As I wallowed in self pity due to my cold last night, I watched a netflix and enjoyed it. FlyGuy wasn’t around so I chose the chick flick and thought I’d share a review with you. The movie was called And Then She Found Me. It starred Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, Collin Firth, and Bette Midler. If you like any of these actors, watch the movie. They all do a great job in their respective roles.

The basis of the plot is, a birth mother finds her daughter during a rather tumultuous time in the daughter’s life. Infertility, domestic closed adoption, international adoption and pregnancy loss are dealt with in a genuine way throughout the movie. I don’t normally enjoy or recommend movies that deal with infertility or adoption because they usually don’t take the topics seriously enough, or if they do, the movie becomes too heavy and unenjoyable. And Then She Found Me is poignant, sad AND funny, one of the few movies I was glad I watched. It was a smart movie and I particularly liked the ending. If anyone has seen it, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Our trip to the beach was wonderful. FlyGuy and I sat on the beach for hours and talked, ate pimento cheese sandwiches, pringles, drank beer and read books. It was the off season so we had the beach to ourselves. We flaked out and had a minor fight the first day, but it was quickly forgotten when I turned around and FlyGuy had his Levi’s rolled up to his knees and was wading in ocean water trying to cross a road that had washed out. We came upon this road because of his poor planning and it annoyed me, but the picture of him sheepishly navigating the water was priceless and made us both laugh. No ipods, cell phones or computers were used for 4 days. Whew. We agreed to do it again, if feasible, next year.

Our first Halloween was great. Little Lassie wore a monkey costume during the day and a mouse in the evening. She carried her pumpkin like it was a purse and tried very hard to say Trick or Treat. In the middle of the evening she was shouting it, by the end she was so tired she could barely whisper it.

My Mac is under the weather, so I can’t share pictures at the moment, but soon I will share some images that are worth a thousand words.

FlyGuy and Little Lassie pose in front of the pasture on our way down to the pond yesterday afternoon. They simply beam when they are together.

Proof that family ties are created by love, not biology.