8. The way some people look at you
9. Metal
10. Rain

10 on Tuesday - Things You Hate About Traveling

10 Things You Hate About Traveling

1. Jet lag

2. Fitting everything in my suitcase

3. Realising I packed too much

4. Changing time zones

5. Saying "Goodbye"

6. Deciding where to go

7. Travelling alone

8. Knowing what to pack (then back to #3)

9. Asking for time off work (should be easy, right? But there are some times of the year when I'm pretty much guaranteed that my boss will say "No way!")

10. Coming back to work after said holiday

10 on Tuesday - Traits You Look for in a Romantic Interest

10 Traits You Look for in a Romantic Interest

1. MUST be a Christian (this is the first thing and most important, everything else is in random order)

2. Have a sense of humor

3. Loves children

4. Likes reading

5. Respectful

6. A man of prayer (ok so this is really #2)

7. Loves me for who I am not what I look like

8. Cares for others

This will have to be it for now. I may think of others, but I'll post this as it is for now.

10 on Tuesday - Fads You Just Don't Get

10 Fads You Just Don't Get

1. Wearing rings on every finger

2. Body piercing

3. Peasant Tops

4. Afro hairstyles (especially teenage boys)

5. Guys wearing their pants half-way down their legs (yuck)

6. Facial hair

7. Dying your hair in strange colours, like blue and pink

8. Older ladies with a purple rinse in their hair

9. Lights on the running board of a Ute

10. Blue headlights - they really hurt my eyes

Once again I really struggled with this topic. I hope future ones are easier.

10 on Tuesday - Favorite Characters from Television

10 Favorite Characters from Television

In no particular order:

1. Harmon Rabb (JAG)

2. Jessica Fletcher (Murder She Wrote)

3. Dr Mark Sloan (Diagnosis Murder)

4. Perry Mason (Perry Mason)

5. Christopher Foyle (Foyle's War)

6. Remington Steele (Remington Steele)

7. Charlie Epps (Numb3rs)

8. Sarah MacKenzie (JAG)

9. Benton Frasier (Due South)

10. Mike Flynn (Sea Patrol)

For my first of these I found this quite hard. I'll be interested to see what future 10 on Tuesday topics will be.