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By Sarah
While in Utah, I had the privilege of my niece, Christine, driving another niece, Ashlee, and I to a couple pizza joints.  Why does everyone ask me if I was scared to drive with a 16-year-old?  How old do you think I am?  Anyway, Christine recommended the movie 27 Dresses & I adored it.  Predictable like most romantic comedies, but cute cute cute.  On a deeper level, I think many women have a difficult time balancing the needs of others with their own & having a James Marsden around to help remind you to take time out for yourself is a definite plus.  

On the way to & from Utah we had books on cd checked out from our local libary:
  The Audacity of Hope by Barak Obama & The Secret by Rhoda Byrne.  We turned The Secret off in the middle of chapter one b/c we couldn't handle the audio drama of saying nothing mu
ch of all.  Ok, so tell me a million times to think positively -- I'll try!

Barak was much more encouraging.  Luckily, the book was read by the author, and I've known since the 2004 Democratic Convention that I can always liste
n to Mr. Obama even if I d
on't agree with everything he says.  The chapter on family made me cry.  He addressed the issue of the Republicans selling themselv
es as the protectors
 of the family and then his views.  Amazing.  If you really w
ant to think about what you believe in the political scene, you MUST read t
his book!  Or even better, have the future president of the United States in your car like we did.  (:

Last but not least, Danny was very excited to go to the Indiana Jones movie this weekend.  We went on our first date since January!  I was wondering how Harrison Ford was going to take getting really beat up at his age.  Answer: beat Shia up more!  (:  It was gross at parts (yes, I had to close my eyes during the ant scene), but pretty good.  Think: National Treasure 2 meets the X-Files.

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